Twenty years after launching its farmer-direct market at Canning Vale, the Perth Market Authority is preparing to relaunch the concept in new, bigger premises.
A NEW marina, improved boating facilities, more accommodation and greater eco-tourism options are proposed for Rottnest Island under a management plan extending to 2014.
FEDERAL schemes designed to increase the uptake of solar panels have created plenty of business for companies like Solar Unlimited, but the rapid expansion is providing a major management challenge for the Western Australian firm.
BURSWOOD Entertainment Complex has become the first major Western Australian employer to sign up to the Australian Employment Covenant, a scheme designed to provide 50,000 jobs for indigenous Australians.
DOMINO'S chief executive Don Meij says Western Australians feeling the pinch in a slowing economy are looking towards low-cost alternatives to a night out.
TWO peak mining industry bodies have applauded the state government's announcement of an $80 million minerals exploration incentive, to be delivered over four years.
CONTROLLING all the variables and minimising risk is a big part of any business's strategy, but there's not much you can do when one of those risk factors is the weather.
AS Local Government Minister John Castrilli continues to advocate mergers of local councils, some councils that have already undergone amalgamation say local communities feared the loss of a town's cultural identity.
UNIONS and employer groups have become unlikely allies in jointly resisting the federal government's proposed model for occupational health and safety reform.
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