James Moses

Frankland River Olive Company's plans to list on the Australian Stock Exchange took another step forward, with the passing of a number of resolutions at a shareholder/grower meeting last night.

New figures show that Western Australian and national unemployment has fallen to new record lows, after an unexpected surge in the job market.

The state government's John Langoulant-led major stadia taskforce interim report was released today by Sport and Recreation Minister John Kobelke, with greenfield locations emerging as the favoured sites for a new 60,000 seat stadium.

The Western Australian and Northern Territory governments have signed a Memorandum of Understanding designed to ensure better management and co-operation of the pearling industry.

Western Australia's Environmental Protection Agency today provided a dent to the aspirations of the Gorgon liquefied natural gas project partners off WA's Pilbara coast with confirmation of its decision to block the $11 billion project.

The WA government has awarded the contract for the $17 million extension of the eastern wharf at the Australian Marine Complex in Henderson to engineering and construction major John Holland.

Western Australia's booming economy has seen demand for land skyrocket, creating problems for people wanting to buy land to build new homes, leading Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan to arrange an urgent meeting on the issue.

Amidst environmental concerns, increasing petrol prices, and predictions by some industry experts that Australia’s oil reserves will be near exhaustion by 2012, biofuels have emerged from relative obscurity to take centre stage on the renewable energy age

The move to biofuels may not be the silver bullet resolution to our energy problems, but WA is in the thick of research, development and increasing production of these new greenhouse neutral options.