Mark Beyer

The Gallop government has agreed to spend $22 million over the next two years upgrading roads between Kewdale and Henderson to accommodate large transport loads.

Working directors of public companies will no longer be able to obtain workers’ compensation insurance under reforms implemented this week by the Gallop government.

Monadelphous Group is looking to spend up to $100 million on an acquisition to strengthen its maintenance and services business.

The year 1991 was a bad time to be in business. It was the year Australia had “the recession we had to have”, to quote the immortal words of then Prime Minister Paul Keating.

Curtin and Murdoch universities are aiming to increase collaborative activities after deciding to not proceed with their proposed merger.

In 1969, John (Giovanni) Rubino, John (Giancarlo) Trettel, Sam (Santino) Castelli and Charlie (Carmelo) Bontempo were among the thousands of young migrants toiling in workshops and construction sites across Australia.

The resources sector has welcomed reform of Western Australia’s project approvals process, under which former Argyle Diamonds managing director Brendan Hammond will head a new unit that will report directly to Premier Geoff Gallop.

Case study: Roof insulation producer ThermoSealed Batts has faced a problem common to most fast-growing start-up businesses – finding enough capital to support its rapid expansion.

The state government is seeking to coordinate an ambitious plan for the Kimberley region that would link a proposed $1 billion expansion of the Argyle diamond mine with $100 million worth of investments in the nearby Ord River irrigation area.