Accommodation industry groups have expressed concern their members may face harsh penalties for breaching recently introduced industry award changes while bodies representing the retail sector have claimed a minor award modernisation victory.
ONE of the state’s largest private agribusinesses has expanded its pork operations with the purchase of two regional piggeries after identifying increased domestic and international product demand.
Shares in real estate and property development outift Cedar Woods Properties climbed more than 7 per cent today after announcing a stronger than expected first half result and a full year profit forecast of approximately $15 million.
WHY would a child immunology PhD graduate and recipient of a rarely awarded scholarship cease their medical science research to pursue a career as a gourmet food and wine provedore and restaurateur?
DURING the past decade, the traditionally male-dominated advertising and marketing industries have undergone a gender shift at the top, with more women filling senior decision-making positions.
AUSTRALIA’S largest livestock exporter and ship owner launched the first of two $40 million vessels in Fremantle this week as the company prepares for an expected increase in cattle exports.
Shares in Indo Mines have soared after the company announced it had acquired unlisted company Fireside Resources and its various Indonesian resource assets including a coal project scheduled to begin production in April.
Shares in national window dressings company Kresta Holdings have soared more than 20 per cent after raising its profit forecast on the back of an improved trading period in the second half of 2009.
Between 600 and 1000 workers have walked off the job on Woodside's $12 billion Pluto project after being threatened with eviction over an issue with the worker's dongas, the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union has claimed.
The head of Moly Mines is confident of receiving the final two approvals required from the Chinese government to initiate financing and development of its Spinifex Ridge project before the end of February.
Shares in iron ore explorer Indo Mines climbed more than 20 per cent before entering a trading halt pending an announcement about a potential acquisition of new exploration and mining interests.
Shares in West Perth-based Emergent Resources have fallen in trading today after announcing it has received subscriptions from sophisticated and professional investors to raise $3 million.
Management of the scenic Araluen Botanic Park will return to the state government under the Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC), from the Western Australian Planning Commission (WAPC), under new arrangements announced today.
Iron ore miner Atlas Iron's direct shipping ore (DSO) stocks have doubled to more than 186 million tonnes paving the way for the planned increases in production and sales revenue over the next three years.
Shares in oil and gas contractor Neptune Marine Services have fallen almost 14 per cent in trading today after the company announced its earnings for the first half of FY2010 will be well below that of the previous corresponding period.
The Perth Convention Bureau has announced the appointment of tourism industry leader and former state parliamentarian, Ian Laurance as its new chairman.
New motor vehicle sales in Western Australia, which rose by more than two per cent, seasonally adjusted, in December, were slightly lower than the national gains of more than three per cent, seasonally adjusted, to 89,741 units.
DEVELOPING an airport in the South West capable of delivering interstate and overseas travellers directly into the region is a priority for local business.
