Kym Fuhrmann

Housing starts slump 19.9% in WA

14-Dec-2010

New housing starts in Western Australia were down 19.9 per cent for the September quarter.

Austereo keeps dominating radio ratings

14-Dec-2010

Austereo continues to dominate the radio ratings in Perth, but top rating station Mix 94.5 has lost some of its market share in the final Nielsen poll for 2010.

Buswell back, Porter takes on treasury

Kym Fuhrmann

14-Dec-2010

Premier Colin Barnett has returned Troy Buswell to the front bench and Christian Porter will take on the role of Treasurer in a major front bench reshuffle announced today.

US company wins CBH freight contract

Kym Fuhrmann

13-Dec-2010

CBH Group has awarded its long-term grain rail contract to US transportation group Watco Companies, replacing QR National subsidiary Australian Railroad Group.

Qantas takeover of Network Aviation

Kym Fuhrmann

13-Dec-2010

After months of speculation Qantas has confirmed it has taken over regional airline Network Aviation to move into the fly-in-fly-out air charter market in a deal believed to be valued at more than $30 million.

Rinehart to join Ten board next week

Kym Fuhrmann

09-Dec-2010

The Ten Network has announced Gina Rinehart, along with James Packer and Lachlan Murdoch will take up their seats on the television station's board next week.

Woodside signs US$1.1b syndicated loan

Kym Fuhrmann

09-Dec-2010

Woodside Petroleum has executed a five-year US$1.1 billion syndicated loan to refinance existing debt.

WA's unemployment rate falls to 4.5%

Kym Fuhrmann

09-Dec-2010

Western Australia's unemployment rate has fallen to a seasonally adjusted 4.5 per cent in November compared with an unrevised 4.7 per cent in October.

Professor advocates CBD toll

Kym Fuhrmann

01-Dec-2010

Retiring University of Western Australia transport Professor John Taplin has advocated the introduction of a congestion tax in the CBD as one way to reduce traffic problems and make public transport more attractive.

Neptune chairman forecasts major changes

Kym Fuhrmann

30-Nov-2010

The chairman of Neptune Marine has promised wholesale changes at the company after the engineering contractor recorded an operating loss of $6 million in the September quarter.

Perth house prices fall further

Kym Fuhrmann

30-Nov-2010

Perth house prices have continued their downward slide falling 1.8 per cent in October according to the latest RP Data-Rismark Hedonic Home Value Index.