Forty per cent of WA businesses are looking to employ inexperienced workers over the next 12 months as they move to implement measures to grow and retain their workforce.
Minister for the Status of Women, Kate Ellis, says the latest Australian Census of Women in Leadership shows women are still being largely shut out of senior decision making roles in Australian business.
Western Australia led the growth in retail trade in August with a 1.1 per cent increase in sales according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
The Australian Uranium Association is seeking an urgent meeting with the Northern Territory chief minister after last week's decision by the Territory government to oppose a uranium mine near Alice Springs.
The competition watchdog has agreed to allow DP World Australia and Patrick Stevedores to give preferential treatment to trucks engaging in dual runs in an effort to improve efficiency at the Port of Fremantle.
Macmahon Holdings has been awarded a $74 million state government contract to design and construct the Great Eastern Highway-Roe Interchange Project in Midland.
Computer and office equipment financier ThinkSmart has announced a $16 million capital raising to fund the launch of a consumer proposition in the UK and new growth opportunities in Australia.
Perth was the worst performing capital city in the latest RP Data-Riskmark Capital City Home Value Index with the value of homes falling 2.7 per cent in August.
Brockman Resources has estimated the infrastructure costs for its Marillana iron ore project in the Pilbara will be between $1.3 billion and $1.9 billion and it hopes to have the mine operating by 2014.
NGM Resources says it will challenge Paladin Energy's withdrawal from its friendly takeover of NGM, which Paladin last week said was due to terrorist activities in Niger, where NGM is exploring for uranium.
The state government has announced an unexpectedly large operating surplus of $831 million for 2009-10 defying concerns that the state might fall into deficit.
WA Greens Senator Scott Ludlam has urged the state and federal governments to take note of the decision by the Northern Territory government to oppose a uranium mine proposal near Alice Springs.
Western Australian businesses are the most likely in the country to have a website but many WA small businesses are choosing not to use social media, according to two new surveys.
The state government’s push to dump voluntary reform within the local government sector has come under fire from the opposition, the Nationals and the sector’s peak body.