Mark Beyer

Norwegian company Dyno Nobel has taken charge of the Dampier Nitrogen project on the Burrup Peninsula, which has been on the drawing boards for several years but has been restructured several times.

The $11 billion Gorgon gas project has announced plans to award engineering contracts that are expected to pave the way for substantial local industry participation in the project.

Evans & Tate executive chairman Franklin Tate has made a passionate defence of his company’s corporate governance practices and its commercial prospects.

Australia has a long history of entrepreneurial business leaders who stamp their personality on their companies. Mark Beyer and David Gibson examine the role of executive chairmen in light of recent controversies at three prominent WA companies.

Employers will face new administrative responsibilities and additional legal risks following the introduction this week of superannuation choice, which allows most employees to select their own superannuation fund.

Accounting firm BDO is experiencing a generational change with the retirement of its most senior partner, Geoff Brayshaw, and the appointment of its first female partner, Michelle Shafizadeh.

Listed winemaker Evans & Tate expects to report a loss of between $4.8 million and $7.5 million in the current financial year after writing down the value of its wine inventory and one of its subsidiaries.

There have been minimal changes on the Labor side of politics since the Government won re-election at last February’s state poll, but there have been enormous changes on the Opposition side.

Geoff Gallop and Jim McGinty are the two dominant figures in the Labor governments that have held power since February 2001.