WHILE a cooling residential property sector may have made most of the headlines in recent months, the big news for market watchers has been in the commercial property sector.
Mirvac Fini will release its second apartment building at the Peninsula, Burswood, to the market on September 10.The developer expects the Axis complex to be completed in 30 months.
The Subiaco Redevelopment Authority’s (SRA) support of social and economic diversity has found expression with the news that Edge Employment Solutions is to establish a new headquarters in Subi Centro.
Craftwest Centre for Contemporary Craft Inc (Craftwest) has undergone a rebranding after 30 years as a not-for-profit incorporated association.Craftwest is now known as Form: contemporary craft and de
The Women Lawyers of WA (Inc) celebrated a milestone this week – 100 years since Edyth Haynes’ application to practise law was denied. Marsha Jacobs reports on that decision and profiles some of the State’s top legal minds.
Edyth Haynes never spoke of her struggle to be admitted as a lawyer in Western Australia and only applied once for admission, even after the Legal Status of Women Act was passed in 1923 (introduced in
Former Western Australian Law Society president Judy Eckert deliberately avoided referring to gender in her speech to welcome Christine Wheeler as the State’s female Supreme Court justice in 1996.Ms E
1901: Western Australian women vote for the first time in State elections.1902: The Commonwealth Franchise Act passed, enabling all women (with the exception of Aboriginal women in some States) to si
A determination to take nothing for granted and to move outside her ‘comfort zone’ has paid off for Anna Liscia, who co-founded Liscia and Tavelli Legal Consultants 11 years ago.The litigation consult
For many women in the legal profession a largely inflexible workplace and management structure has proved a barrier to a long-term career.Some choose family over work, others have supportive spouses t
Personal injury lawyers don’t often rate highly in the public mind, with ‘ambulance chasers’ among the less-than-positive names associated with some of those practising in the field. Not that such pe
Perth’s CBD has experienced the highest growth in demand for office space of any capital city since July 1995, according to the Property Council of Australia’s Office Market Report for July 1 2004.
A revised development of Port Kennedy has received Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan’s approval, 15 years after the plans were first released.
The Federal Government has announced its approval, support and provision of a $4 million capital grant for the development of a Sydney campus of the University of Notre Dame.
Armadale is gearing up for significant development more than a decade after the city was named as one of the Perth metropolitan region’s eight strategic regional centres.
With the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre due to open later this month, Marsha Jacobs has a sneak preview and talks with PCEC CEO Paul D’Arcy about his thoughts on the centre.Walking through the
