WWF Australia is holding Earth Hour later this month, which invites all households and businesses across Australia and the globe to turn their lights off and their appliances off standby for one hour
TROUBLED pharmaceutical company PharmAust Ltd announced that its major operating subsidiary, PharmAust Manufacturing Pty Ltd, has been placed in voluntary administration.
An increase in the number of business and employment visitors to Western Australia has fuelled the strong growth in international visitor numbers and expenditure in 2007, according to the latest data.
The head of Edith Cowan University's School of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Associate Professor Marilyn Clark-Murphy, has been appointed to the recently established Superannuation Advisory Commi
TWO Western Australian developments have been recognised as the best in the country at the Urban Development Institute of Australia's National Awards for Excellence held last week.
ACSWA is a not-for-profit body which represents aged and community care providers. The association provides members with leadership, advocacy and an expanding knowledge base.
WESTERN Australia's second Australian Technical College, ATC Pilbara, has reached maximum capacity in its first student intake, with 60 students having started school-based apprenticeships last month.
ASPIRING iron ore miner, Gindalbie Metals Ltd, has disclosed that it may need to modify its start-up mining plans because of environmental issues associated with its $1.8 billion Karara project in the
FORMER jillaroo Danee Jenks ended up in the comparatively tame pursuit of industrial embroidery after breaking both arms in two Kimberley traffic incidents – she fell off her horse, twice.
Architecture firm Fitzpatrick + Partners has revealed plans for BHP Billiton's new Perth head office on the former Westralia Square site and Brookfield Multiplex's proposed Old Treasury Building redevelopment.
Troubled pharmaceutical company PharmAust Ltd announced today that its major operating subsidiary PharmAust Manufacturing Pty Ltd has been placed in voluntary administration.
Aquila Resources Ltd's share price jumped more than 20 per cent today after the company announced a significant upgrade of the iron ore resource at its half-owned West Pilbara project.
Vehicle sales in Western Australia have grown at a sluggish rate in the first two months of 2008, with growth in WA substantially below the national rate.
Deep Yellow Ltd managing director Leon Pretorius has increased his direct and indirect interest in the company through the on-market acquisition of 4.3 million shares at a total cost of $1.3 million.
ENVIRONMENT Minister David Templeman and Environmental Protection Authority chairman Dr Paul Vogel have announced a wide-ranging review to streamline the state's environmental approvals processes.
Visiting WA Former coach of the Essendon Football Club, Kevin Sheedy, to speak at the HIA event, An Audience with Kevin Sheedy, where he will discuss “Positive and Lateral Thinking” and “Thinking and
HENDERSON-BASED shipbuilder Strategic Marine has added to its burgeoning order book by securing contracts worth $US14.3 million ($16.1 million) for three aluminum hulled boats from an Indonesian compa
THE WA Local Government Association has released a draft plan for restructuring of the sector, with a focus on a regional system of service delivery but no forced amalgamations of local councils.
I WRITE with regard to the article ‘Engineering a fine balance' in the January 31 edition of WA Business News. I feel I have to ask – when was this article written?
FINDINGS from a new report based on interviews with 1,800 businesses back up anecdotal evidence that birth order and family size help shape entrepreneurs.
National tourism award wins TWO Western Australian tourism businesses, the Augusta- Margaret River Association and Faraway Bay, both won a prestigious 2007 Qantas Australian Tourism Award, held in Can
Goyder already hands-on at Coles It might have looked a bit small town, but when Wesfarmers Ltd boss Richard Goyder talked about how he'd sorted out the management of his local Mosman Park Coles store
The Perth Convention Bureau has appointed Paul Beeson as director of business development. Gareth Martin has been appointed director of business development, filling a 12-month vacancy.
ONE of the biggest brands to emerge from Western Australia is to disappear from building sites across Australia and New Zealand, with construction giant Multiplex Group changing its name to Brookfield
