THE Carpenter government's approval rating among small and medium enterprises has fallen, making it the second lowest ranked state or territory government across Australia, a business survey has found
There are two committees in Perth that can be considered centres of commercial and public influence - the University of Western Australia's Business School board and the Committee for Perth.
As Western Australians head into their second week of dealing with reduced gas supplies, the spectre of the costly Longford gas disaster in Victoria looms for local industry.
The Western Australian Trade Enquiry Service is operated by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia (CCI) with the support of the WA Government's Department of Industry and Resources.
It's often said that true character is revealed in times of adversity, and in the past 18 months Perth has witnessed two enormous boardroom battles that have shone a revealing light on some of the state's most prominent company directors.
Industry has called on the state government to encourage further exploration and development of new energy sources, including coal, gas and uranium, following the second major incident involving a reduction in gas supply in less than six months.
Western Australia's two major industry lobbies, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA and the Chamber of Minerals and Energy, have witnessed changes at the top during the past year, with new leadership taking the reins.
Australia's export earnings from mineral resources were largely unchanged over the March quarter, with a strong Australian dollar and lower export volumes offsetting stronger commodity prices.
The Varanus Island gas plant explosion is having a big impact on the WA economy with 14 per cent of the respondents to an industry survey saying they will have to shut down, while 64 per cent expect a production decline.
The Carpenter government's newly formed energy working group will be seeking more details tonight on the impact of the state's gas crisis on local industries, as it continues to develop its contigency plans.
Ausdrill Ltd today reaffirmed its opposition to Macmahon Holdings Ltd's takeover offer, saying directors and other shareholders with 39.1 per cent of its stock would not accept the offer.
A Public Private Partnership project between the state government and Western Liberty Group has been delivered with the completion of one of Perth's new District Court building.
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One of Western Australia's longest serving resources sector representatives, David Parker, has quit his role as a director of leading industry lobby group the WA Chamber of Minerals and Energy.
As concern grows about the impact of Tuesday's explosion at the Varanus Island gas plant the spectre of the 1998 Longford gas explosion in Victoria looms, notably in terms of economic cost.
The state government plans to deliver more affordable housing for Western Australians in the community housing sector as part of its $210 million state community housing investment program.
Succession planning is an ongoing issue for family businesses; it challenges most in the sector, even when they have put a lot of time and effort into devising a strategy they think will work.
Businesses could be faced with an added layer of environmental assessment when planning new developments and projects to take into consideration the effects of climate change.
Premier Alan Carpenter has left many people confused and frustrated by his blanket rejection of the ambitious island development proposal announced last week for North Fremantle.
Visiting WA: Dr Martin Selligman, the founder of the ‘positive psychology phenomenon' is to present a half-day program on creating personal and professional wellbeing through positive work cultures o
Exploration into second-generation technologies and feedstocks is gathering pace as rising feedstock prices significantly affect the viability of the biofuel industry.
Renewable energy may have been touted as one of the key solutions to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but the development of renewable energy projects in Western Australia has stalled, with no major facilities coming online since 2006.
Faced with rising energy prices, Australia's politicians, like most politicians on the planet, are scrambling around looking for places to hide, or behaving like stunned rabbits in the lights of an oncoming vehicle (which unfortunately is not electric).
A 50 per cent increase in perishable exports from Western Australia during the past 12 months has contributed to a decision by Air Mauritius to provide a third weekly freight flight from July.
