Special Reports

THE potential investment in Western Australia's iron ore industry could top $10 billion, with at least three aspiring producers seeking to break the domination of Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton Iron Ore.

WA Business News' inaugural survey of resource and infrastructure projects has found that China and energy are the two common themes. Mark Beyer reports.

Total Shareholder Return is a well-recognised tool for analysing the high-level performance of listed companies.

The strength of the State's resource sector has been reflected in the companies that dominated the top-performing stocks over the past 12 months to June.

Concern about Western Australia's skills shortage is growing as industry finds it increasingly difficult to recruit the people it needs. Mark Beyer reports.

After a couple of tough years, the fourth annual Trudo WA Business News Total Shareholder Return survey reveals positive market conditions for many of Western Australia's listed c

The number of people undertaking apprenticeships in Australia has gone through a long-term decline, driven in part by the privatisation of government utilities, a national study h

The 2004 Trudo WA Business News Total Shareholder Return survey has highlighted the strong recovery of the sharemarket.

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.

Although not an exhaustive list, the following women are noteworthy for their contributions to the State's legal profession.  

Crown Prosecutor Patti Chong is an individual who rarely conforms or complies with others' opinion of what she should be or how she should behave.

For many women in the legal profession a largely inflexible workplace and management structure has proved a barrier to a long-term career.

 1901: Western Australian women vote for the first time in State elections.

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.

The single largest investment in Western Australia's timber industry is about to start bearing fruit at a vast factory at the Neerabup industrial estate, north of Wanneroo.

A multi-million dollar Federal Government assistance package for WA's timber industry just before an election has raised questions about the process, reports Mark Beyer.

The Federal Government has claimed its $15 million assistance program for Western Australia's timber industry will create 900 new jobs.

The past six Australian ambassadors to China have come from WA. They are listed in order of their term (most recent first).

Recent fears of an overheating Chinese economy has stifled the plans of some wanting to do business in China's expanding market.

All of Australia's ambassadors to China since 1985 have hailed from Western Australia. With China emerging as an economic powerhouse, Alison Birrane and Jim Hawtin examine China's recent history and the State's place in it though the eyes of the men who h

Staying relevant to the market has never been a more obvious priority for the State's only daily newspaper, The West Australian.

Home Building Society underwent a million-dollar brand overhaul late last year to revitalise its 58-year-old image.

Retravision didn't feature among WA Business News' most recognised brands last year because the brand originates from Victoria.