Special Reports

Martin Cebis is responsible for commercialising outcomes developed at The Australian Telecommunications CRC (ATcrc).

Kuppa2 in Claremont has become one of Perth's favourite dining spots and its contemporary food, wine and style have its roots in Tom Lapping's Kuppa restaurant, located in Bangkok.

40under40 Our 12 judges were buoyed by the strength of the field, even if it made their job harder. Let us introduce them to you ...

Overcoming hurdles, striving for excellence, and sheer determination are attributes that resonate from Mr Buzza's persona.

Nikki Griffiths has experienced the hardship of business early in her career and, at 26, has over-come adversity to create a successful graphic design operation.

Success as a chartered accountant can be measured many ways.

Must Winebar founder, director and executive chef, Russell Blaikie, is a leader in the hospitality arena.

Beacon Technology is a software development company that develops custom software to individual clients.

Dr Paul Watt's research discoveries at the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research laboratories have resulted in the formation of the institute's first spin-off company, Phylog

OVER the past two years, Western Australian companies have been awarded contracts worth more than $1.7 billion on big mining and resource processing projects.

Sean Gavin has taken the acclaimed family-operated construction business, Gavin Construction in a new direction.

After five years at Telstra, where she worked her way up to the position of senior corporate account executive, managing one of Telstra's top accounts, Deanne Pederson jumped ship a

Matt Birney, 33, is the youngest shadow minister in any State or Federal parliament in mainland Australia.

Since losing his mother and sister in a car accident at just seven years of age, Paul Hennessy has developed a desire to live life to its full and a tenacity to overcome adversity.

For the past 15 years Professor Duane Varan has balanced a lecturing career in both Perth and the US with consultancy work for the A-list in world commerce.

In 1985 Andrew Ford and his business partner, Kyle Doonan, decided to open a small air-conditioning business. The pair used second-hand vans and second-hand tools.

The Zimbabwe World Cup Rugby squad member immigrated to Australia and began a new life on an extremely modest budget.

THE $437 million railcar contract for the planned Mandurah railway highlights the wide gap between rhetoric and reality that sometimes muddies the local content deb

THE centrepiece of the new local content incentive scheme, which formally commenced on January 1, is Australian Industry Participation (AIP) plans.

A new scheme to maximise local content on major projects formally took effect on January 1. Mark Beyer takes a close look at how major Western Australian projects are performing.

WA'S sole private electricity retailer says onerous regulations and charges are preventing more players from entering the State's electricity market.

IF there was an award for companies achieving high local content on Western Australian projects, BHP Billiton would take line honours, while Woodside would be a con

COMPANIES hoping to win big contracts from the Western Australian Government are now required to prepare Australian Industry Participation (AIP) plans.

DESPITE a difficult overall trading environment for insurance firms, Western Australian-based St Andrew's Insurance has announced a 32 per cent jump in pre-tax profit for 2002.

A MALAGA-BASED manufacturer has recently signed a deal with Japanese manufacturer Kawasaki to supply the Japanese market with special beach cleaning technology.

IF you think individual businesses will find it hard under the new Contaminated Sites legislation, spare a thought for the WA Government.

THE opening of a new four-level, 9850 square metre manufacturing plant and imminent appointment of a new chief executive at the Gold Corporation mark an exciting new phase for the Perth Mint.

THE Minim Cove development and the East Perth Gasworks stand out as the State's highest profile contamination locations of recent times – due to their massive clean-up costs and high level of public awareness.

A decade in the planning and a dozen drafts later, the Contaminated Sites Bill 2002 has put the State's landowners on notice, as Gary Kleyn reports.

PROJECT managers could soon be able to lay their hands on a comprehensive list of project services providers. Former project manager Horst Kambeck is putting together the

THE ageing of Australia's population has been widely predicted. Less well understood is the commercial and social impact of this change.

A RAPID growth in the number of one and two-person households will be one of the defining trends of the next decade, according to the WA Planning Commission.