Two diseases that threatened to devastate the State’s $200 million-a-year lupin industry have been stalled, thanks to the work of Department of Agriculture molecular geneticist Hua’an Yang.Dr Yang has
Getting Western Australia more active may not seem like the easiest job in the world but it is one the Find Thirty Campaign team took on with a vengeance.The idea behind the concept was simple – “Find
Helping turn around the fortunes of Western Australia’s pork industry has won the Department of Agriculture’s Pig Research and Development Group the group category award in the StateWest A
In Western Australia’s most comprehensive executive salary survey, Mark Beyer looks behind the headline numbers to find the State’s best value chief executives.
One of the hottest topics at the skills shortage forum was the negative attitude of students and parents towards traditional trades such as metalwork and mechanics.
Most of the participants in the skills shortage forum agreed that bringing skilled workers into Australia from overseas was an essential part of the solution. “We can’t avoid the need for skilled
The traditional apprentice system, which has undergone little change for several decades, needs to be modernised and become more flexible, industry representatives told the skills shortage forum.
St John of God Healthcare national chief executive Dr Michael Stanford believes failure to take account of social trends has contributed to the current skills shortage.
With the shortage of skilled labour arguably the biggest issue facing Western Australian business, WA Business News hosted a forum to seek solutions. Mark Beyer reports.
The bulk of Perth’s 30,000 potential business voters might be viewed as apathetic when it comes to going through the motions of getting or maintaining their place on the city’s electoral roll, but at least one major group bucks that trend.
When I first embarked on this project my expectations were totally different from what I eventually discovered.I was aware that corporate Perth was apathetic when it came to local government elections
Encouraging more occupiers and owners to vote doesn’t necessarily mean more democracy.Firstly, the potential for a business to register to vote has little to do with how much it contributes to the cit
The City of Perth might oversee the heart of corporate Western Australia, but business is under-represented on its governing council. Mark Pownall reports that many believe the State Government should recognise the unique needs of our CBD.
The latest quarterly reports from the oil and gas players with stakes in the highly prospective Perth Basin indicate strengthening prospects on the back of a rising oil price and planned joint venture activity.
Property prices in Dongara and Port Denison have risen significantly during the past 12 months as increasing numbers of retirees, and those in search of a sea change lifestyle, add to the towns’ already thriving industry and business sectors.
The seaside towns of Dongara and Port Denison are booming. But developments in the oil and gas industry and an influx of new residents are putting pressure on local amenities, as Alison Birrane reports.
The State Government has started its tax reform package by cutting the rate of payroll tax to 5.5%. We talk to industry about why more needs to be done.
