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Changes to the law give shareholders more say on executive pay and tighten the rules on how boards decide.

A mining industry leader in Perth this week highlighted the key issues facing the sector, and by extension WA.

What's the connection between a light metal, fruit juice and a US-based economist?

Listed company AnaeCo has resolved to focus on the commercialisation of its waste treatment technology, following the resignation of its founder Tom Rudas.

PROPERTY developers are pressing ahead with their projects in Midland despite the withdrawal by Singapore-based Raffles Education Corporation from plans to establish a university at Midland’s heritage-listed Railway Workshops.

INCREASED confidence in the local economy has led to a spike in tenant demand for office space, new research says.

LANDCORP has opened the call for builders and developers to lodge expressions of interest to develop the first release of lots at the Springs Estate in Rivervale.

DULUX'S manufacturing facility in O'Connor has just hit the market and is expected to attract interest from developers and owner-occupiers, according to its vendors.

The founder of Granny Flats WA.com, Mike Nicholls, has brought a very 1970s concept into the new millennium, proving granny flats are much more than your typical, done-up ‘shed' in the backyard.

MUSICIAN John Butler, art advocate Janet Holmes a Court and WA Institute of Medical Research director Peter Klinken may seem to have little in common – and until recently that may have been the case.

Live music underpins the transformation of North Perth's historic The Rosemount Hotel. Emily Morgan reports.

WESTERN Australia has the worst track record of any state for diverting waste from landfills, new data shows.

The leaders of WA's two major political parties are noticeably silent on a crucial issue of state energy security.

A START-UP Perth business has unveiled an innovative plan to enter the data centre market, in which heavyweight IT and telecommunications players like Fujitsu and Leighton have recently made multi-million dollar investments.

The Pilbara is vulnerable to a range of security, economic and ecological threats.

Perth architecture firms are still waiting for the post-GFC recovery to lure private sector developers back into the market.

WA has been shaped by 120 years of boom-bust history, and that mindset still prevails, in damaging ways.

What if a building could improve your attention span, help you heal and save taxpayers' dollars?

It looks like a case of ‘owners sit tight, buyers get ready' in local property for the next two years.

THE Barnett government's blueprint to transform Perth into a vibrant, contemporary city could prove to be the saviour of the local architecture sector, but the true potential of these once-in-a-generation projects reaches far beyond their financial impact

Is public transport a victim of its own success or a wasteful rort?

COMMUTERS and shoppers passing through the Perth Cultural Centre in Northbridge have seen big changes over the past year, and they are a pointer to even larger changes afoot.

It will be a major boost for attorney-general Christian Porter if he can get his draft prostitution Bill across the line.

RECENTLY completed office tower one40william has become the first new central city development in Perth to win the architecture profession's top prize in more than a decade.

LIFELINE WA and Perth based internet service provider iiNet have joined forces to raise awareness and vital funds for Western A

KERRY Hill Architects has grown in recent years to have a substantial practice in Fremantle, but it would not have been that way if the firm had not won the design competition for the State Theatre Centre.

East Perth's Restaurant Amuse has taken out the coveted Restaurant of the Year prize at the 2011 Western Australian Restaurant and Catering Awards for Excellence.

The state government has snubbed private Kwinana port developer James Point Pty Ltd with a new plan to significantly expand Fremantle harbour's container capacity and start another review of the 'outer harbour' options at Cockburn Sound.

Gina Rinehart hates the label "Australia's richest person". How will she, and the rest of the country react when (not if) she ranks as the "world's richest"- as can be forecast using the latest research.

Kambalda nickel miner Mincor Resources has launched an on-market share buy-back to re-acquire approximately 10 per cent of its issued capital.

Western Australian gold miners Focus Minerals and Crescent Gold have announced a merger plan that will result in the formation of one of Australia's top five gold producers with a market capitalisation of around $323 million.

Last night's Vinnies' CEO Sleepout saw 107 chief executives sleeping rough in the name of charity, and none did it tougher than Mermaid Marine boss Jeff Weber.