THE battle over energy in Western Australia has taken another twist with a consortium dominated by mining companies asking the government to set more stringent conditions on another resources project.
PERTH'S stockbroking scene has undergone some major changes over the past year as the sector repositions itself to take advantage of growing market confidence.
THE third attempt in a decade to merge the iron ore assets of BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto could resolve this issue for good, with Premier Colin Barnett seemingly prepared to negotiate over a long list of demands.
WHEN Celebrate WA announced Western Australia's Citizen of Year awards for 2009 two weekends ago the presence of the University of Western Australia would not have escaped the attention of many.
WITH the drums of the global financial crisis still pounding their deep-toned warnings, the shrill sounds of peripheral issues appear to have been drowned out.
WESTERN Australia's $840 million international education sector could be under threat as tensions escalate following a series of attacks against Indian students on the east coast.
WENDY Duncan is a name few Western Australians would be able to place, yet ask political observers who's who in the state's parliamentary jungle and her name comes up time and time again.
DESPITE a major spat with federal Liberal deputy leader Julie Bishop, political observer Peter van Onselen still puts her in his top 10 most influential Western Australians.
WEST Perth-based Croesus Mining will be transformed into a base metals explorer following a deal with gold miner Apex Minerals and prospector Mark Creasy.
ONE year after fighting off a hostile takeover attempt, Ausdrill managing director Ron Sayers has declared the business he founded more than 20 years ago to be takeover-proof, and the likely instigator, not prey, of future acquisitions.
AGRICULTURE exporters, lobby groups and industry bodies are concerned at the prospect of increased certification costs from the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service if a plan to scrap a 40 per cent subsidy goes ahead.
WESTERN Australia's education exports continue to grow with the University of Western Australia unveiling a new tool for developing this key commodity and helping establish Perth as a world-class d
INTERNATIONAL gold mining company Newmont is set to become an electricity retailer in Western Australia in its own right, despite objections by one of its joint venture partners, TransAlta Energy.
SIX months after initiating an overhaul of the construction and management of state government buildings, Treasurer Troy Buswell has unveiled details of the reforms to Western Australia's building and construction stakeholders.
JOB advertisements in Western Australia have slumped more than 56 per cent during the past 12 months as the engineering sector takes the biggest hit, new figures show.
The Western Australian Trade Opportunities Service is operated by the International Trade Centre of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia.
HENDERSON-BASED shipbuilder Strategic Marine this month launched a new vessel it says sets new design and construction standards for crew boats in the oil and gas industry.
A KEY component of the government's 'Works Reform Business Solution Plan' earmarks the relocation of thousands of public sector workers from the city's government buildings to new locations.
Reward Minerals has appealed to the Commonwealth Attorney General to have last month's decision by the Native Title Tribunal over the Lake Disappointment project overruled.
Retail sales in Western Australia are forecast to surge more than 4 per cent in fiscal 2012 after a slight contraction the year before as the economy feels the effects of higher unemployment as the current pipeline of projects dries up, new figures show.
