GLOBAL insurance broker Aon has looked to Western Australia's local business talent to bolster its presence in the state - adding a Perth-based board to its existing operations.
THE gold sector has been a standout performer during the past six months, with 13 gold explorers or producers in Western Australia launching capital raisings worth a total of $275 million.
FREMANTLE Ports has revised its budgets and is closely monitoring current accounts and spending in light of tumbling trade figures and gloomy international forecasts.
INDUSTRY has welcomed the Environmental Protection Authority's environmental impact assessment process review, supporting its recommendation to move towards risk-based assessments for environmental approvals.
The Western Australian Trade Opportunities Service is operated by the International Trade Centre of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia.
City and rural business groups have lined up in their traditional opposing corners as Western Australians prepare for a six-week campaign ahead of the daylight saving referendum on May 16.
A PROPOSAL by the City of Wanneroo could provide a solution to the growing concerns of developers over requirements to preserve habitats of the endangered Carnaby's Black Cockatoo.
WESFARMERS may have developed a reputation as something of a corporate cleanskin, but as former CEO and chairman Trevor Eastwood recalls in a new biography, it was not always the case.
MUCH of Australia's energy development initiative is directed towards exporting vast quantities of the increasingly scarce and valuable natural gas, on which our grandchildren's grandchildren will need to rely to sustain their quality of life.
SINCE the downturn began engulfing the world's economies late last year, Western Australia's educational institutions have noted significant increases in demand from international students.
THE international economic downturn has filtered through to charities, with a national survey revealing more than half of not-for-profit organisations are recording a slump in donations.
AS speculation abounds on the future of a national broadband network, an elite number of businesses already have access to, and are using, extraordinarily high speeds.
Struggling iron ore miner Territory Resources has entered a standstill agreement with, and provided additional security to, its financiers as it seeks to restructure or refinance its foreign exchange hedging and loan arrangements.
A construction forecasting body says Australia-wide activity in the sector is expected to slump by $12 billion over the next two years while construction in the mining industry is expected to plummet 60 per cent.
The state's Pastoralists and Graziers' Association has welcomed the prospect of private, long-term investment in regional infrastructure projects by Palisade Investment Partners, which is headed by former Deputy Prime Minister Mark Vaile.
Australasian Resources has widened its scope of financiers after Chinese project partner Shougang missed a deadline while the merger agreement with one of billionaire Clive Palmer's companies has expired.
The state government says it will order work to stop at any BHP Billiton mines where workplace breaches are found, after five recent deaths at the company's Pilbara iron ore sites.
Energy Minister Peter Collier said he is seeking legal advice on whether he has capacity to stop Synergy relocating jobs overseas, after the state opposition claimed that more than 120 Western Australian jobs will head to India.
Talks over the liquefied natural gas hub in the Kimberley will continue past the deadline as issues remain to be negotiated with Woodside Petroleum and traditional owners.
Shares in West Perth-based Eneabba Gas have soared as much as 112 per cent today after entering a deal with Carbon Energy for the supply of gas to its Centauri 1 Power station in the Mid West.
Mines Minister Norman Moore has delivered an assurance Western Australia will retain control of local mining operations despite increased foreign investment in Australian mining companies.
Building approvals in Western Australia have jumped 20 per cent to a seasonally adjusted 1,644 units in February, new figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show.
New miner Atlas Iron has secured additional berth capacity at the Utah Point public access port facility in Port Hedland, which is currently under construction.
No escape from recession: RBA; Labor moves to cut major project costs; Unions warn of action on public service pay; Canada fund bids for Mac satellite; BankWest battles
