The multi-million dollar fortunes of Paladin Energy Ltd chairman Rick Crabb and company secretary Gillian Swaby are at risk after the company disclosed that about half their shares are subject to margin loans with failed lender Lift Capital.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has obtained injunctions against Perth property developers Kenneth and Morag Fraser and associated companies to stop the promotion of nine land sub-division schemes.
The prospect of Australia's coal seam gas industry developing large-scale export projects has received a major boost with BG Group (formerly British Gas) agreeing to invest $664 million in Queensland Gas Company.
Italian-owned ENI Australia Ltd shut down production at its Woollybutt joint venture with Tap Oil Ltd and Mobil after a safety incident forced the evacuation of personnel.
Engineering and construction company Clough Ltd has continued a run of big contract wins, being awarded a $260 million contract for Apache Energy's Devil Creek gas project in the Pilbara.
Sydney-based margin lender Lift Capital Partners has gone into administration, joining Tricom and Opes Prime as firms to suffer as a result of their margin lending activities.
Iluka Resources Ltd has announced major changes to its board of directors, with Jenny Seabrook joining as a non-executive director and Bob Every set to replace Ian Mackenzie as chairman.
The owner of the Dampier to Bunbury natural gas pipeline has announced further expansion plans after receiving additional firm capacity requests from existing and prospective users of the pipeline.
Midwest wants port vote; UWA joins Chevron's oil and gas stellar class; Tatts, Tabcorp shattered by gaming blow; BHP warning to Garrett; Council warns lack of land will push industrial rents sky-high
The Real Estate Institute of Western Australia data released today show a fall of almost three per cent on the median house price for the March quarter, pulling it down from $470,000 at the end of last year to around $457,000 currently.
Woodside Energy and BHP Billiton Petroleum are the winners in the annual safety awards presented by the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) for 2008.
Global energy company, Chevron, has selected the University of Western Australia to join its three year $6.9 million global university partnership program.
The trend towards more liberal retail trading hours in WA is gaining momentum with the state government approving extended trading throughout December and the City of Bunbury backing deregulation of trading through the year.
Western Metals Ltd has signed a Term Sheet to acquire 100% of the advanced Parys Mountain copper-zinc project on the island of Anglesey in North Wales from Anglesey Mining plc, a UK based mining company listed on the London Stock Exchange.
The state government has launched a $7.7 million North West Shelf environmental study today, to help planners better manage Australia's marine ecosystems.
For the first time since its reporting began, AFG, Australia's largest mortgage broker, has shown that mortgage sales in WA fell every month for the first three months of the year, when compared to sales for the same three months of 2007.
WA's United joins forces with big rival; Opes probes widens to share price manipulation; BHP shares soar on China buy rumours; Stokes cool as WAN goes on foot with profit; Merger growth for Gemini
Regarded by many as a prime spot to house one of Western Australia's biggest arts organisations, the former ABC studios site on Adelaide Terrace instead appears likely to be sold to property developers.
Visiting WA; Dave Snowden, founder and chief scientific officer, Cognitive Edge, UK, to speak at Global Convergence: Answers to Management and Compliance on May 1.
The Western Australian Cricket Association's master plan for a redevelopment of its grounds – which would allow buildings as tall as the existing light towers in some areas – has been directed back to the drawing board by the City of Perth, due to a lack
Kerry Stokes knows how to fire-up imaginations; right now, he's got the whole of Western Australia and a fair bit of the rest of the country speculating on what he's really up to with his high-profile push to spill the board of WA Newspapers Holdings Ltd.
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East Perth-based software developer Office Automation Pty Ltd is poised to enter a full commercialisation phase for its software, while keeping focus on research and development.
In an effort to combat an industry shortage of metallurgical technicians, Central Tafe has introduced a cadetship program offering on-the-job and formal training.
Two not-for-profit organisations, The McCusker Foundation for Alzheimer's Research and Alzheimer's Australia WA, have teamed up to launch a campaign to assist Alzheimer's and dementia sufferers.
The votality that has characterised the financial markets this year has bred anxiety across the country, but caution may be a more apt term for WA, where its largely business as usual.
