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Developers are making moves in the laid-back fishing town of Lancelin in the lead up to the state government's planned extension of the coast road between Lancelin and Cervantes, scheduled to begin next year.

A former Wesfarmers Premier Coal mine near Collie will reportedly be the first in Australia to be rehabilitated and transformed into a freshwater lake and premiere recreation area.

So, it's official. The Perth Convention Exhibition Centre is a white elephant. Hands up anyone who is surprised?

A change may be as good as a holiday for most, but it looks to have brought even more reward for those behind Leederville restaurant, Ria.

State Scene has an answer for those wondering what some former Australian prime ministers, ambassadors and even top spies do in retirement – they can become global consultants.

Our 2006 branding survey – the fifth since 2002 – is the most comprehensive to date and is probably the first to show a marked shift in sentiment in a major Western Australian brand.

Personal space may start to become an uncomfortable issue in some workplaces amid the city's ongoing office market squeeze.

Western Australia's dominant health insurance player HBF has shot up the ranks from fifth position last year to capture the prized number one spot in the WA Business News list of our state's most recognised brands.

A rugby club and a brewery may have some obvious synergies from a social viewpoint, but what do they both have in common with an energy utility?

It is one thing to develop an emerging brand in a booming economy but another altogether to maintain the brand into the long term.

Brands with distant owners have come under the spotlight as poor performers in WA Business News' fifth annual branding survey, with BankWest highlighted for its lack of local focus.

The departure of Michael Chaney last year has done little to halt the Wesfarmers juggernaut, with the industry giant named as the top Western Australian corporate brand in this year's WA Business News survey, ahead of Woodside and Alinta.

Competition among advertising agencies in the design market and the failure of local resource companies to invest in design services were two of the many hurdles facing the sector in Western Australia, according to John Emery, principal creative director

Perth's industrial sales agents are being forced to ride out a land supply shortage across the metropolitan area as several factors combine to put further pressure on already diminishing stocks of three- and four hectare lots.

Landowners in the South West with property lying in the path of the Water Corporation's proposed 110-kilometre Yarragadee water pipeline received notice this month of the corporation's intention to clear a 20-metre wide corridor through paddocks.

Property prices have dominated conversations in Perth for the past five years.

Salinity may be the environmental threat that's top-of-mind among many Western Australians, but dieback is quietly carving a swath of destruction through forests and bushland in the South West, seriously affecting the biological diversity of the native ec

A CHANCE meeting in the middle of the tasting room one sunny Swan Valley afternoon has secured for Chesters Restaurant what wine marketers around the country are all struggling to achieve – export sales for Australian wine.

Global Wine Ventures Ltd has signed a national distribution deal with red+white.

No doubt there are many people in Western Australia, State Scene among them, eagerly awaiting a copy of one-time Liberal leader Colin Barnett's forthcoming book, Black Swan, to see how he explains his loss at the February 2005 election.

PERTH Glory has announced the appointment of Michelle Phillips to the role of chief executive officer.

I can't work out whether Premier Alan Carpenter has pulled a masterstroke of politics or blundered beyond compare with his talk of reserving gas for domestic use.

With a boom-fuelled surplus, Perth architects want the state government to take the bull by the horns and provide some vision for the city.

Geoff Warn believes change is inevitable, it is just a matter of when.

The proposed Treasury Building development is not the only civic building courting controversy in Perth, following the announcement by Culture and the Arts Minister Sheila McHale of a $42 million performing arts venue to be built on the corner of Roe and

Independent urban think-tank, City Vision, may have reached its 20th year in Perth, but the group has not lost any of its zeal.

In the 18 months since his appointment as the state's government architect, Professor Geoffrey London has played a major role in the commissioning of a number of public building projects – some of them attracting considerable controversy among Perth's arc

Western Australian A-League soccer club Perth Glory has appointed former Football West head Michelle Phillips as its CEO, adding to sweeping changes at the team which also has a new coach.

Western Australia's buoyant economy has improved local companies' strike rate in accessing support through AusIndustry's competitive grants programs.

As Peet Limited approaches its second year as a listed company, the move to join the Australian Stock Exchange has coincided with a buoyant market.

Building activity in Western Australia continues to build momentum according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics figures, which show the total value of building work in WA grew for the 10th consecutive quarter in March 2006.

Andrew Forrest and his Fortescue Metals Group are determined to build a new iron ore mine in the Pilbara, but the closer an outsider looks at the financial structure being created