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Long-time business partners Lang Hancock and Peter Wright could never have foreseen the fallout from their Pilbara iron ore venture. Joe Poprzeczny reports.

There are few family businesses in Western Australia, let alone Australia, which are almost halfway through their second century of business.

It's probably a good time to weigh into the debate about annual leave provision with a few thoughts about holidays, which I believe are an integral part of work.

Having been exposed to the business side of their family since they were toddlers, it is no surprise the Marcolina children, Kristy (Delporte) and her twin brothers Daniel and Ad

For reasons never clear to me, the University of WA's history department avoided focusing on military history.

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Australia has a long history of entrepreneurial business leaders who stamp their personality on their companies. Mark Beyer and David Gibson examine the role of executive chairmen in light of recent controversies at three prominent WA companies.

I'm always fascinated how the pendulum finds its natural balance in politics.

As federal Education Minister Brendan Nelson attempts to gain even greater control over Western Australia's tertiary education sector, thereby satisfying his Canberra-based bureaucrats' thirst for greater control, our state politicians sit about looking b

Evans & Tate executive chairman Franklin Tate has made a passionate defence of his company's corporate governance practices and its commercial prospects.

A major international review has found no empirical evidence to support the corporate governance ‘best practices' supported by organisations such as the Australian Stock Exchange and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Developer Luke Saraceni is preparing to lodge a development approval for Raine Square, the latest addition in the race to get a new office building out of the ground in the CBD.

One of the founders of the Ray White franchise in Western Australia, Spiro Mallis, is leaving the franchise and setting up his own boutique agency, Mallison Partners.

The Perth residential property market is experiencing stock shortages, according to The Real Estate Institute of Western Australia (REIWA) research.

July 14 is Bastille Day, an occasion celebrated by French men and women the world over as marking the birth of France as a sovereign nation.

Coffee in a can – a new product from one of the country's oldest beverage companies – is stirring up a great deal of interest, both locally and overseas.

One of the most passionate members of Mount Barker's wine community has received the 2005 Ian Tyrer Award.

As director of Perth hospitality company, Beaumonde Catering, Mark Dimmitt knows first-hand the difficulties of running a small business.

Celebrating their 74th year in 2005, the WA Chapter Architecture Awards provide an annual showcase for the skills of Western Australian members of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA). See Special Reports for related articles.

Specialists in master planning and the design of institutional and commercial premises, Jurg Hunziker and Michael Spight from TAG architects took on a challenge of a different kind

Architects HASSELL have won the commercial building award for their involvement in the design and construction of a high technology pharmaceutical production plant for Chemeq Ltd in Rockingham.

The Margaret River Education Campus caters for regional educational needs and is a unique joint venture between the South West Regional College of TAFE, Curtin and Edith Cowan universities, and the Margaret River Senior High School.

Quay West Resort Bunker Bay is a five-star resort consisting of 150 luxury villas located adjacent to the sheltered Bunker Bay beach in the Margaret River region.

An innovative design for St Brigid at Mercy College Koondoola by Murray Slavin has won the top award for interior design at this year's awards.

Donaldson and Warn Architects won a design competition to build a memorial to victims of the 2002 Bali bombing on a site chosen by the victims' families.

Having worked on the Perth Town Hall refurbishment for nearly a decade, conservation award winner, Cox Howlett and Bailey Woodland's Bret White, is delighted that the recently completed four stages of refurbishment will allow the building to be better ut

It doesn't happen often, that a state government minister and their direct political opponent find themselves agreeing with each other.

The Fiona Hogg-designed Coco Eco house in Broome is located in a pristine natural habitat and is totally ecologically sustainable.

Superannuation choice is upon us, and there is a lot of talk of the cost to business in this change.