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Need a break? Work taking over and your partner has just about had it? Here are a couple of special places that will help to restore peace and tranquillity in your life – at least for a few days.

The resignation from state cabinet of Bob Kucera may well provide a boost for young Liberal leader Matt Birney, but it signals just how difficult we make it for our politicians to be normal these days.

Last week's bagging of junior minister Bob Kucera's scalp wasn't a day too soon for Liberal leader Matt Birney, since a consensus was emerging within party ranks that, while he'd made a fairly good start in February, little had happened since to cheer up

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Ten of Northbridge's best-known restaurants are set for a culinary cook off as this month's Northbridge Festival builds to a climax.

October is the time to break out the lederhosen, grab your favourite stein, and sway along to the traditional sounds of an Oompa band during Oktoberfest.

CLAREMONT'S Bay View Terrace remains at the vanguard of prime retail shopping strips in Perth, outside of the CBD, and is the only Western Australian location to make it into the top 15 strips in Australia, according to a study undertaken by CB Richard El

Robert Spadaccini has gone from success to success since establishing his home building company in 1997.

The whispers are growing louder – are some of the world's most iconic fashion brands coming to Perth? Marsha Jacobs knows where to find the answers.

Just as luxury goods retailers are coy about who their clients are, retail leasing agents are equally coy about which brand name stores are considering a move to Perth.

The planned merger of Curtin and Murdoch universities highlights the major changes facing Western Australia's higher education sector. WA Business News convened a boardroom forum to discuss the current issues and future outlook for the state's public universities.

Curtin University's council and Murdoch University's senate have been forced to defer meetings scheduled for this week to make an official decision on their merger because of delays with a merger feasibility report.

The shortage of skilled labour has affected most industries in Western Australia, and universities are no exception.

Western Australia's universities have called on the State Government to take a more strategic role in guiding and supporting development of the sector.

Australia's universities are highly competitive, especially in their pursuit of research dollars, yet some of the best research occurs when they collaborate.

As many businesses consider new ways of supporting university training in light of Western Australia's growing skills crisis, the Fogarty Foundation is one organisation already doing something.

John Howard is one of the canniest politicians in the business and his proposed reform of industrial relations has his textbook approach written all over it.

Last week, State Scene was fortunate to sneak a look at what could become Western Australia's non-metropolitan lower house electoral boundaries at the 2009 election.

Big fish in Perth's small corporate pond pay a high price when they move to deeper waters.

Boutique developer MATCH has been given approval to transform Perth's first concrete and steel structure, designed in 1927 by Oldham, Boas & Ednie-Brown, into a heritage sensitive development consisting of 30 warehouse apartments and 39 terrace houses on

Having moved out of residential property development in favour of commercial property syndication 18 months ago, Access West is currently completing its sixth commercial syndicate.

Property investors who self-manage their properties have been warned they are at greater risk of experiencing problems with tenants and exposing themselves and their assets.

As spring quietly announces its presence the Perth food community is busy changing seasons, changing menus and preparing the subtle differences of spring and summer foods.

The recent annual Qantas Wine Show of Western Australia held in Mount Barker has received rave reviews.

Don't know your single malts from your blends? Then perhaps the Whiskeys of the World Tasting at The Globe Restaurant is for you.

Western Australia's best-cleaned sites were honoured in the 2005 Golden Service Awards, the building services industry's premier recognition of excellence.

By far the most dominant demographic influence on the Western Australian economy – and most developed economies for that matter – is that of the baby boomers.

Returns in the farm sector were mixed in 2004-05, both in volume and value terms, but good rainfall in the state's agricultural areas during the past two months will ensure a strong harvest this year across most commodities.

The state's economy is showing no signs of cooling its demand for additional emplo-yment capacity, with all signs pointing to a further tightening as the skilled labour market feels the pinch of shortages across the board.

WHILE Western Australia has traditionally been one of the less expensive Australian states in which to live, recent rises in key indicators point to a closing of the cost-of-living gap.

The Health Reform Committee report of March 2004 recommended a fundamental reconfiguration of the state's health system during the next 15 years. The Government's recent allocation of $3.6 billion with the release of the 'WA Health Clinical Services Frame

For all the lifestyle it has to offer Perth is often attacked as lacking the vibrancy and cultural diversity available in cities such as Sydney and Melbourne.