THE WEST AUSTRALIAN (Business News)
Wesfarmers flies solo with $20b coles bid
Wesfarmers has made an audacious $20.7 billion solo bid for Coles, after the withdrawal of its private equity partners hours before the deadline.
Rich lures in battle for ConsMin
The takeover battle betweeen Michael Kiernan's Territory Resources and Brian Gilbertson's Pallinghurst Resources for Consolidated Minerals may soon extend to South Africa.
WestNet rail option may break Mid-West deadlock
The 11th hour emergence of Mid-Westrail operator WestNet with an alternmative proposal for the development of vital railway infrastructure in the region is looming as a key circuit-breaker to ease the tensions between rival proponents Murchison Metals and Yilgarn Infrastructure.
THE WEST AUSTRALIAN (General News)
Rudd IR laws 'risk $130b in projects'
The Australian resources sector has launched its strongets attack on Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd's industrial relations credentials, claiming any changes to workplace laws would be "economic vandalism" that could undermine $130 billion in future projects and threaten a similar amount in export revenue this financial year.
Fresh storm over OBE report cards
The State's school marking system has been engulfed in fresh controversy with revelations almost every student in some classes receive A grades on their first semester school reports because of difficulties in the way academic performance is assessed under outcome-based education.
Businesses blamed for WA's contaminated groundwater
WA businesses are contaminating the State's groundwater supplies by dumping pesticides and other dangerous pollutants into drains, a new report has warned.
