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As each week passes, the federal government's incompetence over live cattle exports gets more and more staggering.

Current events are exposing the limits of globalisation.

Law firms Jackson McDonald and McKenzie Moncrieff will merge to create a 32-partner firm with more than 120 professional staff, cementing it as the second biggest law firm in Western Australia.

WESTERN Australian law firms Clayton Utz, Blake Dawson, and DLA Piper have added new partners to their practices in the past week, while a long-serving member of staff has retired from Norton Rose.

What is it with academics and their desire to sign proclamations about what is right or wrong?

This year's survey of mergers and acquisitions activity in WA reveals a new ranking among corporate advisory firms in Perth.

Colin Barnett has taken a bit of a gamble in naming Burswood as the site for the new 60,000-seat stadium.

IF you have an established business with a good track record of sales and profit, how much can you expect from a sale?

A DELOITTE corporate finance survey has found a recovery in stock market floats in Western Australia during the past financial year, although the annual data disguises a slump in activity in recent months.

THE towns of Cambridge and Vincent want to reunite the elements of the old area of Leederville divided by the Mitchell Freeway as part of a plan to develop key pockets of land isolated by modern transport infrastructure.

LISTED property developer Peet expects to expand its land holdings by as much as 30 per cent over the next five years after partnering with the Future Fund to buy and develop large, residential land holdings in Australia.

THE Housing Industry Association says new home sales in Western Australia are at ‘dangerously' low monthly volumes.

Fastwave Communications and Curtin University were among the winners at the technology industry's most comprehensive awards program, the iAwards.

The state government has revealed the first nine regional towns to benefit from $85 million in upgrades under Regional Development Minister Brendon Grylls' "SuperTowns" initiative.

Police have brushed past a protest blockade to escort Woodside Petroleum contractors to the site of a proposed gas hub at James Price Point in the Kimberley.

Indonesia has confirmed it will significantly cut the number of cattle it sources from Australia when it re-assesses its import quota for next year.

Voters appear to be abandoning the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, and her rush to introduce a carbon tax. Money is just ignoring her.

The state government has announced the release of 39 lots earmarked for industrial purposes at Hedland Junction, near Port Hedland.

Jackson McDonald and McKenzie Moncrieff have announced they will merge to create a 32-partner law firm with more than 120 professional staff, cementing it as the second largest firm in WA.

The state government has revealed details on $147 million of budget commitments for upgrades to six country hospitals in the south of the state.

The corporate watchdog has charged former Westpoint directors Norm Carey and Graeme Rundle for breaching the Corporations Act.

Should the military be used to stimulate development in the north-west?

WHEN a group of industry leaders gathered at WA Business News this month to discuss the cost of doing business, they raised plenty of worrying issues, but also found one good news story in a most unlikely place.

Some delicate negotiation is needed in the upcoming round of pay claims if the government is to emerge unscathed.

WESTERN Australia needs more people, and needs a vision to support its long-term growth and economic diversification.

CHARITABLE donations in Australia dropped by $253 million in the 2008-2009 financial year, from $2.35 billion in 2007-08, accor

CUTS to payroll tax and stamp duty sit at the top of the business sector's tax reform agenda for Western Australia.

PERTH-BASED and regional businesses were among those recognised at three different award ceremonies last week.

NATIONAL property developer Stockland has boosted its Western Australian residential land holdings by almost 40 per cent to close the big gap between it and local leaders, Satterley and Peet.

PINDAN Construction and PACT Constructions have been awarded contracts to build two new high schools in Perth, at a combined cost of $97 million.

ARCHITECTURE firm Silver Thomas Hanley has been appointed to lead the design team for the $234 million redevelopment of St John of God Hospital in Murdoch.