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WEST Perth company Cool Energy is planning to press ahead with development of its innovative gas field technology after a major ownership and board restructuring.

The amount of local content on big resources projects is a lingering concern for many business people.

AT the end of the month, the remaining sales and marketing staff at failed agribusiness provider Great Southern will be made redundant; but the battle for control of its assets is just getting started.

Former premier Sir Charles Court's long association with Japan and his role in WA's development are chronicled in a new book.

Can controlling red tape help change the way government works?

There are benefits and challenges ahead, as Australia's population heads towards an expected 35 million by 2049.

PERTH'S commercial office market and the state's building industry are both looking to big gas developments such as Chevron's Gorgon project to be a key driver of activity.

The Rudd government should concentrate its efforts on planning for Australia's long-term needs.

IT has the potential to become one of the great ironies of Western Australia's unfolding LNG boom - hot rocks powering the Pilbara's accelerating oil and gas-based economy.

A 40-year dream is about to become reality near the dunes at the end of the Mitchell Freeway.

IT is the land where Alan Bond infamously painted the sand dunes green to make the brochures look better.

LAND development has changed substantially in the past decade or so.

KING Neptune has been waiting a long time for this.Amid much anticipation of rapid development, a six-metre high statue was built almost three decades ago, facing southward from a promontory at Two Rocks towards Perth, 60 kilometres distant.

THE major engineering companies in Western Australia cut employment by 15 per cent during the past 12 months, defining the impact of the global financial crisis on the sector.

The redevelopment of Claremont has the potential to change the way local governments look at revitalising tired suburbs.

AN administrative blunder by copper miner Aditya Birla Minerals has set the scene for another David and Goliath battle over mineral resources in the Pilbara.

BENCHMARK Projects managing director Chris Carman has built a lengthy career out of establishing landmark developments.

The Barnett government has named 34 state schools that will have independent status within the public system as part of a new policy to give more grass roots control to the school.

Melbourne-based Cue Energy Resources says it will look for a joint venture partner shortly for its gas project off the Pilbara coast, which has the potential to host a large resource.

Perth-based explorer CityView Corporation has scrapped one acquisition in favour of another that will give it a controlling stake in a coal briquette company, with the deal valued at $27 million.

East Perth-based Metals X has entered into a farm-in and joint venture agreement with Rio Tinto over a nickel and copper project in South Australia.

The state's Super 14 rugby matches will be played at ME Bank Stadium from next year after the Town of Vincent approved a licence arrangement and $2.4 million worth of upgrades.

Perth technology entrepreneur Eugeni Tsvetnenko is the state's wealthiest person under the age of 40 with a fortune of $107 million, according to this year's BRW Young Rich List.

Western Australian farmers are the nation's most independent with a new study showing they are receiving less financial assistance compared to those in other states.

Shares in Fox Resources have surged higher on a 307 per cent resource upgrade at the company's Radio Hill nickel and copper project near Karratha.

The safe haven status of gold during the global financial crisis has boosted The Perth Mint's profit before tax to a record $38 million in 2008/09.

Entrepreneur and minerals explorer Bill Clough has cashed in a large pile of Mirabela Nickel shares, pocketing more than $6.5 million through an on-market sale.

The Barnett government has performed strongly in regulatory reform in its first year in office but must now deliver on its reform promises, a Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA scorecard has concluded.

Gold miner Resolute Mining has expanded its capital raising efforts with an $18.9 million placement to a European fund manager, which is on top of a recent $25 million convertible note issue.

Confidence among Western Australian businesses has bounced back to boom levels, a new survey shows.

Confidence on the rise; Export earnings to fall despite China surge; ALP ranks split on uranium ban; State's population grows by 220 a day; Wong opens way for real ETS talks with opposition

The corporate watchdog has received Federal Court approval to wind up Finchley Central Funds Management, which is likely to impact investors that have poured a collective $40 million into two trusts.