Not-for-profit television station Access 31 has a bit of a perception problem – not regarding its output or programming, but rather on the issue of funding.
The annual Sheraton Perth West Australian Wine Awards were at their glittering best last week as the 29th instalment recognised the best of the state's wine industry.
Perth hills winery, Millbrook, takes viognier pretty seriously, which is evident in the wines from the past couple of vintages. But the winery also extends its commitment to the variety with an annual tasting.
The booming resources sector has underpinned strong returns by listed Western Australian companies in WA Business News' fifth annual survey of total shareholder returns.
A diverse range of resource stocks, including coal, gold, iron ore and uranium, as well as non-resource stocks from the property and water treatment sectors, featured among Western Australia's top stocks in one-year returns.
While significant one-year returns are a positive sign for any business, maintaining these results year-in-year-out is a challenge of more significant proportions.
Uranium company Paladin Resources was the top performing Western Australian stock for the three years to June by a wide margin, with an average annual total shareholder return of 618 per cent.
Winemaker Evans & Tate, internet services provider iiNet, pharmaceutical manufacturer Chemeq and ticketing technology company ERG are some of the high-profile Western Australian companies that are laggards in the latest total shareholder return survey.
Resource stocks are not the only ones to be profiting from the burgeoning environment in Western Australia, with companies in the mining services and property sectors also welcoming significant returns.
Investors in listed Western Australian companies are usually focused on the potential for capital gains, but in a minority of cases there is potential to earn a tidy income from dividends.
The Building and Construction Industry Training Fund is considering a boost to its industry levy to keep apprentices and trainees in jobs, following a forecast 9 per cent drop in housing approvals this financial year.
South Perth-based iron ore company Aztec Resources Ltd has signed a sales contract with one of its shareholders, China-based CITIC Australia Commodity Trading Ltd.
In the midst of Western Australia's escalating property prices, Jenelle Carter spoke to a number of prominent WA property figures to find out if and when the bubble will burst.
A hot property market and soaring median house prices are not the exclusive domain of Perth, with regional centres also getting a good dose of property fever.
Sydney-based Australian Property Monitors believes Perth is in line for a price correction of between 16 and 20 per cent in six to 12 months, if global commodities markets slow.
Developers are lining up for a piece of the next phase of Perth's office market action to capitalise on the solid returns promised by high rents and current vacancy rates of 3.5 per cent.
Far more than simply encouraging more urban dwellers to ‘go bush', as was originally intended, the Bibbulmun Track has become so popular it is now regarded as one of the world's best long-distance walk trails.
Talijancich Wines has become one of those iconic producers that define a region; a producer recognised for encapsulating all the very best attributes of a particular area while also raising the profile of surrounding wineries.
For State Scene, the biggest surprise about Islamic jihadism's onslaughts upon the Western world is that so many people still find aspects of this conflict surprising.
The revolving door outside the boardroom of budding aquaculture producer Marine Produce Australia, which has been spinning fast for the past year, hit top speed this month.
Western Australia's rapidly growing, and improving, cast of microbreweries welcomed a new member to the table last week, as the Indian Ocean Brewing Company swung open its doors.
Satterley Property Group is looking at its next big Busselton development, earmarking 260 hectares adjacent to the region's airport for a mixed use project.
Brands with distant owners have come under the spotlight as poor performers in WA Business News' fifth annual branding survey, with BankWest highlighted for its lack of local focus.
The departure of Michael Chaney last year has done little to halt the Wesfarmers juggernaut, with the industry giant named as the top Western Australian corporate brand in this year's WA Business News survey, ahead of Woodside and Alinta.
Competition among advertising agencies in the design market and the failure of local resource companies to invest in design services were two of the many hurdles facing the sector in Western Australia, according to John Emery, principal creative director
Expressing a clear brand personality and a top-down acceptance of the importance of branding are key issues that need to be addressed, according to many of those who responded to the WA Business News survey.
