A date of completion has been tentatively set for the 50-million-ounce-plus Golden Mile that no Kalgoorlie resident thought would ever run out of gold.
Kalgoorlie MLA Matt Birney's unwavering confidence has propelled him to leadership of the Western Australian Liberal Party at the relatively young age of 35.
With Western Australia's strong economy continuing to drive demand for industrial land, owner occupiers and investors are securing industrial land as fast as it is being supplied.
While the issue of succession normally focuses on fathers and their children, in some notable cases succession has initially passed from husband to wife.
The term ‘family business' is typically associated with private companies, yet people like Rupert Murdoch, Kerry Packer and Frank Lowy have proven it to have a much wider import.
The State Government has opened the door to the possibility of a joint venture to redevelop the old treasury buildings on the corner of Barrack Street and St Georges Terrace.
The Satterley Group last week announced a joint venture with Linc Property and John Poynton in purchasing a 4.3-hectare bulky goods site from the Midland Redevelopment Authority for $11.8 million.
Family owned and operated, Lenton Brae established itself on the back of its cabernet. But now, like so many other Margaret River producers, the winery is finding increased success through lighter, aromatic whites.
Western Australia has a generation of highly driven business entrepreneurs who have been with us for decades and continue running their companies well past retirement age.
I attended an Institute of Management Consultants function this week, where the organisation welcomed several fellowships and introduced a new certificate program to try to provide some form of solid footing to the profession here.
The Paino family, owners of prominent South Fremantle business Sealanes, provides a telling case study of a management succession that has not run according to plan.
The loss of a high-profile founding partner can be a challenging time for any business, but the retirement last June of Rick Crabb seems to have done nothing to dent the reputation of West Perth law firm Blakiston & Crabb.
Unlike most of the categories in this year's Legal Elite, which primarily focus on the major industry players, the planning and environment section features practitioners from both large and small firms.
Siteworks have started for a nine-storey, 32-apartment complex at 990 Wellington Street, West Perth, which has generated controversy amid claims the development is outside City of Perth's Town Planning Scheme guidelines.
Outgoing national president of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects, Warren Kerr, says the appointment of a government architect, Professor Geoff London, was the most tangible legacy of the Year of the Built Environment.
A distinctive feature of the corporate law market in Perth is the prominence of boutique firms, which consistently give the big national firms a run for their money.
Charles and Denise Boog, owners and proprietors of Just Espresso in Preston Street, South Perth, are as passionate about their coffee as they are about the fair trade practices they use.
Examining the thinking of Perth's council candidates has provided some interesting fodder for thought, especially with regard to issues confronting our central city and its role as our capital.
Last month, State Scene outlined how the National Party handed the balance of power in the upper house to the Greens by way of a secret, ideologically contradictory cross-preference deal, rather than ensuring it went to the conservatives, with whom most r
If ever proof was needed that vintage can vary dramatically from sub-region to sub-region, Fonty's Pool winemaker Mark Morton provided it when he gave Gusto an insight into Pemberton's growing season.
FORTESCUE Metals Group has been forced to clarify to the Australian Stock Exchange both its capital cost and mineral resource estimates for developing its Pilbara iron ore project.
