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At least 10 new power stations are likely to be built in Western Australia over coming years to cope with growing electricity demand and the retirement of existing units.

Western Power is planning to hire gas turbines from overseas this year to ensure it can supply enough electricity to Perth during the hot summer months.

The Construction Contracts Bill, expected to become law in September, could effect significant change to the way industry deals with payment structures in construction contracts, and provide for the rapid resolution of payment disputes through adjudicatio

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In the year of the built environment (YBE), the WA Royal Institute of Architects awards have a special significance in recognising design that reflects the capacity to affect the way that Western Australians live, work, play and interact with their enviro

Key industry players have established a task force to find ways of attracting young people into the building and construction industry.

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Small lots in big demand 

Blue Cow Cheese Company's growth is set to continue with the launch of a new gourmet products division, Blue Provedore, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.

The State Government is hoping a report due this month will help to kick start much-needed expansion of the Ord River project. Mark Beyer reports.

It appears Loose Box executive chef Alan Fabregues has as much talent for auctioneering as he does for French cooking.

Perth electronics firm Omnitronics has signed a $200,000 deal to supply the Queensland Police service with a new radio communications system.

WINE NEWS with Anne Dawson 

Gull Petroleum has fired the latest salvo in the ongoing battle for market share with Coles and Woolworths by providing a suite of new products based on consumer convenience.

Tetai cleans up at awards

Down here at WA Business News we thrive on the fact that national media generally forget Western Australia exists, leaving a convenient vacuum for us to fill – but even so I sometimes get amazed at what is missed by our peers in Sydney and Melbourne.

If ever you walk past a group of politicians and, by chance, overhear them uttering the phrase ‘collateral damage' you can be fairly confident they're not discussing military affairs.

I am writing with regard to Tim Treadgold's column ‘Shieldliner piping for ASX listing' (WA Business News, May 13).

Caratti and PMR likely to settle

The Dobson family and investment manager Rewards Group are relatively new to the Ord River irrigation area but together they are well on the way to having a big impact.

An unlimited supply of cheap water has long been touted as one of the great attractions of the Ord River project, but the reality is not so simple.

Cotton comeback?

Sugar miller keen to grow 

Perth-based Westralia Property Trust has completed a $30 million equity raising to purchase a CBD building and broaden its holdings beyond the tourism industry.

LAST week's introduction of full contestability in the retail gas market arrived with more of a muted whimper than any sort of big bang.

AN expert in intellectual property rights has expressed concern at the lack of reaction from within the building industry after a court case involving Seacrest Homes and Hillcrest

COMMERCIAL litigation is a term falling out of favour with many lawyers, who prefer the more diplomatic term ‘dispute resolution'.

IT may only have been the second day of trade at new Shenton Park restaurant Galileo Buona Cucina, but co-owner Una Hosgood was run off her feet when she met Gusto for an interview last week.

FOR the second year running, Perth's corporate lawyers provided a closely run contest in WA Business News' Legal Elite survey.

VASSE Felix will re-open its cellar door on June 24 after undergoing renovations to the original cellar.

IN the early 1980s, when Jon Carson was a young solicitor, he started working on the financing and construction of the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline.