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The family behind some of Perth's best Indian restaurants are moving on ... from one successful venture to another, and another. Russell Quinn reports.

Professor Ralph Martins has dedicated his life to finding a test and cure for Alzheimer's.

Whichever party loses the August 21 poll, one thing is certain – there's going to be retribution from within.

Timely action on broadband is vital for the nation's economic future.

INNOVATIVE laser technology developer CustomVis plc has gone into administration, just six weeks after UK investors trying to rescue the group bought the assets of its failed Australian subsidiary from liquidators.

For WA businesses, the key issues heading into the election are mining taxes and broadband.

Immigration policy is hurting an industry that not only earns big bucks for Australia, but expands our influence in the region.

Sometimes being a big fish in a small pond isn't such a bad thing.

THE term ‘perfect storm is used to describe an event where a rare combination of circumstances combine to drastically aggravate a situation.

The WA model used to deliver the BER stimulus program should be a template for future projects of this kind.

VETERANS of the Western Australian international student market know from experience that, when the English language students desert the sector, it has a ripple effect through the industry.

The proposed mining tax was never going to be a winner in WA, and Liberal Party coffers are evidence of that, with the local branch kicking-in $1 million for the federal campaign.

Next year's CHOGM in Perth is a chance for the state's events and exhibition sector to prove it can compete on the world stage.

Opportunity knocks for wellness tourism in WA, as the response to a recent conference attests.

BIODYNAMICS in the vineyard is a system of farming reliant on the cycles of the moon and mystical preparations buried in a cow's horn in the vineyard according to celestial indicators.

A Bayswater musician and artisan takes a low-key approach to his craft.

Cape Lambert Resources has completed a $7.7 million acquisition of the Leichhardt Copper Project in Queensland from Matrix Metals.

Following three tough months Wesfarmers and the state's miners helped the market capitalisation of Western Australian listed companies, which comprise the Deloitte WA Index, to bounce 5.3 per cent higher in July to $148.4 billion.

Tony Liversage and Shane Roven bring two decades of experience to their new cafe in West Perth.

State governments of both political persuasions have a poor record when it comes to costing major projects, and the Perth Waterfront looks like following the trend.

Innovation is key if China is to take the next step on the global economic stage.

The federal election is looming closer yet voters still hanker for policy clarity from the major parties.

A Chinese carmaker is following the lead of the Japanese and South Koreans in the 1960s and 1980s.

A recent report has revealed that Western Australians are pretty well off, they just don't think they are.

Colin Barnett played a star role at the Liberals' federal campaign launch last weekend, but some of Tony Abbott's plans may concern the WA premier.

Time is money, but research takes time. It's the paradox facing innovative entrepreneurs across the state attempting to source capital to commercialise their ideas.

MORE than two years after the federal government axed its Commercial Ready program, the innovation sector is still waiting for stability and certainty of government support.

A RECENT industry analysis of the apartment development market in Western Australia has found finance and construction constraints will reduce the current supply of apartments by 85 per cent by 2013.

RAPID growth in Western Australia's far north is proving fruitful for Perth building companies such as Doric Constructions, Nomad Building Solutions, Aussie Portables and BGC.

PERTH'S CBD office market could soon return to a state of extremely low or zero vacancy rates, as increasing demand from the resources sector combines with a lack of new office construction, the Property Council of Australia has warned.

EARLY parenting support organisation Ngala was established in 1890 amid international economic uncertainty while, in Western Australia, there was a rush to the goldfields of Kalgoorlie and Coolgardie.

The state government has chosen Knutsford consortium, including Fini Group, Georgiou Capital and Mainpart Holdings, to partner LandCorp to develop a former industrial site near Fremantle into a residential precinct.