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Rumours of Kevin Rudd's plans for life after The Lodge won't go away.

WESTERN Australia's $840 million international education sector could be under threat as tensions escalate following a series of attacks against Indian students on the east coast.

WENDY Duncan is a name few Western Australians would be able to place, yet ask political observers who's who in the state's parliamentary jungle and her name comes up time and time again.

With the uranium sector on the cusp of major growth in WA, junior exploration firms have been told to join forces or risk missing the boat.

DESPITE a major spat with federal Liberal deputy leader Julie Bishop, political observer Peter van Onselen still puts her in his top 10 most influential Western Australians.

RESEARCHERS at the University of Western Australia have been granted $833,000 to study the impact of climate on table grape production.

ONE year after fighting off a hostile takeover attempt, Ausdrill managing director Ron Sayers has declared the business he founded more than 20 years ago to be takeover-proof, and the likely instigator, not prey, of future acquisitions.

AGRICULTURE exporters, lobby groups and industry bodies are concerned at the prospect of increased certification costs from the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service if a plan to scrap a 40 per cent subsidy goes ahead.

WEST Perth-based Croesus Mining will be transformed into a base metals explorer following a deal with gold miner Apex Minerals and prospector Mark Creasy.

INTERNATIONAL gold mining company Newmont is set to become an electricity retailer in Western Australia in its own right, despite objections by one of its joint venture partners, TransAlta Energy.

SIX months after initiating an overhaul of the construction and management of state government buildings, Treasurer Troy Buswell has unveiled details of the reforms to Western Australia's building and construction stakeholders.

WESTERN Australia's education exports continue to grow with the University of Western Australia unveiling a new tool for developing this key commodity and helping establish Perth as a world-class d

WA's dominance of the Asia-Pacific's liquefied natural gas industry will be challenged as rival ventures march ahead.

The Western Australian Trade Opportunities Service is operated by the International Trade Centre of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia.

JOB advertisements in Western Australia have slumped more than 56 per cent during the past 12 months as the engineering sector takes the biggest hit, new figures show.

HENDERSON-BASED shipbuilder Strategic Marine this month launched a new vessel it says sets new design and construction standards for crew boats in the oil and gas industry.

A KEY component of the government's 'Works Reform Business Solution Plan' earmarks the relocation of thousands of public sector workers from the city's government buildings to new locations.

FINDING a business that trades well in a weak economy sounds like a great attraction for investors, and West Perth based ThinkSmart reckons it fits the bill.

ENTITIES controlled by the Chinese government are now taking major stakes in primary industries on a global scale that makes Enron's involvement in the US power industry look like child's play.

AS the state's timber sector reels following the collapse of two of its biggest and most established private players, a new downstream processor is confident of the future of the industry from which it takes its name.

JUNIOR explorer BC Iron has finalised a company-making deal after it agreed to give up half of its Pilbara iron ore project in exchange for access to Fortescue Metals Group's port and rail facilities.

Major resources projects in WA have insulated the local steel fabrication industry from the global financial crisis.

THE state's iron ore juniors are predicted to reap the rewards from the collapse of the Rio Tinto and Chinalco deal, with Chinese investment likely to flow to emerging iron ore producers.

Money and power go hand in hand, especially in a global financial crisis.

BRADY Drums has always taken a different approach to crafting drums.

West Perth-based Sylvania Resources has increased its takeover offer for Great Australian Resources from a value of $6 million to nearly $9 million.

Reward Minerals has appealed to the Commonwealth Attorney General to have last month's decision by the Native Title Tribunal over the Lake Disappointment project overruled.

Retail sales in Western Australia are forecast to surge more than 4 per cent in fiscal 2012 after a slight contraction the year before as the economy feels the effects of higher unemployment as the current pipeline of projects dries up, new figures show.

One-time disgruntled Cape Lambert Iron Ore shareholder, Mick Shemesian, has sold his entire 11.5 per cent stake in the company earlier today.

Former managing director of Consolidated Minerals, Rod Baxter, has joined Perth-based engineering company Calibre Global as its new managing director.

The Esperance Port Authority (EPA) has accepted responsibility for its role in the 2007 lead contamination of the town, changing its plea to guilty in the Magistrates Court today.

Melbourne-based explorer Karoon Gas has raised $150 million that will help spur exploration of its joint venture project in the Browse Basin with ConocoPhillips.