Straits Salt Pty Ltd has come out with all guns blazing in its appeal against the Environmental Protection Authority after its $200 million Yannarie Solar salt project on the Exmouth Gulf was knocked back.
Contracting companies Abigroup, Macmahon Holdings, Laing O'Rouke and BGC Contracting have been the major beneficiaries of multi-million dollar road contracts awarded in Western Australia in the past two months.
PERTH-BASED Stirling Products Ltd has bought the worldwide licensing rights for the pet food product PetQuench, with sales of more than $25 million expected during the first five years.
Electricity generation hopeful Western Energy is a step closer to bringing its Kwinana power station proposal to fruition, after West Perth-based CTEC signed on to engineer, procure and construct the facility.
Indonesian media and culture scholar, Krishna Sen, has been appointed to lead The University of Western Australia's faculty of arts, humanities and social sciences.
Vietnam was once billed as Asia's next economic tiger, but double-digit inflation, a ballooning trade gap, tumbling share prices and banking sector concerns have dampened expectations to a large degree.
ANZ Bank has appointed Megan Carter to its West Perth Business Centre as a relationship manager. Ms Carter has previous experience at both BankWest and Netfin.
The Western Australian Trade Enquiry Service is operated by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia (CCI) with the support of the WA Government's Department of Industry and Resour
Alliance Resources Ltd Patric Mutz will join the board as independent non-executive director. Bauxite Resources Ltd Daniel Tenardi has been appointed managing director.
Fremantle's Queen Victoria Street has long been home to an assortment of car dealerships and retailers, but plans to allow high-density development along the strip could lead to a redevelopment of the entire area.
Mining hospitality and accommodation provider Auzcorp will develop a $45 million, 136-room hotel in Tom Price after being selected as the preferred bidder under the government's Landbank program.
Western Australia will need to make significant investments upgrading electricity infrastructure to meet the federal government's mandatory renewable energy target, as the true cost of the scheme begins to emerge.
The reporting season has kicked off with some cheery results from the likes of Bradken, WorleyParsons and United Group, setting a strong pace for the local profit season.
Reforms to the 457 visa scheme may have helped to alleviate the backlog of applications, but workers hoping to relocate permanently are facing longer waiting periods, according to data from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship.
The resources boom is helping to feed pay packets across Western Australia, with the state recording the highest increase in wages over the past year as average mining sector salaries pushed past $100,000 for the first time.
The battle between disgruntled union train drivers in the Pilbara and Rio Tinto is still being played out in the Industrial Relations Commission, with millions of dollars in revenue on the line.
High levels of rental property demand are expected to continue in Western Australia as new data shows little relief for renters in the short to medium-term future.
Opposition leader Colin Barnett has unveiled a $50 million plan to revamp Bunbury and surrounding areas and has reportedly flagged tax cuts for families and small businesses.
A mining representative body has called on the state's major political parties to form a single resources portfolio to address WA's declining exploration levels.
Embattled investment group Babcock & Brown Ltd plans to announce an overhaul of its business when it reports its first half results tomorrow, as concern grows over the management of assets controlled by the B&B group.
A fall in commodity prices and a rising Australian dollar have cut West Perth-based Kagara Ltd's earnings in fiscal 2008 by 28 per cent despite achieving record copper production over the year.
Ausdrill Ltd has rejected Macmahon Holdings Ltd's increased takeover offer, saying the new bid represented less value for shareholders than the original offer.
Balcatta-based debt collection company Repcol Ltd has reported a $3 million net profit for the 2008 financial year, helped by a tax refund and the restructuring of its business.
Perth-based wealth management company Plan B Group Holdings Ltd has posted an 11 per cent increase in net profit after tax to nearly $5 million for the 2008 financial year.
The suburbs of Pepppermint Grove, Nedlands, Cottesloe and Cambridge have been ranked in the top 25 areas to live in, according to BankWest's inaugural Quality of Life Index.
High profile Western Australian director Tony Howarth has been appointed deputy chairman of Bank of Queensland, which announced a series of board changes today.
