As the gas crisis continues to affect the state's industries and households, the release of a timetable of when production will resume at the Varanus Island gas facility has provided little comfort.
When the resources boom hit its straps four or five years ago, many profitable mining services and mining technology organisations emerged in Western Australia with a renewed focus.
Food critics the world over know that the quality and the source of the products on the plate of a fine dining restaurant are just as important as the skills of the person who cooked it, or the environment in which it is served.
Mining engineering students at Curtin University's Bentley campus and the Kalgoorlie-based Western Australian School of Mines may soon be able to access lectures remotely and course content from interstate universities, if a plan to roll out high bandwidt
The state's resources boom has created a platform to launch many local specialist software companies into the international marketplace, creating a wealth of opportunities and demand for mining services technology.
The fallout from mystery fuel-additives group Firepower continues to grow with up to 600 Western Australian investors facing the prospect that their shares could be worthless.
"We've had no vision since Charlie Court ruled here."
That was the message one representative of Perth's mining and resources sector gave to WA Business News' recent mining services and mining technology forum.
Austal's Rothwell steps down PERTH-BASED shipbuilder Austal Ltd's executive chairman John Rothwell will step down from his executive role but will continue as chairman, while its US-based chief execu
The debate over development of Western Australia's iron ore industry seems to have given rise to a number of myths that are distorting informed discussion.
A quarter of Western Australian exporters intend to move at least part of their business offshore within the next five years, the latest DHL Export Barometer survey has found.
There's nothing The Note likes better than a conspiracy theory, and there's nothing like an explosion that stops 30 per cent of the state's gas from reaching its users to prompt a few.
Just as political correctness, media spin, and obsessive management of the compressed daily news cycle become the norm, a bit of old-style Western Australia has burst back onto the state's dilapidated political stage.
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 Resources.
AUSTRALIAN consumers are increasingly becoming aware of the Perth-based BankWest brand, while Bill Gates' Microsoft has been named as Australia's most authentic brand, a study has revealed.
At some time or other - probably at a dinner party - most of us have been asked the question about which 10 people you'd want to have with you if you were stranded on a desert island.
More than 160 years after the final brick was laid, St Georges Cathedral is undergoing a major restoration as part of a master plan to redevelop the Perth Diocesan Trustees' entire site, which covers almost 8,500 square metres and includes both the Playho
The $25 million restoration of St Mary's Cathedral is on track for completion next year, but the Catholic Church hopes it is just the beginning of a major redevelopment of the area that could lead to a mixed retail, office and residential precinct leading
CLEAN energy technology group Orbital Corporation Ltd has entered into a funding agreement with the federal government worth $2.8 million to construct and operate an engine testing facility in Balcatt
Changes are under way at local IT company Costing and Logistics Systems, with the adoption of a new brand and business founder Norman Pater handing over the reins next week.
The recent surge of residential activity in the city's foreshore precinct to the east of the Supreme Court Gardens stands in stark contrast to the lack of any significant growth in the number of businesses servicing the area.
Visiting WA: Australian Information Industry Association and Women in Technology are to hold a luncheon in recognition of women working in the ICT industry entitled ‘Experiences as a successful busine
Access to low-cost airlines in Western Australia continues to improve following news that Qantas' budget subsidiary, Jetstar, will start international services from Perth later this year and establish a Perth crew base to support its new services.
A new vision for the Perth foreshore redevelopment has called for a reduction in the density and height of buildings along the waterfront, in line with cities such as San Francisco and Barcelona.
MORE than 30 beauty salon and hairdressing employees are set to recoup nearly $40,000 in wages after investigations by the workplace ombudsman found they had been underpaid.
As the price of soft commodities - referring to commodities that are grown, rather than mined - has departed from historical trend lines, a great deal of attention has been focused on food riots in developing nations, the debate over the environmental ben
The market for modular housing in Western Australia has boomed in recent years, and while a handful of names dominate the industry, smaller players are finding a niche.
The true impact of the Varanus Island incident is starting to emerge as the depth and length of the resulting crisis become clearer to business and the government.
