Rising interest rates and global financial uncertainty are having a tangible impact on Western Australia's housing industry, with two sets of economic data indicating a downward trend in the local market.
Bunbury has become the new battleground in the push for deregulated retail trading hours, with the city council planning change despite the objections of most local shopkeepers.
Recent construction projects at Western Australia's public universities have focused heavily on research, teaching and student facilities, but a new development at Curtin University of Technology will be radically different.
West Perth-based developer Cedar Woods Properties Ltd has won a state government tender to develop the Harrisdale Village estate in Forrestdale, through a joint venture with the Department of Housing and Works.
After operating as a private company for 14 years, mining services firm ADG Global Supply Pty Ltd is planning a stock market listing to bring in new money and attract new talent for its growing business.
Advertising and marketing expenditure by Western Australia's public universities jumped 45 per cent in the past year, as the institutions competed with the business sector for the hearts and minds of the state's youth.
Mount Hawthorn could soon be competing with Subiaco and other near-city suburbs as a hub for businesses and as a lifestyle destination for young families.
A mystery company known as Yarri Mining Pty Ltd plans to take stoc market listing hopeful Energy and Minerals Australia Ltd (EMA) to court over a highly sought after uranium deposit, which is claimed to be the biggest outside of the control of the mining
The salaries of Western Australia's academic leaders continue to move around, often appearing to have little to link them to the past year's financial performance of their organisation.
Union membership has declined to 1.7 million people, or about 19 per cent of the workforce, data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics has found.
With less than a week before the culmination of the boardroom battle at WA Newspapers Holdings Ltd, both sides remained in full battle mode ahead of Wednesday's extraordinary shareholder meeting.
Construction magnate Len Buckeridge has vowed to fight the state government over control of a vital piece of land needed for an access road as part of Bunbury Port's major restructure plans.
Overcoming negative perceptions has proved a major hurdle for Mullaloo-based Utopian Resources, distributor of the EcoSuper X range of environmentally friendly cleaner/degreasers.
Readers with long memories may recall that one of Bob Hawke's major initiatives upon being elected prime minister in 1983 was to convene a national economic summit.
Airlines servicing Western Australia continue to reap the benefits of the state's resources boom, as demand for transport into the regions grows and capacity increases to unprecedented levels.
The words ‘healthy' and ‘fast-food' aren't often used together, but a new breed of entrepreneur is hoping to change that by combining nutrition with made-to-go servings for a hungry market.
With anecdotal evidence emerging that Western Australians are taking shorter breaks more often, particularly in the cooler months, there is growing demand for self-contained luxury holiday homes in the South West and other popular regions
ALTHOUGH Jim Malone (pictured right) is tackling powerhouses these days under the Richmond nametag, the former Tigers general manager is operating under a completely different banner to football.
Increasing construction and labour costs have failed to dampen the prospects of one of Western Australia's major hotel developers, Seashells Hospitality Group, which recently opened its fourth resort and is preparing to expand one of its existing resorts.
NEDLANDS-BASED software provider ISS Group Ltd has announced its biggest ever contract, valued at around $4 million, with Malaysian oil and gas group Petronas.
Education, housing, business regulation and the skills shortage are just a handful of topics that will be touched on this weekend at the 2020 Summit in Canberra.
Last week's takeover of United Credit Union continues a long run of Western Australian financial institutions falling prey to interstate and overseas predators; but surprisingly, this trend has done little to dampen competition.
Self-development will be one of the core topics brought forward at this weekend's 2020 Summit by some of Western Australia's arts delegates, who say the arts industry is about more than just building more centres.
Japanese company Inpex has attracted the ire of environmental campaigners over its planned gas project off the Kimberley coast, yet it won an environmental award at last week's Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) conference
THE owner of the Dampier-to- Bunbury natural gas pipeline has announced further expansion plans after receiving additional capacity requests from existing and prospective users of the pipeline.
As the federal government's external reference group prepares to hand over its findings on a review of the 457 visa scheme, Western Australia's Technology and Industry Advisory Council (TIAC) is preparing its own all-encompassing review of migration issue
