The head of the Association of Western Australian Art Galleries has labelled the Art Gallery of Western Australia an embarrassment and is hopeful that an incoming director will be able to attract more government funding to help turn the gallery into a wor
Retail giant Harvey Norman is finalising a lease over a huge parcel of land at Jandakot Airport, opening the way for the construction of one of Perth's biggest industrial warehouses.
Followers of the nickel sector are expecting further takeover activity after Swiss group Xstrata stunned the market with a $3.1 billion bid for Perth-based Jubilee Mines NL.
With decent supply of new office space in Perth's CBD at least two years away and rents continuing to escalate, some companies are starting to sub-lease non-essential space to take advantage of strong market conditions.
Actinogen Ltd - Diane Burrows has been appointed as joint company secretary. Breakaway Resources Ltd - Trevor Hart has been appointed as joint company secretary.
The University of Western Australia's long-running battle to develop a 33-hectare parcel of land in Shenton Park looks set to proceed after the Environmental Protection Authority concluded that its proposal was acceptable.
The state government has introduced a package of industrial relations reforms that look set to undermine parts of the federal government's WorkChoices legislation and increase the powers of the WA Industrial Relations Commission.
With housing affordability squarely on the national agenda in the lead up to the federal election, one of Western Australia's most prolific residential developers, Nigel Satterley
Another long-established mining services player is taking the leap on to the Australian stock market, with Southern Cross Electrical Engineering Ltd embarking on a $58.8 million capital raising next week.
Biotechnology companies in Western Australia have posted checkered results of late, but Subiaco-based bio-pharmaceutical company Phylogica Ltd has defied the trend through its business model, according to co-founder Paul Watt.
University of Western Australia physics professor and expert in gravitational science, Professor David Blair, has been named as the 2007 Western Australian Scientist of the Year.
Self-employed business owners are generally happier than their salary-earning counterparts, experiencing higher levels of overall life and job satisfaction, according to a new study.
One of the many Western Australian law firms to benefit from the local resources boom has recognised an opportunity on another continent where local miners are prominent.
Minter Ellison's Perth office has established an African centre of excellence to
Raising money for a new business venture or product development can be a challenge, but East Perth-based software developer Firmware Technologies took a different approach to raising the $3 million it needed to develop and commercialise its new product.
Shares in Olympia Resources got a much-needed boost this week after the company received approval from the state's environmental watchdog for the development of a mineral sands mine at Keysbrook, 70 kilometres south of Perth.
With Western Australia's new housing market continuing to boom and cashed-up consumers upgrading to better fridges and lounge suites, the state's bulky goods retailing sector is basking in the state's prosperity.
West Perth-based minerals explorer Range Resources Ltd has raised 4 million pounds through a placement of 18 million shares at 22 pence each on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market.
Subiaco-based Natural Fuel Ltd lost its chairman, former Liberal leader John Hewson, and two directors today, less than one week after releasing an annual report showing a net loss of $47.8 million.
West Perth-based Nare Diamonds Ltd and Continental Goldfields Ltd have received shareholder approval to change their names, the companies announced today.
Shares in Subiaco-based Strategic Minerals Corporation NL were down 10 per cent at close of trade after Oxiana Ltd announced it would not proceed to the second stage of a farm-in agreement over the Woolgar uranium project in Queensland.
US-based Wyndham Vacation Resorts Asia Pacific has acquired the Broadwater Resort & Spa, Dunsborough, for a price in line with the site's $12.3 million book value, vendor West Perth-based Westralia Property Trust Ltd has announced.
The State Government is seeking public comment on the future management of the Millstream-Chichester National Park, in the Pilbara, Environment Minister David Templeman has announced.
The mystery holder of 17.7 per cent of West Perth-based takeover target Consolidated Minerals Ltd has been tracked to Cyprus, via Ukraine and the Czech Republic, the company has announced.
