The West Perth of yesteryear, with its avenues of leafy vistas and sprawling mansions housing some of Western Australia's wealthiest families, was always destined to become the burgeoning business centre of the 21st century.
Potential tenants may have to look beyond West Perth's ‘golden mile' as the dearth of property sales and record low vacancy rates stymie those eager to position themselves in the West Perth market.
From the bustling sidewalks of Hay Street during lunchtime to the chaotic rush of shoppers eager for a bargain at Harbour Town, West Perth has developed a vibrancy and uniqueness that offers an attractive alternative to Perth's central business district.
Multiplex founder and construction pioneer John Roberts, one of the giants of Western Australian industry, passed away last week at age of 73 after succumbing to a long illness.
Finding space for a car in the city is becoming as much of a challenge as finding office space, as demand outweighs supply in both public and office car parks.
January 27 this year marked the 250th anniversary of the birth Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Perth is about to appreciate that the great composer has more to teach us than music.
West Perth has intrigued me for several years. It is everything that governments try to do when they create business parks or clusters to help foster the development of an industry.
Nick Archibald, the founder of pioneering Western Australian minerals software developer Fractal Graphics, is close to completing his biggest ever deal as chief executive of listed Canadian company Geoinformatics Exploration Inc.
The Australian mining industry has provided a strong platform for contract drilling and drilling services companies such as Ausdrill, Brandrill and Imdex, but attempts to move into the international market have met with mixed success.
Listed Nedlands company ISS Group Ltd is seeking to build on its strong position in the Australian market to become a global supplier of specialist software for process plants in the oil and gas and mining sectors.
The federal and state members for Fremantle, Carmen Lawrence and Jim McGinty respectively, have met with Fremantle Mayor Peter Tagliaferri to explore possible alternatives to the proposed $200 million Victoria Quay redevelopment on Fremantle Harbour.
Visitors to Western Australia won't be short of a place to stay, thanks to a host of hotels and resorts in the planning stages or preparing to open around the state.
Talented winemaker Gordon Parker, who has worked at prestigious Great Southern wineries such as Plantagenet and Amberley, has forged his own label, Gordon parker Wines, and is making quite a stir.
Virtually since day one of the present century, Australians have been subjected to a steadily increasing stream of media reports on whether and when Prime Minister John Howard, who is not yet 67, will retire.
A few years back we ran a piece on Western Australia becoming a branch economy, reflecting on the loss of major businesses and brands in sell-outs to national firms.
The move to biofuels may not be the silver bullet resolution to our energy problems, but WA is in the thick of research, development and increasing production of these new greenhouse neutral options.
Amidst environmental concerns, increasing petrol prices, and predictions by some industry experts that Australia's oil reserves will be near exhaustion by 2012, biofuels have emerged from relative obscurity to take centre stage on the renewable energy age
