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The burgeoning commercial and retail area of Myaree is fast becoming an attractive proposition for developers, with boutique residential property developer Match choosing it as the location for its first foray into commercial projects.

Four years ago, only a handful of people believed that the world was heading into a resources boom.

Not-for-profit television station Access 31 has a bit of a perception problem – not regarding its output or programming, but rather on the issue of funding.

The annual Sheraton Perth West Australian Wine Awards were at their glittering best last week as the 29th instalment recognised the best of the state's wine industry.

Perth hills winery, Millbrook, takes viognier pretty seriously, which is evident in the wines from the past couple of vintages. But the winery also extends its commitment to the variety with an annual tasting.

This year's total shareholder return survey results are perhaps less surprising than usual.

State Scene, like most, prefers to be at the head of any queue, especially those slow-moving ones at banks and post offices.

The booming resources sector has underpinned strong returns by listed Western Australian companies in WA Business News' fifth annual survey of total shareholder returns.

A diverse range of resource stocks, including coal, gold, iron ore and uranium, as well as non-resource stocks from the property and water treatment sectors, featured among Western Australia's top stocks in one-year returns.

While significant one-year returns are a positive sign for any business, maintaining these results year-in-year-out is a challenge of more significant proportions.

Uranium company Paladin Resources was the top performing Western Australian stock for the three years to June by a wide margin, with an average annual total shareholder return of 618 per cent.

South Perth-based iron ore company Aztec Resources Ltd has signed a sales contract with one of its shareholders, China-based CITIC Australia Commodity Trading Ltd.

For State Scene, the biggest surprise about Islamic jihadism's onslaughts upon the Western world is that so many people still find aspects of this conflict surprising.

The revolving door outside the boardroom of budding aquaculture producer Marine Produce Australia, which has been spinning fast for the past year, hit top speed this month.

Western Australia's rapidly growing, and improving, cast of microbreweries welcomed a new member to the table last week, as the Indian Ocean Brewing Company swung open its doors.

Satterley Property Group is looking at its next big Busselton development, earmarking 260 hectares adjacent to the region's airport for a mixed use project.

In the midst of Western Australia's escalating property prices, Jenelle Carter spoke to a number of prominent WA property figures to find out if and when the bubble will burst.

A hot property market and soaring median house prices are not the exclusive domain of Perth, with regional centres also getting a good dose of property fever.

Sydney-based Australian Property Monitors believes Perth is in line for a price correction of between 16 and 20 per cent in six to 12 months, if global commodities markets slow.

Developers are lining up for a piece of the next phase of Perth's office market action to capitalise on the solid returns promised by high rents and current vacancy rates of 3.5 per cent.

Far more than simply encouraging more urban dwellers to ‘go bush', as was originally intended, the Bibbulmun Track has become so popular it is now regarded as one of the world's best long-distance walk trails.

Talijancich Wines has become one of those iconic producers that define a region; a producer recognised for encapsulating all the very best attributes of a particular area while also raising the profile of surrounding wineries.

I am finding this fuel debate quite extraordinary.

The US is often cited as the best example of poverty in the midst of plenty.

Our 2006 branding survey – the fifth since 2002 – is the most comprehensive to date and is probably the first to show a marked shift in sentiment in a major Western Australian brand.

Personal space may start to become an uncomfortable issue in some workplaces amid the city's ongoing office market squeeze.

Western Australia's dominant health insurance player HBF has shot up the ranks from fifth position last year to capture the prized number one spot in the WA Business News list of our state's most recognised brands.

A rugby club and a brewery may have some obvious synergies from a social viewpoint, but what do they both have in common with an energy utility?

It is one thing to develop an emerging brand in a booming economy but another altogether to maintain the brand into the long term.

Brands with distant owners have come under the spotlight as poor performers in WA Business News' fifth annual branding survey, with BankWest highlighted for its lack of local focus.

The departure of Michael Chaney last year has done little to halt the Wesfarmers juggernaut, with the industry giant named as the top Western Australian corporate brand in this year's WA Business News survey, ahead of Woodside and Alinta.

Competition among advertising agencies in the design market and the failure of local resource companies to invest in design services were two of the many hurdles facing the sector in Western Australia, according to John Emery, principal creative director