Albany's plantation timber industry has sparked a surge of investment and opportunity. A balance of traditional and emerging industries is creating a strong foundation for growth in the Great Southern centre.
In its first year after listing on the Australian Stock Exchange, Western Australian-based developer Peet & Company has announced a profit of $31.6 million for the year to June 30.
While the plantation timber industry is still in its early stages in Albany, existing infrastructure is already under pressure to deal with the volume of timber making its way to the port.
With Perth's CBD office vacancy rates approaching a record low it is little wonder that near inner-city office space has started coming onto the market.
The strength of the Australian stock market and the buoyant returns enjoyed by investors have been highlighted in WA Business News' annual shareholder return feature.
Nickel developer Western Areas is scheduling production by the middle of next year after already rewarding shareholders who have been in the stock for as little as two months.
Companies in the resources industry have provided the best shareholder returns in Western Australia during the past three years, with only two of the top 10 performers outside the sector.
Western Australia's top dividend payers are the producers, providing goods and services, as opposed to those paying shareholders off on soaring share prices fuelled by rising commodity prices.
South-west Liberal MP Troy Buswell, who some see as a likely future Liberal leader, recently fired a broadside across Labor's bow by naming several of its MPs with close union links in a press release.
Last week's Diggers & Dealers bash left the 1,200 delegates and countless hangers-on, including a healthy contingent of media types, in no doubt that this boom has legs to go an awful long way.
The Highgate-Mt Lawley strip's claim as Perth's emerging cultural hub has strengthened with the opening of Beaufort Street's newest restaurant, Veritas.
Those familiar with Margaret River's food scene will know that Clairault Wines can do more than a decent bottle on wine, with its restaurant ranking among the best in the region.
Perth office users are squeezing the most out of their tenancies in a contracting office-leasing market, decreasing the average amount of space used per employee.
The state's continued high level of building has meant some builders are adopting unfair and potentially illegal practices, according to the Builders' Registration Board.
Western Australia's top politician and its most respected business leader have locked horns over economic and industrial relations reform. Mark Beyer reports.
If it was promoted on a Broadway billboard, Diggers and Diggers 2005 would have starred the vaudevillian duo Andrew Forrest and Michael ‘Lucky Legs' Kiernan, a Mongolian trapeze a
It seems common for deals to be struck between mining junior and major, or banker and miner, in Kalgoorlie pubs during Diggers and Dealers, and for gossip, share tips and takeover
After years of delay, the sale of Newcrest Mining's 22.22 per cent holding in the $1 billion-plus Boddington gold prospect could dictate whether the long-delayed project is finally able to proceed.
Questions over the quality of brands in Western Australia arose during feedback to the 2005 WA Business News branding survey, which had the best participation rate of any in the exercise's four years
Earlier this year the Liberals launched a national publication called Looking Forward.
Since it attracted a degree of publicity in political circles, State Scene resolved to get a copy to assess the standard of its articles
