Born and raised in Kellerberrin Dale Alcock has become somewhat of a poster boy for the building industry, working his way up from apprentice bricklayer to 50 per cent owner in the nation's second largest residential building company.
Western Australia's Liberals have emerged in far worse shape from the February 26 election – at which they attracted 35.6 per cent statewide voter support – than after the February 2001 election when they scored only 34 per cent.
For nearly 15 years the Building and Construction Industry Training Fund has collected levies from all construction projects in Western Australia and invested the money into the training of skilled labour.
The 40under40 Awards are rapidly becoming the premier event in Perth for the city's business community. And if the 2005 guest list is any indication, a ticket to the awards is the hottest item in town come February.
The 700 people who attended this year's WA Business News 40under40 Awards made history when they walked down the red carpet as the first guests at a private function held at Parliament House in the building's history.
Past 40under40 winners from every year since the inaugural celebration in 2002 were in attendance at the 2005 Awards gala, which not only celebrated the achievements of 40 new and outstanding young entrepreneurs, but also the ongoing successes of all 40un
It has been suggested that success in business doesn't often happen until there has been a business failure. According to that view, then, Manny Papadoulis is well on his way to success.
Premier Geoff Gallop has won his second election, his parliamentary majority is intact, and he has refreshed his ministry with a modest reshuffle and five new faces.
Big bets have been placed on the assumption that a new bidder will emerge in the battle for control of Portman, the iron ore miner with a split board and widely differing valuations.
The Federal Government's plan to establish a unitary industrial relations system has been condemned by the union movement and Labor state governments but, more surprisingly, has gained a mixed response from business groups.
The business lunch has changed. Gone are the days of the three-martini lunch or even the ‘power' lunch. Perth's professionals are demanding a new style of dining when they're doing business, and local restaurants are rising to meet the challenge.
Business groups want skills training, industrial relations reform and budget policy at the top of the Gallop Government's second-term policy agenda. Mark Beyer reports.
New South Wales Premier Bob Carr has acknowledged the broadening of land tax and the introduction of a vendor tax last year are hurting the Labor Party in NSW.
The City of Perth is targeting businesses in the lead-up to May's council elections as voter apathy again threatens to deny business an effective role in the city's affairs.
Confidence is growing among developers with a view to new office construction as the outlook for Perth's office market moves into positive territory for the first time in several years.
Both major political parties may now resolutely embrace presidential-style campaigning by thrusting their leaders at voters but, at rock bottom, contemporary election campaigns are encounters between party-hired advertising agencies.
