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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.

Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief executive John Langoulant has forecast a steadying of Western Australia's economy and the property market as industry catches up on a backlog of work.

Kalgoorlie MP Matt Birney, who is expected to succeed Colin Barnett as state leader of the Liberal Party, has racked up many firsts in his 35 years.

Blue Jacs, Mandurah's new microbrewery cum tapas bar, will soon open a second outlet on the coast, this one on Perth's northern beaches.

Before the recent election WA Business News asked the Government a number of questions. Here is a summary.

Howard Park is offering a vertical tasting featuring a decade of riesling.

There are two things I think we can be sure of from this election campaign – we won't be getting a canal and we won't see any significant deregulation of shopping hours for the next decade.

This week's Professional Services Player is Clayton Utz, ranked in the WA Business News Book of Lists as WA's seventh largest law firm.

Colin Barnett's tactically motivated promise to build a $2 billion-plus Kimberley-to-Perth aqueduct wasn't the most far-reaching conservative promise of the election campaign.

Prince Charles and Andrew Roberts do not, on the surface, appear to have much in common.

Business people wanting to have their say in the upcoming City of Perth elections have less than three weeks to enrol, with registrations closing on Friday March 18.

While the business sector's apparent lack of involvement in the affairs of the City of Perth council is considered a sign of apathy or a lack of interest, an argument could be mounted that a hands-off approach is a sign that all's well.

The balance of power between state and local government often results in a relationship that's almost parental in its functioning, complete with the tension that type of relationship often invokes.

A parliamentary report into developer contributions associated with land development has contradicted the long-held view of the sector that such contri

Fresh from his admission to the Restaurant and Catering Industry Association's hall of fame, Alain Fabrègues says he wants to give new talent a helpful “nudge” in 2005.

With competition for the sponshorship dollar getting tougher, major sporting codes are bracing for the arrival of rugby union's Super 14 competition in 2006.

The Australian and New Zealand Gourmet Traveller Wine Magazine has installed the 2004 Hay Shed Hill Sauvignon Blanc Semillon as the best wine for the variety in its autumn edition with a score of 95/100.

Right, it's the pointy end of this election campaign – the time when most minds are made up.

A $2.5 million private donation to cancer and heart disease treatment at Royal Perth Hospital has been matched dollar for dollar by the WA Government.

With Western Australia's second election of the 21st century just days away it's worth recapping some of the campaign's stand-out points and to also consider something that never eventuated.

Third time lucky? That is the kindest comment that can be offered to yet another attempt to revive the dream of WA having its own vanadium industry.

The  Western Australian Electoral Commission has recently published information regarding the two referendum questions on retail trading hours.

While it may not be the huge sporting juggernaut that it was in the early 1990s, the Perth Wildcats has reaped a strong return from the 2004-05 season.

Perth Glory Football Club hosted a razzamatazz launch early this month to tell its fans and everyone else that the club is back, and better than ever, as a participant in the Hyundai A-League, the new eight-team national competition that will kick off in

A turf war has broken out in recent weeks as Perth's new Super 14 team looks to negotiate the use of a home ground to play its first season next year and, ultimately after that, a long-term home ground.

Australian sport is littered with expansionary clubs and sports ventures that failed to capture the public imagination, let alone that of potential corporate sponsors.

It's no great stretch to suggest that the competition between states to secure major events can often be as intense as the on-field battles.

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