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BUSINESS migration agents are expecting a decline in the number of business migration applications following changes to the business skills visa arrangements.

WA'S medical system is crucially dependent on overseas sponsored doctors.

UNIVERSITIES worldwide compete for research dollars and recognition to remain viable, and WA's universities are no exception, advertising internationally to fill academic and executive positions with the best possible talent.

WESTERN Australia's strata management industry could be set for big changes if key recommendations of a recently completed Government inquiry into the industry are adopted.

In this week's look at demographic trends in WA, Tracey Cook details the inner-city market and barriers that have slowed the development of a true inner-city lifestyle.

WESTERN Australia is becoming increasingly attractive to eastern States property investors with the number of east-coast investors purchasing property in the local

Despite their comparatively short time in the wine industry, the couple behind Margaret River's Cape Grace Wines must be doing something right, as a stack of awards in recent years suggests. David Pike reports.

WESTERN AUSTRALIA could lose out following recent changes in business migrant visa classes.

In the first of a three-part series on risk management, Mark Beyer looks at the management of currency and interest rate risks.

MIGRANTS, especially skilled migrants, are good for WA, providing a much-needed boost to the domestic economy.

OAMPS Insurance Brokers will complete its fifth acquisition in Western Australia in three years when it absorbs local firm AD Irvine Insurance Brokers.

AT a time when many processes are made to appear more savvy by way of an ‘e' prefix, the term e-commerce is undergoing something of a rationalisation.

DESPITE launching its signature product just before the tech wreck, Perth-based company Brookstone Technologies is making a name for itself by supplying virtual off

THE pick of the property industry's rising stars will receive recognition for all their hard work and achievements at the 2003 Future Directions Young Achiever Awards to be launched next month.

In this week's first part in a new series examining the demographic trends in WA, Tracey Cook looks at which Perth metropolitan suburbs and regional centres are performing and what is driving that growth.

CITY of Fremantle business attraction initiative, Fremantle Property Bank – an online database of commercial property available in the city's CBD precinct – is expe

A consistent message and quality product have paid dividends for Annamaria Ogilvie and her food business, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.

EVANS and Tate has renamed itself Evans and Tate Wine Group in an effort to better market its operations internationally.

SOUTH Australian publisher Brooks Media has agreed to some format modifications following complaints by Western Australia's Scoop magazine.

A NUMBER of floats planned to hit the Australian Stock Ex-change later this month have been put on hold. Oilex NL was due to float on July 25.

TSUNAMI proprietor Brett Carboni believes he is providing a world first SMS ordering service to customers of his Mosman Park Japanese restaurant.

The famous and ancient Porongurups provides the backdrop for some of the State's best wineries, as David Pike reports.

In the final instalment on equity raising, Mark Beyer looks at the impact of the weak stock market.

The increasing popularity of inner-city living brings with it an inevitable conflict between business and residents, particularly regarding entertainment. Julie-anne Sprague investigates the pressure created by the residential squeeze.

CONVERTIBLE notes are gaining popularity as a fund raising option for Western Australian companies, with Skywest Airlines and Xanadu Wines among local companies joi

EVER since The West Australian newspaper ran Dullsville as its front page headline, there has been significant public debate about whether or not this is a great place to live.

INCREASING numbers of voters claim there's no real difference between WA's conservative Liberal and left-of-centre Labor parties.

WA Business News has won third prize for Best Newspaper, Small Tabloids at the Association of Area Business Publication's Editorial Excellence Awards, announced at

Alison Birrane continues her four-week series on technology leaders by looking at the changing face of e-commerce and the major players in WA's e-commerce sector.

I REFER to your article on sand drift (Councils slam summer dust, WA Business News July 3).

BLOATED with superannuation money, listed property trusts are leading the pack in shopping centre acquisition.

WHILE Save Ningaloo campaigners were in the final stages of their long running and, ultimately, successful battle against the Maud's Landing development, a wealthy conservationist linked to their cause may well have had his mind elsewhere.