THE desire for economic development and employment outcomes from resources projects has resulted in indigenous contracting deals becoming a major part of native title and land-use agreements.
Indigenous businesses are building capacity through joint ventures and are growing on the back of multi-billion dollar contracts from big mining companies.
WESTERN Australia’s aged care sector is facing major challenges in servicing the ageing population, with high construction costs forcing bed supply to fall below forecast demand and a reduction in fed
CANDLE producer and retailer Dusk is something of an anomaly in a stagnant retail sector – expanding its store base, establishing an international retail presence and developing a direct-sales arm.
THE West Australian Opera is leading an innovative international co-production of Giuseppe Verdi’s Otello that will visit South Africa, Australia and New Zealand over three years.
KIERAN Kinsella has taken on the lead role at the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority at a time of major, and sometimes controversial, activity in Perth.
WESTERN Australia’s tourism industry has struggled recently as the high Australian dollar proves a barrier to inbound visitors and encourages locals to travel overseas.
PERTH’S functions and conventions sector is undergoing an upgrade in facilities to match increased activity, with construction of a new function centre under way at Joondalup Resort, extended faciliti
A PREEMINENT scholar in the field of theology and economics has warned that faith-based organisations such as Anglicare and UnitingCare West will cease to exist unless they move to maintain and improv
THE musical whimsy of Greensleeves floating down neighbourhood streets and the ice cream treat it heralded evoke happy memories for many Australians, for whom Mr Whippy was a childhood rite of passage
Regional energy retailer Horizon Power has set up an Aboriginal Community Advisory Council, its latest bid to improve Aboriginal engagement at a customer and employee level.
Brightwater Care Group is nine months and $3 million away from completing its new brain injury rehabilitation centre in East Victoria Park, one of a handful of state-of-the-art medical facilities crop
One of Western Australia’s biggest advertisers has dumped its long-time advertising agency, The Brand Agency, and awarded its creative account to JWT, a firm that is setting up a new office in Perth t
The latest survey of the property and construction industry has told tales of sagging sentiment when it comes to staffing level expectations and forward work but the availability of debt finance is em
Western Australia’s major arts companies led the national pack in generating non-government support last year, more than doubling corporate sponsorship, philanthropy and fundraising event income betwe
Fremantle-based wave energy company Carnegie has signed a deal with the Australian department of defence for power supply and grid connection to its HMAS Stirling base.
The determination of native title and the subsequent negotiation of land-use agreements is a long and arduous process for all involved but a signature on the dotted line of a deal is only the beginnin
