Another milestone in the construction of Australia’s largest pipeline, the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline, was achieved last week, with the completion of a $430 million expansion and the official launching of a new phase of development.
Achieving improvements in students’ confidence levels and academic performance is the driving force behind not-for-profit group Australian Business and Community Network, which recently appointed a manager for Western Australia and officially launched its
The growing economies of South-East Asia provide significant opportunities for Australian businesses, and bilateral trade agreements in the region are a necessary step in moving towards a global free trade environment.
Kwinana-based specialist fabricator and manufacturer, Ausclad Group, has posted an $8.2 million net profit for the half-year ending December 2006, providing a further boost for the company on the back of several recent lucrative contracts.
Small to medium sized enterprises in Western Australia are leading the nation in their engagement with China, according to international research released last week.
Volunteering makes a significant contribution to the national economy, worth between $35 billion and $50 billion a year and equal to 5 per cent of the nation’s gross domestic product.
The decision to sell the family home to fund a new business, with two children under three years of age, was one Julie Smith-Massara did not make lightly.
Three Western Australian agribusinesses are to be showcased internationally this week as part of an Australian contingent attending the World Ag Expo 2007 in Tulare, California.
Data asset management company SpectrumData and information technology specialist ISA Technologies have combined their services in an ongoing collaboration between the two Technology Park residents to service their mutual oil and gas sector clients.
Two of Western Australia’s most iconic companies are looming as takeover targets and face the prospect of their respective founding families losing controlling interest.
The shortage of so-called unskilled workers in Western Australia has reached crisis point in the hospitality and trucking industries, yet employers are unable to recruit overseas labour easily due to a national migration program favouring skilled workers.
Perth-based upstream oil and gas engineering services provider, Advanced Well Technologies, has expanded its presence in South-East Asia with the launch of subsidiary company AWT (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd and the opening of an operations centre in Kuala Lumpur l
Western Australia continued to record a strong overall trend for retail growth in December despite slowed growth in several categories, according to the latest retail trade figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Pressure to consolidate is one of the major issues facing small agencies in the not-for-profit sector, driven largely by government funding strategies and corporate sponsors’ preference for brand names.
Former Home Building Society managing director Craig Coleman has decreased his direct and indirect interest in the company by selling 70,000 shares, valued at more than $1 million, through an on-market trade.
Western Australia’s robust economy is exerting a disproportionate influence on the national rate of inflation, with Perth’s inflation rate significantly above that of other state capital cities, according to recent data from the Australian Bureau of Stati
