Gary Kleyn

THE commissioning of the Onslow Solar Salt Project is placing added pressure on the local community and its infrastructure.The Ministry of Planning has addressed concerns in the Onslow Structure Plan released last week that makes provision for the p...

THE draft Bill, which has been released for public comment, provides for identification and classification of contaminated or potentially contaminated sites.The Department of Environmental Protection and the Water and Rivers Commission will each hav...

REPUTEDLY WA’s largest cabinetmaker, Coastline Kitchens has an interesting way of dealing with staff.Workers are expected to work hard for the firm and in return the company is loyal to its staff.Managing director Daniel Bosveld said Coastline had...

PROPERTY industry groups have been repositioning themselves in the marketplace, with the latest move by the Urban Development Institute of Australia to the old Perth Property Council headquarters at the National Mutual Centre, 111 St George’s Terrace....

BUSINESS News went weekly in style with a glamorous cocktail function at the Holmes à Court Gallery last week.

LANDOWNERS who believe they will be treated unfairly by the State Government’s proposed Bushplan may have to resort to common law for compensation, according to Minter Ellison partner Glen McLeod.

PERTH people will have a chance to view the proposals from the three main bidders for the Perth Convention and Entertainment Centre from August 10.

TAX-loss selling and ‘window dressing’ have contributed to the recent strong performance of the listed property trust sector, according to a monthly report by Property Investment Research into the industry.

A SOUTH West Transport Advisory Group has been established by the South West Development Commission Board to review progress towards providing better transport links to the region.

A FOCUS on increasing business value and reducing costs has helped Western Power record an after tax profit of $154 million for 1999-2000.

Four things make a wine investment scheme more attractive to investors, according to Watershed project manager and Garton Smith & Barrett partner Geoff Barrett.

WA-BASED computer games retailer Games ’R’ Us Australia has launched a public share offer to raise $3.5 million to fund the next stage of its expansion program.

PROPERTY developer Australand Holdings Limited will continue to be a major investor in the WA property market, according to WA general manager Nick Perrignon.

PLANS by Monteath Properties to build residential apartments on its Northbank property in Fremantle following the collapse of the proposed Ramada hotel complex could hold up development at the site for months, according to City of Fremantle urban mana...

PERTH architectural firm Cox Howlett & Bailey Woodland has been awarded a $100 million urban renewal project in Darwin following a national design competition involving five of Australia’s leading architecture firms.

IT IS nearly eight years since Lyndon Rowe took the top job at WA’s top employer organisation – the Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

THE Warren Blackwood Development Plan is being prepared in consultation with the local community, industry and businesses.

A POST-GST checklist has been released for small businesses.

WALPOLE has found it easier to communicate with the outside world after the local community and the South West Development Commission obtained funds for the construction of a communications mast.

THE consumer price index rose 0.8 per cent during the June quarter according to new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

East Perth releaseTHE first mixed-use lots at Royal Street in East Perth will be released to the market by tender in September. The lots are located within East Perth’s Foundry development

TWO offshore oil and gas field contracts worth more than $38 million have been secured by Perth-based Clough Engineering.

THE 94 year old City Milling building on the southwestern corner of James and Fitzgerald Streets will fall to make way for a car park.

The strong rise in residential building activity driven by the ‘GST pull effect’ and its boost on demand for timber products continued in the March quarter according to data released by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

THE Busselton-Margaret River air service has been offered a lifeline with an agreement between Transport Minister Murray Criddle and Perth charter company Skippers Aviation.

COUNCIL will put a café on the south western corner of the lower ground floor of Council House.

WA GOVERNMENT land developer Land-Corp posted a record pre-tax operating profit of $66 million for the past financial year.

Corporate acquisitions by and within construction and engineering group John Holland Pty Ltd – chaired by WA business identity Janet Holmes à Court – have laid a solid foundation for project development and growth.

FORMER Wesfarmers chief Warren Murphy has been appointed to the Western Power board of directors for a three-year term.

ELECTRONIC commerce is emerging as one of the biggest challenges facing small businesses.

CPA Australia answers some questions as to how the GST applies to a range of business issues.

DOCTORS will soon be allowed to advertise.The WA Government is considering changes to the Medical Act, which includes permitting doctors to advertise.