Gary Kleyn

THE Perth property market’s growing appetite for inner city residential developments continues unabated with a spate of new projects planned or underway in West Perth, East Perth, South Perth and the CBD says Colliers Jardine research manger David Cresp.

ENVIRONMENT Minister Cheryl Edwardes has described the Shire of Dardanup as a leader among the South West Shires in terms of environmental management.

CLOUGH Limited patriarch Harold Clough was named one of Australia’s export heroes by the Australian Institute of Export at a recent gala dinner in Sydney recently.

MATERIALS from the twentieth and twenty-first century have been brought together in the new Central TAFE building in Northbridge.

INNER City living should be restricted to the areas recommended by the Inner City Housing Taskforce in 1992, says Time Conti Sheffield managing director Paul Conti.

CREATING a niche for themselves in the South West is WA’s oldest and largest patent and trade mark attorney, Wray and Associates.

WHILE Australian gas reform to date has focussed on the mid and downstream sectors of the industry, gas supply is still not seen as particularly competitive.

ISSUES affecting Australia’s land development agencies were the subject of a recent talkfest hosted by WA’s LandCorp.

ALTHOUGH inner city living has gained in popularity in the past five years, the stage was set in the late 1980s, says Time Conti Sheffield managing director Paul Conti.

THE WA land development industry is alive and well thanks to a competitive market driven by innovative land owners says Urban Development Institute of Australia WA president Graham McArthur.

THE WA Government’s commitment to the creation of greater business opportunities in regional WA will be a major focus for the new head of the State Supply Commission.

LANDCORP, the government’s land development agency, made a after tax profit of $13.1 million for the first six months of the current financial year – almost double its target of $6.6 million.

ALMOST 23 per cent of female and 16.4 per cent of male employees believe the Internet has affected their productivity adversely, according to a recent survey by recruitment firm Alectus Personnel.

AUSTRALIAN States and Territories will be shortchanged by current Fringe Benefit Tax and GST legislation, according to the Taxation Institute of Australia.

TWO fundamental changes in the real estate industry over the past two years impact directly on sellers and buyers, says ANREPS director Dorothy Lowrey.

FOREST Products minister Paul Omodei has called on members of the community to see through the conservation movement’s latest campaigns in the karri and jarrah forests.

THE first regionally-based airline that will link major North West towns has been launched.

STAGE 4A of the Mt Henry Estate at Salters Point, comprising eight residential lots, has been released for private treaty sale.

TIME could be running out for twelve WA property managers who are not yet compliant with legislation under the Managed Investment Act.

KEMERTON Industrial Park near Bunbury has been given WA Government approval for a 955 hectare core expansion to 2,100 hectares.

THE Australian Securities and Invest-ments Commission is offering a reward to whoever picks up its April Fool’s Day scam.

THE recent spate of bank branch sell-offs has been caused to a large extent by uncertainty over the impending GST, says Jones Lang LaSalle research analyst Frank Sorgiovanni.

DONNYBROOK will undergo a makeover to become more tourism friendly.

AN OFFICE-warehouse with a building area of 2,534 square metres on a 3,645sqm site at 26 Hector Street, Osborne Park is available with vacant possession.

A MARCH quarter review of the City of Bunbury budget has identified a $46,000 surplus following a $61,056 deficit at the December review.

THE Australian Securi-ties and Investments Commission has accepted an enforceable undertaking from WA licenced securities dealer CIBC World Markets Australia Limited.

MASTER Builders Association director Michael McLean is in Canada for a four week fact-finding mission to investigate the impact of the GST on the building industry.

WHEN it comes to growing fruit there are two things you can count on says Old Goldfields Orchard and Cider factory part owner Steve Trigwell.

MINERAL exploration in WA has continued its slow recovery, climbing by $3 million during the December quarter to $107 million seasonally adjusted according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics data.

BUNBURY has come a long way in the past fifty years, says Deputy Mayor Tom Dillon.He said the same could be said for the council.

QUALITY guarantee system Meat Standards Australia has been introduced into WA by Meat & Livestock Australia and Agriculture WA.

A DELIBERATE policy decision in formulating the Australian Business Number legislation may require thousands of property owners to register for an ABN before 31 May to avoid being taxed at 48.5 per cent, deducted from rental payments, says the Taxation In