Gary Kleyn

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

LABOR Party claims that the WA Government sold a parcel of land at Bunbury for half its value are false and misleading, says Regional Development Minister Hendy Cowan.

WA-BASED Snap Printing has bought the Current Knowledge Print Group which also trades as Pink Panther.

AN INTERNATIONAL Real Estate Federation representing some 150 industry associations has awarded the St James Estate in Northbridge with the FIABCI Millen-nium Prix d’Excellence for World Excellence in Residential Development.

A MORE holistic approach to doing business is the way of the future says the Committee for Economic Development of Australia research committee vice-president Russell Devitt.

EAST Redcliffe land and house prices have increased substantially with the transformation of the public housing area and the change in name to Flemington Chase.

BUSSELTON and Margaret River residents now have access to a daily weekday air service from Perth.

AN ANOMALY which meant workers could have missed out on their chance to take a workers’ compensation matter to court has been remedied.

BGC Construction, Caversham Prop-erty Pty Ltd and the RAAF Association (WA) recently celebrated the end of a successful working alliance with the opening of the Cambrai Village veterans’ retirement complex at Merriwa.

THE set up of a home office can make a big difference to the success of someone trying to run their business from home.

IT IS unlikely Transport WA plans to reverse traffic flows in the CBD’s West End will go ahead.

CURTIN University of Technology has taken over the management of the Viticulture Vine Source block from the Rylington Park Institute of Agriculture at Boyup Brook.

MORE Australians appear to be moving to shares as they attempt to grab a piece of the wealth created by the booming market.

MEMBERS of the Save Our South West action group visited Perth recently to present the Minister for Forest Products Paul Omodei with a letter on behalf of their communities urging the government to stand firm on their commitment to the sustainable jarrah t

THE first four super lots in the $220 million Mandurah Ocean Marina project have been placed on the market.

THE Tourism Jobs Network, an online recruitment service for job seekers in the tourism and hospitality industry, has been established to facilitate recruitment nationwide.

AUSTRALIA could be importing geophysicists by 2003 unless the current brain drain is stopped, says Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists national president Mike Smith.

FRUSTRATION at being unable to target local people and local people not being able to find local products on the Internet has led to the formation of a South West portal.

THE WA Government recently announced, amidst much fanfare, that the First Home Owners’ Scheme would provide a $7,000 grant to compensate for the impact of the GST on housing costs – something which the Federal Government made public months ago.

IT’S official. Workplace stress is worse than it was ten years ago.

A MAJOR decision when investing is whether to accept the responsibility of making the choices or to invest in a managed fund where a professional decides what to buy and sell.

ON 27 MARCH Perth publisher Roger Andrew will release his latest offering – a case study book about leadership.

IF YOU have been to a function or launch recently, chances are the person standing out of sight and out of mind yet ensuring all runs smoothly is Corporate Theatre managing director Vaughan Emery or one of his fourteen staff.