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.
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.
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.
SELLING and leasing back real estate has many benefits for companies – something that multinationals in particular are finding out, says Stanton Hillier Parker associate director Andrew McKerracher
A VIBRANT WA mining services sector has created a deepening and widening in the WA economy, particularly in regional regions, according to a report from the Committee for Economic Development of Australia.
THE rapid expansion in the Australian wine grape industry has created a number of challenges according to a new report by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
WITH the increasing use of the Internet to obtain information to undertake any financial dealings there are many sites that have sprung up to provide both the information and access to it.
THE emerging economies of WA, Queensland and the Northern Territory will surge ahead in the next five years with growth in excess of the national average, says a new study by BIS Shrapnel.
FEDERAL Minister for Trade Mark Vaile has returned after leading over forty senior business people to the Middle East on one of Australia's largest ministerial trade missions.
THE Federal Government has failed in its attempt to educate commercial landlords on the implication of the GST on their investments says Chesterton International managing director Graham Iddles.
REGIONAL Australia is being sold short by Internet web site designers who are creating barriers and holding back widespread Internet usage, according to a new report from the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation.
DEVELOPMENT and building approval times in the City of Bunbury have been halved under the streamlined processing system, says City of Bunbury CEO Michael Whitaker.
WHILE much attention has been drawn to the recent disturbance involving police and the media during a visit by the Prime Minister John Howard, little or no attention has been paid to the event which Mr Howard was attending at the time.
INCOME tax cuts due in July will offset any slowdown in housing demand, says national land development group, Peet & Co managing director Warwick Hemsley.
