Gary Kleyn

THE Australian Securities and Investments Commission has announced its revised policy on mortgage investment schemes.

WA LANDLORDS should be wary of defaulting tenants, says Realty Executives' Keith Howes.

SMALL businesses have a chance to improve the returns on their business deposit funds.

PROPOSED changes to the Building Act currently before Cabinet will introduce competition to local government services, says Local Government Minister Paul Omodei.

EMPLOYER confidence about employment growth has decreased in the first quarter of 2000 when compared to the final quarter of 1999, according to the recent Morgan & Banks Job Index.

AT A time when the level of share ownership in Australia is the highest in the western world, members of the public are understandably clamouring for more information and research to help them come to grips with the share market.

INFORMATION technology proponent, BusinessNews columnist, and former WA deputy premier Mal Bryce has been lured into another venture.

A SKILLED workforce is what separates Australia from the US according to Opposition Leader Kim Beazley.

PERTH-based company Cape Range Wireless has acquired 20 per cent of US company Arcadian Wireless Inc.

Building unions will target prominent government-funded building projects in the lead-up to the next State election, according to the Master Builders Association.

Monday 21 February was an active day for the South West region.It was the day when the State Cabinet met, opened, launched and shored up support from the regions affected by the Regional Forest Agreement.

THE winter harvest is in and farmers have generally had a good year with above average yields.

WHILE both new Master Builders Association president John Mitchell and prominent builder Len Buckeridge share similar ideals, one has become a household name while the other has remained relatively obscure.

DEREGULATION in the energy sector will pay off for remote WA and contribute to a second minerals boom as the cost-benefits of the changes are realised by mining groups.

THE economic impact of the 1999 Blues at Bridgetown festival has been estimated at $1.7 million.

A LINK exists between high performing schools and the property values of properties surrounding those schools, says Hegney Property Valuations managing director Gavin Hegney.

THE pre-GST spending spree is far from over, says Hartley Poynton CEO Tim Moore.

THE South West needs to wake up to the benefits tourism brings to the region.

WHILE the caravan park industry has won concessions in the form of a 5 per cent reduction in the GST the battle is not over for caravan park owners.

CITIBANK has unveiled plans to turn its branch network into a retail distribution system after a successful trial of the concept in Booragoon.

HOTHAM Valley, fresh from its $10 million spending spree in the South West, is poised to raise $4 million to $6 million in a public offering.

THE bulky goods retail property market is set to be the new baby of the property industry if forecasts by investment analyst BIS Shrapnel prove correct.

A NEW $3 million fertiliser plant is being built in Kwinana by private company Valefox Pty Ltd.

WA'S biggest trade mission to India has set sail.The mission, led by Commerce and Trade Minister Hendy Cowan, includes representatives from fourteen private sector organisations.

STOP bickering and work together for the common good of Fremantle, said Fremantle Chamber of Commerce executive director John Longley in his inaugural Chamber address.

DEUTSCHE Bank is planning to set up an outlet in Bunbury.

WA IS on the move – all 2,525,500 square kilometres of it!That was the warning issued by the Department of Land Administration to land owners and leaseholders.

LATEST figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics confirm that part of the so-called ‘Great Australian Dream' still includes owning your own home, says LJ Hooker's Tony Cavallo.

WA'S main barometer of business sentiment has registered another leap in business confidence.

Pemberton's Tourism and Progress Association is working with the South West Development Commission to develop a master plan for a tourism precinct in a bid to attract more tourists.

LISTED Perth-based property developer Finbar International has forecast continued strong profit and revenue for the remainder of the financial year.

MORE than three quarters of the companies questioned in the latest Dun & Bradstreet Business Expectations Survey admit they are not GST-ready.