WA AGAIN recorded the highest rate of vehicle ownership in Australia – 725 vehicles per 1,000 people for the year to October 1998 – compared with an Australia-wide figure of 508 vehicles per 1,000 people.
THE Australian building industry will enter a twelve month slump in 2000/01 with activity falling by 17 per cent, says the major annual building industry study by BIS Shrapnel.
JOHN Ralph's Review of Business Taxation has delivered big and will change the face of the income tax system forever, according to specialist tax advisers Greenwoods & Freehills and national law firm Freehill Hollingdale & Page.
INVESTORS thinking of sinking money into the establishment of vineyards may find better investment opportunities elsewhere says the Australian Securities and Investment Commission.
THE modest old folks' home of the past has today been replaced by expansive resort-style facilities as retirees live longer and demand more from their post-work lifestyle.
THE potential of Australia's growing olive industry could be squeezed by increased world production, warns a Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation report.
Midland is set for a resurgence in interest prompted by the state government's plan to revitalise the derelict Westrail marshalling yards, Tuohy Gardens and land around Ray Marshall Park.
Low interest rates coupled with a low inflationary environment are driving current interest in the Perth commercial property market, according to agents Knight Frank.
Concern about the effectiveness of residential planning codes in dealing with infill development has forced the Ministry of Planning to undertake a review of the current code.
THE value of managed funds continues to spiral upward driven largely by a 4 per cent increase in the consolidated assets of superannuation funds and a 5 per cent increase in public unit trust assets.
AUSTRALIA enjoyed the benefit of more than 2.5 million visitors during the first seven months of 1999 according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
A RETAIL showroom complex in the heart of East Victoria Park, one of Perth's premier commercial showroom strips, is to be auctioned by Colliers Jardine on site on 14 October.
LATE August rain across much of WA will result in a bumper winter grains crop according to the crop report released by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
IN AN effort to rebuild community confidence, the Mortgage Industry Association of Australia has released a new Industry code that complements the Federal Government Managed Investments Act.
VACANCY rates in Perth's CBD should remain at about 12 per cent to 13 per cent over the next twelve months, according to the latest research by Colliers Jardine.
Paragon apartments in the heart of the city, is the first mixed-use complex of its kind in the CBD, allowing residents to eat, live, relax and shop within the apartment block.
COUNTRIES adopting uniform regulatory procedures and offering greater cooperation will make it easier for companies to deal with transnational mergers, says Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman, Allan Fels.
A unique North Perth development with views to the city, is creating a lot of interest according to real estate agent Ken Burnett of Police & Nurses First National Real Estate.
POOR planning for the millennium bug may result in building owners suffering legal action or non-payment of rentals, according to Jones Lang LeSalle's Jeffrey Binks.
LOWER commodity prices have not dented profit takings of companies involved in the mining industry according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
LandCorp has just released 35 new blocks in Joondalup City which should be snapped up according to marketing and sales consultant firm Time Conti Sheffield.
