THE perceived increase in risk associated with investment in shares as the market becomes more volatile has caused some investors to return to the traditional ‘bricks and mortar investments which may provide lower returns but are seen to offer greater sec
A DEDICATED one-stop shop to help small businesses make the transition to a GST has been opened by the Small Business Development Corporation at its Hay Street premises.
WA RECORDED the largest increase in working days lost in Australia during the 1998-99 year, almost doubling from the previous year, new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Leading Australian technology associations have banded together to pressure the Federal Government to lower the Capital Gains Tax in order to bring the rate in line with other nations.
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.
