Mark Beyer

Australia’s corporate regulators have achieved two big wins in the WA Supreme Court in the past week, in cases involving events in 1998.

QPSX may be forced to raise new capital after suffering a second setback in its efforts to extract multi million dollar royalties from global telecommunications companies.

Family Business Awards Second-Generation winner – TCC GROUP

Anyone noticed the sudden burst of major resource news at State level?

Perth is to be home to a world-leading minerals and chemistry precinct that will cost $40 million to establish and employ 200 research and teaching staff.

JDV secures extension on Westpac contract  

Western Australian industry is looking for new waste treatment options following last year’s closure of the Brookdale waste treatment plant. Mark Beyer reports.

The Western Australian Government has announced plans to amend its tax laws so that stamp duty is not payable on international travel and other insurance policies involving risk outside Australia.

The filling of two key banking jobs has highlighted the internationalisation of the financial services industry.

Western Power is planning to hire gas turbines from overseas this year to ensure it can supply enough electricity to Perth during the hot summer months.

Planned changes to stamp duty could impede takeovers of mining companies and other ‘land rich’ companies in Western Australia, business advisers have warned.

With the future of Western Australia's next power station at the crossroads, Mark Beyer examines some of the alternatives.

At least 10 new power stations are likely to be built in Western Australia over coming years to cope with growing electricity demand and the retirement of existing units.

The Western Australian Energy Research Alliance is believed to be the recipient of the State Government’s largest science grant, worth $21 million.

SMCR directors fail in appeal 

The State Government is hoping a report due this month will help to kick start much-needed expansion of the Ord River project. Mark Beyer reports.

Cotton comeback?

The Dobson family and investment manager Rewards Group are relatively new to the Ord River irrigation area but together they are well on the way to having a big impact.

Perth technology company Structural Monitoring Systems has rejigged its listing plans, opting for a $3.75 million capital raising and listing on the Australian Stock Exchange.

Sugar miller keen to grow 

An unlimited supply of cheap water has long been touted as one of the great attractions of the Ord River project, but the reality is not so simple.

APART from the Legal Elite scattered across these pages, WA Business News would like to acknowledge another winner.

THROUGHOUT his career Wayne Martin has had the knack of being in the right place at the right time, and this year he positioned himself perfectly to win the barristers’ section in the WA Business News Legal Elite.

TONY van Merwyk is passionate about his work.

COMMERCIAL litigation is a term falling out of favour with many lawyers, who prefer the more diplomatic term ‘dispute resolution’.

THE past 12 months has been a busy and interesting period for Hunt & Humphry partner Michael Hunt, who has been ranked by his peers as the top mining lawyer in Western Australia for the second year in a row.

PEET & Company Limited was founded in 1895, by James Peet, and incorporated in 1905, making it one of Western Australia’s oldest companies.

A RUNNER-UP in last year’s WA Business News Legal Elite survey, Mallesons Stephen Jaques partner John Naughton has gone one better in 2004, ranking as the top banking and finance lawyer in Perth.