Noel Dyson

WA mining heavyweights BHP-Billiton, Rio Tinto and WMC are bidding farewell to the State’s industrial relations system and turning Federal.

A DESIRE by companies to know the value of their brand has created an electronic commerce opportunity for a WA marketer.

PERTH Matters is the latest offering to roll off the presses at the Community Newspaper Group.

THE Federal Government’s interim Task Force for the Building Industry has opened for business.The bulk of the task force’s 25 staff will be based in Melbourne, although a small WA office with two staff has also opened.

COMPETITIONS may be growing in popularity as a marketing tool, but a range of pitfalls can often accompany their benefits.

NURSING agencies appear to have been the big winners out of the nursing shortages afflicting WA’s hospitals.However, they too are facing the same problem as the hospitals they supply – a shortage of nurses.

AGRICULTURE Minister Kim Chance has hit back at claims that he has gone soft on skeleton weed.

A RECENT survey showing a steady decrease in WA’s business electricity costs has given WA monopoly electricity utility Western Power extra ammunition in its battle to remain a single entity.

WHILE a competition can be a useful promotional tool, it can also provide a valuable source of fundraising for charity organisations.

A DESIRE to be different has created a potentially lucrative business opportunity for a Perth taxi driver.

WITH demand booming, more nursing agencies are rushing to the WA market.

CUSTOMERS are getting browned off with the poor service at their local nurseries, according to a recent survey.The survey, conducted by mystery shopper provider Service Audits & Market Research, found a “counter-hugging” culture was costing nurserie...

A RECENT legal judgement has raised concerns over the mediation approach used within the Supreme Court system.In his judgement of a case between Royel Fitness Equipment and Sheppard West over a cost order after a failed mediation, Master Craig Sande...

THE WA Government has angered some farmers by declaring that skeleton weed, a plant some say has the potential to wipe 20 per cent off WA’s grain production, cannot be eradicated.Copies of a ‘best practice’ manual to help farmers control skeleton we...

THE Federal Government’s long-awaited policy position on audit regulation has been released to mixed response from industry.However, while most professional groups have indicated their initial reactions to the ninth instalment of the Government’s Co...

MAJOR renovations and expansion could soon be on the cards for St John of God Healthcare Subiaco.The hospital’s management has undertaken a review to plan for the hospital’s needs for the next 10 years and is in the middle of a feasibility study for...

TWO pieces of legislation, one in the State system and one mooted for Federal law, may soon make life easier for the investigative journalist’s best friend – the whistleblower.As the recent events in the Police Royal Commission show, protection for ...

A NEED to better track the outcomes of safety and risk studies on oil and gas platforms operating off the North West Shelf led to a place as a finalist in this year’s Engineering Awards.The Transfield Worley-Woodside Alliance found it needed a datab...

AN outbreak of the lupin disease anthracnose five years ago is stopping WA farmers from sending feed to their counterparts in the eastern States, despite the desperate need.The anthracnose outbreak resulted in a quarantine notice being slapped on fe...

WITH the ink drying on a $2 million contract to supply a chain of eastern States supermarkets, Canon Foods is embarking on further expansion.The convenience foods producer – it focuses on chicken meat – is drawing up the final plans for new faciliti...

THE jury is out on whether the Simplified Tax System is worth implementing, more than one year after its introduction.The Australian Tax Office has no figures showing how many businesses have taken it up and it appears none will become available unt...

SUCCESSION planning is proving a difficult topic for a range of businesses, from partnerships to sole traders and listed companies.

This is one of the reasons Pilpel Print director Geoff Pilpel, the third generation of the Pilpel family to work in the business, offered to explain what helped the 75 year old company win the Third Generation Family Business Award.

DESPITE the release of the WA Government’s version of individual workplace contracts, the predominant feeling is that businesses are better off under the Federal industrial relations system.

THE simple idea to put ceramic into a box bend and spool carrying highly caustic slurry at an Alcoa World Alumina refinery has dramatically extended the working life of both components.

NEARLY 15 years ago a small team began a project that would ultimately transform a disused and decaying industrial area to the east of the CBD into an award-winning urban area.

A WA-BASED sales trainer, coach and author has had one of her management texts picked up by a publisher in South Korea.

AN exercise last week to test Australia’s ability to deal with a major foot and mouth disease (FMD) outbreak has been hailed an outstanding success, yet it has exposed the high risks for WA’s beef industry.

IT has been a baptism of fire for new 6PR and 96fm general manager Declan Kelly.

PLANNING and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan has hit back at claims that the Government will not tighten regulations surrounding pilotage in WA ports.

THE Australian Taxation Office continues to roll-out final determinations, draft determinations, class rulings, product rulings and notices, at the rate of up to, and above, 20 a day.

HOW does a manager know whether his or her business is travelling well? Sales may be up and revenues may be high, but is that enough to ensure the business will remain profitable?