WORK on the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre could start within three months and the first convention or exhibition could be held there by March 2004.
WA environmental engineering company Occtech Engineering has developed a water treatment facility that will be used to research the treatment of low level radioactive wastes.
WITH the Department of Conservation and Land Management successfully broken into three parts, its executive director Wally Cox has gone in search of a new challenge.
JESTER’S Jaffle Pie Co is embarking on a campaign to boost its outlets in WA and, eventually, the eastern states.The company has 12 outlets in WA. By early February it plans to have 22 franchises in Perth, one in Kalgoorlie and one in Albany.
FAILURE to keep proper records could strip small business directors of the liability protection they gain by operating their business through a limited liability company structure.
INCREASED vigilance by the Finance Brokers Supervisory Board has forced one mortgage originator to stop trading in WA and could prevent another from even starting.
FEDERAL Government plans to set up single national insurance schemes in workers’ compensation, compulsory third party and builders’ warranty insurance are likely to meet stiff resistance from WA.
LABOUR hire firms and financial planners are claiming a win in their fight to be excluded from the Alienation of Personal Services Income provisions of the new tax system, with Prime Minister John Howard entering the fray.
THE WA Government has offered to give $5 million of its money to help farmers in the south eastern Wheatbelt, providing the Federal Government offers double this amount.
TODAY, thousands of virtual assistants and home-based businesses will be linked Australia wide for a “virtual” morning tea to raise funds for the Cancer Foundation.
SANDALWOOD is again emerging as a strong export prospect for WA.WA has been exporting its indigenous variety of sandalwood since 1845 – mainly to China.
BOTH the Perth City Council and the Perth Convention Bureau have been dropped from the WA Government taskforce overseeing the Perth Conven-tion and Exhibition Centre.
GREEN and ethical investments are becoming the flavour of the month for investors.Post dot.com, many investors are basing their decisions on companies’ social responsibility and corporate government credentials as well as their bottom lines.
CONSULTANTS beware. Professionals who cease trading and do not keep their professional indemnity insurance running could be left holding a smoking gun without any protection.
TWO leading commentators on the controversial tax-effective investment industry have been invited to join an Australian Tax Office consultative committee dealing with the issue.
AGENCIES responsible for three of the small business sector’s bugbears – Award rates, workers’ compensation and occupational health and safety – have been combined into one super department.
TENANTS, growers and managers fear increasing regulation of Canning Vale’s Market City could reduce the market’s viability and force more of WA’s fruit and vegetable crop to be sold elsewhere.
A STAR-studded business and professional line up is in the running for Liberal Party pre-selection in the seat of Nedlands, to be vacated by former WA Premier Richard Court.
THE Port of Fremantle will play a vital role in the fight against illegal fishing in Australian waters this weekend with the arrival of the South Tomi.
A MAJOR review of the Perth Market Authority has been ordered by the new WA Government, just four months after by-laws suggested by a recent review came into effect.
