EXPORTS of Australian sawnwood and wood-based panels are tipped to rise appreciably over the next decade as log availability increases, says ABARE executive director Brian Fisher.
THE redevelopment of council’s Number 8 Car Park on Lake Street is a step closer to becoming a reality. Council voted to adopt its business plan for the redevelopment of the car park.
THE Clough group has won contracts worth $116.7 million in just one week. The group’s Indonesian subsidiary PT Petrosea TBK has won a three year extension to a major coal mining contract in the province of Kalimantan on Borneo worth $91 million.
COMMERCE and Trade Minister Hendy Cowan told the launch of the World Airport Transport Training Conference and Tradeshow in Denver that WA had ideal airline pilot training conditions.
FREEDOM Furniture is acquiring the family-owned Guests Group that owns and operates 13 Guests and 5 Ander-sons furniture stores in WA, Victoria and Queensland.
WA’S western rock lobster fishery could become the first in the world to receive international certification as a sustainable, well managed fishery under the recently established Marine Stewardship Council.
WA EMPLOYERS will have to pay an extra $767.53 million in compulsory workers’ compensation premiums this year.The Premium Rates Committee has announced compulsory workers’ compensation insurance premiums will rise by an average 35.3 per cent on 30 June.
COUNCIL CEO Garry Hunt has been authorised to set the auction reserve price and a minimum sale price for the sale of council’s property at 998 and 1000 Wellington Street, West Perth.
TAIWANESE investors are planning to establish a piggery in Gingin to supply export markets in Asia. The investors plan to build a 2,750 sow piggery to provide pork for Taiwan and Japan.
ONE of the most expensive developments in the East Perth Redevelopment Authority area is soon to be built.The Upper East Side development will have 31 apartments and four penthouses. The dwellings will range in price from $490,000 to $1.65 million.
LORD Mayor Peter Nattrass has easily retained his seat at the head of the Perth City Council. Dr Nattrass polled 2,196 votes, nearly 1,000 votes clear of nearest mayoral rival Councillor Laurance Goodman.
WITH three fabrication workshops, a national construction operation and an international parent, Lucon (Australia) Pty Ltd is a strong proponent of industrial success in the South West.
A PROJECT to supplement WA’s wild scallop stocks has begun.The project, run by Geraldton fishing company Elmwood Holdings, will support research and development into the production of juvenile scallops for release back into the wild.
PASPALEY Pearls Group, the largest producer of South Sea pearls in the world, was the first to take advantage of the new Tropical Aquaculture Park located on the out skirts of Broome – and is already meeting with success.
THE timber industry should be pleased the WA Regional Forest Agreement has been signed, says Forest Industries Federation executive director Bob Pearce.
ENGINEERING firm Gutteridge Haskins & Davey has strengthened its presence in Bunbury and WA’s south-west by moving to larger premises and appointing a new manager.
AUSTRALIA’S niche hardware and software industry is likely to get a boost from changes to the Copyright Act. The changes will allow hardware and software developers to decompile existing programs to help make compatible products.
MORE women should be encouraged to make an active contribution to the corporate world, says visiting chair of Corporate Women Directors International Irene Natividad.
A SYSTEM developed by Austal Ships and the Australian Maritime Engineering Cooperative Research Centre reduces the motion of fast ferries operating in waves by up to 50 per cent.
