IN Australia, 80 per cent of all businesses are family owned and operated and each year Family Business Australia celebrates their achievements through the Family Business Awards.
AN Australian trade mission visited Sri Lanka recently to take advantage of the improved investment climate in the country in an effort to boost two-way trade and investment.
A SECOND executive with fledgling eye laser firm CustomVis is involved in legal action with his former employer and rival eye laser surgery company Q-Vis Ltd, an investigation by WA Business News has found.
A SPATE of recent accidents involving ships under pilotage in Australian waters, including two off the WA coast in the past month, and the increasing litigiousness of ship owners is prompting a rethink of the rules ship pilots operate under.
WHILE talk of blackouts and brownouts may seem to be exaggerated, the fact remains that if WA's electricity market is not reformed, privately-owned generation will not
ENERGY Minister Eric Ripper, Western Power chief David Eiszele, AlintaGas managing director Bob Browning and Electricity Reform Task Force chairman John Hyslop hold the future of WA's electricity market in their hands.
WHILE the medium-term outlook for the Western Australian economy has strengthened following the announcement of the $25 billion deal to supply LNG to China, the near-term could prove to be more testing.
PROPOSALS from Federal Treasury for a major overhaul of Australia's international tax system could have a fundamental impact on WA's ability to attract business investment and talented individuals.
THE City of Perth has approved a $14.5 million redevelopment of the CTA building on The Esplanade despite concerns about the provision of $25,000 by the developer to improve the public amenity of the area.
A REPORT by the WA Auditor General on public universities caught my attention the other day, but it was the research following that I found most captivating.
REFRACTIVE laser company CustomVis is expected to announce that it has raised $10 million in private funding to commercialise its products for correcting vision disorders.
Goldfields-Esperance regionArea: 771,276 sq kmGDP 1990/00 (est): $4.7 billionGDP per capita: $80,443Population (2000): 58,926Per cent of total State pop: 3.1 per centPop growth rate: 1.3 per cent/annumLargest centre: Kalgoorlie/Boulder: 32,0
SHARE markets have started the financial year on shaky ground, with negative returns the order of the day last month. Only the Australian unlisted property sector succeeded in keeping its head above water.
REVENUE from the North-West Shelf joint venture deal to supply three million tonnes a year for 25 years to LNG China's pilot Guangdong LNG project is not expected before 2006.
THE Pilbara region will be put on show to national and international investors at the 2002 Pilbara Natural Advantages Conference, to be held on September 2 and 3.
PERPETUAL Investments has adopted what it says is a “unique” approach to managing its Industrial Share Fund, one of Australia's most popular managed funds.
ENERGY industry giant BP, which has not missed out on a share of business from China's first gas processing venture in Guangdong province, now also looks a likely winner for an upcoming project in the Fujian province.
UNLISTED WA environmental technology operation Occtech Engineering has reached an agreement to merge with the recently listed, but troubled, public company QED Corporation Limited.
AN investigation of the WA venture capital industry by WA Business News has found that, while Australia boasts about 60 venture capital players, only two are based in Perth.
UNLISTED WA environmental technology operation Occtech Engineering has reached an agreement to merge with the recently listed, but troubled, public company QED Corporation Limited.
