Staff Reporters

IN the lead-up to Anzac Day, past and future Australian peacekeepers were in the news.

PLAYING golf can be an expensive exercise … lost balls, broken clubs and the unplanned stop at the 19th hole can add up to a fair sum of money at the end of the day.Then, of course, there’s the actual cost of getting on to the greens.

THE arrival of national cosmetics phenomenon Mecca Cosmetica in Perth is delivering a new retail experience for Claremont shoppers.

The State Government first began talks with the Chinese Government for the possible supply of LNG to China and Hong Kong in 1997.

THE sale by public tender of Abernethy Park in Kewdale brings a major industrial complex to the market.The development near the intersection of Kewdale and Abernethy Road is currently returning an annual rental income of more than $800,000.

UNITED States efforts this week to quell the escalating trouble between Israel and the Palestinians received a mixed reception.

ALCOA Australia and Hamersley Iron have maintained their dominance as the two largest exporters in WA for the 2000/2001 financial year.

THE Department of Mineral and Petroleum resources has redesigned and relaunched the online version of its Western Australian Petroleum Information Management System.

THE second stage of the commercial development on the Supermail site will give the Hatch staff some new neighbours to share lunch with.

MELBOURNE was aglow this week with the World Gold Council’s annual general meeting held in the southern capital, as well as the Australian Gold Conference and an investor’s forum.

AMBASSADORS and consul generals descended on WA this week for a three-day visit that took them down to Margaret River and north to Karratha for a brief on Australian Liquefied Natural Gas, and the Woodside and Hamersley Iron projects.

SWIFTEL Ltd has signed an ISPDirect Agreement with a subsidiary of AAPT Ltd, Australia’s third-largest long-distance telco.

STRATATEL Ltd has secured contracts with two NSW State Government departments for the provision of its MobileFleet service.

TROY’S Party, the online magazine for Perth socialites, went live last week. The website www.troysparty.com.au received 20,000 hits in its first 24 hours of operation.

MARGARET River vineyard Rosabrook is understood to have been sold to a group of local businessmen for $2.2 million.Palandri purchased the vineyard last year for around $2.8 million.

ANOTHER week, another announcement from one of Australia’s major companies that it needed to alienate its customers to improve its bottom line.

A NEW telecentre has officially opened in the northern Wheatbelt town of Bencubbin.The new facility is expected to deliver online and over-the-counter business services to the local shire’s 800 residents and people from surrounding districts.

KEEP an ear out for your suburb on the ABC’s new real estate slot on 6WF 720.The new weekly program will feature a different suburb each week, with comments from REIWA members.

THE Water Corporation is seeking interest in a four-hectare pocket of land in Shenton Park.The Water Corporation is in the process of selling land all over the metropolitan area that is no longer needed for their operations.

JONES Lang LaSalle executive director Peter Agostino has resigned from the position of executive director in Perth.An announcement was made to staff earlier this week, however Mr Agostino was unwilling to discuss his plans for the future.

THE Fremantle Port is seeking expressions of interest for development of a 2.9-hectare site as part of the second stage of the Fremantle Waterfront Master Plan.

The title of executive chef has an air of authority to it, but after chatting to a few of Perth’s well-known executive chefs it becomes clear the moniker carries with it the responsibilities that go with any executive management position.

DEVELOPERS of the 290-hectare Gnangara Vineyard Project in Manjimup now has the way open to raise $19.2 million, more than three years after receiving an Australian Taxation Office Product Ruling.

DOME has committed to a retail outlet in LandCorp’s Marlston Waterfront development in Bunbury, south of Perth.

DCA Group has announced the acquisition of two new aged care facilities at Tweed Heads and the Gold Coast for $13.4 million.It owns 80 per cent of I-Med, a network of service providers that includes the Perth Radiological Clinic.

JUMBUCK Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Q Multimedium Ltd (QMM), has signed a supply agreement with America Online Inc to provide wireless technology for mobile phone users in the USA.QMM did not release the value of the contract.

THE major accounting firms have a captive niche in the corporate finance market, but they all aspire to move up the value chain.

NEDLANDS-BASED software developer HarvestRoad has signed an enterprise-level agreement with the Defence Department for the provision of web content and workflow management applications

PERTH-BASED Lumacom Ltd has secured an order with the Adelaide South Park Hotel for a rooftop advertising display using the LumaPanel signage system.

A MAJOR development site at 378 Murray Street is back on the market with a $9 million price tag, plus GST.Lyrical Holdings has put the 5,120 square metre site back onto the market for sale by private treaty.

A LARGE eastern Australian energy retailer with WA links could be put up for sale.Pulse Energy has 1.1 million electricity and gas customers in Victoria and an annual revenue of $1 billion.

SUAN Australia Ltd is preparing to broaden its operations across Australia and in the South Pacific region by taking a 60 per cent stake in DSG (Australia) Pty Ltd.DSG Australia operates in Australia, New Zealand and Indonesia.