THE Government’s proposed changes to industrial relations laws will result in higher dining costs, poorer service, and perhaps restaurant closures on Sundays and public holidays, according to industry sources.
NEARLY 55,000 Western Australians suffered from workplace-related injuries or illnesses in the year ending September 2000, according to figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
BOMBS continue to fall on Afghanistan as the United States and Britain prepare to up the ante in the war on terrorism before sending in ground troops to flush out Osama bin Laden.
WHILE you and I might find sitting in a room filled with jars of severed heads and limbs a little on the morbid side, Gail Divine finds it fascinating.
BACKPACKING may be considered by some to be poor person’s travel option, but that doesn’t mean it does not generate a significant income for the tourism and travel market.
AUSTRALIAN Bureau of Statistics figures for the third quarter show a further fall in job vacancies, bringing the drop for the year to 21.4 per cent, while the ANZ job advertisements survey results show a fall of 27.8 per cent.
AUSTRALIAN Cancer Technology Limited is set to begin human trials of its p53 cancer vaccine, Pentrix, at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, after receiving all required approvals.
THE use of wrap services has grown rapidly over the past two years but there are no independent reports on the size of the market.The main players are BT Portfolio Services and Macquarie Portfolio Services.
NEW research has revealed company strategy is suffering at the expense of board practice and member relationships, and could affect the global competitiveness of some Australian businesses.
A FINAL decision on the planned joint venture between the WA Trotting Association and the WA Turf Club will be delayed for at least a further six weeks as the WATA awaits a valuation and heritage report on the Gloucester Park property.
ANSETT planes returned to the sky as Australians prepared to settle in for a weekend of football grand finals. However, Ansett Mk II, as it is now being called, limited its first services to Sydney to Melbourne flights.
THE restaurant trade’s night of nights was held last month to celebrate excellence within the industry and to recognise the importance restaurants play in the Western Australian tourism economy.
WHILE there’ll be plenty to eat and drink at this year’s Spring in the Valley festival, getting to the Swan Valley requires a skipper, someone who is sensible enough to not drink and is prepared to drive festival goers from winery to winery.
BRISTILE Limited shareholders who have held the faith were finally rewarded for their patience with a one-year TSR performance of 101 per cent for the year to June 30 2001.
THE WA Symphony Orchestra will not have far to move when it shifts house in 2004.A $20 million plan to house WASO at a refurbished and expanded Perth Concert Hall was this week given in-principle support by Arts Minister Sheila McHale.
AFTER the hours spent on your IT project, where do you go for money to develop it? Why bother with venture capital when a simple bank loan would suffice?The answer is that venture capital is about more than money.
SHAREHOLDER value is created by companies earning a rate of return on the total capital employed by the company in excess of the cost of that capital. The cost of capital used is generally taken to be the Weighted Average Cost of Capital – WACC.
THE State Government has boosted its contribution to the tourism industry in the wake of the collapse of Ansett and the recent attacks on the United States.
WA-LISTED Surfboard Limited and Victorian-listed Senetas Corporation have been discussing the pros and cons of a possible merger.However, both companies appeared miffed during the past week that anyone knows this.
WHAT a week it has been for Ansett. The airline’s corporate crash two weeks ago was somewhat overshadowed by the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.
TELSTRA’S move to rationalise its Perth operations has seen 21 Moore Street, East Perth, being put up for sale or lease through Chesterton International.
MAYA Indian Restaurant and Windows took out major honours at the annual Gold Plate Awards on Monday night, with both winning the Prix D’Honneur Award for consistent high performance and awards success.
THE State Government has ridiculed talk that WA fisheries could be incorporated into federal control.State Fisheries Minister Kim Chance said the move would be swapping good management for bad.
