THE plan by Motorola to set up an advanced software engineering centre in Perth is positive recognition of Western Australia’s information technology capabilities.
THE Australian Financial Markets Association has announced the election of Paul Riordan, global head, financial markets Commonwealth Bank Group to the position of chairman of the AFMA executive committee.
IT’S pleasing to see a winemaker take sauvignon blanc seriously. Voyager Estate of Margaret River has done just that with a recently released 1996 sauvignon blanc-semillon.
ECONOMIC experts offered a positive picture for WA’s economy in 2001, led by a resource sector underpinned by steady growth in commodity prices, including gold.
SIXTYONE trophies were presented to winning teams and individuals at the StateWest Corporate Challenge prize presentation hosted by the Lord Mayor at Council House last week.
THE WA Government has been accused of acting too hastily when it decided to offer $10 million of public money to a group of Capel dairy farmers who plan to establish a processing plant.
THE chairman of the Subiaco Redevelopment Authority, Ron Doubikin has been appointed chairman of the Coral Coast Marina Development Pty Ltd (CCMD) Board.
THE COP6 Climate Change conference ended in The Hague last month without an agreement between world environment ministers on how to apply the 1997 Kyoto Protocol.
Employers wishing to be generous to staff and clients at Christmas may find themselves subject to Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) as a result of their generosity, warns CPA Australia.
WA MAY be two years away from having its dedicated exhibition and convention centre but a Perth company has helped stage one of the world’s most important gatherings of business and political leaders.
THE West Australian export community has blitzed the field at the 2000 Australian Export Awards by winning four National Awards, which were announced in Sydney last Tuesday night.
THE food is exciting, the service friendly and slick and the wine list impressive. All the excellent ingredients that went to win Jackson’s a recent Gold Plate and a spot as a finalist, in the national Gourmet Traveller restaurant awards.
WA’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose from 6.1 to 6.5 per cent between October and November, while the national rate increased from 6.3 to 6.6 per cent.
THE following company personnel changes have been notified to the WA office of the Australian Stock Exchange.John Bovard has joined Danae Resource NL as non-executive director.
A MULTI-purpose defence force, capable of sustaining combat operations in two separate locations, while protecting Australia’s approaches is the goal the Federal Government is aiming for with its White Paper.
FORMER Minter Ellison partners Sean Mullins and Matthew Handcock have formed a boutique insurance firm Mullins Handcock and been joined by nine other former Minter Ellison staff.
THE International ATTM Card Scheme marketed and promoted by World Netsafe Pty Ltd and Terence Butler has been ruled an illegal pyramid and referral selling scheme by the Federal Court, Brisbane.
