THE Trade Practices Act recognises there are some circumstances where the public benefits resulting from conduct which may be anti-competitive actually exceed the costs.
SALON Icon has had a celebrity client visiting every week.Salon owner Lisa Mulder has the hairdressing contract for Lachy Hume the lead male in the Let’s Get Skase feature film currently being filmed in Perth.
THE latest ABS national Wage Cost Index shows a sharp jump in wage costs of 1.2 per cent between the June and September quarters, the highest quarterly increase since the data series began in September 1997.
MORE than $5 million worth of laptops have disappeared from Federal Government offices in the past 18 months, many of them with classified information, according to a recent survey.
CHARDONNAY ’S versatility makes it Australia’s most sought after white grape variety.This remarkable grape is comfortable assorted climatic conditions where it always gives different but excellent results.
Economy: Long term interest rates in both the US and Australia have declined sharply over the past week as the economic outlook in both Australia and US point to a slowdown in economic activity.
THE WA Government’s back-flip on its stamp duty on a phantom GST could cost them millions of dollars in lost earnings, according to the Property Council.
THE following company personnel changes have been notified to the WA office of the Australian Stock Exchange.Burkhard Brauch has been appointed as chief executive officer of Resource Exploration NL.
TELETHON is to launch its own version of the Variety Club’s bash, appointing the man who has run the famous event to coordinate its new Channel Seven Telethon Celebrity Trek.
A gateway to all online government internet services in Australia was launched at www.gov.au this month. It provides users with quick access to each Commonwealth, State and Territory Internet entry point.
THE $30 million gift delivery market has been targeted by Perth company Cake Box, the café and restaurant supply company founded by Harold Clough’s daughter Sue Townsend.
WILL we survive another month without an interest rate rise.It seems absurd that we have to worry about such an event as the world apparently teeters on the edge of financial disaster week in and week out.
PERTH’S biggest advertising agency Marketforce has won a contract with national automotive accessories retailer Tyre-power, estimated to be worth around $1 million.
BARELY two years since moving to Perth, Neal Jackson has established a reputation as one of the city’s premier chefs and maintained his long-term form at the Gold Plate Awards.
THE shell of failed fruit and vegetable exporter Sumich Group is being resurrected as a biotechnology hopeful, joining eight WA companies loosely representing the sector on the stock market.
“Tabloids Losing The Readership War” (November 16 – 22) by Joe Poprzeczny failed to mention the cost to the consumer as another reason for falling circulation of The West Australian and the Sunday Times.
THE WA Chapter of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects has supported the WA Government’s vision in commitment to the construction of the Convention and Exhibition Centre and Multi-purpose stadium after a final contract was struck on Tuesday betwee
