Staff Reporters

WE ARE continuing to see good news on the export front for Western Australia with the value of our exports nearly double that of any other State.Western Australia’s exports grew by a strong 42.8 per cent in the three months to August, 2000, compared wit

Two deals for BinComSATELLITE-based broadband communications group BinCom Satellite Systems Limited has sped up delivery of services to remote and regional areas following two key deals with medical services provider Global Doctor Services Pty Ltd and U

SPORTS and Recreation Minister Norman Moore has urged sports fans to tell television stations they want soccer, cricket and basketball broadcasts to continue.This summer, Channel Nine will not broadcast the Pura Milk Cup for the first time in 22 years.

THE business of BYOG (Bring Your Own Grog) is a custom welcomed by some restaurateurs and frowned on by others.At a pure BYOG, you are welcome to march in with a slab of beer on our shoulder and wine in the esky. Others, usually licensed dining rooms, m

JUST one year since starting operations, 82 per cent of Perth people are aware of Access 31 (Channel 31), according to a recent survey conducted by the station.Access 31 program development coordinator Julia Cordier said about 250,000 people watched th

IT IS Octoberfest every week at Edelweiss Restaurant on the corner of Hay and Milligan streets, Perth.Edelweiss holds a beer fest every Friday and Saturday featuring authentic live music from yodeller Christa and his band Aramis.

LAST week was AUSTCARE Refugee Week. People were encouraged to be aware of the suffering and oppression experienced by millions of people throughout the world and to learn from the rich diversities of different human cultures.In the past two years, Aust

WA’s business community will emerge as the real winner with the recent announcement of a cooperative agreement between the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) and WA Department of Commerce and Trade (DCT).+

ANY parent who’s said “you won’t get anywhere in life flipping burgers” could be completely wrong.Aged 30, Bruce Davis is one of the youngest State managers in the history of McDonald’s Australian operations. The only other member of senior management

PERTH-based e-commerce service provider IPT Systems has formed an alliance with Internet-based B2B venture Hypertrade, a wholly owned subsidiary of Gold Partners Ltd, to supply its global B2B exchange.

THE new man behind the driving wheel of Austeel’s massive $5 billion iron and steel project is a North American John C. Elmore.

CHANNEL Seven Perth journalist Simon Dowding has been named a finalist in the Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism.

IT IS a compliment to a dining room to consistently have queues of enthusiastic patrons lining up on the footpath fora table.

HOME PC enthusiasts and general business users have a local source for information on the latest developments in the fast moving PC industry with Gateway’s new technology concept store at Garden City. The new retail outlet showcases the latest in internat

COMET Resources Limited and QNI Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Billiton plc, have taken a significant step forward in the development of the Ravensthorpe nickel project by acquiring the entire interest in the project previously held by a private sy

WA success story Dynamic Digital Depth, which moved its corporate headquarters from Bentley’s Technology Park to the US last year, has teamed up with Germany-based 4S-Vision GmbH to speed up the delivery of glasses-free 3D to market.

BUSINESSES, non-profit organisations and clubs in WA’s south west region can develop an Internet presence through the mysouthwest.com.au portal. It is an initiative of the South West Internet Committee of the Bunbury Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

YALUMBA’S vine nursery activities began in earnest 30 years ago at the village of Angaston in the Barossa Valley as the company moved to plant grafted vines in its Eden Valley and Riverland properties.

THE long-awaited recovery of investment in WA’s resource sector has been foreshadowed by Woodside Energy’s disclosure that design engineering work for its proposed $2.6 billion North West Shelf Train 4 project will be sourced from Perth rather than overs

CYBER villains are writing virus code faster than vendors can update their signature or DAT file, says Wave IT managing director Rob McDowell.

CBD Restaurant & Bar in Rydges Perth has a winning business lunch menu.This month, entrée selections include flaked ocean trout salad with rocket, globe artichokes, avocado and chive dressing; creamy eggplant, cannelini bean and ricotta soup; and white

WESTERN Australia’s economy continues to perform strongly, with the release of end of year results for 1999-2000 showing a substantial improvement on budget expectations.The budget bottom-line for the last financial year shows the total public sector ac

DRILLING Coleraine-1 has the potential to transform West Oil NL from a junior explorer to a significant producer.This follows the company’s announcement last week that it had spudded a well seeking oil in the offshore Timor Sea. Drilling of Coleraine-1

THE Perth Festival Lotteries Film Season commences at the University of WA’s Somerville Auditorium in from December 4 and at Joondalup in Edith Cowan University’s Pines Picture Garden from December 11.

METEX Resources NL is set to reap the rewards of its long-term commitment to WA’s prospective Laverton region after positioning itself to monetise the Chatterbox oxide gold resources through a key mining and processing agreement with the managers of the n

WEST Perth-based CVA Film and Television won the inaugural Export Award for Arts and Entertainment in the WA Industry and Export Awards announced last week.

WORKERS from around Australia employed by a subsidiary of US computer giant IBM took industrial action last week over stalled enterprise bargaining negotiations.

YOU might think classic dry whites are a dime to the dozen and that is a fair perception.

IT SEEMS reasonable that debt collectors treat debtors fairly. However, the ACCC continues to receive complaints.In August, the Federal Court found that Cash Return Mercantile Pty Ltd and its former agent Sharyn McCaskey engaged in undue harassment, co

JUBILEE Mines NL plans to start underground development at its Cosmos nickel mine next year.This follows the discovery of a high-grade resource containing 46,000 tonnes of nickel for the Cosmos Deeps deposit, which will more than double the life of the

THE delay in refunding GST from the first Business Activity Statement to large businesses – who lodged their second BAS late last month – does not augur well for the hundreds of thousands of smaller businesses due to lodge their first BAS on November 11,

THE Pilbara is headed for another big round of development following the signing of an agreement that takes us a step closer to seeing a major expansion of liquefied natural gas exports from the area.