Staff Reporters

PERTH-based Wavenet International Ltd has signed a distribution agreement with telecommunications giant Singapore Telecom.The agreement is between Wavenet and SingTel's wholly owned subsidiary Telecom Equipment Pty Ltd, the equipment supplier for m...

RILEY Mathewson stole the show at the recent Public Relations Institute of Australia (PRIA) State Awards for Excellence.The awards were open to WA individuals or organisations practising public relations in the private, public and non-profit sector...

PERTH-based Endeavour Health Care Limited has announced plans to list on the Australian Stock Exchange later this year.Endeavour managing director Garry Garside said the company was established to provide health care practitioners with equity part...

JUNIOR explorer Macmin NL is on track to start mining in February 2001 with the first silver to be poured by April from its Texas silver project.Initial development will focus on the Twin Hills deposit, where Macmin announced a 39 per cent increas...

Heaven forbid! Hasn't the country just endured the greatest change to its tax system?Australia finally received the GST it had to have.While the country waits for the dust to settle to determine the merits of the tax reform package (and the Opposi...

Nothing looks more distinguished on a man than a classic white shirt.For the corporate warrior and executive who has no time (or desire) to shop, Just White Shirts & Black Socks takes the stress out of shopping.For those men who can't be bothered...

ANOTHER embryonic sulphide nickel project is about to be created in WA.Perth-based Bullion Minerals Limited, established as a private minerals explorer in 1969, has launched a new $3 million float targeting a package of exploration ground immediatel...

INTRODUCING the new Passat 20V Sports, out now at Skipper VW.A limited offer is available on the 20 valve turbo model with special features including sports front seats and leather upholstery, walnut interior, colour coded side panels, 16” ‘Montrea...

Car parking made easyTHE WORLD'S first free Internet car parking service and industry hub has been launched at www.carpark.com.au Carpark Australia managing director James Maund said the site would enable drivers to access information about the loc...

THE Australian Press Council has upheld complaints from the Anti-Corruption Commission against The West Australian.The complaints were based on a series of articles and an editorial concerning the work of the commission and were said to be highly c...

LINUX may be popular in the engineering and computer industries but it hasn't broken into wider use because of its ‘nerd' image, says E-Syn Engineering managing director Frank Veldkamp.According to the Linux Networking Overview “How To” by Danie...

WESTERN Australia's continuing strong economic position is highlighted again in the latest international trade figures.

THE 14th Annual WA Screen Awards will take place from August 24 to 27, culminating in a gala awards presentation night on August 25 at the Astor Cinema in Mt Lawley. The awards recognise the latest crop of WA independent filmmaking, while the new Indu...

BRISBANE-based software development company Medical Spectrum has opened in WA.Medical Spectrum managing director Ian Threlfall said the company opened an office in Nedlands during May following a merger with Medsoft Pty Ltd, a Perth-based distribu...

CASHED-UP international resource giants are circling WA's vulnerable resource sector.Declining commodity prices and this year's dot.com fervour have reduced the stock prices of resource companies.

JUNIOR oil producer Nido Petrol-eum NL has reported increased crude production with an on-going cash contribution of about $300,000 to $400,000 per annum from its SC 14/SC 6B prospects in the offshore Palawan Basin, Philippines.Nido's SC 14 interest...

Flash adds impactPERTH-based web development company Virtual Impact offers a good example of a flash enhanced web site at www.virtualimpact.com.au

GRASS-ROOTS explorer Tuart Resources NL listed on the bourse on Friday after raising $2.6 million to explore a diverse portfolio of properties in WA's renowned Yilgarn region.The Perth-based company will commence exploration immediately on a number ...

RECENT reports quantify the Internet at more than two billion pages, but few web sites stand out from the crowd, according to Scribe Consulting principal Tim North.

BHP Coated Steel – Australia has launched a COLORBOND steel Colour Selector CD-ROM that can be used to create, choose and compare colour schemes for any building at the click of a mouse.The powerful new tool, the product of almost a year of dev...

Perth-based Orlando Resources NL is seeking to raise $5.25 million though an initial public offering in order to complete a pre-feasibility study, acquire and develop the Sally Malay and Springvale sulphide nickel projects, purchased outright from the...

IRON Ore miner Portman Limited will spend $2 million to establish a new managed investment scheme forestry business during the next 12 months alongside its existing iron ore and silicon metal divisions.

Almost 80 per cent of Western Australians have doubts about the mass media according to a recent study by the School of Marketing at Curtin Business School.More than two-thirds (77 per cent) of respondents said they had at some time heard or read a...

PERTH-based developer and marketer of web-enabled recruitment systems BigRedSky has signed a substantial business-to-business contract with mBox, which claims to be Australia's largest unified messaging service provider.Under the agreement, mBox wi...

Will the small players be casualties of bidding war?HOSTILE bids, friendly bids and counter bids.It is takeover time and major WA players such as North Limited and Woodside Energy are the targets.

PROVIDING more than 100 of Perth's young journalism and film and television students with a break in their chosen vocations has been the highlight of Russell Goodrick's career with his production company, MRG International.The company, which produc...

ERG Group has won four more automated fare collection contracts in Normandy, France.

PERTH-BASED Victoria Petroleum NL – which plans to drill 17 wells in the next nine months – has placed its immediate chips on three prospects.One of these is its Pipeline prospect, currently being evaluated at no cost to VicPet by the adjacent well ...

PERTH-based online shopping mall Starmall is trading profitably and gaining a large client base, says Starmall managing director Clif Edwards.

SAAB Automobile Australia is celebrating reduced GST car prices with Limited Edition extras for the Saab 9-3 TS Coupe and S Sedan to create the best value entry car in Australia at $49,990.The Limited Edition extras for the Saab 9-3 TS Coupe and S ...

PERTH-BASED junior explorer Galley Gold Limited will spend $2 million hunting gold elephants in Botswana, home of the natural pachyderm.After achieving high-grade gold hits with its recent 55 hole RC drilling on the Mupane prospect, near the border...

WRF Securities Ltd has acquired a new retirement project near Brisbane as part of its transition from a mining company to a profitable financial services group.