Staff Reporters

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...

KAGARA Zinc Limited is moving ahead swiftly to develop its mineral interests in North Queensland, with the acquisition of Perilya Ltd's entire interest and rights in the assets of the Mt Garnet and Walsh River joint ventures.Under the agreement, Ka...

THE State Government is keen to ensure the arrival of new airlines on the east coast is just the start of more competition in the skies around Australia.The Western Australian Tourism Commission has been assessing all of the new start up airlines an...

children inherit the money and wealth practices of their parents. They copy their parents' examples, actions, beliefs, habits, arguments, consumption patterns, struggles and achievements. The problem is that, after a 40 year productive work life, 96....

WOODSIDE Petroleum Ltd and its joint venture partner British Borneo have completed a large 3D seismic survey over portions of tenements held by Hardman Resources NL offshore Mauritania, West Africa.Initial data processing has now been completed and ...

DISCOVERING a use for tonnes of virtual waste product could provide the catalyst for a Perth company to dominate a world market.HiTec Energy will on Tuesday announce the favourable results from its bankable feasibility study to produce Electrolytic ...

IS your business looking for a software solution that will automatically document and link all correspondence and client information, as well as help you manage projects? If the answer is yes, new IntelliFACTOR is the solution.IntelliFACTOR combine...

BASIN Minerals Ltd's commitment to the development of a major mineral sands industry in the Western Victorian Murray Basin, with first production expected by 2004, has received a substantial boost from a joint government-industry mineral sands infrast...

MJB&B subsidiary Livewire Communications has expanded its team to accommodate demand for its Critical Success Factor Workshops.Headed by communications director Jim Hanafee, the workshops aim to complement a business' marketing strategy and increas...

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 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.

CRIME Stoppers WA has appointed Craig Lawrence as its new chief executive officer.Mr Lawrence is the former chairman of the Australia Day Council and the Kings Park Centennial Enhance-ment Committee.He served two terms as a member of the RAC Counc...

WA could learn a lot about providing electronic services to regional areas by observing a pilot recently held in Orange, New South Wales, says ICE Interactive Limited managing director Carl Bradden.ICE recently conducted a pilot of ‘connected', two...

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...