Staff Reporters

THE Reserve Bank is applying a heavy-handed approach to the economy, warned CPA Australia after the recent announcement of a further 0.25 percentage point increase in interest rates.

The Property Council of Australia has asked the Office of Energy to review the start date of new wiring standards.

WHILE the mandatory Franchising Code of Conduct has reportedly been successful in cleaning up the franchising industry, not all are happy with it.

Perth-based LionOre Australia (Nickel) Limited has moved a significant step forward in its plan to develop the Emily Ann nickel sulphide project in WA.

WITH the opening of the Graham Farmer Freeway at Easter, I urge anyone who ever travels east-west through Perth to take the time to check out the new route.

CPA Australia considers that the forthcoming congress is an essential event for all those who want to stay on top of what’s happening in accounting, finance and management.

A new voluntary star rating scheme to estimate the greenhouse emissions of buildings has been proposed for WA by the Office of Energy.

PERTH’S top creatives got a kick out of AdShel’s ‘creatives’ campaign last month.

Perth-based hydrocarbon explorer Anzoil NL has developed a joint venture with Success Oil Company to market and apply new technology to enhance oil production, especially on depleted fields.

Bond watch. Hot from the back streets of Cottesloe come reports that our Alan is working on his first property deal since leaving the comforts of Karnet.

WITH the GST fast approaching, the Australian Tax Office has created a checklist to help small businesses meet the required deadlines.

AUSSIE Online Limited has launched the first stage of its national expansion with the opening of a Melbourne office.

STRONG resurgence in the Asian steel market has been the catalyst for expansion of Robe River Iron Associates’ Pilbara iron ore mining operations with the $1 billion development of West Angelas.

BUSINESS communication systems may not be as secure as thought, says Global Vision Technologies western region manager Bob Randall.

WA communications group BinCom Satellite Systems is about to fill the gap created by declining communications services to regional Australia with new technology.

SLIPRAIL creative director Pauline Emili-ani has shunned the gloss of the commercial fashion circuit in order to retain the ethos of her custom-made label.

If the word ‘crash’ causes unexpected sweating and a queasy feeling in your stomach, read no further, because the business world as we have known it for the past few years is about to undergo a rapid change.

As the rush for stock exchange listings continues unabated, a WA public relations consultant has spotted a gap in the market.

PERTH-based Medi-tech Research Limited may be on the brink of a major advance in cancer therapy with its hyaluronic acid technology for the delivery of anti-cancer drugs.

Grimwood Davies Limited CEO Eddy Lee said the D-fone was the first true decentralised Internet phone that did not rely on a PC for its Internet interface.

OIL junior First Australian Resources NL, which has focused on searching for oil in Texas and Louisiana, has turned to the Internet with a US$3 million investment in electronic technology.

A PERTH company is offering small businesses two bites at the Internet cherry.

ANOTHER former minerals explorer has entered the dot.com game – as an online casino operator.

A sharp 9.3 per cent rise in Australian job vacancies during February is further evidence of a strong labour market.

PERTH-based gold and base metal explorer Fimiston Mining NL has invested $3.6 million to acquire a third of the capital of information technology company, Point Technology Pty Ltd.

BUSINESSES operating from a home office should seem like they are operating from St George’s Terrace, says Small Business Development Corporation managing director George Etrelezis.

THE decade spanning the years from 1995 to 2005 is often described as the decade of transition to the online economy.

The E-Commerce for Export workshop is designed to provide businesses with the information to determine whether electronic commerce tools will benefit a particular business pursuing export opportunities.

PERTH-based Tanganyika Gold Ltd, which has a diverse portfolio of mineral projects, including the Balla Balla vanadium deposit in WA, has acquired waste to energy technology in a deal that has “enormous potential” on a world wide scale.

THE 2000 Asia Pacific IT&T Awards are open for nominations.The Business News-sponsored awards are designed to recognise cutting edge innovations from small to medium enterprises as well as large multinational companies in the information technology and

INVESTOR confidence in Western Australia has been reinforced again with the announcement of the $1 billion West Angelas iron ore project in the Pilbara.

FORMER WA manager of Austrade Terry Goss has been appointed to head up the commission’s Olympic-oriented Business Club Australia program.