Staff Reporters

THE Property Council has protested strongly to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission at the WA Government's proposal to charge stamp duty on GST-inflated prices, effectively imposing a double tax.

EVERY time a new set of statistics emerges about the penetration of the Internet, predictable speculation surfaces on the implications.

A Perth company is the driving force behind the first truly global mining and construction recruitment company.

The Texas Silver project has the potential to become a major operation, according to Macmin NL managing director Bob McNeil.

ONLINE retail auction site uBid has been launched in Australia.

THE start of the month saw State Government Ministers in Derby for the fifth and last regional Cabinet meeting for this year.

MANY managers and supervisors do not have enough training to allow them to perform their roles adequately, says the Centre for Business Solutions.

Hardman Resources NL, which has divested of most of its Australian hydrocarbon assets to concentrate on overseas ventures, is still on track with two major projects which could make or break the junior explorer.

Website design company Bluegem E-Link will offer free web pages to visitors to the Computer and Technology Expo to be held at Burswood Dome from 11 to 14 November.

There's an old saying with more than a grain of truth in it that one should ‘never trust a restaurant with a view, which revolves or which overlooks the water'.

The Family Business Australia WA chapter has held its first workshop for members.

EXPLORATION discoveries and a strong reinvestment program have augured well for gold miner Hill 50 Gold NL which posted a net profit after tax of $10.77 million for the last fiscal year.

Capital gains tax changes proposed under the Ralph review could be both a boon and a burden to mum-and-dad investors, according to the Australian Society of CPAs.

A few weeks ago the world rather dubiously celebrated the birth of the sixth billionth citizen on planet Earth.At the end of the first millennium, the world's population was estimated to be about 300 million. At the beginning of this century it was 2.5

THE appointment of former Homestake CEO Richard Tastula as a director of Titan Resources NL has given a significant corporate boost to the company's various resource endeavours.

Data integrity strategies are the cheapest business insurance you can have, says Hewlett-Packard Australia SME program manager Graham Thomas.

IT IS not often we see retailing dominating the news but the movements in the sector have certainly created a lot of interest recently.

THURSDAY 10 October 1996 stands out as a date to be remembered by Plutonic Resources Limited exploration manager Wally Bucknell.

THE Perth-founded telecommunications company Westel was the golden child of small-cap stocks on the All Ordinaries Index this month.

AFTER seventy-seven years in retailing, Aherns' decision to sell to David Jones has marked the end of an era for Australia's last family-owned department store.

Internet employment solutions company HotJobs.com Ltd has established an Australian office, HotJobs.com Pty Ltd (Australia).

GST help is now a phone call away.A new government-funded Helpline for small and medium enterprises run by the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants is up and running.

AUSTRALIA'S peak employer body has used the first WA-hosted Industrial Relations Society's national convention to spell out its IR objectives.

A MAJOR exploration drive by Australian Gold Resources Limited in the Murchison mineral field will not only focus on vanadium but also test the potential for gold and base metals mineralisation.

“An infopreneur is a person who has the knowledge and ability to use technology for improved decision making and overall productivity enhancement,” says Steve Dunphy from Ohio's University of Akron.

After dedicating twenty or thirty years to the workforce, many mature workers naturally feel insulted when thrown on the scrap heap.

WA IS set to strengthen its position as the world's number one supplier of alumina with the completion of the $260 million expansion at Alcoa's Wagerup refinery which will allow Alcoa to boost its share of the WA market by around 5 per cent.

The banner ad is almost five years old, but already it's looking haggard.

WA companies are raking in regular orders from Selfridges department stores in England as a result of the recent Land of Plenty promotion.

Perth-based exploration junior Alkane Exploration NL is on the point of proving up the marketability of product from its 100 per cent held Dubbo Zirconia project, located twenty kilometres south of Dubbo and 400 km north-west of Sydney.

PRETZEL Logic has received favourable comment for its creation of the World E-Com 1999 conference web site.

A SYSTEM developed by WA-based Solar Energy Systems and Venco Products in collaboration with Murdoch University can provide drinking water to remote communities in WA and other states.