Staff Reporters

PERTH-based gold miner Aurora Gold Ltd has suspended some of its mining operations due to illegal mining and political uncertainty in Indonesia.

Tsunami must have exerted a spell on us. Despite service which would at times have made even Basil Fawlty wince, we were charmed and delighted by the whole experience.

A MARGARET River company's environmentally-friendly head lice treatment is set to gain 18 per cent of the $5.3 million Australian treatment market by December.

COMPANY loyalty has taken a dive, according to a recent survey by Internet recruitment company Top Jobs on the Net.

SMALL to medium size business should rein in debtors and get their cash management houses in order to help prepare for the GST, the Aust-ralian Society of CPAs has warned.

LONG-awaited amendments to the Commercial Tenancy (Retail Shops) Agreements Act have come into effect.

EMPLOYMENT National has launched an upgraded web site.The new site provides tips for getting a job and examples for preparing CVs and letters to potential employers.

Junior minerals explorer Macmin NL has reduced its operating costs by as much as 50 per cent to concentrate on its Twin Hills prospect on the Texas project in Papua New Guinea.

THE annual windup for this year's HR Week, the Australian Human Resources Institute Country Conference, will be held at Club Capricorn in Yanchep from 27 to 29 August.

Want to learn the secrets of the man dubbed the AFL coach of the 90s?

THE woman who pioneered the mastectomy boutique concept is now spreading her company's reach.

SYBIZ Software has devised a method for proving year 2000 compliance of its accounting systems to suppliers, customers and bank managers.

HARDMAN Resources NL plans to drill the Colom-bo 1 gas exploration well, in the Italian Fiume Tevere permit, in October this year.

WHILE some organisations still perceive human resource management theories to be little more than snake oil, others view them as the key for securing the long-term success of a company.

WESTERN Australians can be justifiably proud at news that the Perth Mint will be producing victory medals for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.

ONE of WA's largest privately owned forests has been placed on the market.

Market research companies are coming up with a new vocabulary to describe groups forming among the millions of online consumers.

Stockbroker DJ Carmich-ael Pty Limited has ratedNewcrest Mining Ltd a buy for its “enormous resilience” in the current tough gold mining environment.

MANY of today's jobs will be obsolete in twenty years' time, according to research by the WA Department of Training.

THOUGH the fabrication and heavy industry sector is in the throes of a downturn, some companies are preparing for the inevitable upswing.

THE owner-manager of an expanding Bussel-ton-based tourism business has won a Bank-West scholarship to participate in a management training program.

A PERTH-based personal development practitioner has devised a technique to help shift workers relax.

DESCRIBED as a “dream come true” BHP's newly commissioned $2.45 billion hot briquetted iron processing plant has set an historic precedent.

At this year's annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, a survey conducted by Price Waterhouse Coopers revealed that 97 percent of senior executives believe knowledge management is a critical issue for them.

THE State Government, together with the Dow Chemical Company and Shell Chemicals Limited, is reviewing a likely site for the location of the proposed $2 billion world-scale Pilbara petrochemical project.

BUSINESSES failing to come to terms with the Y2K problem could find themselves in legal trouble.

WINDOWS Restaurant has been named the American Express Best Restaurant in an International Hotel for the fourth time this decade.

THE Premiers and Chief Ministers from around Australia will be meeting in Sydney on 23 July for a Leaders' Forum.

WELCOME to the property industry's page, presented by the Property Council of Australia.

EMPLOYMENT National has won contracts to provide Work For The Dole in WA, South Australia and Tasmania.

While some long term trends in the Australian energy market continue – such as strong growth in Queensland and Western Australia – the sector is undergoing rapid change.

A COMPREHENSIVE contingency plan can not only assist with Year 2000 problems, but also the failure of business systems or processes at any time in the future, says Stamfords Accountants Advisers Consultants partner Jon Petelczyc.