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.
TOP chefs from Australia and around the world will share their secrets at the 1999 WA MasterClass Weekend to be held at the Parmelia Hilton Perth on Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 July.
THE South African mining giant, Durban Roodepoort Deep Limited (DRD), has continued its drive to gain a significant foothold in the Australasian gold mining industry.
The e-commerce industry is beginning to learn the importance of good housekeeping as they find many ‘linked’ pages that don’t work simply rot and turn off sales.
Serious newspapers have an obligation to deliver to readers news and commentary which is honestly arrived at and presented without fear or favour. This is the guiding principal of all good journalism.
Aquarius Platinum Limited, which will soon commission its Kroondal platinum project near Rustenburg in South Africa, is undergoing a major corporate and domicile restructuring.
PERTH-based CISA Technologies has formed an alliance with international Y2K specialist, The Software Revo-lution Inc.TSRI has been retained by the Boeing company in the US to ensure it is Y2K compliant before 1 January 2000.
THE ERG Motorola Alliance has won the contract to install and manage a smart card fare collection system in Rome’s Metrebus system for nine years, with an additional five year option.
The Federal Government must establish a GST education office for small business – independent of the tax office – to ensure smooth implementation of the GST.
WHILE the design of the new Fremantle Maritime Museum has been lauded by architects, keeping its massive ocean-facing windows clean could pose a problem.
THE Department of Productivity and Labour Relations and the Security Agents Institute have joined forces to raise awareness of employment obligations within Perth’s security industry.
Kanowna Lights NL, which has been exploring for base metals at its Pin-nacles nickel project 130 kilometres east of Kalgoorlie, is on the threshold of developing a gold project.
Hydrocarbon producer Woodside Petroleum Ltd has invested $8 million to support a research program developing electricity generation technology based on ceramic or solid oxide fuel cells.
On the national playing field, WA is ‘B’ team; certainly in the minds of most ‘eastern-staters’. The only trouble is, most Western Australians don’t quite see the world that way.
Is this the golden age for local companies to go global? The landscape of Western Australian business is altered forever. We are less isolated and more open to global threats and opportunities.
