INVESTORS are putting at risk millions of dollars by not carefully checking the viability of tax benefits of investment schemes before pouring in their hard earned money.
PROPERTY watchers should note where the WA Government is spending on its expanded capital works program if they want to know where the future of development lies, says Premier Richard Court.
A NEW range of business assistance packages funded by the Northern Territory Government were recently launched by Northern Territory Industries and Business Minister Tim Baldwin.
Scoring a major asset at a time when oil prices had hit major lows has transformed Perth-based junior Kalrez Energy NL from a gold explorer to an oil and gas producer.
ACTION taken against an Australian Internet domain name company by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has resulted in the establishment of a $250,000 compensation trust fund.
ANSETT Australia is increasing the number of its services into and out of Darwin in response to growing demand for travel to the Northern Territory capital.
WORKERS may be hiding back injuries from their employers for fear of losing their jobs, says Curtin University of Technology physiotherapy school senior ergonomics lecturer Leon Straker.
PERTH real estate identities John Franklyn and Ian Sanderson have shared the industry's highest award for excellence and achievement – the Kevin Sullivan Memorial Award.
Brandrill Ltd has launched a Gardner-Denver 100, rated one of the largest production drilling rigs in the country.The company recently completed refurbishing the ten-year-old rig and it will go into immediate use at BHP's iron ore mine at Yarrie in the
Housing sales are reported to have hit a five year high, with related increases in the value of properties, according to the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia.
WESTERN Australian women are leading the country in new business start-ups, according to recent research from the Small Business Develop-ment Corporation.
Over the last eighteen months Basedow (pronounced bazz-ee-doe) Wines has been awarded a total of six trophies for its white wines in both Australian and international competitions.
West Perth-based Kimberley Resources NL has moved closer to locating a major diamond resource in the Kimberley region of WA with the discovery of the 16th new pipe in the past six months.
ARE customers from hell really worth the effort?Many businesses, particularly small ones, continue to deal with customers who are difficult and unprofitable to the seller, purely because they think any sale is a good sale.
A Perth-based recruitment company has received favourable attention for its newly released online invoice/timesheet system.The systems marries human resource management, cost accounting and knowledge management in one system.
THE recently announced workers' compensation premium rate hike will pose a substantial challenge to employers. Employers face an average 34 per cent increase. Some industries will experience increases of more than 100 per cent.
IN WA, traditional industrial awards no longer reign supreme.Employers are now entering into flexible workplace agreements with their employees in the search for higher productivity and industrial peace.
WOMEN are still lagging behind men in the economic stakes, according to a preliminary report commissioned by the Commonwealth and State Ministers for the Status of Women.
Chianti on Colin's is a success story nonpareil. It has a host of devotees and owner Brian Greenwood is surely one of the most polished front-of-house men in the business. It is also proof positive that food isn't everything.
Large companies, single contractors and the taxi and hospitality sectors may find themselves under the Australian Tax Office microscope at the end of this financial year.
MINISTER for Women's Interests Rhonda Parker has recently announced 21 projects to receive funding through round three of the Centenary of Women's Suffrage grants program.
THE Workplace Liaison Service informs small businesses what they can achieve under a workplace agreement, detailing the options for employment conditions and arrangements.
TASMANIAN and western bluegum plantations planted in the South West eight or nine years ago are about to bear fruit.Thousands of hec-tares have been planted and by 2000 and 2001 significant tonnages are expected to be taken.
EXECUTIVES and managers re-employed after retrenchment gained an average salary increase of 6 per cent, a survey by outplacement and career management company DBM Australia has found.
