Staff Reporters

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.

THE current focus for Perth-based St Francis Mining NL is Bolivia, where it has acquired 60 per cent equity in the Chacarilla project.

SERIOUS interest from several players has been expressed in purchasing the El Caballo resort, loca-ted 45 minutes east of Perth.

“NEVER knock back a business opportunity,” is Liz Davenport’s advice to up-and-coming young female executives.

The Grant Burge 1997 Filsell Shiraz and 1997 Cameron Vale Cabernet Sauvignon are probably the best Filsell and Cameron Vale reds we’ve made says Grant Burge.

It has been fascinating to observe the waves of reaction to the introduction of the Internet over the past few years.The arrival of all major new technologies produces some very predictable responses.

A tourism drive by the Collie Shire will see the establishment of a new $7.7 million resort-style complex to attract visitors to the area.

EMPLOYMENT National has placed more than 75,000 people across Australia into jobs in its first year of operation.It listed more than 130,000 vacancies since April 1998 and has approximately 25,000 job seekers registered in WA.

ARC Energy NL is focussing its full attention on the Dongara gas field, where it has undertaken a detailed technical review and a series of well workovers to increase both the reserve base and well output.

Herdsman is still one of the most easily accessible and in-demand commercial/industrial areas in Perth in the opinion of real estate agents Colliers Jardine. This is despite the significant growth of some recent alternatives.

MANY women receive unequal treatment when applying for finance, says Challenge Bank head of marketing Melissa Reynolds.

Michele and Alain Mandois are the latest in a long line of champagne makers, being sixth generation owners of the family vineyard Comte de Lantage which originated in the mid 1800s.

The integration of biological systems with microprocessors is already happening with the deaf and visually impaired.

Who ever invented the term Internet Service Provider either had no idea just how diverse the Internet market would become, or was naive enough to think a single supplier could provide all the services necessary for businesses to do business on the net.

THE Augusta-Margaret River Tourism Association Marketing Office has launched a website highlighting the area as one of WA’s desirable destinations.

The Pinnacles nickel project, 100 per cent owned by junior gold explorer Kanowna Lights NL, appears to be shaping up into the next laterite resource to hit the boards in WA.

ALTHOUGH Internet advertising has only really been available for a few years, businesses in the US spent $1.92 billion advertising online last year.

IN THE six years since the Coalition Government was elected in Western Australia we have worked hard to rebuild our economy and establish a strong basis for continued growth.

Investor interest in technology stocks in Aust-ralia remains intense with the recent announcement that a portion of GPS Online’s float is already over-subscribed – in less than a week.

STRATA companies have been warned to establish a financial plan and set aside sufficient funds to implement it.Blackburne Real Estate director Sheryal Griggs said they should plan financially to ensure they had reserve funds for capital expenditure item

The stunning growth of WA’s nickel industry over the past two years has more than surprised even the most optimistic industry observers. The state now has the capacity to become the world’s biggest producer by 2003.

FOUNDED as a Bulletin Board Service 14 years ago as The Perth Omen, the company is today the third largest Internet Service Provider in Perth servicing both business and personal users.

THE Western Australian Awards began in 1972 as a joint initiative of the Fleetwood Group of Com-panies and the WA Department of Tourism to recognise individuals and organisations who had made an outstanding contribution to the tourism industry.

THE Australian Securities and Investments Commission is currently scrutinising companies that fundamentally alter the direction of their business to incorporate Internet-based and ‘hi-tech’ assets.

EAST Perth and North-bridge are still attracting strong buyer demand.

A JUNIOR Canadian-listed company, Banro Resources Corporation, has had its 13 million ounce gold mine in the southern Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) seized, its field equipment looted and four of its staff jailed for treason in Ki

CONNECTING your business to the Internet should never be a guessing game.

THE State Budget was a disappointing result for the WA tourism industry, says Tourism Council Australia branch manager Brian Hearne.