Federal Parliament had echoes of 1970's children's TV this week, with John "The Fonz" Howard and Kevin "Donald Duck" Rudd competing for the same audience - State Premiers - as the water debate continued.
Pressure to consolidate is one of the major issues facing small agencies in the not-for-profit sector, driven largely by government funding strategies and corporate sponsors’ preference for brand names.
This year’s vintage is under way almost a fortnight ahead of schedule, and early indications from winemakers suggest that 2007 will be the year of great reds.
Fans of Must Winebar will be able to indulge their enthusiasm for bubbly later this year, with the venue’s owners in the midst of developing an upstairs champagne lounge.
Clandestine political lobbying, restrictive retail hours, “bandit trading”, petty government enforcers, jailing and hefty fine threats, phony referendums, political opportunism, and much more.
The Mid West region has established itself as Western Australia’s second iron ore province after the Pilbara, with three companies now exporting ore through Geraldton and a fourth planning to start exports next year.
Australia’s prospects of hosting the world’s biggest telescope have hit a significant hurdle after the co-ordinating committee was forced to consider an alternative location.
Perth’s office market vacancy rates have tightened further with the Property Council of Australia (WA) this week reporting CBD vacancy levels of just 0.9 per cent.
The City of Perth is set to call a summit of government, property industry and private parking representatives within days to address the city’s growing parking woes.
Developer ING Real Estate has been buoyed by last week’s green light to progress its long-awaited $200 million Victoria Quay redevelopment, which was the subject of extended community consultation last year.
The upward trajectory of office rents in the Perth CBD may be grabbing the headlines, but car bay rents are also doing their bit to create headaches for those who work in the city.
Data recovery and storage company, SpectrumData Ltd, has accepted a request by US space agency NASA to retrieve data from 200 magnetic reel tapes broadcast more than 35 years ago.
From 1920 until 1990, humanity faced a dangerous worldwide fraternity – the Bolsheviks – bearers of a primitive, murderous ideology whose founder, Vladimir Lenin, unfortunately, gained executive power violently in Petrograd in 1917.
CONSTRUCTION giant Multiplex received a request from a potential predator to commence takeover discussions, sending its shares soaring more than 17 per cent.
Alinta's directors have been pilloried in the national press for their handling of the proposed management buy-out and there is concern in Perth that WA's corporate reputation is also suffering.
During the past four weeks, Alinta Ltd, Multiplex Group and Sydney-based Origin Energy Ltd have highlighted the challenge facing company directors trying to determine the best approach to market disclosure.
Management buy-outs may be relatively rare in Western Australia but they are certainly not unheard of. And the practice is on the rise as a result of favourable financial conditions, according to analysts.
Continuing strong interest in strata offices on the CBD-fringe is expected to lift strata sales to $5,500 a square metre this year on the back of low availability, minimal new construction and high levels of owner occupier demand.
