GEOFF Gallop probably recalls from his university student and teaching days that an often used disparaging term, when referring to politicians, was to allege they were being authoritarian.
Australia’s biggest fabrication hall is the centrepiece of a $200 million infrastructure project south of Perth. Mark Beyer asks if this is an astute investment that will foster industrial growth or an extravagant use of taxpayers’ money?
MASTER trusts have been one of the fastest growing segments of the funds management industry over the past decade.
For many employers they provide an easy and effective solution to all of their superannuation needs.
Asking the right questions can prove the difference between valuable and worthless information, as Noel Dyson discovers in the third of the series on market research.
IN his first major role for five years, Channel Nine newsreader Peter Holland is returning to the stage as a world famous author in Yasmina Reza’s The Unexpected Man.
With over 65s likely to represent 22 per cent of Western Australia’s population by the year 2031, retirement village development is a rapidly expanding industry, as Tracey Cook reports.
PROPERTY Council executive director Joe Lenzo has criticised the State Government for relying on a high number of property transactions to fund essential services.
Howard Park’s regional wines display a distinctive style even though their treatment and handling are identical, and the Shiraz and Cabernet are remarkable, as David Pike discovers.
IN a field dominated by interstate and overseas companies, Perth-based Organic Resource Technologies stands out as a homegrown developer of waste treatment technology.
IMAGINE spending $35 million on a new factory then asking the State Government for a handout so you can create a market for your product.
Sound crazy? That is exactly what the ratepayer-funded Southern Metropolitan Regional Council has done.
A SURVEY of small and mid-sized tax practices has found a sharp increase in average working hours over the past three years, from 47.4 hours a week to 54.6 hours.
PERTH company GRD is poised to become a major player in the waste management industry through its 50 per cent-owned Global Renewables.
After many years of technical and commercial development, Global Renewables is on the brink of commencing its first UR-
WHILE many companies have completely outsourced their superannuation to master trusts and industry funds, others have chosen to keep their funds in-house.
MANY of us will remember seeing a baffled Health Minister Bob Kucera recently facing TV cameras and attempting to explain why his department had bankrolled a publication coaching Perth women on how to be sensual and client-oriented prostitutes.
THE US federal agency responsible for the safety and security of civil aviation, the Transportation Security Administration, will continue to work with Perth-based explosives dete
SPECIALISING in tax law was a logical move for Robert Sceales.
Mr Sceales has been practising as a lawyer since 1971, originally in his native South Africa but for many years in Australia.
MILLEPEDE International Limited, the local designer and manufacturer of plastic cable fasteners, has increased its stake in international subsidiary firms in a move to cash in on
LEE Christensen’s professional fate was decided when he was articled to Ron Harmer, the guru of insolvency law, in 1982.
Mr Christensen has never looked back from that point, specialising in
AN attraction to the law might have led Mallesons Stephen Jaques partner Rob Lilburne into the profession but the pressure cooker of the Robe River Iron Ore dispute in the 1980s cemented his place in the industrial relations field.
