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WESTERN Australia’s system of ministerial planning appeals has ended and a more transparent and accountable system has been implemented.

A PRIME Fremantle property situated on the corner of Queen and Cantonment streets will be auctioned on June 4 2003.

WITH the lifestyle themes becoming more important in the marketing of residential estates, it is common for these developments to be built around recreational facilities such as golf courses, ornamental lakes or marinas.

Driven by different economic factors, investment into commercial and residential developments tends to follow a cyclical pattern.

One year on from the demise of Andersen, Mark Beyer spoke to former partners and staff to find how they survived and where they are now.

THE 100-metre setback guideline for all development in the State Government’s new coastal planning policy has received a mixed response from the property development industry.

THE collapse of Andersen triggered a change of direction for former corporate finance partner Justin Willis.

In the first instalment of a five-part series Noel Dyson finds out who’s who in market research in WA.

THE National Office for the Information Economy has recommended that the Federal Government legislate against unsolicited email, or spam.

A RECENT report has found mobility will be the driver for PC sales in Australia this year.

IT analyst outfit META Group will host its inaugural Perth breakfast on May 1.

THE influence of e-commerce is far more pervasive than many of us realise, and more than some of us would like to acknowledge.

E-COMMERCE has been the catalyst for an increase in the number of small and micro exporters, according to Austrade.

WHILE there may be a small run on The West Australian’s stock if cross media ownership laws change, it appears unlikely that the paper will become a takeover target.

THE WA Museum has secured a documentary deal with Japan’s largest broadcaster, NHK.

A YAWNING chasm between the State’s research sector and its development counterpart appears to be the principal barrier to Western Australia securing a larger share of the national funding allotment.

THE old saying that ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder’ is never truer than when applied to property developers and heritage buildings.

FUND managers believe universities are too focused on basic research and do not have a strong commercial outlook. For their part the universities say that a failure to back pure research stifles ‘chance’ commercially viable opportunities.

In this week’s instalment on property development, Tracey Cook looks at getting approval and finding finance.

WA does not have an innovation strategy and, according to TechStart Australia venture manager Marcus Christian, WA is the only State in Australia besides Tasmania without a biotechnology strategy.

The coffee-led revolution on Beaufort Street in Highgate shows no sign of slowing down, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.

DEVELOPING an innovation strategy will help foster and grow WA’s R&D capabilities, but just what should that strategy encompass?

A new Australian wine producer opens for business every 61 hours, leading some to think there are too many labels in the market. David Pike reports.

ACCORDING to the State Government, WA gained its 10 per cent of funding in the latest round of CRC funding.

In the first of a six-part series on corporate superannuation, Mark Beyer looks at the impact of increased regulation. AUSTRALIAN companies are voting with their feet.

MUCH is hanging on next month’s scheduled announcement of the preferred tenderer, or possibly tenderers, to supply electricity to Western Power in six West Kimberley centres.

THE report of the HIH Royal Commission has added to the debate over audit independence and accounting standards by recommending changes that go well beyond current reform proposals.

I ATTENDED a function the other day on the value of corporate citizenship and was surprised by the level of debate that this subject sparks.

Building, Construction and Maintenance ServicesConstruction of Internal Fixed Walls for the Government Employees Superannuation Board.

PREMIER Gallop’s official website carries information that, on the face of it, looks impressive.

ONCE considered by those outside the loop as little more than the latest ‘must have’ for mobile phone-attached teens, short message service (SMS) technology has evolved to embrace a vast new world of information.

RentSmart’s business partners include Australia’s two largest retail groups, Coles Myer and Woolworths, two of Australia’s biggest banks in ANZ and National, and global IT suppliers Hewlett-Packard and Compaq, which merged last year to form HP.