Two gold industry awards for outstanding community service were also presented at the dinner to John Dow, former Australian Gold Council Chairman and Newmont Australia managing director and Hugh Da
There is a fascinating battle under way over states’ rights and taxation, with federal Treasurer Peter Costello wielding his new-found power as chieftain of the biggest pot of gold the nation has ever seen – the GST.
The Gallop Government’s historic One Vote One Value Bill will be debated in the upper house next week, with voting on it to take place a fortnight or so later.
I have read with interest the many articles relating to the shortage of accountants and the various solutions being advocated to relieve the situation, the latest of which was tit
In your editorial on interest rates, ‘As political theatre this doesn’t rate’ (WA Business News, April 14) you say: “From what I recall, Mr Howard never made a promise that intere
Owners of office development sites are actively marketing to attract anchor tenants amid falling vacancy rates, a tightening of space availability and increasing investor interest not seen for a decade.
Increasing speculation over the health of the residential property market is adding to the growth in investors and owner-occupiers buying small industrial properties.
The reopening of Jojo’s in two weeks will mark the beginning of a new challenge for restaurateurs Umberto and Christian Tinelli and a fresh focus for the 1980s icon restaurant.
THE Rotary Club of Scarborough’s Wheelchairs For Kids program is the benefactor of two projects that will help the organisation send wheelchairs to help victims of tsunami-affected Sri Lanka.
The State Government has announced the establishment of a Major Governments Projects Taskforce, which is viewed as a major step in achieving a co-ordinated approach to the revital
Vintage has entered a new phase at wineries across the Great Southern, with winemakers “moving onto the next stage of the process,” according to Moss Brothers chief winemaker David Moss.
Premier Geoff Gallop named the ‘Broome pearl’ as a Western Australian icon last June and, as he lauded the contribution of the industry, said it generated $200 million in annual exports.
Not surprisingly, I have been fascinated by politics this past week or so. But not in an admiring way, more in that stunned, what-are-they-going-on-about way, when you shake your head and wonder if there isn’t something better they might all be doing.
While the Gallop Government was tabling its One Vote One Value Bill, a Melbourne University institute and The Australian newspaper were jointly hosting a national conference on Australia’s economy.
The Australian pearl industry has responded to the weakness in the global market over the past five to six years by lifting its focus on marketing and branding.
The creators of Student Edge, a discount card for Perth’s school and university students, hope a meeting with a youth media marketing company in Sydney this week may lead to a nat
Investors in a unit trust that owns the May Holman Centre at 32 St Georges Terrace have been given a stake in the site’s future use by trust manager Becton Investment.
Vasse Newtown has broken its own sales record with 145 lots selling in seven and a half hours, and more than 100 people camping overnight to secure their blocks, according to orga
The Mirvac Group has announced the establishment of an industrial trust in the US valued at approximately $487 million and to be listed on the Australian Stock Exchange.
The Wine Industry Association of Western Australia has turned to influential American wine consultant Steve Burns to boost the industry’s disappointing recent export performance.
Award-winning Margaret River-based wine producer Watershed Premium Wines has commissioned Kingston Wine Agencies as its exclusive distributor in the UK
