AUSTRALIAN prime ministers, like democratically elected leaders worldwide, are under constant pressure from published opinion polls that tell voters how leaders are faring between elections.
Trade experts and professionals from around the world gathered in Perth last week to discuss the AUSFTA, the proposed free trade agreement between Australia and the US.
IT seems that we have seen our first results from negotiations for a free trade agreement with the US, with many Western Australian farmers ending up winners even though no deal has been signed yet.
Given that most fit-outs are retained for at least five years, planning technology infrastructure is paramount to both a business's operations and its bottom line, as Tracey Cook reports.
THE Property Council of WA has launched a campaign to protest the increasing levies to which the property industry is subject under the recently introduced Fire & Emergency Services Authority (FESA) levy.
A RECENT report by BIS Shrapnel has cast doubt on the projections of many property market commentators regarding the national residential construction boom.
In a follow up to her story on computer worms and viruses, and the differences between them, Alison Birrane this week looks at strategies to prevent and minimise attacks.
ELECTRONICS and manufacturing company Omnitronics is in the midst of a national marketing campaign as it prepares to take its latest product into the international arena.
JAMES Trevelyan describes the development of an industrial robot capable of being operated via the Internet as something “developed from a crazy idea in the 1990s that is now taken for granted”.
GHD engineer Kim McFarland was nominated in three categories of the Engineering Elite survey, including for his role as a mentor of engineering graduates.
CHARLES Milazzo, managing principal WA of engineering consultants Connell Wagner, is the winner of a $150 dinner at Gershwin's Restaurant at the Hyatt Regency Perth.
TECHNOLOGY and increased competition have had the biggest impact on the engineering industry, according to the seven top engineering CEOs nominated for this year's Engineering Elite.
In a special report, Alison Birrane looks at the difference between viruses and worms and recent worm attacks that have been making headlines around the world.
MECHANICAL engineer Caroline Chen dominated nominations in the category of female engineer, with support from both her colleagues at GRD Minproc and engineers at other firms.
SCANNING technology and the Internet are enabling Perth-based market research firm Savant Surveys and Strategies to significantly speed up the research collation process.
FUTURE sponsorships undertaken by one of WA's largest general insurers, SGIO, will have a strong community association according to State manager Garry Moore.
ENGINEERING and consulting company GHD has achieved remarkable growth over the past 25 years but no period was more significant than when John Phillips took the reins.
GRD Minproc is well known as one of Australia's top engineering construction companies, but who remembers Wilde Ireland Mining and Process Engineering Services (WA) Pty Ltd?
PERTH-BASED natural health care products manufacturer Wild Child is set to expand into global markets with a new international contracts and an expanded product line.
