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WESTERN Australia has produced some star performers in the field of technological innovation and smart card technology.

AFTER 20 years in the property game, Neil Alessandrino has decided to seek greener pastures as a restaurateur.

LEEDERVILLE-BASED start-up Creative On-Line Technologies is developing the next generation of smart card technology that uses infra-red, finger prints and one-off transaction numbers in an attempt to wipe out credit card and identity fraud. The technolog

West Cape Howe has been a breath of fresh air among the winemaking operations of the Great Southern, as David Pike reports.

THE recent merger of ESP Sign and Print Management with Sign Enterprises to form WA Sign and Print Management Pty Ltd, or WASP, has created a one-stop shop in sign production, accor

CHANNEL Nine Perth's new-look news, or its “next generation” of news, is winning viewers and closing the ratings gap between timeslot winner and arch rival Channel Seven, according to Channel Nine Perth programs and presentation manager Rob Pedretti.

THE majority of industry analysts in Perth have diagnosed a ‘lacklustre' short-term outlook for commercial office development in the CBD.

THE group behind the $35 million Kelmscott Central Shopping Centre redevelopment project has won the first round in its appeal against the City of Armadale and the WA Planning Commission.

THE high-profile dumping of the Maud's Landing proposal near Coral Bay may have been politically expedient but it leaves the Gallop Government looking extremely weak when it comes to policy.

Boston Gardens on the Park, Technology Park, 16 Brodie Hall Drive, Bentley

JOE Poprzeczny's State Scene column of June 26 mentioned how I started the first Sunday trading push in WA.

WHILE the restaurant name may provoke thoughts of rap music and nasty language, a growing number of Perth food lovers know Eminem as the home of quality Turkish cuisine.

NOW the second Gallop cabinet has bedded-in it's worth considering more closely the reshuffle and some outcomes.

GUSTO has been sent some interesting information, and a clever photo, from the Australian Academy of Hospitality Management.

AFTER more than two years of reviews and planning, the reform of Western Australia's electricity industry is starting to get under way.

VENTURE capital has played a critical role in the growth of some of Western Australia's best-known companies.

DOZENS of private sector projects are launched every year in Western Australia. Of all these projects, a select group has received big-ticket financial assistance – $600,000 or more – from the State Government.

THE Federal Privacy Commissioner has effectively set a new standard for the debt collection industry as a result of a settlement with Alliance Factoring.

Alison Birrane begins a four-week series on WA's technology leaders by looking at the State's growing medical technology and biotechnology sector, which features some world-class performers.

THERE is only a handful of venture capital firms with a permanent on-the-ground presence in Perth.

A LOCAL company is at the forefront of the research and development of telemedicine technologies and is driving the specialised field of virtual reality medical and surgical training, both here and overseas.

PERTH-BASED biotechnology company EQiTX has been granted a US patent on its Gingerol technology.

APPLECROSS-BASED retailer Delta Computers has purchased Budget PC Rentals.

The Perth Mint has become a world-renowned specialist of precious metals since the Burke Government decided to develop the operation in 1986.

THE Western Australian Tourism Commission has embarked on a $40,000 eastern States online and print advertising campaign aimed at attracting potential travellers to its Internet sit

LINC Integrated has announced its ongoing partnership with the Australian Finance Group following interest in the group's $2 million a year national account from agencies such as Ga

MICROSOFT has released fixes for Windows 2000 Server and Windows Media Player 9 for security holes that could allow an attacker to release a malicious program onto a server running

In the first of a series on raising equity finance, Mark Beyer assesses the various alternatives.

THE architects mentioned in last week's WestNet article were incorrectly named. The article should have referred to Smith & Hooke Architects.

THE Federal Government has announced long-awaited provisions relating to distributions from trusts to companies.

CIO Focus Name: Mavis Miller Title: Chief Information Officer Company : Curtin University of Technology

COMPANY directors and shareholders have been advised to watch for five classic red flags that warn of management fraud.