Gary Kleyn

THE Perth Central Business District is set to play host to a new supermarket following the sale by Woolworths of the vacant site between Murray Street Mall and Wellington Street.

AN INITIATIVE by the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River to provide effective coordinated emergency management has been acknowledged by Emergency Services Minister Kevin Prince.

TOURISM sites around King George Sound, Oyster Harbour and Princess Royal Harbour will be upgraded and developed under a joint local community and government plan.

PERTH median house prices could rise by nearly $10,000 to $160,000 within the next couple of months according to Geoff Baldwin Team managing director Geoff Baldwin.

PIONEER Road Services Pty Ltd and Fulton Hogan Pty Ltd, through joint venture company RoadCare, have won a ten year contract with Main Roads to maintain around 1,500 kilometres of South West roads.

AUSTAL subsidiary Oceanfast has been given a second crack at a luxury motor yacht it was building when it was destroyed by a fire in the company’s yard in February.

THE Master Builders Association has repeated calls for the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union to exercise responsible leadership.

THE number of planning approvals and building licences issued by the City of Perth between 1996 and 1999 shows widely fluctuating but gradual growth according to the City Vitality publication produced by the City.

WHILE the main focus for the preparation of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games may appear to be firmly set on the building, polishing and fine tuning taking place in the NSW capital, many companies winning the contracts required to ensure the event goes off sm

It is the time of year when we start to look seriously at our tax planning arrangements and, in particular, our superannuation strategies to put us in a more comfortable position.

BE WARY of claims made about a cheap home loan scheme promoted by Home Equity Associates.

MARCH quarter sales have declined more than 10 per cent whencompared to the corresponding quarter of 1999 according to the latest land supply survey undertaken by the WA division of the Urban Development Institute of Australia.

IT IS now too late to register for the GST and an Australian Business Number and be guaranteed it will be processed before 1 July.

THE newly upgraded $4.8 million east-west transport link at Mount Barker has been officially opened.

WA’S contribution to Australia’s export trade has strengthened according to new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

OWNERS of heritage buildings will be able to apply for a share of $1 million in WA Govern-ment funding to help with conservation work.

THE NEXT Women In Business conference will be the first to address WA businesswomen.

SOUTHERN Region dairy farmers, upset by the monopoly position of Masters’ (National Dairy) milk processing facilities in Perth, are toying with the idea of setting up their own processing plant.

THE Australian Democrats have welcomed some of the initiatives outlined in the Federal Budget aimed towards farming families.

AN ONLINE psychological test could prove a boon to the recruitment industry.

THE $5 million Coalfields project undertaken by Henry Walker Eltin Contracting was officially opened by Transport Minster Murray Criddle recently.

A SERIES of food safety seminars to be held throughout WA from May to August will focus on preparing the WA seafood industry for the introduction of Food Safety Standards.

THE $57 million Moorings development in North Fremantle has raised the bar for security levels in the Perth property market according to project director Andrew Lang.

STRONG public interest in tidal power for Derby has forced the WA Government to set up a committee to compare the recommended gas proposal with the Derby tidal power bid.

WA EMPLOYERS are exuberant, with 42.4 per cent reporting intentions to put on staff, the latest Morgan & Banks Job Index has found.

TO MEET demand stemming from the building industry, Wespine Industries is under-taking a $10 million expansion of its Dardanup Mill.

AUSTRALIA has a terrific future but we need to reawaken our natural optimism, according to International Trade Strategies managing director Alan Oxley.

ST GEORGE Bank is to acquire the Scottish Pacific Business Finance Group for $42 million.

TAX changes and the increase in e-commerce are the two major issues which CPA Australia and its new WA president Colin Murphy will have to deal with in the coming year.

Work will start later this month on transforming the Causeway into a world-class rapid transit route for public transport commuters.

THE coming decade is shaping up as the lifestyle decade with lifestyle housing one of the biggest stories in the residential sector, according to a report by Macquarie Bank.

PERTH’S oldest TAFE college has celebrated its centenary with hi-tech demonstrations, futuristic visions and reminiscences of a century as a leader in vocational education and training.