Noel Dyson

THE Federal Government is keeping its maligned agriculture first trade policy because it gives Australia a seat at the “big table” of world trade, says Trade Minister Mark Vaile.

ONLINE recruitment is booming in Australia according to Internet job site Seek executive director Matthew Rockman.

WA-BASED Q Multimedium has signed a contract with UK-based Midas Interactive Entertainment BV to develop a range of Q Sport mini CD-ROMs for the international market.

A WA engineering company has sewn up a five year deal with Rolls Royce worth at least $20 million over the next two years and potentially up to $125 million.

AUSTRALIA’S top companies are wasting millions of dollars each year by adopting ad hoc senior staff relocation policies.

AT JUST sixteen years old, Chris Cornish is playing a major role in planning a network for a national Internet service provider.

ALLIED Mining & Processing has entered into an agreement with Internet Business Centre principals Richard Keeves and David Dell to acquire an interest in Fastpath Pty Ltd.

CALL centres, hailed as a boon for WA’s economy, can prove harmful to the businesses employing them.

VOUCHERS worth $200 to help small businesses deal with the GST have started being sent out.

A MINING industry computer consultancy is turning green.

WA-BASED Gippsland Limited is expanding its Internet-based enterprise WiredCity to provide a high speed, broadband Internet access service.

WATCH out for correspondence seeking payment for unsolicited directory advertising, warns acting Commission-er for Fair Trading Gary Newcombe.

SIPA Resources International has entered into an exclusive agreement to gain access to Rio Tinto Exploration’s Australian geochemical and mineralogical databases.

EMAIL, while a valuable communications tool, has brought with it a potential legal minefield.

TAX cheats should have their anonymity stripped away, says Institute of Chartered Accountants director of taxation Ian Langford-Brown.

LANDCORP has continued its selling splurge in the northern suburbs with the sale of a further five lots in Clarkson’s Ocean Keys development.

MOVES to pull contractors earning more than 80 per cent of their income from the one source into the PAYE net could create a minefield for employers.

COMPAINTS about unauthorised ATM and EFTPOS transactions has remained relatively low, with sixteen complaints recorded per one million transactions.

CUTTING out the weekly trip to the supermarket could mean big bucks for the online suppliers of consumables.

WITHOUT the ability to go into farming, Ambrose Depiazzi found accounting as his best opportunity to have a career and stay in the bush.

AFTER “wasting my life on the beach”, Damon Wilmhurst decided to put what he’d learnt to good use and become a bodyboard coach.

Some companies using just under one megawatt of electricity per annum are crying foul at the latest power deregulation.

A MEEKATHARRA-based Aboriginal company has won WA Government support to improve its management skills and plan for future growth.

WA FACES the risk of going from an exporter of food to an importer of food if growing salination problems are not addressed.

FIVE WA university departments are using process control equipment supplied by Motherwell Information Systems in their curriculums.

December brought a bonanza for WA with the Perth Convention Bureau winning conference and incentive travel business worth over $5 million.

Internet-based employment service Seek Communications has appointed brand experts Leonardi Brandhouse to further its marketing agenda.

A PROGRAM incorporating a website and funding to help rural communities develop their own websites has been hailed a success.

THIS year Perth City Council will be focussing on the “bigger vision of Perth” according to Lord Mayor Peter Nattrass.

INTERVIEWS are more stressful than going to the dentist, asking for a raise, getting a speeding ticket or preparing a vacation, according to a recent survey by human resource firm Morgan & Banks.

PERTH-based Power Business Systems has been appointed sole WA distributor of the i know product from Integrated Quality Management Software.

PERTH’S advertising industry will be reduced to a handful of major players in the next ten years according to 303 Advertising managing director Stephen Wells.