Noel Dyson

BARRACK Street traders look like getting short-term parking and loading bays back. At Perth City Council’s 11 May meeting, Councillor Jennifer MacGill moved the maximum number of parking bays and loading zones be placed between the trees on Barrack Street

WA WAS touted to more than 3,000 delegates as a world class site for aquaculture development at the recent World Aquaculture ’99 international conference in Sydney.

HOLLAND-based integrated financial services giant ING Group has made its first foray into the Australian market, taking ownership of Lakeside Joondalup shopping centre.

THE WA-based Australia Clinic has signed agreements with a major hospital in Pakistan and a business partner in Mumbai, Western India.

THE housing industry will gain through the $199 million expansion of the Keystart Housing Scheme to a total allocation of $499 million to give 5,000 low to moderate income homebuyers access to their own homes.

NEW jobs are expected to be created and food commodity exports boosted from the South West by a new quality assurance program.

THE break-up of the old Perth City Council and the creation of the Towns of Cambridge, Vincent and Victoria Park has cost $52 million.

EXPORTS of Australian sawnwood and wood-based panels are tipped to rise appreciably over the next decade as log availability increases, says ABARE executive director Brian Fisher.

THE redevelopment of council’s Number 8 Car Park on Lake Street is a step closer to becoming a reality. Council voted to adopt its business plan for the redevelopment of the car park.

THE Clough group has won contracts worth $116.7 million in just one week. The group’s Indonesian subsidiary PT Petrosea TBK has won a three year extension to a major coal mining contract in the province of Kalimantan on Borneo worth $91 million.

THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has released draft guidelines on pricing under a GST for public comment.

A UNIVERSITY study tour to China could help the WA Water Corporation win contracts there.

RECREATIONAL fishing is proving extremely popular, charter tours are vital and diving tours are fast establishing themselves says Exmouth Charter Tours operator George King.

EXPORTS of WA manufactured goods are in a period of strong growth, says Commerce and Trade Minister Hendy Cowan. Elaborately Transformed Manufactures (ETM) exports grew in value by $177 million in the three months to February.

THE next stage of a risk management revolution has been released by Standards Australia.

WA BUSINESSES have been urged to consider India as an export market. Commerce and Trade Minister Hendy Cowan said India had a relatively strong economic position within the Indian Ocean Rim community and a huge population.

ONE of the world’s largest heavy equipment suppliers, NS Komatsu, is to target a $110 million a year market for ground engaging tools.

A GROWING share of the multi-billion dollar resource industry in Australia is being serviced from the South West, according to a recent study.

A WA-based research centre has developed a spin-off company that has drawn intense interest from US venture capitalists.

PERTH is playing host to the National Convention for Office Professionals in 2001.

TAIWANESE investors are planning to establish a piggery in Gingin to supply export markets in Asia. The investors plan to build a 2,750 sow piggery to provide pork for Taiwan and Japan.

THE vast majority of small businesses are backing information technology as much as they can, a new survey found.

ONE of the most expensive developments in the East Perth Redevelopment Authority area is soon to be built.The Upper East Side development will have 31 apartments and four penthouses. The dwellings will range in price from $490,000 to $1.65 million.

LORD Mayor Peter Nattrass has easily retained his seat at the head of the Perth City Council. Dr Nattrass polled 2,196 votes, nearly 1,000 votes clear of nearest mayoral rival Councillor Laurance Goodman.

WITH three fabrication workshops, a national construction operation and an international parent, Lucon (Australia) Pty Ltd is a strong proponent of industrial success in the South West.

A PROJECT to supplement WA’s wild scallop stocks has begun.The project, run by Geraldton fishing company Elmwood Holdings, will support research and development into the production of juvenile scallops for release back into the wild.

A THREE year study into the impacts of environmental changes on marron will receive $45,180 in government funding.

THE communications revolution, which has put local business in touch with the world, is also bringing big city business to the country.

PASPALEY Pearls Group, the largest producer of South Sea pearls in the world, was the first to take advantage of the new Tropical Aquaculture Park located on the out skirts of Broome – and is already meeting with success.

THE pristine environment, clear blue skies, friendly people, unique natural attractions and easy touring make WA an attractive tourist destination.

A WA golf events organiser is chasing the assets of Greg Norman’s failed World Golf Club.

THE timber industry should be pleased the WA Regional Forest Agreement has been signed, says Forest Industries Federation executive director Bob Pearce.