FURTHER evidence is emerging that WA businesses are seeking protection under the Federal industrial relations system, particularly through the use of Australian Workplace Agreements.
ONE of the most crucial aspects of branding is to protect the brand itself.This can take two main forms – protecting what the brand stands for and taking legal avenues to ensure no other company can use the strength of that brand for its own ends.
A SPATE of recent accidents involving ships under pilotage in Australian waters, including two off the WA coast in the past month, and the increasing litigiousness of ship owners is prompting a rethink of the rules ship pilots operate under.
WHILE talk of blackouts and brownouts may seem to be exaggerated, the fact remains that if WA’s electricity market is not reformed, privately-owned generation will not
ENERGY Minister Eric Ripper, Western Power chief David Eiszele, AlintaGas managing director Bob Browning and Electricity Reform Task Force chairman John Hyslop hold the future of WA’s electricity market in their hands.
A SECOND executive with fledgling eye laser firm CustomVis is involved in legal action with his former employer and rival eye laser surgery company Q-Vis Ltd, an investigation by WA Business News has found.
WHILE the medium-term outlook for the Western Australian economy has strengthened following the announcement of the $25 billion deal to supply LNG to China, the near-term could prove to be more testing.
PROPOSALS from Federal Treasury for a major overhaul of Australia’s international tax system could have a fundamental impact on WA’s ability to attract business investment and talented individuals.
A REPORT by the WA Auditor General on public universities caught my attention the other day, but it was the research following that I found most captivating.
REFRACTIVE laser company CustomVis is expected to announce that it has raised $10 million in private funding to commercialise its products for correcting vision disorders.
THE City of Perth has approved a $14.5 million redevelopment of the CTA building on The Esplanade despite concerns about the provision of $25,000 by the developer to improve the public amenity of the area.
REVENUE from the North-West Shelf joint venture deal to supply three million tonnes a year for 25 years to LNG China’s pilot Guangdong LNG project is not expected before 2006.
THE Pilbara region will be put on show to national and international investors at the 2002 Pilbara Natural Advantages Conference, to be held on September 2 and 3.
PERPETUAL Investments has adopted what it says is a “unique” approach to managing its Industrial Share Fund, one of Australia’s most popular managed funds.
ENERGY industry giant BP, which has not missed out on a share of business from China’s first gas processing venture in Guangdong province, now also looks a likely winner for an upcoming project in the Fujian province.
Goldfields-Esperance regionArea: 771,276 sq kmGDP 1990/00 (est): $4.7 billionGDP per capita: $80,443Population (2000): 58,926Per cent of total State pop: 3.1 per centPop growth rate: 1.3 per cent/annumLargest centre: Kalgoorlie/Boulder: 32,0
SHARE markets have started the financial year on shaky ground, with negative returns the order of the day last month. Only the Australian unlisted property sector succeeded in keeping its head above water.
UNLISTED WA environmental technology operation Occtech Engineering has reached an agreement to merge with the recently listed, but troubled, public company QED Corporation Limited.
AN investigation of the WA venture capital industry by WA Business News has found that, while Australia boasts about 60 venture capital players, only two are based in Perth.
UNLISTED WA environmental technology operation Occtech Engineering has reached an agreement to merge with the recently listed, but troubled, public company QED Corporation Limited.
