Staff Reporters

THE Federal Government has received a wake-up call in the lead up to the election due later this year.

The Belmont Business Enterprise (BEC) is proud to again present the Belmont Small Business Awards, recognising the professionalism of businesses in the Belmont area.

MICHAEL Shanahan has been appointed manager in KPMG’s new forensic accounting department.He will be a part of the KPMG team aiming to help clients beat corporate fraud, which cost business $239 million between 1997 and1999.

A NEW depot capable of storing 1000 containers has been built by Maersk Sealand at North Fremantle.

THE Subiaco Wine Room has sold to the owners of its neighbour, icon establishment the Subiaco Hotel.The deal was signed late last week and still has to make its way through liquor licensing authorities and the Subiaco Council.

WHILE a typographical error by the catering institute refers to him as God Gorey, the defending chef of the year has been beaten by a young talent – a feat deemed by many in the industry as miraculous.

A PERTH company is hoping to revolutionise digital camera technology after spending six years and $1 million developing an electronic filter that overcomes one of the most common problems for photographers.

JOCK Clough was keen to hose down talk he was planning a return to HP-JDV just a few months after leaving an investment banking position at the firm, to become an executive at Clough, the listed engineering company founded by his family.

THE WA Government has gone out on the hustings in the Mid West during the special sitting of State Cabinet in Geraldton, handing out $89.96 million of goodies to the area.

SHORTER Advertising is celebrating the addition of builder Statesman Homes to its client list.

OPPORTUNISTIC is a word Michael Chaney is only momentarily comfortable with as a description for his sprawling conglomerate, Wesfarmers. After consulting with media adviser Keith Kessell, a more refined term is found.

HOPING to win at its first attempt at this year’s cook off of the year – The Event, as it is called – is Oceanus, which is aiming to shake defending champion Gershwin’s hold on the title at the Hyatt.

AUSTRALIAN optic fibre-based telecommunications carrier Amcom Telecommunications Limited has announced that half-year carrier revenues in the local loop were up about 43 per cent over the December 2000 half.

CLOUGH Engineering has won a $30 million three-year mining contract for its part-owned Wannaway nickel mine near Kambalda in WA’s eastern goldfields.

VOTERS were left wondering whether tax cuts were on the Federal Government’s agenda in the lead up to the federal election, with John Howard and Peter Costello’s on-again off-again commitment to offer further tax cuts.

THEIR talent and passion for sport has brought two elite WA hockey players an international business opportunity.

BAD News for Aurora Gold Ltd’s shareholders after a bankable feasibility study into the Papua New Guinea Morobe project showed the risks were too high to provide an adequate return for investors, based on an assumed $500 per ounce gold price.

ALL WA award wages will rise between $13 and $17 from the beginning of the first pay period commencing on or after August 1.

PROUDS The Jewellers have returned to WA and are poised to bring their national rivalry with Edments and GoldMark to the west coast.

IT has been a year since Heinrich Chok bought the popular Barrack St Jetty restaurant, Moorings Cafe and, while it has been hard work for him and his wife, he says he thoroughly enjoys it and is looking to make many more changes.

THE former chief executive officer of the Department of Local Government has been appointed as chairman of the Western Australian Local Government Grants Commission.

IN its fourth quarter report, Tap Oil has announced a 30 per cent increase in liquids production and an 11 per cent increase in gas sales from the previous quarter.

IT’S understood Marketforce joint creative directors Adam Barker and Lori Canalini are setting up their own agency, leaving Perth’s biggest advertising agency scanning the horizon for a new director.

STRUGGLING farmers in drought-affected parts of the WA wheatbelt have been given some reason to smile with heavy falls this week ending a record dry spell.

WESTERN Warrior Sean Cary (pictured left) has taken on a new focus in his employment at the Western Australian Cricket Association (WACA).

IT’S been a big week in WA shipping news.Austal’s subsidiary Oceanfast loaded the Sagitta (pictured bottom), its biggest ever luxury yacht, on a merchant ship bound for Greece, where a relieved owner will be glad to take possession of the vessel.

THE Commonwealth Bank of Australia has boosted its holding in Australian Worldwide Exploration by 10 per cent, taking its interest to 19 per cent.

TWENTY four finalists, ranging from environmental solutions experts to communications specialists, are vying for the six category places in the State titles of the inaugural Entrepreneur of the Year (EoY) Award to be announced tonight, July 26.

TROY Resources NL has announced gold production for the 2000-01 from its Bulchina Mine at Sandstone was 58,299 ounces, up by more than 10,000 compared with the corresponding quarter of the previous year.

PERTH-LISTED engineering and construction company Clough Engineering has teamed up with a leading US contractor for the US Land Warrior program, Exponent Inc, to tender on a US defence contract to equip soldiers with modern computer,

A JOINT project between several agencies has been launched to provide better information about the natural hazards that pose a risk to the Perth community.T

EXPERIENCED caterer Sam Satterthwaite is poised to launch three new hospitality companies early next month in a bid to service the competitive corporate catering market.