JOBS are one of the important election issues. Industrial relations policies will play a critical role in deciding which party can deliver jobs.Labor wants to scrap our Workplace Agree-ments legislation - Liberals want to strengthen it.
GETTING an investment handle on the tourist industry is tough. Most overseas visitors will be splurging in sidewalk cafes, gaping at the Sydney Harbour bridge, tottering around the tasting facilities of vineyards and stretched out on the beaches.
THE Perth restaurant scene is undergoing some upheaval at the moment with at least two establishments favoured by the business community undergoing a change in management.
AGRI-business funds manager Norgard Clohessy Equity has formed a subsidiary company to manage up to 15,000hectares of pine plantations worth about $30 million.
ONE of the many pleasing results in this year’s mid-year review of the State’s finances is the money Western Australia is now saving on interest payments because of the State’s reduced debt levels.
A GLOOMY overcast day at Rottnest Island was certainly a dramatic change from the previous breathless day scorcher, almost as if the sun was determined to roast the post-Christmas holiday makers in or out of the teal-blue waters.
THE reasons people walked in the Reconciliation bridge walk in December were diverse. For some it was a recognition of the grave injustices and oppression Indigenous peoples have faced since European invasion of this country.
ABOUT two years ago a couple of old friends, Martin Black and Patrick Coward, considered opening a chocolate factory on an old dairy farm outside of Margaret River in the south-west of WA.
I RESPOND to “Heritage Listing Hits Nest Eggs” (Business News, January 11) from Perth City Councillor Bert Tudori, about the financial implications of heritage.
PROBABLY the most important decision Palandri Wines new wine division CEO has been involved in was the reversal of the young company’s marketing objectives.
OLMO’S Reward is a fine red wine from Frankland Estate that marks a significant visit to WA in 1955 by an American agronomist from the University of California.
THE recent release of a major new revision of the ISO 9001 quality management system standard gives organisations the opportunity to improve how they do business.
THE early success of a fund raising drive by Royal King’s Park Tennis Club has offered hope to management that the financial future of West Perth organisation can be secured and the club returned to profit.
WHILE welcoming Tina Spadaccini’s enthusiasm and dedication for the preservation of our architectural heritage (Business News 14 December, 2000), I feel it is essential that the pursuit of this worthy cause is accompanied by practical measures to ensure t
Wesfarmers knew a thing or two in May last year when it snapped up the Curragh coal mine in Queensland for an almost derisory $200 million, and hungry Rio Tinto has just swallowed the Australian coal assets of the US Peabody giant for $1 billion
THE Federal Court has found against Perth car dealer Goldy Motors over an advertisement in The West Australian newspaper on June 14 encouraging people to buy before June 30 because it was their ‘Last chance to buy…GST FREE !!’.
ONE of the many pleasing results in this year’s mid-year review of the State’s finances is the money Western Australia is now saving on interest payments because of the State’s reduced debt levels.
SOME observers might believe that wild 70-point turnaround in the last hour of trading in 2000 was down to “unwinding” of futures contracts or “window dressing.” Many small investors think that is a fairy tale.
IT’S pleasing to see a winemaker take sauvignon blanc seriously. Voyager Estate of Margaret River has done just that with a recently released 1996 sauvignon blanc-semillon.
ECONOMIC experts offered a positive picture for WA’s economy in 2001, led by a resource sector underpinned by steady growth in commodity prices, including gold.
SIXTYONE trophies were presented to winning teams and individuals at the StateWest Corporate Challenge prize presentation hosted by the Lord Mayor at Council House last week.
THE WA Government has been accused of acting too hastily when it decided to offer $10 million of public money to a group of Capel dairy farmers who plan to establish a processing plant.
THE battle for the $370 million WA data communications business intensified this week with the commissioning of Perth-based carrier Swiftel Communications.
Louise Rae has joined BDO Chartered Accountants and Advisers as a marketing manager. Louise has gained extensive experience in financial services marketing in both Australia and Europe.
