Staff Reporters

WA’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose from 6.1 to 6.5 per cent between October and November, while the national rate increased from 6.3 to 6.6 per cent.

DOES your business waste money and staff time ordering liquor?

THE following company personnel changes have been notified to the WA office of the Australian Stock Exchange.John Bovard has joined Danae Resource NL as non-executive director.

A VISIT to Dardanup last week has again highlighted the increasing shift to using plantation timber.

A MULTI-purpose defence force, capable of sustaining combat operations in two separate locations, while protecting Australia’s approaches is the goal the Federal Government is aiming for with its White Paper.

Superline has introduced innovative 3 dimensional trimming technology to strengthen its plastic thermoforming capabilities.

FORMER Minter Ellison partners Sean Mullins and Matthew Handcock have formed a boutique insurance firm Mullins Handcock and been joined by nine other former Minter Ellison staff.

THE International ATTM Card Scheme marketed and promoted by World Netsafe Pty Ltd and Terence Butler has been ruled an illegal pyramid and referral selling scheme by the Federal Court, Brisbane.

THE Australian Taxation Office has shown a flexible and businesslike approach in allowing GST input tax credits on car running costs.

OIL and gas industry maritime service company Mermaid Marine’s ambitions in construction are set to become a reality with the purchase of two new vessels for offshore work.

WHILE the WA Government’s $2 billion plan to upgrade electricity supply in WA meets some pressing needs, it does not go far enough to bring true competition and the price cuts that go with that.

Did you wrestle with information in your first Business Activity Statement? Did your accounting software promise you easy answers, yet you still found it difficult?

“In the business world everybody is paid in two coins; cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.”– Harold Geneen

DHL Australian Exporter of the Year - Austal Ships Pty Ltd (WA)

MEAD’S of Mosman Bay has added the 76ft long Moonlight Lady to its long list of attractions with special appeal to business houses as the festive season approaches.

* WA has collected five major awards at the 2000 Australian Tourism Awards run by the Tourism Council of Australia. The Valley of the Giants Tree Top Walk on the south coast won the Significant Regional Attractions Award.

Shares in the regional Airline Company continued to rally as Air NZ increased its bid from 90cents to $1.35. The market now awaits the next move from Qantas.

Gateway™ understands that setting up a new PC can be quite a daunting task.

THE Perth City Council has made a last ditch attempt to force a developer to bring a West Perth building into line with its planning rules before taking the matter to court.

WHEN a computer system crashes in the middle of the night somewhere in America, the first phone call for help may well be made to Perth, where it is just another client ringing during office hours.

Brother has introduced the sensational new Intellifax 5750 to the market.

THE PARMELIA HILTON is offering gift vouchers and festive hampers as rewards for clients, staff performance and for friends and family.

AUSTRALIAN Trade Commission (Austrade) managing director, Charles Jamieson, has appointed Craig Symon as general manager of the Export Finance Assistance Programs.

The US economy grew at a 2.4% annual growth rate during the third quarter of 2000, its slowest since mid 1996.

DOES your business waste money and staff time ordering liquor?

BROWNES Dairy and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital are working to raise $100,000 for a new cancer support centre at Sir Charles Gardiner Hospital.

PUBLICAN Murray McHenry is believed to be close to finalising a new lease holder for the famous Nedlands Park Hotel, known colloquially as Steve’s.

SALON Icon has had a celebrity client visiting every week.Salon owner Lisa Mulder has the hairdressing contract for Lachy Hume the lead male in the Let’s Get Skase feature film currently being filmed in Perth.

THE Trade Practices Act recognises there are some circumstances where the public benefits resulting from conduct which may be anti-competitive actually exceed the costs.

IT has been interesting to see how the world’s biggest sporting event, the Olympic Games has highlighted the deficiencies in our support of science.

Perth’s Barrack Square Bell Tower is a ‘living’ building. It flexes and moves to absorb the huge forces generated when the historic bells are rung.

TO help the six million Australians who suffer from fatigue, Blackmores has launched Envital, a new treatment that provides sustainable support to the body’s natural energy production function.