Staff Reporters

THIS is a tale of an Australian wine style that has a small, dedicated following. Yet the general public has failed to embrace these wines of the moon.

* Haydn Lowe, chief executive officer of the Aboriginal Affairs Department, has had his contract renewed for 12 months.

Shares in the junior Telco fell sharply over the week , as investors become impatient with the lack of information provided on the long awaited Chinese Internet Project.

TOYOTA has topped the quarterly sales figures for passenger cars in Western Australian for the first time, according to industry statistician VFACTS.

PERTH City Councillor Bert Tudori is appealing to Planning Minister Graham Kierath because he believes hatred and factionalism in council is behind the refusal of his plan to develop land he owns in Northbridge.

ONE of Perth’s newest e-commerce entrepreneurs is celebrating the poor performance of the Aussie dollar.

PERTH agency 303 has received a bronze award at the Australian Writers and Art Directors Awards in Sydney last week.

DINING with a touch of elegance is all too rare these days with silver service disappearing so fast there’s no time for tarnish.

THE following company personnel changes have been notified to the WA office of the Australian Stock Exchange.

Sam Davidson heads up John Holland’s building operations throughout the state and is determined that his team responsible for the construction of the Belltower receive the recognition they so richly deserve.

This festive season is the season for stars. Your friends, family, clients and employees are the stars that have made the year 2000 so special.

“It isn’t the people you fire who make your life miserable, it’s the people you don’t.”– Harvey MacKay

ST Georges Terrace has become petrol head haven this week.The Sydney-based auction house Wemyss held its annual vintage and classic car auction at the Perth Concert Hall on Saturday.

LOCAL film and television commercial production companies are looking to Asia for projects to counter a slump in the local industry.

A BOOK has been launched to address the issues facing home-based businesses such as balancing personal and business life, isolation, networks, finances and marketing.

THE exposure of rorts in our electoral systems raises a number of serious issues, not least the continuation of events which serve to undermine our faith in politicians.

Inside the bell chamber, sound levels reach as high as 190dB. Such is the intensity of the sound that anyone unfortunate enough to be in there when the bells ring, would suffer bleeding from their ears and significant hearing loss.

Superline has introduced innovative 3 dimensional trimming technology to strengthen its plastic thermoforming capabilities. The introduction of the USA built industrial strength 5-axis CNC router is the first of its kind in Western Australia.

SITTING on a plane flying back to Perth, Zish Ziembinski and his wife decided to open a book store.

The Australian Small Industrials market retreated 2% over the week in the shadows of the ongoing Nasdaq volatility.

DESPITE difficulties in the resources sector the industry is still spinning off benefits for Perth with the opening of the $5 million Nilos Australia conveyor belt reconditioning plant and a new $6 million mineral ore pilot testing plant at Kewdale.

The post-GST effect on both residential building and retail sales appears to be tailing off, with both indicators improving from their July trough nationally and in WA on a seasonally adjusted basis.

LIVE and frozen lobster processing facilities at Lancelin, the major assets of failed processor R&O Seafood, have been acquired by Kailis & France.

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NEW Greening Australia WA, CEO Robert Lambeck hopes to build partnerships with corporations to combat environmental concerns.

THE Shorter Group has revealed a expansion of its media buying operation, with its Media Specialists division bolstered by two former employees of market heavyweight Media Decisions.

REGIONAL small businesses with up to 10 employees can get a $200 voucher to provide staff training.

“Wealth is not without its advantages, and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made has never proved widely persuasive.”

A PLAN to extend the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline to the Great Southern Region will not go ahead without WA Government funds.

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BIOTECHNOLOGY is the latest buzzword in the investment community and, as usual, WA companies have leapt onto the bandwagon with gusto.

Shell has made another attempt to acquire WPL with a cheeky $14.80 cash/option offer.