Staff Reporters

THE Australian Tax Office’s Reply-in-Five GST response service has broken down - resulting in major confusion and potential financial cost for thousands of small business operators, says CPA Australia’s senior tax-counsel Paul Drum.

MORE money must be spent commercialising research and development projects, says Fractal Graphics managing director Nick Archibald.

FREMANTLE-based Prospero Productions has won the Golden Spire for Television (Current Events) award at the 2000 San Francisco Inter-national Film Festival for its one-hour documentary Paying for the Piper.

THE following company personnel changes have been notified to the WA office of the Australian Stock Exchange:Brian O'Malley has resigned as Director of Iama LimitedAmcom Telecommun-ications Limited has announced a restructure of its key executive mana

SEATTLE, Washington, Melb-ourne ... during the past 18 months, at major meetings of groups such as the WTO, IMF and G-8, these and many other cities have seen hundreds of thousands of people protesting against the globalised economy and the institutions t

PEMBERTON’s BLACK George Winery will release two new wines this month: the Warren River 2000 Classic and the Warren River 2000 Verdelho.

CHEVRON Australia Pty Ltd has welcomed the signing of letters of intent by Japanese customers that will underpin expansion plans for a fourth liquefied natural gas train on the Burrup Peninsula.

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JUBILEE Mines NL plans to start underground development at its Cosmos nickel mine next year.This follows the discovery of a high-grade resource containing 46,000 tonnes of nickel for the Cosmos Deeps deposit, which will more than double the life of the

THE delay in refunding GST from the first Business Activity Statement to large businesses – who lodged their second BAS late last month – does not augur well for the hundreds of thousands of smaller businesses due to lodge their first BAS on November 11,

THE Pilbara is headed for another big round of development following the signing of an agreement that takes us a step closer to seeing a major expansion of liquefied natural gas exports from the area.

THE ACCC makes sure sellers meet their warranty and refund obligations under the Trade Practices Act.These obligations include statutory warranties, a set of promises that, according to the Act, sellers make to consumers in every sale.

PERTH-based nickel sulphide explorer Bullion Minerals Limited is set to list on the Australian Stock Exchange either late this month or early next month after closing its $3 million initial offering, oversubscribed within one day of the opening date of th

BIERFEST is Ravenswood Sanctuary’s answer to Germany’s famous annual beer-drinking festival, Oktoberfest.It will include live music by German band Nova Echo, traditional German food and a combination of local and imported brews on October 21. Quaffing

THE Gingko mineral sands deposit continues to grow in stature month by month – attracting the attention of the majors.

A WA red to watch for will soon be launched onto the market from Moss Brothers of Margaret River.I tasted the 1999 Cabernet/Merlot before it was blended and was still in the cask and it showed stunning promise at that early stage. Then in the company o

A PERTH-made short film has been selected for the Hawaii International Film Festival in November.Parlami D’amore (Speak to Me of Love), is considered the ‘largest scale’ short film ever undertaken in WA, and was created by local producer Elena Pasquini

A CLEVER combination of cousins combined to begin the Shaw and Smith wine label 11 years ago and by consistently producing fine white wines from the Adelaide Hills, they have established a respected niche in the national market.The pair specialise in ch

HAVE you ever been page-jacked or mouse-trapped? Both businesses and consumers need to be aware of this Internet scam that has recently affected some major Australian companies.

ONE of the world’s largest suppliers to the automotive industry has secured a key development role in an Australian innovation set to speed the introduction of electronic steering for passenger vehicles.

KAGARA Zinc Limited has boosted its Mt Garnet Zinc project in North Queensland after reaching agreement to acquire Lachlan Resources NL’s nearby Balcooma project, including the high-grade Surveyor 1 zinc/lead deposit, which Kagara will immediately incorpo

EVANS & Tate may have chucked a cat in with the pigeons by being named the makers of the world’s finest red wine at the 2000 International Wine Challenge in London recently.

ITHIN eight months of joining the design team at The Shorter Group, Michael Adams has won first and second prize in the Australian Shop and Office Fitting Industry Association’s corporate identity design competition.

SWAN Valley will spring into action next month.Mulberry Farm will host the pre-Spring in the Valley, the Swan Valley Wine Show, on October 2.

Mobile roaming offeredPAHTH Telecommunications has launched a product that gives overseas travellers a tight rein on mobile phone costs, while offering roaming facilities.

THE renaissance of hedonistic feasting has arrived in South Perth with the “Chef’s Table” at the Charthouse Restaurant within the Windsor Hotel.

IT has been fantastic to see the incredible efforts being made by so many Western Australians during the Olympics.No matter what their results, just being selected for the Olympics is a remarkable achievement and we’ve had the thrill of seeing them comp

COCKBURN Cement Ltd, Placer (Granny Smith) Pty Ltd, Alcoa World Alumina Australia and the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority recently won annual Golden Gecko Awards for Environmental Excellence, for which a record 24 nominations were received.

WHEN WA geologist John Canaris takes a break, the last thing he wants to do is think about work.

MJB&B Advertising’s ads for Retravision alarm clocks won the computer/office technology and consumer desirables category at the recent Australian and New Zealand Folio.

THE OLD Ord Street Café in West Perth will soon be reborn as the SAVOIA CAFÉ.

PERTH-based broadband service provider BinCom Satellite Systems Limited has started a $4.5 million Initial Public Offering.