Staff Reporters

HAN’S Café has launched a new web site at www.hanscafe.com.auThe franchise was founded by Ian Han in January 1995, when the first restaurant opened in Murray Street, Perth.There are now nine Han’s Cafes in Perth. The most recent launch was Han’s C...

THE fundamentals of the gold market clearly supported a higher price, this year and in the future, according to Newmont chairman and CEO Ronald Cambre.The basis of his argument is that record consumption in 1999 was seven per cent above the previous...

THIS week’s launch of Professor Frank Crowley’s biography of Sir John Forrest is especially timely as we head towards the celebration of the Centenary of Federation.Launched on the 153rd anniversary of the birthday of our State’s first Premier, the...

THE DEPARTMENT of Commerce and Trade’s WA Office in Mumbai, India, operates very much like a matchmaking service for bilateral trade, says regional director Walter Joseph.“I don’t think many people realise the vast amount of assistance Commerce an...

KAGARA Zinc Limited is moving ahead swiftly to develop its mineral interests in North Queensland, with the acquisition of Perilya Ltd’s entire interest and rights in the assets of the Mt Garnet and Walsh River joint ventures.Under the agreement, Ka...

THE State Government is keen to ensure the arrival of new airlines on the east coast is just the start of more competition in the skies around Australia.The Western Australian Tourism Commission has been assessing all of the new start up airlines an...

children inherit the money and wealth practices of their parents. They copy their parents’ examples, actions, beliefs, habits, arguments, consumption patterns, struggles and achievements. The problem is that, after a 40 year productive work life, 96....

WOODSIDE Petroleum Ltd and its joint venture partner British Borneo have completed a large 3D seismic survey over portions of tenements held by Hardman Resources NL offshore Mauritania, West Africa.Initial data processing has now been completed and ...

DISCOVERING a use for tonnes of virtual waste product could provide the catalyst for a Perth company to dominate a world market.HiTec Energy will on Tuesday announce the favourable results from its bankable feasibility study to produce Electrolytic ...

IS your business looking for a software solution that will automatically document and link all correspondence and client information, as well as help you manage projects? If the answer is yes, new IntelliFACTOR is the solution.IntelliFACTOR combine...

BASIN Minerals Ltd’s commitment to the development of a major mineral sands industry in the Western Victorian Murray Basin, with first production expected by 2004, has received a substantial boost from a joint government-industry mineral sands infrast...

MJB&B subsidiary Livewire Communications has expanded its team to accommodate demand for its Critical Success Factor Workshops.Headed by communications director Jim Hanafee, the workshops aim to complement a business’ marketing strategy and increas...

PERTH-based Wavenet International Ltd has signed a distribution agreement with telecommunications giant Singapore Telecom.The agreement is between Wavenet and SingTel’s wholly owned subsidiary Telecom Equipment Pty Ltd, the equipment supplier for m...

RILEY Mathewson stole the show at the recent Public Relations Institute of Australia (PRIA) State Awards for Excellence.The awards were open to WA individuals or organisations practising public relations in the private, public and non-profit sector...

PERTH-based Endeavour Health Care Limited has announced plans to list on the Australian Stock Exchange later this year.Endeavour managing director Garry Garside said the company was established to provide health care practitioners with equity part...

JUNIOR explorer Macmin NL is on track to start mining in February 2001 with the first silver to be poured by April from its Texas silver project.Initial development will focus on the Twin Hills deposit, where Macmin announced a 39 per cent increas...

Heaven forbid! Hasn’t the country just endured the greatest change to its tax system?Australia finally received the GST it had to have.While the country waits for the dust to settle to determine the merits of the tax reform package (and the Opposi...

Nothing looks more distinguished on a man than a classic white shirt.For the corporate warrior and executive who has no time (or desire) to shop, Just White Shirts & Black Socks takes the stress out of shopping.For those men who can’t be bothered...

ANOTHER embryonic sulphide nickel project is about to be created in WA.Perth-based Bullion Minerals Limited, established as a private minerals explorer in 1969, has launched a new $3 million float targeting a package of exploration ground immediatel...

INTRODUCING the new Passat 20V Sports, out now at Skipper VW.A limited offer is available on the 20 valve turbo model with special features including sports front seats and leather upholstery, walnut interior, colour coded side panels, 16” ‘Montrea...

Car parking made easyTHE WORLD’S first free Internet car parking service and industry hub has been launched at www.carpark.com.au Carpark Australia managing director James Maund said the site would enable drivers to access information about the loc...

THE Australian Press Council has upheld complaints from the Anti-Corruption Commission against The West Australian.The complaints were based on a series of articles and an editorial concerning the work of the commission and were said to be highly c...

LINUX may be popular in the engineering and computer industries but it hasn’t broken into wider use because of its ‘nerd’ image, says E-Syn Engineering managing director Frank Veldkamp.According to the Linux Networking Overview “How To” by Danie...

WESTERN Australia’s continuing strong economic position is highlighted again in the latest international trade figures.

THE 14th Annual WA Screen Awards will take place from August 24 to 27, culminating in a gala awards presentation night on August 25 at the Astor Cinema in Mt Lawley. The awards recognise the latest crop of WA independent filmmaking, while the new Indu...

BRISBANE-based software development company Medical Spectrum has opened in WA.Medical Spectrum managing director Ian Threlfall said the company opened an office in Nedlands during May following a merger with Medsoft Pty Ltd, a Perth-based distribu...

CASHED-UP international resource giants are circling WA’s vulnerable resource sector.Declining commodity prices and this year’s dot.com fervour have reduced the stock prices of resource companies.

JUNIOR oil producer Nido Petrol-eum NL has reported increased crude production with an on-going cash contribution of about $300,000 to $400,000 per annum from its SC 14/SC 6B prospects in the offshore Palawan Basin, Philippines.Nido’s SC 14 interest...

Flash adds impactPERTH-based web development company Virtual Impact offers a good example of a flash enhanced web site at www.virtualimpact.com.au

GRASS-ROOTS explorer Tuart Resources NL listed on the bourse on Friday after raising $2.6 million to explore a diverse portfolio of properties in WA’s renowned Yilgarn region.The Perth-based company will commence exploration immediately on a number ...

RECENT reports quantify the Internet at more than two billion pages, but few web sites stand out from the crowd, according to Scribe Consulting principal Tim North.

BHP Coated Steel – Australia has launched a COLORBOND steel Colour Selector CD-ROM that can be used to create, choose and compare colour schemes for any building at the click of a mouse.The powerful new tool, the product of almost a year of dev...