Staff Reporters

THE first WA-built fast ferries ever imported into Norway have been delivered to ferry operator Hardanger Sunnhordlandske Dampskipsselskap.

Consolidated Minerals Limited, the ASX-listed Pilbara-based manganese ore producer, has signalled its return to the international marketplace by shipping 38,500 tonnes of lump manganese ore.

The ill-fated date 9/9/99, which had techies sweating from banking to Qantas, has passed without a glitch.

AN INTENSIVE English (ELICOS) class at the Australian Institute for University Studies recently toured Joondalup Resort golf course to help practice their conversational English.

FEWER than a quarter of Australian businesses have staff with the critical skills and capabilities to guarantee an organisation’s competitiveness, Drake Management Con-sulting research has found.

THE advent of ‘new generation’ airliners could provide opportunities for Perth to grow as an airline destination, says aviation industry commentator Tom Ballantyne.

A leading Indonesian mining company, PT Aneka Tambang Antam, has developed strong ties with Australian companies to develop mineral resource in Indonesia.

A recent study titled Consumers@shopping, conducted by Consumers International, has indicated a real need for cyber rules when it comes to online shopping.

SHOPPING hours will be extended in the Perth metropolitan area during Christmas and New Year.

A LOCAL networking and Internet security company is throwing its hat into the Application Service Provider market at the inaugural Business to Business Trade Show.

RESEARCHERS at Curtin University have commenced a project to develop a new generation of drugs for treatment of HIV-AIDS, asthma and melanoma.

Anaconda Nickel Limited has cast its net farther into the prospective base metals pool by farming into the Tottenham nickel-cobalt laterite project owned by Perth-based Alkane Exploration NL.

ComplEmenting the Property Council’s pro-active reform projects will be the 2000/2001 financial year pre-budget submission.

Estimates have revealed improved access for people with disabilities would add $6 billion to Australia’s gross domestic product

The Export Market Development Grant (EMDG) scheme is the Federal Government’s principal export finance assistance program.

AN UNPROTECTED window can render even the best security system useless, says Glass Security Services sales director Lloyd Gaunt.

A NEWLY approved proposal to amend the Mining Act and increase prospector’s access to land across WA has drawn fire from a key mining industry group.

THE Bokay Group was the star of the recent WA Screenprinting Awards, winning the President’s Award and two gold PICA awards for outstanding screenprinting and digital printing projects.

BROAD brushstrokes have been laid for the Northbridge Urban Renewal Project with an extensive consultation process planned soon.

SHIRE, town and city councillors and staff have a new handbook to guide them in disclosing interests.

Kalgoorlie-based miner Croesus Mining NL has opened its purse strings to consolidate its position in the gold and base metals sectors.

FRAUD auditing should be more widely embraced in Australia to combat rising levels of corporate fraud says corporate fraud expert and Orna Management managing director John Westall.

This has been the century when the development and application of science has fed an unprecedented level of technological change.

PUBLIC comment is wanted on a plan to develop wine tourism in WA over the next five years.

Mt Grace Resources NL has signed a licensing agreement with Magnesium Developments International to licence the Heggie metallothermic technology for the production of magnesium metal from calcined magnesia.

THE IMPACT of the GST will be discussed in a series of intensive Leschenault Business Enterprise Centre workshops from 22 to 23 September.

AN MBA in International Business – China will be offered by Murdoch University next year.

Government initiatives to assist small business with GST compliance are a welcome relief, but more support is needed, warns the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants.

NO PAIN no gain simply does not work anymore with personal training says balancing lifestyle consultant Annette Stanton.

Acclaim Uranium NL has joined its peers with a trek into Africa and scored something of a coup for a small Perth-based explorer.

FUNDING of community services, facilities and projects, roads, dual use paths and drainage have received high priority in the City of Bunbury’s $28 million budget for 1999/2000.

THE forthcoming Review of Business Taxation is likely to significantly alter the entity tax regime.