Staff Reporters

MARK Beyer’s article on the Perth Parking Levy (BN June 5) has the Government “playing down” suggestions that it was considering extending the levy  to regional shopping centre

WESFARMERS managing director Michael Chaney is clearly the most influential business executive in Western Australia. His influence does not derive simply from running the State’s biggest company.

Brandrill Ltd 06/06/03

Aquaculture

Regulatory changes affecting general insurance broking have prompted an ownership transformation at Smith Coffey Insurance Brokers.

that Australia has the second highest uptake of e-banking in the Asia Pacific region.

The Western Australian Trade Enquiry Service is operated by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia (CCI) with the support of the WA Government’s Department of Industry and Technology

Striker Rresources NL 11/06/03

Alan Robson has been elected chairman of WA’s Pastoral Lands Board, in a move that marks the first academic to chair the PLB.

WORK has begun on the first high-rise building to be constructed in 40 years in the Sir James Mitchell Park foreshore area in South Perth.

WITH the Coalition holding power in Canberra and hot favourites to win the next election, the key figures in WA are in the Liberal Party. The two people who currently wield most influence in the party are Senators Chris Ellison and Ian Campbell.

June 27 Napier Minerals Proposed code: NPR

Public sector health agencies

The recent despair among doctors over new indemnity arrangements after July 1 is not entirely based on uncertainty about detail.

END of financial year time translates into longer and unpaid hours for most Australian employees.

AS the name implies, the miscellaneous group comprises influential and prominent Western Australians who do not fit neatly into any other category.

Dragon Mining NL 10/06/03

Building, Construction and Maintenance Services

CHANGE Corporation has won the tender to deliver the Western Australian Tourism Commission with an online redevelopment.

THE question of who ranks as the most powerful person in State politics is a two-horse race.

Several ASX-listed WA minerals companies are heading to London with investment bank RFC later this month, chasing support from the northern hemisphere in

Australian Safer Community Awards

Edith Cowan University has appointed Robert Harvey as executive dean of its Faculty of Business and Public Management.

WESTERN Australia’s unemployment rate is once again the lowest in the country, with figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics showing a fall during the past month.

WITH Labor in power, Unions WA is automatically elevated to a powerful position in policy making. The relationship between the two groups has not all been plain sailing.

EnviroMission Ltd 12/06/03

Grants on offer

Ian George McMahon & Gail Margaret McMahon

LOCAL independent electrical retailer Rick Hart Group has appointed Nicholas Kirby as group general manager.

A VERY bright spotlight has shone on the lobbying activities of former Labor Premier Brian Burke over the past six months. Along with business partner and former State Government Minister Julian Grill (who also acts on his own for some clients) Mr Burke

A long-awaited gallery and art gallery project is just one of the many happenings in Perth’s gastronomic scene. Julie-anne Sprague investigates.

Clarifies indemnity position