Susan Bower

COOPER Energy shareholders have been rewarded for their patience with a 65 per cent jump in the value of the stock from three months ago.

REDEEMING frequent consumer points is nothing new for shopaholics, frequent flyers and big-name car buyers. But the fun is now extending into WA workplaces, with employees swapping key performance indicator (KPI) raps for consumer rewards.

EXPLORATION, production and gas sales in Turkey account for much of the upward trend in Amity Oil’s stock price over the past four months.

WESTERN Australia has most likely lost the opportunity to train 200 podiatrists for Malaysia, according to two podiatry groups.

As demand increases for ethical, or socially responsible, investing, Susan Bower reveals some of the Western Australian companies receiving support from Australia’s ethical managed funds.

TIME may be a great healer, but it’s a lousy beautician.

FINAL orders from last week’s West Pilbara Native Title decision are months away, but the implications appear clear for Government and industry.

THIS month’s ASX floats coming out of WA are a mixed bunch, and  not only in the sectors represented.

Management of workers in remote and regional locations calls for special skills, as Susan Bower reports.

ALCOA’S planned upgraded of its Pinjarra alumina refinery will boost not only alumina production, but also jobs and tourism in the Peel region.

Opinion differs on how to manage staff cutbacks, but outplacement services agree that good workforce communication is crucial to outcomes, as Susan Bower reports.

Western Australia’s five universities have always faced unique challenges.

COMMERCIAL law partners Godfrey Taylor and Andrew Linfoot this week advanced the growth prospects of their firm with the addition of former Deacons native title specialist Marcus

As more people consider taking a greater hands-on approach to investment management, interest in ethical investing is reportedly increasing. And as Susan Bower reports, information services are keen to assist.

REDUNDANCIES are considered commonplace in the human resources sector and are not viewed in as negative a light as they were a decade ago. But this is no comfort to Woodside employees at the sticky end of downsizing.

THE role of a university vice-chancellor is that of chief executive officer, ultimately responsible for university activities, affecting the quality of life of future generations as well as the immediate prospects of clients.

SKYWEST Limited’s plans for an ASX-listing have been buoyed by interest in the regional airline’s $2.67 million convertible note issue.

UNIVERSITY funding cutbacks dating back to the mid-1990s are denying WA students the option of studying some clinical health degree courses at home, a high-profile health sciences

THE Association of Chartered Certified Accountants has followed Australian Taxation Office auditing advice last month with a reminder that rental and capital gains income is in the sights of the ATO.

WESTERN Australian Entrepreneur of the Year finalist Paul Underwood heads the day-to-day operations of a WA company that has never traded below its 1996 listing price.

THE Carnarvon Basin has become one of the most popular offshore oil and gas addresses in WA.

Two WA native title claims threaten to bring national and State funding issues to a head. In one high-profile WA case, mediation has run in parallel with court hearings, but now the claimants have run out of funds as Susan Bower reports.

WHEN Skywest puts the brakes on its Laverton services early next month, Skippers Aviation will be ready to take off with direct services to the town.

WA DOCTORS cannot rest easy about their indemnity position from July 1, while some details of changes in State and Federal Government indemnity support remain unknown, the State’s major medical representative groups said this week.

DESPITE Federal Government assurances on medical indemnity issues, doctors in WA still fear insurance premiums will force them out of practice.

PRODUCTION of hydrogen is not the challenge in using hydrogen as a new transportation fuel. BP’s Kwinana refinery is producing up to 80 tonnes of hydrogen each day.

WHILE Perth’s trial next year of three hydrogen fuel cell buses forms part of an international trial, it will also produce evaluation opportunities for BP in WA, BOC, Murdoch Univ

Using hydrogen as a fuel seems the stuff of futuristic science fiction, however, as Susan Bower reports, that future is closer than most people realise.

BANKWEST is moving away from sole-branded financial seminars for small business clients, opting instead for independently run courses.

DAMPIER-Bunbury pipeline owner and operator Epic Energy remains in dispute with WA’s gas access regulator and with several users of the pipeline over matters not contained within

AT FIRST glance, the final gas access decision on the Dampier-Bunbury gas pipeline appeared to represent a swing in favour of owner Epic Energy, compared with the draft decision c