A FIVE-YEAR campaign by the Western Australian rock lobster industry has achieved a major breakthrough with the recent decision by the European Union to significantly reduce tariffs.
THE $30 billion liquefied natural gas deal signed last week has underpinned the commercial viability of the Gorgon gas field and provided a further boost to economic relations between Western Australia and China.
NORWOOD Systems is in discussions with British Telecom in a bid to sell its technology for use in a lucrative blue tooth project that the UK telco giant expects will generate half a billion pounds in revenue within three years.
THE State’s top exporters have been recognised at this year’s Western Australian Industry and Export Awards with Albany sandalwood producer Mt Romance winning the prestigious premier’s award for excel
TECHNOLOGY Park start-up Calytrix Technologies has taken a big step into the tough US market with the sale of its SIMplicity software to US-based The Mitre Corporation.
PASSION, ambition and drive are the key ingredients to starting a successful business – everything else can be learned.Speaking about what drives his business and his entrepreneurial spirit, Commtech
ONLINE business directory and search engine The Streets Network is in the midst of international expansion after signing an advertising deal with Google.
At the latest Meet the Ambassador Breakfast hosted by WA Business News the High Commissioner to South Africa, Ian Wilcock, and High Commissioner to Mauritius, Jeff Scougall, spoke of politics, opportu
WESTERN Australian farmers are reserving their judgement on the Thailand-Australian Free Trade Agreement signed at this week’s 2003 APEC Summit in Bangkok.
WITH the Federal Government’s Spam Bill 2003 passed in the House of Representatives last week, Western Australian players remain dubious as to whether it will have any real impact on the problem of spam in Australia.
SOFTWARE Engineering Australia (WA) has announced it will close its doors in December leaving a conspicuous gap in the WA information and communication technology industry.
IMPLEMENTING a strategic focus and developing greater relevance to the local ICT industry are the major priorities for new Australian Information Industry Association chairman Geoff Harben.
TRADE reform is crucial to the long-term viability of the Western Australian dairy industry, with WA lagging behind other States in terms of dairy exports.
MERMAID Marine Leather has taken value adding to a new level by building a business on the production of fish and shark leather, or ‘mermaid leather’ as it is known, from leftover skins bought from l
SOME business owners in the Belmont area say they are frustrated after being told they cannot get an Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) connection because they are too far away from an exchange
THE legal position of employers whose employees engage in digital music piracy using company equipment remains unclear amid the bluster and noise of the latest debate on the issue.
