Noel Dyson

OPINIONS are split over what ramifications a Victorian Native Title decision will have for WA.

SMALL businesses are likely to get a much simpler Business Activity Statement form with the Federal Government hitting the panic button after Labor’s landslide win in WA.

WHILE friendly societies have been given a break on some of their disclosure requirements, they are still crying foul over being put under the same Act as insurance giants such as AMP.

AFTER three seasons of crops blighted by frosts, drought and flood, small businesses in WA’s wheatbelt are facing a rural recession.

AFTER nearly 20 years of having their traditional hunting grounds reduced, WA prospectors have won a land rights battle – opening up an estimated 26 million hectares to exploration.

CONTRACTORS and consultants who provide professional services through companies, partnerships or trusts are in for a nasty tax surprise.Those working through labour hire firms face particular issues.

IT could be case of something old, something new with the marriage of two WA recruitment agencies – the 27-year-old Beilby and BRS Recruitment, a division of fledging BigRedSky.

CONSOLIDATIONS have already begun in the fledgling corporate coaching market.The Catalyst Group’s Digby Scott said the coaching market was in its infancy.

FINDING and keeping stars is emerging as one of the hardest tasks facing management.“Our biggest asset is our staff” is one of the most common platitudes to roll from managers lips and sometimes seems to be one of the greatest fallacies.