Noel Dyson

CAR makers are sitting on the answer to rising fuel costs, says Democrats Energy spokeswoman Lyn Allison.Senator Allison said it was surprising Australian car makers were still undecided about investing in a car that used dramatically less fuel.“T...

WA IS expected to net a $25 million economic windfall through hosting five international rugby union matches from 2001-05.The agreement between EventsCorp and the Australian Rugby Union includes three tri-nations matches between the Australian Walla...

SMALL business cannot trust Labor, says Federal Small Business Minister Peter Reith because it had refused to support the Government’s unfair dismissal legislation.The Government proposes to exempt small businesses from unfair dismissal. It is beli...

PERTH’S Convention and Exhibition Centre is ugly and in the wrong place, according to some of the participants at a recent City Vision public forum.City Vision chairman Ken Adam said it had been City Vision’s view all along that the centre “must be ...

BUSSELTON has beaten an eastern states regional centre for the right to host a 200-plus delegate national conference next September.The Australian Shop and Office Fitting Industry Association conference will inject more than $280,000 in direct del...

THE Sydney Olympic games will not bring much benefit for Perth’s convention operators.Perth Convention Bureau managing director Owen Cook said the Olympics would have little affect on the Perth market.“The Asian incentives market is still strong,”...

WA finally has a new Governor with Lieutenant General John Sanderson AC sworn in by Chief Justice Geoffrey Kennedy last Friday.More than 350 guests witnessed the swearing, including 80 people selected by ballot after more than 300 applicants respond...

THE majority of WA small businesses support the GST, despite the pain they believe it will cause them in the short-term.

A NEED to leave the nomadic lifestyle of a geologist sparked arguably one of the most successful business careers in WA.