CHANGES to the old tax effective investment prepayment system as a result of Ralph II is the most significant factor affecting the majority of this year's blue gum projects, says Norgard Clohessy Equity managing director Ken Richards.
A significant offshore gas discovery adjacent to the Gorgon field in the Carnarvon Basin of the North West Shelf has boosted WA's gas inventory considerably.
BUSINESSES should already have a GST implementation strategy in place, says chartered accountant and Entrepreneur Business Centre GST expert Anton Gaudry.
Sniff carefully as you walk past the stock exchange Ð there is an unmistakable odour in the air. ItÕs the smell of burning money and rotting companies.
THE WA Chamber of Commerce and Industry has heavily criticised the $15 a week federal award pay rise recently granted by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission.
Middle East public and private investment in infrastructure and industrial commercial and residential development is booming in the flip side to oil price rises.
SOME employers are saving millions of dollars with the return of women who have been on maternity leave into the paid workforce, according to case studies from the Affirmative Action Agency.
Exco Resources NL has completed a scoping study for two prospects but will need to add further mineral resource tonnage to justify a stand-alone development.
MCDONALD'S creator Ray Croc and dinner in a posh London fish and chip shop was all the inspiration Fish Feast managing director Frank Coniglio needed to set up his own franchise.
WHILE tax officials applaud the product ruling system as protecting small investors, others say the system is nothing but an attempt at revenue saving.
LOCAL industries servicing the mining sector will be big winners following recent announcements of mining projects worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
SMALL business operators' understanding of the GST has improved substantially in the past six months, according to the Small Business Development Commission's May 2000 Small Business Opinion Survey.
THE Government's proposed provisions for superannuation funds will undermine the superannuation system, according to the Institute for Chartered Accountants in Australia.
THE ADVERTISING fraternity must learn to adapt to the new digital environment, according to Murdoch University chair of marketing and media program Duane Varan.
Talon Resources NL's subsidiary Supersorb Minerals is set to launch a new range of high-performance products for the horticultural industry after signing an agreement to secure a supply of zeolite.
THE Reserve Bank is applying a heavy-handed approach to the economy, warned CPA Australia after the recent announcement of a further 0.25 percentage point increase in interest rates.
