Staff Reporters

ALBANY-based Supersorb Minerals NL is positioned for major expansion into multi-billion dollar markets in the eastern states and overseas.

MARGARET River's Leeuwin Estate Winery and Broome's Eco Beach Resort were winners in the 1999 Australian Tourism Awards held recently in Melbourne.

AFTER acquiring a huge slice of Western Australia in the Sandstone district, Troy Resources NL is now selecting drill targets for the coming year.

SOFTWARE Engineering Australia has donated translation software to Murdoch University for its Senate Room.

BACK in 1995, Nicholas Negro-ponte in his book Being Digitalsuggested the greatest single obstacle to the roll-out of the information economy was the vast army of digitally homeless CEOs and senior managers.

Cconrads executive chef Lee Martin has been recognised as the best kitchen services employee in the recent Australian Hotels Association Awards.

PERTH-based Gold Mines of Sardinia Limited, buoyed by the gold price recovery and exploration success, is planning a second gold mine in Sardinia.

AUSTRALIA'S first Initial Public Offering sponsored solely by an Internet stockbroker closed heavily oversubscribed in four days.

A WA organisation of four heavyweight companies has been formed to establish electronic business solutions.

WA hotels prove their worth in the Australian Hotel Association Awards.

After picking up strong signals of a polymetallic sulphide zone by geophysical survey, Julia Mines Ltd has started a 2000 metre reverse circulation drilling programme at Pipeline Bore to test targets on the Allco Monetti joint venture ground.

Perth-based company Inter-national Mineral Resources has taken the final step to becoming a telecommunications infrastructure company with its recent re-listing as ‘FTL' on the Australian Stock Exchange.

ONE of the world's first masters degree programs focusing on leadership is being run by Curtin Graduate School of Business.

Seen through western eyes, the Japanese are a curious bunch.

A price increase for diamonds from the Kimberley region of South Africa augurs well for Majestic Resources NL which has just commenced bulk sampling its Pniel Estate diamond project.

Men and those in the information technology sector are most likely to work for a company with performance-based pay, according to national recruitment company Recruiters Australia.

PERTH'S new floating entertainment venue The Crystal Swan is serving as a prototype for ventures in Docklands in Melbourne and Darling Harbour.

THE Property Council has protested strongly to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission at the WA Government's proposal to charge stamp duty on GST-inflated prices, effectively imposing a double tax.

EVERY time a new set of statistics emerges about the penetration of the Internet, predictable speculation surfaces on the implications.

A Perth company is the driving force behind the first truly global mining and construction recruitment company.

The Texas Silver project has the potential to become a major operation, according to Macmin NL managing director Bob McNeil.

ONLINE retail auction site uBid has been launched in Australia.

THE start of the month saw State Government Ministers in Derby for the fifth and last regional Cabinet meeting for this year.

MANY managers and supervisors do not have enough training to allow them to perform their roles adequately, says the Centre for Business Solutions.

Hardman Resources NL, which has divested of most of its Australian hydrocarbon assets to concentrate on overseas ventures, is still on track with two major projects which could make or break the junior explorer.

Website design company Bluegem E-Link will offer free web pages to visitors to the Computer and Technology Expo to be held at Burswood Dome from 11 to 14 November.

PLANS to increase the profile of WA universities in the Chinese market have received a boost.

This year was a good one for Equinox Resources NL. Next year will be better. This is the belief of Equinox chairman John Landrigan.

MORE THAN 19,000 people have found jobs through Mission Australia in the first eighteen months of Job Network.

UNIVERSITIES should rethink traditional ways of teaching and become ‘virtual universities', says TechWorks regional manager Michael Robin.

THE Property Council's initiative for the reform of central Perth's ad hoc and often controversial planning processes is expected to become a reality in the near future.

Carlton & United Brewing vice president beer business Mel Miles said his company was trying to convince Australians they could drink beer with meals.