SUBJECT to an overall 29 per cent increase in stamp duty and a widening land tax net, the property industry has often accused the Gallop Government of treating the industry like a cash cow.
FOR those wondering about how to manage Fringe Benefits Tax, or even wanting to know exactly what it is, the Australian Tax Office has recently added Fringe Benefit Tax guidelines.
THE WA Business News round table panel was united in its view that State taxation levels were too high and too great a burden on the business community, with the exception of State Treasurer Eric Ripp
In a special report, Alison Birrane looks at the difference between viruses and worms and recent worm attacks that have been making headlines around the world.
NETWORK organisations offering confidential career and business development, and targeting senior management and advisers, are reporting significant growth in Australia.
SCANNING technology and the Internet are enabling Perth-based market research firm Savant Surveys and Strategies to significantly speed up the research collation process.
FUTURE sponsorships undertaken by one of WA’s largest general insurers, SGIO, will have a strong community association according to State manager Garry Moore.
ENGINEERING and consulting company GHD has achieved remarkable growth over the past 25 years but no period was more significant than when John Phillips took the reins.
A DIVERSE group of project managers from private sector companies through to government agencies received multiple nominations in the Engineering Elite survey.
JAMES Trevelyan describes the development of an industrial robot capable of being operated via the Internet as something “developed from a crazy idea in the 1990s that is now taken for granted”.
GHD engineer Kim McFarland was nominated in three categories of the Engineering Elite survey, including for his role as a mentor of engineering graduates.
CHARLES Milazzo, managing principal WA of engineering consultants Connell Wagner, is the winner of a $150 dinner at Gershwin’s Restaurant at the Hyatt Regency Perth.
TECHNOLOGY and increased competition have had the biggest impact on the engineering industry, according to the seven top engineering CEOs nominated for this year’s Engineering Elite.
MECHANICAL engineer Caroline Chen dominated nominations in the category of female engineer, with support from both her colleagues at GRD Minproc and engineers at other firms.
DON Bourke has been appointed as a director and chairman of Orbital Engine Corporation.
Mr Bourke is also currently executive chairman of Australian Techn
ALISTAIR Jobling, originally from Scotland, has joined technology business commericaliser Avanti Group International as consulting and entrepreneurial services manager.
