DEVELOPMENT activity in Fremantle is exerting pressure on the city’s property market.The traditional mix of business and inner city residential is shifting, as major apartment developments swell the residential population.
Several smaller WA gold and nickel explorers have been busy striking deals with larger international producers in recent weeks, to gain territory and advance exploration.
To enjoy great food we need great chefs. But are Perth restaurants and hotels paying enough to lure the world’s best culinary artists to our fair city?Julie-anne Sprague gets the word on wages.
It seems King Street is where the action is, and will be for some time to come. Colour, culture and cuisine. The three words Julie-anne Sprague loves to hear.KING Street newcomers Bien Fine Food and Hudson will add a splash of colour and culture.
SHAREHOLDERS may have put beyond question their expectations of the role and responsibilities of company directors, but what of the directors of joint-venture companies.
THE Federal Government has responded to concerns about the safety of superannuation in a policy statement, Options for Improving Safety in Superannuation.
AUSTRALIA’S top companies are using poor financial risk management practices and have a dangerously heavy exposure to bad debts and late payments, according to a new survey of the nation’s top 500 companies.
AS the State Budget fast approaches there are some in business who question the wisdom of one of the biggest capital expenditures ever planned by a State Government. WA Business News’ Mark Pownall and Catie Low report.
While the Gallop Government ponders the immense cost of a new rail link to Mandurah, there is no shortage of advice coming from those in the gaming sector about where some handy revenue might appear from.
TRANSPERTH’S Perth Urban Rail Development unit figures from April 2000 show the annual net recurrent cost to government over 30 years for operating and capital was at least $80.6 million – based on the (then) proposed cost of $941 million.
BARTERCARD South managing director Rod Brown has entered into a joint venture deal with eastern states insurer Reward Insurance in an attempt to secure business left behind following the withdrawal of Dexta Corporation from the market.
FIVE years ago, Perth designer Anna Chandler was working in the back shed of her home. How things have changed.Last week, Ms Chandler celebrated the shipment of her company’s first container load of gift and homewares to the US.
MELBOURNE was aglow this week with the World Gold Council’s annual general meeting held in the southern capital, as well as the Australian Gold Conference and an investor’s forum.
THE sale by public tender of Abernethy Park in Kewdale brings a major industrial complex to the market.The development near the intersection of Kewdale and Abernethy Road is currently returning an annual rental income of more than $800,000.
LIBERAL leader Colin Barnett desperately wants to become Premier, just as Geoff Gallop did in the years leading up to his election win.But, unlike Dr Gallop, he’s unlikely to get two bites of the cherry.
RECENT oil discoveries in the Perth Basin have highlighted remaining opportunities in the WA oil and gas sector, in particular those for small players.
AUSTRALIA LNG, marketing arm of North West Shelf LNG, is now entering a waiting period of up to five months, having put the finishing touches on its bid to gain one of the industry’s most significant supply contracts.
A GAS discovery is not the same as an oil discovery. Oil means immediate dollars, but any potential gas recovery first requires market creation, which means someone else wanting to use more gas over a comparatively long period of time.
WHILE much of the talk surrounding Tap Oil’s attempt to merge with Arc Energy centres on the companies’ potential future, merged or otherwise, some of the history behind the bid is just as interesting.
WA produces 70 per cent of Australia’s gold and all of the nation’s LNG, but while recent consolidation in the international gold industry has had a significant effect on WA, the same cannot be said for oil and gas.
AFTER housing, superannuation is the biggest asset most Australians will ever own. But, unlike the family home, which is generally tax free, super is taxed three times.
