In spite of adverse El Nino climatic conditions affecting its Mt Muro mining operations in Indonesia, Aurora Gold Limited reported a net profit $14.5 million from silver and gold sales for the fiscal year ended December 31.
IN 1998 the Asian crisis ensured companies in Australia selling goods or services to Asia and with markets in Asia suffered the brunt of the gyrations therein.
RESIDENTIAL approvals have risen both in country and metropolitan areas in WA. In the Perth metropolitan area, the WA Ministry for Planning reports final approval was given to 404 residential lots in January.
LICENSED securities dealers, investment advisers and insurance brokers have responded poorly to a Y2K readiness survey by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
Over the past three years, Q Multimedium has grown from a small operation to an international phenomenon. If its speed of growth and plans for the future are anything to go by, there may not be room in the current business lexicon to describe exactly what
WA-based public company Energy Equity Corporation Limited has recently signed a contract to outsource all IT requirements throughout Australia and Asia to local company Optum Group Pty Ltd.
In garages all around Australia, in car boots, in boxes, lofts and under houses, there are balls by the millions.White balls, yellow balls, fluffy balls, bald balls, big balls and small balls. All unused balls.
WITH an eye on the almighty dollar, Queensland’s Gold Coast introduced sexy, bikini-clad meter maids to attract and keep money-laden shoppers by pumping coins into expired parking meters.
The Northern Territory is fast becoming the ideal location for companies wanting to invest their expertise in servicing the growing oil and gas market.
TENIX Defence Systems recently opened a regional office in Darwin to supply electronic communication systems to the region’s oil and gas, resource and defence industries.
NORTHERN Territory Tourist Commission WA manager Mike Flood says there are countless tourist attractions in and around Darwin for the short-stay corporate holiday.
#WITH a 28 per cent success rate in the exploration of the Timor Sea region, there is currently a strong industry focus on offshore and onshore oil and gas development.
RECOGNISING the need for a Darwin-based multifaceted oil and gas service organisation, Upstream Petroleum have situated themselves as the first and only oil and gas consultancy currently in the Northern Territory.
PERTH city is close to getting a new town planner and a new town plan. The Perth City Council began advertising for a town planner in March and councillors expect to be perusing responses soon.
THE short-term future looks rosy for Australia’s economy says BIS Shrapnel chief economist Frank Gelber. Dr Gelber told a recent Economic Outlook briefing that Australia faced heady times for the next two years.
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COUNCIL has paved the way for Richard Court’s bell tower plan for Barrack Square, should it be approved by Cabinet.Council approved plans for a reworking of the Riverside Drive and Barrack Street intersection.
A DECISION to bring Perth’s controversial street markets a step closer has been deferred by the Perth City Council.At its March 23 meeting council was to change its Street Trading Local Law Number 15 to allow the street markets to progress.
TRADERS and owners in the Carlton Shopping Centre in East Perth will soon be getting some parking relief.Council is taking steps to stop commuters using the shopping centre’s short-term parking bays for all day parking.
CIRCUSES raising their tents in the CBD will be allowed to bring their animals.The Lennon Bros Circus applied to use the Ozone Reserve to mount its big top and council staff recommended approval providing the circus did not have any exotic animals.
WA’S subsidy of other Australian states has jumped by 25 per cent, a State Treasury survey has found. WA provides the highest subsidy of any state or territory.
WATER source projects planned for the next four years will give Perth a level of water security unseen for the past 25 years says Water Resources Minister Kim Hames.
