THE WEST AUSTRALIAN (BUSINESS NEWS HEADLINES)
Liquidators launch big Westpoint claw-back
Liquidators have begun long-awaited attempts to claw back some of the $200 million plus lost by about 4000 investors in Norm Carey's failed Westpoint group.
I would not have joined Alinta deal: Akehurst
Alinta chairman John Akehurst said yesterday he would never have taken the action of his predecessor John Poynton in joining a management buyout group but denied reports of bad blood between two of Perth's most prominent businessmen.
Embattled former energy chief to take up new role at Aviva
Mark Chatfield, who quit his job running Queensland utility CS Energy two weeks ago amid insider trading claims, has made a surprise return to the corporate scene by taking a senior job with Perth energy utility Aviva Corporation.
THE WEST AUSTRALIAN (GENERAL NEWS HEADLINES)
Kitchener Park or East Perth for stadium
The State Government's stadium task force will today give the Government the choice of either East Perth or Subiaco's Kitchener Park as the site for an $800 million, 60,000-seat outdoor stadium.
MacTiernan offers Cottesloe a deal on high-rise
Planning Minister Alannah MacTiernan has opened the door for Cottesloe Town Council to keep its three-storey or 12m height limit along most of the beachfront if developers can get a one-storey bonus for public facilities such as restaurants and shops at street level.
Big events earn less than State trumpeted
The State Government expects to make only $147,000 next year from events tourism after dropping Rally Australia and replacing it with the Red Bull Air Race, according to its Budget papers.
