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PLANNING and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan has released for public comment a public environmental review (PER) of a proposal to develop a 120 hectare w

A decade in the planning and a dozen drafts later, the Contaminated Sites Bill 2002 has put the State's landowners on notice, as Gary Kleyn reports.

EAST Perth Redevelopment Authority will auction five lots in The Village Northbridge development on February 26.

PROPERTY values and politics won out in a recent Town of Victoria Park decision to block a community service provider's office development application, according to Outcare chief executive Peter Sirr.

PERTH'S Piccadilly Theatre and Arcade and Rechabites Hall have been permanently listed on the State Government's Register of Heritage Places.

IF you think individual businesses will find it hard under the new Contaminated Sites legislation, spare a thought for the WA Government.

Jerry Fraser can shuck oysters with the best of them and has built quite a reputation for himself in his short time in Perth, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.

A COUPLE of weeks ago our political columnist Joe Poprzeczny wrote a column for State Scene entitled “That sinking feeling” about the rail line that separates Northbridge and the CBD.

RENOVATIONS to create a new-look cafe section at Simon's Seafood Restaurant are complete and include a stylish Italian pizza oven.

STATE Scene only rarely considers issues that can be categorised as international affairs.

OH the outdoor life. My day of rest this weekend was spent lending a hand to a couple of aspiring local vignerons that needed to attend to their bird problem.

Planning and Infrastructure Minister Alannah MacTiernan responds to Joe Poprzecny's assertion

FOR most businesses in WA, banking is conducted through the State's big five – BankWest and the four national banks, ANZ, Commonwealth, National and Westpac.

THE Minim Cove development and the East Perth Gasworks stand out as the State's highest profile contamination locations of recent times – due to their massive clean-up costs and high level of public awareness.

AUSTRALIAN businesses are renowned for being unhappy with their banks but not doing much about it.

A MALAGA-BASED manufacturer has recently signed a deal with Japanese manufacturer Kawasaki to supply the Japanese market with special beach cleaning technology.

THE opening of a new four-level, 9850 square metre manufacturing plant and imminent appointment of a new chief executive at the Gold Corporation mark an exciting new phase for the Perth Mint.

A RAPID growth in the number of one and two-person households will be one of the defining trends of the next decade, according to the WA Planning Commission.

PERTH food supply group Sealanes has engaged the local community in its efforts to ease the passage of a proposed 25,000 square metre development in South Fremantle.

OPPORTUNITY through adversity could well be the catchcry of WA's tree farming industry.

City dwellers prone to a purchase or two at a continental deli rejoice. One of the city's best has opened a new outlet, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.

THE ageing of Australia's population has been widely predicted. Less well understood is the commercial and social impact of this change.

THE news that Umberto Tinelli is opening a new restaurant, Rigoletto, just minutes away from his former establishment, Campo de Fiori (now known as Gala Restaurant), does not worry Gala's new owners Hans Lang and Marianne Kempf.

THERE is one country that will stand apart from all others in the international tourism market over the coming decade.

On his way back down south for another vintage David Pike turns his mind to the weighty topic of the emergence of regionality in WA's wine growing centres.

FEDERAL Government pressures and proposed new access laws could bring a multi-billion dollar boost to WA's renewable energy industry.

FIFTY-SEVEN financial institutions currently provide approximately 720 different debt finance products for small business, according to research group Cannex.

CONSIDER It Done Personal Concierge Service – the name of this Subiaco business says it all.

THE loan products available to small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) have changed substantially over the past few years.

THE next serve of snapper you buy may never have been in the ocean.

AS January 2003 recedes we approach the Gallop Government's half-way mark.

MORE than 25 different species are farmed in aquaculture enterprises in WA, according to the WA Fishing Industry Council.