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COMPETITION is likely to intensify within the voice services sector in the latter half of this year as several players begin to drive the battle into the residential Voice over Internet Protocol market space (VoIP).

PERTH investor Barry Patterson looks set to make a clean and profitable exit from his rescue of office supplies company National 1 after French firm Lyreco announced a 14-cents-pe

A CAPITAL raising undertaken by wireless technology company Wavenet International Limited closed fully subscribed last week, with the company raising $A5,000,000 through a share placement.

BANKWEST may not have a replacement for Terry Budge this financial year, as the bank's offshore owner restructures its local operations

TEN Western Australian companies exhibited at this year's CeBIT conference at a Western Australia stand organised through the Department of Industry and Resources.

ANALYSING the most influential opposition MPs in State Parliament presents an unusual challenge.

THE Federal politicians judged to be most influential are those who both exercise power in their respective parties in Western Australia, and hold positions of some authority in Canberra.

PAUL Armstrong, the youthful and energetic new editor of The West Australian, has been ranked as the most influential person in the Western Australian media.

IF there is one businessperson in Perth who stands out for their rapid rise to prominence over the past year it is Neil Hamilton.

PROPERTY has provided the path to wealth and influence for many noteworthy Western Australians.

THE chief executives of Western Australia's major industrial companies are automatically placed in a position of influence, both for the decisions they make about their own company and for the leadership role they can exercise on wider business issues.

THE increasingly globalised nature of Western Australia's economy is highlighted by the resource companies driving increased investment in the State.

THE 2003 Australian of the Year, Fiona Stanley, has been ranked as the most influential Western Australian in the field of science and technology.

In WA Business News' annual feature on the State's most influential people, Mark Beyer explains why people such as Neil Hamilton, Tony Howarth, John Langoulant, Geoff Gallop and Jim McGinty are the real 'movers and shakers'.

SEVEN years after a Federal Government report into small business recommended regulatory reform of Australia's planning and development processes, a planning model has been released for public comment.

IN the political world it's called being ‘on message', and few people have managed to be as singularly focused on such an objective as Denis Horgan, arguably WA's leading wine entrepreneur, who has unfailingly hammered

On a recent trip to Melbourne, Julie-anne Sprague discovered that one of WA's finest exports plays a big part in that city's great nightlife – all hail Little Creatures Pale Ale.

I WRITE in response to Mark Beyer's interesting article ‘EY leads audit market (WA Business News, April 22).

THE founder of hip St Georges Terrace coffee shop Rosso Espresso is looking to open a similar outlet in South Perth. Michael de Marte, who also owns Café Bocca with his brother, Frank, has signed the lease for a property on Mends Street, South Perth.

A TECHNOLOGY Park start-up claims to have produced a world first in its field and is preparing to take its solution to market at a fraction of the cost of current market offerings.

IT'S easy to forget that, tucked-away between both Burke Governments (1983-88) and the 36-month Lawrence Government (1990-93), an even shorter-lived Labor administration existed.

MAILING house Post Data has beaten a field of advertising agencies to win the gold award at the inaugural Australia Post WA Direct Mail Awards.

A LOCAL company marketing collapsible binoculars has secured a deal with Vodafone to supply the telco with 15,000 of its branded binoculars.

THE future of the land designated for the Fremantle Eastern Bypass is currently being used as a political football, leaving some doubt about the legal responsibility of real estate agents who may play a role in its possible sale.

THE policies implemented by the State Government are the culmination of a complex process that filters input from multiple sources. Political advisers, lobbyists, factional power brokers and public servants can all affect the final outcome.

THE Indian Ocean region faces increasing strategic competition and a range of transnational maritime security challenges.

VIRTUAL villains are turning the Internet into a battleground.

THE images of Iraq one sees on our TV screens are accurate. The streets are strewn with rubble and rubbish and war-damaged buildings are almost always in view.

THERE has been a marked increase in local activity in the Voice over Internet Protocol market as VoIP business models emerge in the US, Europe and Japan.

AGE discrimination in employment and the extension of working life are now high on the agenda of governments and, increasingly, of business, both driven by cost/benefit considerations.

A TECHNOLOGY that has the potential to cut business telephone bills by around 90 per cent has obvious appeal.

POLICY governing investment in Australia's long-term energy supply and related environmental sustainability must reflect public interest needs, not just market-based paradigms, if it is to deliver the right outcomes for all Australians.