The future of Western Australia's retail landscape is under scrutiny as lobbyists from across the country descend on WA to pitch their arguments in favour of retail trading hour deregulation.
IF the State Government decides that it will make major changes to WA's retail trading hours it will need to gain support from the Opposition and/or WA's minor political parties.
The southern stretch of Margaret River is home to Alexandra Bridge wines, a range that David Pike discovers has transformed itself.
Alexandra Bridge has just released their premium range of wines called 101 after their Brock- man Highway address.
AS a young, professional woman I fit the profile used by national retail giants as an example of the consumer in need of greater shopping hours – well all except for the kids.
AUSTRALIAN companies are among the fastest payers of sales invoices, an international survey has found.
The average payment period by Australian firms was 36 days, according to accounting firm Grant Thornton's International Business Owners Survey.
WITH fish in the Swan River perishing at an alarming rate, Perth company Oceania Re-search International claims to have a proven solution for treating algal bloom that has so far been overlooked by relevant authorities.
BROOME'S property and tourism boom, coupled with land access issues, has delivered a lucky hand to the privately owned Broome International Airport Group, the owners of Roebuck Estate.
WHATEVER you might think of the way Singaporeans run their state, you have to hand it to the head of its airline and his management team for taking a pay cut due to the tough economic circumstances.
Harvey Norman chairman Gerry Harvey is a strong supporter of a deregulated retail trading market and is bemused that WA remains a restrictive trading environment.
NOW the Gallop Government has moved to replace the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) with a similar bureaucracy, the Corruption and Crime Commission (CCC), are we to assume all will be kosher on WA's crime fighting front?
AM I wrong or are there a lot more ideological battles taking place in our country than there has been for a long time?
Recently we've had the obvious ideological battleground of whether Australia should commit forces to war.
MG Kailis Group has embarked on the second stage of its long-term marketing campaign to raise the profile and image of Australian lobsters in the US market.
LAST week's column State Scene by Joe Poprzeczny hits the nail on the head in relation to what departments (and Ministers) think the public want from government, and what the public
GEOFF Gallop probably recalls from his university student and teaching days that an often used disparaging term, when referring to politicians, was to allege they were being authoritarian.
Australia's biggest fabrication hall is the centrepiece of a $200 million infrastructure project south of Perth. Mark Beyer asks if this is an astute investment that will foster industrial growth or an extravagant use of taxpayers' money?
MASTER trusts have been one of the fastest growing segments of the funds management industry over the past decade.
For many employers they provide an easy and effective solution to all of their superannuation needs.
WHEN the first big construction project gets underway at the Australian Marine Complex, the Premier of the day (whoever he is) is sure to hail it as a big success.
AUSTRALIA'S major accounting bodies have questioned Federal Government moves that limit the ability of accountants to provide advice on superannuation.
MORE than 50 per cent of currently developed land in the Australian Marine Complex industrial precincts has been sold.
Since being appointed to handle the freehold land sales Jones Lang LaSalle industrial sales and leasing manager Geoff Fraser said...
Roc's appointment of Bruce Clement to the newly created position of chief operating officer could be more of a case of "watch this space" than of a promotion.
