IT has been a fascinating year at Christmas Island company Phosphate Resources Limited, which has been embroiled in a shareholder squabble since Como-based Asset Backed Holdings entered the company's register in 2002 and its directors...
Rain, while desperately needed in the pastoral and cropping regions of the eastern States is proving to be a huge headache for winemakers, as David Pike discovers.
ONE week after surviving a threatened Aliquot Asset Management boardroom spill, Michael Perrott and Antony Rigoll have avoided a similar battle with shareholders at Phosphate Resources Limited by stepping down as directors.
THREE months after WA's Commissioner of State Revenue announced a payroll tax amnesty in relation to ‘contractor' payments, the issue is still causing disquiet in the business community.
PART of the folklore of Christmas Island revolves around the fire that swept through the union offices not long after the death of union secretary Gordon Bennett.
THERE are at least eight common law tests that can be used by the courts to decide if a worker is a contractor or an employee, according to law firm Deacons.
GOVERNMENT and regulators must act to ensure standards in the financial planning industry are lifted, together with improved disclosure standards, according to the Association of Su
ACHIEVING real cost savings and improving staff efficiencies through the implementation of communications technology can be as simple as updating the phone system.
Managing a mobile workforce takes work, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.
THE successful operation of a mobile workforce demands careful management of a company's human and technical resources.
AUSTRALIA'S architectural firms are earning about 30 per cent of their annual turnover in export dollars, according to a national survey conducted by the Royal Australian Institute of Architects.
WESTERN Australia's media union is to campaign against the growing trend towards hidden advertorial as newspapers seek to survive in the highly competitive print market.
Dr Paul Watt's research discoveries at the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research laboratories have resulted in the formation of the institute's first spin-off company, Phylog
Going to the dentist isn't many people's idea of a fun day out, but Dr Fiona Kelly has created a dentistry business that has become cherished by the Geraldton community.
Graeme Yukich made the headlines in August last year following his decision to walk away from a successful 12-year career at Hartleys and to go his own way.
Kuppa2 in Claremont has become one of Perth's favourite dining spots and its contemporary food, wine and style have its roots in Tom Lapping's Kuppa restaurant, located in Bangkok.
DELAYS in progress on the proposed $100 million expansion of the Midland Gate Shopping Centre appear to be nearing an end with new owners, Gandel Retail Management, making moves tow
