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ALCOA watchers would have had a fascinating few days last week. The company's Australian-born executive vice president John Pizzey was here for a few days and did some high profile presentations.

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ELECTORAL Affairs Minister Jim McGinty's decision to embark on a costly High Court challenge to the weighting of WA's rural electorates provides a suitable opportunity to revisit this issue.

THE creation of a vibrant village atmosphere is the impetus behind the waterfront piazza-style development for Port Bouvard's Northport precinct approved last year.

There's plenty of activity in Applecross as some familiar names bring a little more choice and flavour to the area, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.

WHILE Valentine's Day was more than a week ago, Gusto couldn't go past some of these great-night-out stories.

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.

IT has been a long time coming but it seems the fight to deregulate our shopping hours is on in earnest.

Getting the right advice and using it well are essential when dealing with financial institutions, as Mark Beyer reports.

PHOSPHATE mining and tourism, the two economic staples of tropical Christmas Island – 2630 kilometres north-west of Perth – could be diversified.

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

JOE Poprzeczny's piece “University Law Outdated” (WA Business News, February 20) was spot on.

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.

CAUSE-RELATED marketing is proving a valuable tool for businesses, according to a new survey by the Heart Foundation of Western Australia.

GATECRASHER Advertising has won a four-way tussle with 303 Advertising, JDA and Vinten Browning to handle a campaign for Diabetes Australia.

A NEW magazine has hit the streets with the aim of raising the profile of Western Australia's graphic design industry.

NOT happy with the customer base his lotto kiosk in Belmont was drawing, Raj Selvendra decided to attract people from all over the city.

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.

Must Winebar founder, director and executive chef, Russell Blaikie, is a leader in the hospitality arena.

Beacon Technology is a software development company that develops custom software to individual clients.

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

THREE years after its inception the Midland Redevelopment Authority will release its first parcels of land.

Nathan Buzza started tinkering with computers while recuperating from a childhood illness, eventually teaching himself computer programming.

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.