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A NEW Designs Bill has been introduced into Federal Parliament that will, if passed, repeal the current Designs Act that dates back to 1906 and significantly change Australia’s design laws.

Despite their comparatively short time in the wine industry, the couple behind Margaret River’s Cape Grace Wines must be doing something right, as a stack of awards in recent years suggests. David Pike reports.

In the first of a three-part series on risk management, Mark Beyer looks at the management of currency and interest rate risks.

OAMPS Insurance Brokers will complete its fifth acquisition in Western Australia in three years when it absorbs local firm AD Irvine Insurance Brokers.

Industry funds, established to cater for workers within particular sectors, are facing some changes, as Susan Bower reports.

A NEW-LOOK Navigator Resources IPO officially opened last week with the same people – chairman Barry Bolitho, managing director Tom Sanders and non-executive director Ian Macpherson – at the helm, but an East Kimberley project portfolio somewhat...

POLITICIANS call it informing constituents. Journalists generally dub it, junk mail. Most voters refer to it as propaganda.

IT’S expected the operator of the Western Australian and South Australian gas retail markets will be announced within the week.

TWELVE housing lots will go under the hammer on August 16 in the fourth release of Subiaco Redevelopment Authority’s Subiaco Rise subdivision.

BOOM Logistics has acquired another Brambles enterprise, this time the Brambles Goldfields Crane division.

DESPITE ongoing growth in the consumer wireless LAN market, total revenues from enterprise wireless LAN sales have declined of late.

SWISS researchers have released a paper outlining how to increase the speed of cracking alphanumeric Windows passwords, reducing the time to break the codes to an average of 13.6 seconds, from an average speed of 1 minute 41 seconds. The method, called t

THREE Western Australian-based advertising agencies have been nominated for the national Caxton Awards, to be announced later this year.

CITIZEN Advocacy West Perth is seeking sponsors for its upcoming art exhibition, to be held in Allendale Square in October.

PALANDRI Wines is one of two new sponsors to leverage marketing opportunities at this year’s Telstra Rally Australia.

MORE Australian workers are happy with their jobs, Leadership Management Australia has revealed.

RECRUITMENT consultancy Staff it has been named Australia’s Favourite Generalist Recruiter (small-medium) in the SEEK Annual Recruitment awards, ahead of runner up Kim Malone & Associates Recruitment.

A QUEENSLAND Industrial Relations Commission case has considered whether or not pro rata long-service leave should be paid to employees who resign because of a domestic or other pressing necessity.

LEADERS of significant and innovative environmental reform in the construction industry were showcased in the 2003 Case Earth Awards last week.

AFTER a nationwide recruitment search, FPDSavills has appointed Perth office commercial property management and facilities division director Paul Craig (pictured) as general manager of the WA branch.

CGU House at 179 St Georges Terrace has been sold for $11.1 million to a foreign investor.

Perth barrister Narelle Johnson QC has been named judge of the Supreme Court, to commence the appointment on August 1.

Naeem Layer has assumed the role of senior manager, risk and management assurance services with PKF Chartered Accountants and Business Advisers.

Local company Communique has taken Mark Bradbury on board as financial director.

Carmichael Capital Markets Pty Ltd has appointed Peter Williams senior manager, corporate finance.

Jon Bilson has recently joined IPS Worldwide as state manager.

Watermark Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys has appointed Matthew English as an associate, to be based in its Perth office.

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Alan Hill has been appointed WA Pome Fruit Industry development officer.

Melissa Worthington has joined Australian Wine Holdings Limited as group public relations and marketing coordinator.

SRK Consulting has employed three new mining engineers for its Perth head office – Wyn Johns, Soma Uggalla and Neil Hastings.

PERTH Mercedes-Benz dealership Westpoint Star has worked with Wesbar Vanquip to become the first Western Australian motor company to create a vehicle that can be driven by a person sitting in an electric or manual wheelchair.