Gary Kleyn

THE new Residential Design Codes, while welcomed by the property industry as a step in the right direction, still need to go further to provide a more flexible development environment, says Inner City Housing Developers Association president Derwent South

THREE WA Government departments have been told to lift their game by the Auditor General, Des Pearson.In a report tabled in Parliament last week, the WA Auditor General found the three agencies, responsible for governing the control of liquid waste, exp

MORE than $300,000 grants worth aimed at increasing small business vocational education and training have been released in the cities of Stirling and Swan.

STANTON Hillier Parker’s Perth office has rebranded itself as Burgess Rawson after joining the national Burgess Rawson Group.Managing director Geoff Potter said the union made a lot of sense.

Weekly commentaryEconomy: Even though the US employment report released last Friday showed US unemployment rate at record lows of 3.9%, we maintain that the US economy is slowing down. The number of US companies flagging a deteriorating earnings outlook

THE US will support Australia’s push at the next World Trade Organisation meeting to remove agricultural subsidies, including those in the US, according to the newly appointed US Ambassador to Australia, Edward “Skip” Gnehm.

I account for GST on a cash basis. I received some goods and services pre-1 July 2000, but did not pay for them until after 1 July? Should I include these payments in my Business Activity Statement?

FRANK Lister and his family have shared a long and happy affinity with working in the salt mines.Mr Lister is managing director of WA Salt Supply, a family-run company founded in 1944, which supplies the local market and exports to almost a dozen count

THE Perth office market has become a landlord’s market as vacancies drop and the pressure falls back on tenants.Perth’s office vacancy rate has fallen again in the first three months of the financial year to 8.4 per cent, down from 9.1 per cent at the e

ORBITAL Engine Corporation has signed a memorandum of understanding with US company Delphi Automotive Systems to cooperate on the market development and supply of direct fuel injection systems for worldwide automotive applications.

BUILDING a broader member-ship base and increased government lobbying are the challenges facing the Assoc-iation of Consulting Engineers Australia’s new WA executive officer, Jennifer Lee.

BREAKDOWNS, 1950s technology and poor street light servicing by Western Power are leaving many residential streets in a dangerous state, says Vincent Mayor John Hyde.“Light failures in Perth’s streets are now in plague proportions,” Mr Hyde said.

BUSINESS confidence, which looked like turning the corner in August, has again slumped in September, according to the latest Dun and Bradstreet national Business Expectations Survey.

THE following company personnel changes have been notified to the WA office of the Australian Stock Exchange:PLV Walsh has resigned as Secretary of Kings Minerals Limited.

EVERY few months Perth’s media carries a story or two claiming former Labor Premier and one-time Australian Ambassador to Ireland and the Vatican, Brian Burke, has been dabbling, behind-the-scenes, in Labor politics.

MORE than 55 per cent of respondents to the Small Business Development Corporation’s Ready Response Network have enjoyed steady business performance since the GST’s introduction.

CRESTLAND Investments has been given a 45-day option to buy Perth City Council properties at 990-994 Wellington Street for $730,000.

A company with 1,300 employees that has generated exports worth $1 billion during the past five years.Another company that produced the marvellous engineering feat of a 1.6 km tunnel under Northbridge as part of a 6.5 km freeway system.

ACTIVE Australia is running an extensive marketing campaign to encourage people to get active.

A DISPLAY showing proposals for the development of the Swan River Foreshore will be released to the public on October 15 and October 29 at Point Fraser.Perth City Council staff will discuss the plans with the public.

* THE Holmes a Court Gallery has launched a new exhibition of contemporary Australian prints from Melbourne’s Australian Print Workshop entitled ‘People in a Landscape’.

PERTH Zoo is calling for corporate philanthropists to adopt a zoo animal.

PERTH-based Pivod Technologies is lighting up the museums of the globe with its highly creative brand of audio visual technology.

BILLION dollar exporters and small, emerging businesses were among this year’s winners in the WA Industry and Export Awards.

PUBLICLY listed property developer Menzies Court is hoping to achieve an end of year result higher than its own forecast.

Enough has been said and written about the value of the Aussie dollar.Everyone is aware it has fallen faster than the West Coast Eagles on the AFL ladder this year.Has there been too much exposure about the negative implications of a weak currency?

THERE has been a surge in the number of homes sold for more than $1 million.Acton Consolidation Central managing director Mark Anderson said on average three Perth houses sold each week for more than $1 million.

WA’S biggest employer group has welcomed a report indicating an improvement in WA’s “bottom line” for the 1999-2000 year but warned both major political parties to exercise restraint when offering pre-election sweeteners.

WHILE petrol prices appear to have stabilised, diesel continues to rise.OPEC’s increased production appears to have paid off at the fuel bowsers, but the approaching northern hemisphere winter is increasing the price of diesel.

UNCONSCIONABLE conduct rules have been clarified with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission winning its case against a WA landlord.Owners of the Farrington Fayre shopping centre (now known as Leeming Shopping Centre) were found to have unfa

BUSINESS confidence has risen for the first time in seven months, according to the latest Dun & Bradstreet National Business Expectations Survey.

STRONG international demand for WA’s higher education services is providing builders with a steady stream of money.