Gary Kleyn

THE AUSTRALIAN Competition and Consumer Commission has issued a draft report on the pricing principles it will generally apply when assessing local carriage service arbitrations and undertakings.

THE SMALL Business Development Corpora-tion has warned small business operators to ensure they pay their tax by the due date of 1 July.

THE former Whittakers Greenbushes saw-mill is to reopen despite criticism from the Conservation Council.

A REPORT detailing the recent changes in the central city area has been released by the City of Perth in collaboration with the WA Planning Commission.

FIRST time homebuyers should not be put off by the increases in interest rates, according to Residential Mortage Services managing director John Bignell.

PREDICTIONS of a housing slowdown as the GST introduction looms closer are not reflected in enquiries received by WA’s largest home-building company, BGC Australia.

THE WA Motor industry has called on the Federal Government to pass a Private Member’s Bill which would allow service station operators to buy up to 50 per cent of their fuel from sources other than their oil company supplier.

THE MENTOR Partner Program has been launched by South Central Metropolitan Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

MARGARET River Chocolate Company is hoping to emulate its success in the South West when it expands into another wine region – the Swan Valley.

INCREASING tourism numbers attracted to the South West has not made life for many tourism operators any easier with some battling to survive.

PERTH-based Gondwana Resources NL has announced it will form a 50:50 joint venture company with New York Stock Exchange-listed Entrade Inc. to provide business-to-business electronic commerce solutions to companies in the Asia Pacific region.

The popularity of forest investment can be judged by the recent share issue offer by Forest Enter-prises Australia.

CALLS have been directed at Government to provide incentives for capital equipment investment in the Australian manufacturing industry.

BRITISH industry will be showcased in WA from 23 to 25 May at the Perth Concert Hall during the SuperCatEx catalogue exhibition.

USING negative gearing as an objective to invest in property is not advisable according to Nick Renton in his book Understanding Investment Property.

THE importance of individual contracts in the economy should be recognised and enhanced says Australian Mines and Metals Association executive general manager Steve Knott.

INTEGRATED Tree Cropping Limited is seeking up to $60 million to establish more than 17,000 hectares of timber projects.

THE South West Development Commission did not let the international media contingent following Queen Elizabeth to Busselton go past without wooing their hearts through their stomachs.

COUNCILLOR Laurence Goodman recently put forward a motion calling for the WA Government to make public details of tender submissions received for the Perth convention and exhibition centre.

THE Institute of Chartered Account-ants in Australia is urging banks to help small-to-medium enterprises meet the requirements of GST Pay-As-You-Go and offer direct offset arrangements to facilitate better cash flow management.

THE opening of the new Graham Farmer Freeway will have a major impact on the Perth property market says Hegney Property Valuations managing director Gavin Hegney.

AT SOME stage in the near future, the shivers will degenerate to nervousness and then to chaos on the share and bond markets.

MANY investment schemes advertised as tax reducing are destined to fail, warns the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.

THE plan for the next thirty years of industry in the greater Bunbury area has been released by the WA Government.

THE Terrace Hotel is to be ‘downsized’ after approval of a $2.3 million redevelopment plan was granted by council.

Economic conditions in WA are improving after a year of sub-par performance, according to Challenge Bank’s Market Insights.

NORTHBRIDGE is receiving interest from developers and real estate agents who see benefits flowing from the tunnel project and associated redevelopment.

A five year vision for the tourism industry has been launched by Premier Richard Court.

A KUKERIN woman has won the inaugural Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation WA 2000 Rural Women’s Award.

THE South West continues to lead the way for tourism project development in regional WA, according to the latest figures released by the WA Tourism Commission.

TOURISM Minister Norman Moore is seeking tourism infrastructure projects for the next round of WA Government funding assistance.

EMPLOYMENT opportunities in the complementary therapies industry are expected to increase in the next five years, according to a report by the Department of Training and Employment.