Gary Kleyn

NATIONAL Australia Bank and the Challenge Bank have increased some deposit and fixed home loan interest rates.

EDUCATION is no preparation for work according to a recent survey.

ANOTHER fifteen Perth suburbs have been given the nod to move to underground power.

TOURISM is set to be high in the minds of Bunbury businesses following a Memorandum of Understanding between the Bunbury Chamber of Commerce and the Bunbury Tourism Board.

Regional Australians are adjusting to economic and social change better than their capital city cousins.

The GST will affect the residential market as it will the commercial and industrial market with upward pressure on prices says Real Estate Institute of WA president Neville Fox.

Wineries would rather take in fewer grapes than will be available in 2001-02 according to a new report by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

THE State Government has committed another $3 million to South West communities suffering in the wake of the about-face over the Regional Forest agreement and the adoption of the Ferguson Report that goes even further to protecting old growth forest.

Electronic commerce, the GST and a move to reduce commercial space ratios will affect demand for property in 2000, says Chesterton International managing director Graham Iddles.

Fremantle City Council and the Fremantle Chamber of Commerce are linking arms to promote and develop a co-ordinated promotional campaign for the city.

The Minister appointed to the new Forest Products portfolio, Paul Omodei, risks losing his seat of Warren if he does not restore trust in the government’s agenda.

The commercial and industrial sector is heading for a flurry of activity leading up to May and June says Stanton Hillier Parker managing director Geoff Potter.

The GST will increase the 90-day bank bill rate, the unemployment rate and the trade weighted index.

THE South West has been targeted by Perth-based Internet service provider iiNet with the announcement of the cash acquisition of strategically placed service providers MNS Internet Services and Comtech Internet Services.

MG KAILIS Group managing director George Kailis has been appointed professor of business management with Notre Dame University’s College of Business.

ADLINK and JLS – once Jung Lautrec & Shaw – have merged.The move joins an advertising agency with a communications consultancy specialising in public relations, graphic design, multimedia and planning.

The average WA home loan jumped by $14,100 or 13 per cent over the past year prompting warnings that homebuyers should exercise caution when borrowing money.

Reverse auctioning, a new way of buying and selling, has been introduced to Australian markets by Lowestbid, a recently launched Australian company.

Interest rates will peak at a higher point than originally expected because of increased buoyancy in the economy.

DEMAND for new houses continues unabated with building commencements and approvals showing strong growth.

WA enjoyed a bumper tourism year in 1998-99, hosting 578,000 international visitors.

The State Government has gone over and above the level of protection offered to the electorate in the revamped Regional Forest Agreement by adopting recommendations made by a Ministerial Advisory Group.

LANDCORP is a step closer to relinquishing its hold on prime Joondalup land with the sale of a lot in Davidson Terrace for $320,000.

COMPANIES failing their reporting duties will be asked to explain their actions, says Australian Securities and Investments Commission chief accountant Jan McCahey.

WANDERING-based boutique WA wine maker Hotham Valley Estate is keen to build a presence and profile in the Margaret River region.

THE State Government believes retailers should look to adopting more flexible work practices in order to promote competitiveness.

THE stretch of William Street between Bris-bane and Newcastle Streets has come a step closer to being named Chinatown.

DUNSBOROUGH, top tourism town of 1999, is going places.The local real estate industry is bullish about the future of the town in the fastest growing shire in Australia.

WA FIRMS have greater intentions to expand their business than any other state according to results of the 1997 Business Longitudinal Survey.

THE first commercial houseboat venture operating on the Swan River has been officially launched.

DOOMSAYERS have been kept at bay with Australian optimism reaching record highs.

STRATEGIC alliances will play an important role in shaping the way business will be done in the future, says Coles Myer CEO and managing director Dennis Eck.