WA produced $4.5 billion worth of agricultural product, or 15.61 per cent of Australia’s total gross agricultural product, during 1998-99, according to preliminary data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
THE residential sector is providing the best returns in the short term, as reflected in the interest shown by Perth’s major property developers, a property review by valuation firm Herron Todd White said.
PRIMARY producers have until 31 December to transfer funds from the Commonwealth Income Equalisation Scheme to the new Farm Manage-ment Deposits scheme.
THE South West has moved one step closer to achieving a more integrated transport system after Department for Transport CEO Mike Harris agreed to the formation of an administrativeadvisory group.
THE Carlton & United-owned Matilda Bay brewing company is being built up to become WA’s premier specialty brewer.CUB has spent $4 million in an upgrade of Matilda Bay Brewery.
WA BUILDING approvals turned the corner after a slight decline in August, increasing 2.5 per cent in September according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Gas consumption is set to more than double in the period up to 2015 according to research undertaken by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and more recently by the Australian Gas Association.
CALLS for help from the South West following the WA’s government’s backflip over the Regional Forest Agreement have been heeded, with the government offering to provide funding assistance.
A MAJOR industrial landholding of more than twenty hectares with frontage to Solomon Road and Dollier Street, Banjup is for sale by tender through joint agents Knight Frank and Hender & Farris.
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA has met the challenges of 1999 and stood out as the peak lobby for WA industry said CCIWA president Graham Greig in his address to the Chamber’s eighth annual general meeting.
THE Property Industry and government have been working together to ease some of the suspicions the public has toward the real estate, property and land valuation industries.
South Africa offers great opportunities for Australian exporters and investors, says South African High Commissioner and former deputy speaker of the South African parliament Bhadra Ranchod.
SENIOR managers should take personal responsibility for ensuring equal opportunity in the workplace, according to the Affirmative Action Agency’s annual report tabled recently in Federal parliament.
FIVE young Western Australians have identified opportunities to diversify and enhance traditional agricultural industries after a study tour of Canada.
THE Heritage of Western Australia 1990 Act, considered unwieldy and inadequate by many in the building and heritage industry, is currently being reviewed.
LOCAL university of WA honours student Phillip De Vos has beaten engineering brains in the east to win the position of Australian Automotive Industry overseas ambassador.
