Gary Kleyn

A MAJOR development set to double the size of Australind, just north of Bunbury, is currently before the Harvey Shire.

SOME 300,000 subbies, contractors and their families are in the Federal Government’s sights under changes proposed in the Ralph report.

DON’T get sucked into believing the labels the media likes to use when speaking about industries affected by the Ralph Review.

THE South West will be strongly represented at the 1999 WA Telstra Small Business Development Corporation Awards.

PROFESSIONAL organisations preventing their members from competing against each other risk running foul of the Trade Practices Act.

THE rise in housing sales and building resulting from the GST is approaching a peak says the Real Estate Institute of WA economist Lino Iacomella.

A total of $18.6 million is earmarked for three road and bypass projects programmed for Busselton in the South West.

THE long awaited redevelopment of Dunlop House is about to commence with the Perth City Council giving approval for a 246 room hotel on the site.

RETAILERS in Bunbury are showing their optimism about the future in the city.

LANDCORP, on behalf of the Mid West Development Commission, is calling for tenders for the sale of a hotel-leisure development site in the Batavia Coast Marina development.

Police and Nurses Credit Society’s Money-box is popping up across the metropolitan area.

SOME 400 building approvals were issued in the South West during August, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics figures.

ELECTRONIC commerce for small business is high on the agenda.Deputy Premier Hendy Cowan told guests at the recent E-Commerce Strategies for Business in the Wired World that getting WA online was an important issue for the government

AUSTRADE is holding the third of its LinkWest ’99 South Asia national seminar series at the Duxton Hotel on 25 amd 26 October.

SOUTH West entrepreneur of the year and state contender Kevin Coote has all the hallmarks of success, be it in business, sport or community work.

A property investment scheme is attracting interest in WA.The Investors Club plan is based on using equity in a home as temporary collateral for the 10 per cent to 30 per cent deposit on a first investment property.

Expressions of interest have been called for by Knight Frank on a 3,330 square metre office warehouse complex on around 3,965 square metres of land.

Australian-made products should be specified in government building projects, says the Royal Australian Institute of Architects national president Nigel Shaw.

THE perceived increase in risk associated with investment in shares as the market becomes more volatile has caused some investors to return to the traditional ‘bricks and mortar investments which may provide lower returns but are seen to offer greater sec

A DEDICATED one-stop shop to help small businesses make the transition to a GST has been opened by the Small Business Development Corporation at its Hay Street premises.

CAR parking is still an issue for developments around the Perth CBD.

WA RECORDED the largest increase in working days lost in Australia during the 1998-99 year, almost doubling from the previous year, new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show.

THINGS are looking up in West Perth according to local retail and restaurant owners and managers.

WA AGAIN recorded the highest rate of vehicle ownership in Australia – 725 vehicles per 1,000 people for the year to October 1998 – compared with an Australia-wide figure of 508 vehicles per 1,000 people.

THE Australian building industry will enter a twelve month slump in 2000/01 with activity falling by 17 per cent, says the major annual building industry study by BIS Shrapnel.

WEST Perth was once ‘the’ place to live in Perth.During the 1980s many people moved out of Perth and the old houses became offices and flats.

A SIGNIFICANT proportion of Australians are relying too heavily on superannuation to tide them over when they stop working, a survey has found.

PEDESTRIAN traffic is down 6.4 per cent in the city arcades according to a recent survey by the Real Estate Institute of WA.

JOHN Ralph’s Review of Business Taxation has delivered big and will change the face of the income tax system forever, according to specialist tax advisers Greenwoods & Freehills and national law firm Freehill Hollingdale & Page.

INVESTORS thinking of sinking money into the establishment of vineyards may find better investment opportunities elsewhere says the Australian Securities and Investment Commission.

THE modest old folks’ home of the past has today been replaced by expansive resort-style facilities as retirees live longer and demand more from their post-work lifestyle.

THREE WA companies have shared the honours in this year’s Gold Gecko Awards.