Mark Pownall

FORMER Perth-based Andersen corporate finance head partner and inaugral 40under40 winner, Justin Willis is pursuing a role with AC Management, the independent events management sp

THE eyes of the investment world may well have been focused on the listing of construction giant Multiplex recently, but one of its owners and key executives has had other deals on his mind during the past few weeks.

THE long-awaited handover of Perth boutique advisory and consulting firm Poynton and Partners has been agreed, allowing a smooth transition for new management to take over from founders Mark Barnaba and John Poynton.

IT’S been a couple of weeks since the successful State Arts Sponsorship Awards night...

Rumours of a New York-based investor spending big in Margaret River have circulated for some time. As part of a wider look at offshore interest in the region, Mark Pownall found the man prompting all the talk.

THE announcement last week by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan that Western Australian Supreme Court judge Hon Justice Kevin Parker had been appointed to the International Criminal Tribunal...

MARK Latham might be Federal Labor’s head-kicking attack dog but at least the thinking he does out loud sparks the occasional policy debate.

THE directors of Feature Tours have been negotiating with the Australian Tax Office over a $538,791 debt, which stands as the major obstacle to a Deed of Company Arrangement with

IT’S intriguing how worlds collide – or perhaps, in the instance I am about to raise, touch ever so softly, time and time again.

IT’S no longer just about winning an award these days – it appears that stealing the show on the night is just as important in the game of one-upmanship needed to win the gong in

DESPITE its failure to stop an options package for two independent Macmahon Holdings directors, the WA branch of the Australian Shareholders Association has retrained its sights o

MUCH has been said lately regarding fund managers’ new interest, some would say interference, in companies they invest in.

DIRECTORS’ fees and management incentives have featured prominently in the news recently.

With his business ailing, the move last week to feature 2002 40under40 winner Manny Papadoulis on our front page prompted a strong response from both angry creditors and his industry supporters. Mark Pownall spoke to the businessman about his troubled tim

THE Australian Shareholders Association’s battle against what it sees as inappropriate options packages is not just reserved for monster corporations such as Southcorp.

WEST Australian Newspapers Holdings has committed to entering the online advertising fray, outlining plans to spend $400,000 developing its web presence this financial year.

WESTERN Australian companies continue to set new benchmarks in their sponsorship of the arts, with traditional supporter Wesfarmers unveiling a major new program worth $500,000.

THE Rugby Union World Cup is being hailed as a boon for tourism, a major drawcard for business leaders and an opportunity to sell Australia to a television audience in the billions.

IT has been fascinating to read some of the reports on Perth as a place to live and work in recent times.

WA Business News editor Mark Pownall takes a look at the issues involved with proposals to deregulate our skies.  

Free at last JUST in case anyone is interested, I’ve declared this paper an Alan Bond free zone – the only one in the country as far as I can tell.

AUSTRALIAN Wine Holdings is preparing the groundwork for a major acquisition with a fund raising effort to pay off debt associated with the purchase of Hay Shed Hill Estate for almost $6.3 million last year.

IF you had been stuck on a desert island for the past 20 years, or maybe taken a Forrest Gump-like approach to ultra-marathons, you would hardly recognise the world of sport in 2003.

AS the Federal Government salivates over the billions it will earn from the Gorgon project, it would be worth its leadership considering how this potential resources revenue and vast billions that preceded it came to be.

THE green light for the Gorgon is a major step ahead for Western Australia and, as the Federal politicians know, a significant boost to the nation’s treasury.

THE surprise announcement of a merger between Bluewave Seafood and two industry minnows is likely to end fishermen’s domination of any major processors in the southern lobster reg

IT seems that we have seen our first results from negotiations for a free trade agreement with the US, with many Western Australian farmers ending up winners even though no deal has been signed yet.

WA Business News played host to a wide range of business people and the leading State Government figures on the issue of taxes and charges imposed in Western Australia.

THIS week’s vote by BankWest shareholders to agree to a takeover by UK-based HBOS should come as no surprise. Faced with the prospect of the bank becoming a lame duck with a parent that might refuse to invest, shareholders had little choice.

DID anyone notice a bit of news floating around last week that Australia’s film-making industry was doing well on the back of a clever tax deduction.

BEST Employers in Western Australia is an important project for WA Business News, one we intend to develop into something of a signature award like our successf

HOUSING affordability is being billed as a Federal election issue. On the face of it, concern for new homebuyers or, more importantly, renters wanting to become home owners, is understandable.