CONSUMER and Employment Protection Minister John Kobelke’s promise to crack down on industrial agents is almost at the legislative stage, yet those most affected by it – industrial agents – have not been given an opportunity to comment.
AN attempt in the Supreme Court of Western Australia to wind up Ravenswood Resort Pty Ltd, the company behind the $150 million Ravenswood Sanctuary Resort project near Pinjarra, has been successful.
WESTERN POWER has requested Alcoa burn diesel in its Kwinana refinery power station for the second time in two weeks after yet another compressor station problem on Epic Energy’s Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline.
SHAREHOLDERS have approved the settlement terms of two Supreme Court of Western Australia actions taken against companies related to Aquacarotene directors Don Smith and Milton Cooper.
ANGRY shareholders in publicly listed investment house Asset Backed Holdings used their annual general meeting to voice dissent over the company’s performance and the amount of fees paid to directors and consultants.
In the final part of a series on industrial relations Noel Dyson examines how companies can add value for their employees.
UNDERSTANDING what workers want is one of the key ways of keeping them happy and ensuring industrial peace.
PERTH Glory remains in the box seat to secure the naming, management and catering rights for Perth Oval even though the Town of Vincent rejected its tender.
TWO Western Australian builders appear to be in the sights of the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union after a number of prosecutions against the employee organisation failed.
In the penultimate instalment of the six-part industrial relations series, Noel Dyson investigates the value of counselling.
WHAT value counselling in the industrial relations sphere?
PERTH’S eyewear industry players are keeping a close watch on the outcome of a widely anticipated plan by Italian giant Luxottica to take over OPSM, with some preparing for an industry shake-up if the sale goes through.
Asking the right questions can prove the difference between valuable and worthless information, as Noel Dyson discovers in the third of the series on market research.
BUSPAK Advertising Group has again won the licence to advertise on Transperth buses, other assets and facilities, potentially up until 2011.
It had previously held the licence for about five years.
AN attraction to the law might have led Mallesons Stephen Jaques partner Rob Lilburne into the profession but the pressure cooker of the Robe River Iron Ore dispute in the 1980s cemented his place in the industrial relations field.
AS the list of recalled products from Pan Pharmaceuticals keeps growing, lawyers get restless and shop turnovers fall, Western Australian retailers say they are hurting now and expect the pain to get
