The Royal Commission into the Building and Construction Industry has already offered some potential outcomes that could change the face of WA’s industrial relations landscape.
THE battle to develop a $200 million resort at Mauds Landing on the Ningaloo Reef could well be billed as a stoush between two of WA’s premier artists.
WA contractors could be taken to the cleaners to the tune of $38 million if a Liquor Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union push to stop the outsourcing of government school cleaning is successful at the Labor Party’s State
A VALUATIONS war is looming over the real cost of the break-up of Western Power with a wide range in suggested figures – from $5 million to $700 million.
FRESH from an extended stay on the Hardman Resources and Bounty Oil & Gas Woodada 19 exploration well in the Woodada gas field, Century rig 24 has been on the move this week, to explore at least two more prospects in the Perth Basin.
CONTRACTORS on the old Prescribed Payments System will face further tax change from July 1.This class of contractor has been quarantined from the Australian Tax Office’s alienation of personal services income provisions for the past two years.
THE organisers of one of world hockey’s biggest tournaments have been forced to clear some unexpected legal hurdles in order to establish exclusive agreements.
WHILE businesses operating through wholly owned group structures have been given one year’s grace from the new tax consolidation regime, advisers are warning against complacency.
TIMING is a vital factor in any business’s decision to buy a new vehicle fleet, saving thousands of dollars in some cases, and costing similar amounts in others.
A WA business group has raised the possibility of legal action against the State Government if its proposed industrial relations legislation causes businesses to fail.
A NEW magazine set for launch in Perth later this year will be aimed at helping unemployed and homeless people find some social and financial determination.
WA is the lowest taxing State in Australia, or the fourth highest, depending on which measure is used.If based on a percentage of Gross State Product then WA is the lowest taxing State in the land.
ANGER is mounting over the lack of transparency and the powers of WA’s tax collector, the Office of State Revenue, and the lack of cost-effective recourse to adverse tax assessments.
CLAIMS have emerged that petty political delaying tactics were behind the absence of Liberal Legislative Council members when the Govern-ment pushed its controversial industrial relations legislation a step closer to becoming law.
