Noel Dyson

THE WA natural gas market has received a major boost as a result of the agreement between North West Shelf Gas and the Syntroleum Sweetwater Operation.

AUSTRALIAN fresh fruit producers have missed out on a slice of the Olympic Games action.

A BOLD plan has been floated that could reverse the salinity problems facing the wheatbelt while generating enough power for 6,000 homes at the same time.

THE non-bank financial institutions sector still has considerable inroads to make before equalling the stranglehold on the finance market enjoyed by the traditional banks.

THE Perth City Council may back down on its opposition to a plan to reverse traffic flows in the CBD’s West End.

EASTERN States-based mortgage provider, Wizard Financial Services Group, has announced its intention to move in on the Perth market.

WE’RE here to help.As a famous lie this is the one often associated with the representatives of government agencies and bodies.

YET another organisation is making a grab for land currently controlled by the Perth City Council.

ONE of Australia’s fastest growing non-bank home loan lenders is reintroducing the ‘bank manager’.

HIKES in interest rates and the price of petrol look certain to send some small businesses reeling.

WA HAS a good chance of becoming the finance and information technology centre of Asia, says Finance and Regulation Minister Joe Hockey.

STATEWEST Credit Society has become the first credit union in WA to launch a product designed to give members more spending control.

THE Australian Tax Office has started its second round of a four-year blitz to ensure overseas companies operating in Australia pay a fair share of tax.

CHANGING from the old tax system to the new promises to be a big job and in WA that task has fallen to Brian Fitzgerald.

INVESTORS now have a chance to own their own cash machine.Privately-owned Australian Teller Machines is selling ATMs for $32,500 each. The company runs an ATM network alongside banking services.

WA residents have the opportunity to have a say in setting the future direction of waterways management for the next twenty years through Waterways WA, the first State-wide waterways management program.

A LIST held by Federal Treasurer Peter Costello is all that separates non-bank financial institutions from banks.

COUNCIL’S Number 8 car park is slowly reopening.In fact, the car park bounded by Roe, James and Lake Streets started to reopen before Christmas.

SERVICE is the lifeblood of non-bank financial institutions, says Home Building Society general manager Jim Freemantle.

WHEN called in for a job performance review, the last thing Ineke Clyde expected to be told was to quit and start her own business.

DESPITE resident complaints, two developments in the ‘sensitive’ areas of Crawley and Bellevue Terrace, West Perth have received council approval.

THE average time it takes to pay off a home loan in WA is now ten years less than it was than a decade ago, according to Residential Mortgage Services managing director, John Bignell.

CONSUMERS are being warned to be wary of overseas competitions.

THE Federal and WA coalition governments face a very real threat of losing office in the next round of elections, says Curtin University professor David Black.

A MORTGAGE broking franchise started by two brothers from WA aims to become the McDonald’s of the mortgage broking world.Mortgage Choice, started by Rod and Peter Higgins in 1992, has doubled in size each year for the past three years.

THE Federal Government is keeping its maligned agriculture first trade policy because it gives Australia a seat at the “big table” of world trade, says Trade Minister Mark Vaile.

ONLINE recruitment is booming in Australia according to Internet job site Seek executive director Matthew Rockman.

WA-BASED Q Multimedium has signed a contract with UK-based Midas Interactive Entertainment BV to develop a range of Q Sport mini CD-ROMs for the international market.

A WA engineering company has sewn up a five year deal with Rolls Royce worth at least $20 million over the next two years and potentially up to $125 million.

AUSTRALIA’S top companies are wasting millions of dollars each year by adopting ad hoc senior staff relocation policies.

AT JUST sixteen years old, Chris Cornish is playing a major role in planning a network for a national Internet service provider.

ALLIED Mining & Processing has entered into an agreement with Internet Business Centre principals Richard Keeves and David Dell to acquire an interest in Fastpath Pty Ltd.