Noel Dyson

THE confusion surrounding insurance is on its way to being sorted out.

MULTI-disciplinary firm PricewaterhouseCoopers has taken a step into the legal world.

LISTEN to your customers. That is Samantha Wynne Australia owner Samantha Wynne’s creed.

ACCOUNTING guidelines for the GST system are more complex than they need to be, says The Bookkeeping Network’s Alex Polglaze.

SIGN up for a mobile phone and you could sign away your personal details. Buy a raffle ticket and you could go in more than just the draw.

KOOLJAMAN, a fully Aboriginal-owned West Kimberley tourism complex, has been named WA Indigenous Business of the Year for the second year running.

MOVES by the Senate to obstruct the full sale of Telstra and the government’s tax changes have highlighted the power and role of the Senate.

A BOYHOOD fascination with magazines has paid off for Jamie Huber.

All three remaining applicants have submitted their detailed proposals to build the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre.

CONTRACTORS could face a torrid time under Australia’s proposed tax regime.

HERITAGE protection loomed as a major issue for the Perth City Council at its 29 November annual general meeting.

CREDIT management is set to become a major issue for companies operating on an accrual accounting basis under the new tax system.

INTERNET Service Providers as we know them today are an endangered species, says Access1 director Tony Brennan.

CLAIMS that small business prices under the New Tax System will rise by 10 per cent or more are unfounded, says Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Allan Fels.

WA COMPANIES are being asked to sign an accord that puts negotiation ahead of litigation in dealing with Y2K disputes.

MORE than 300 insurance brokers who are potentially not registered have been found advertising in the Yellow Pages.

ONLY half the Australian workforce will hold full-time positions within a few years according to Catalyst Recruitment managing director George Zammit.

COUNCIL must change its development requirements so people know what is required, says councillor Jennifer MacGill.

THE lives of small businesses required to lodge documents with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has been made easier with the development of an interactive website service called eRegisters.

SEVERAL peak industry bodies are firing up GST informationand education programs for their sectors, with contracts signed or being secured with the GST Start-Up Assistance Office.

ALMOST 72 per cent of organisations polled in a recent Morgan & Banks study will have staff on call on New Year’s Eve.

Businesses face a huge GST slug just for making an insurance claim.

THE operations and effectiveness of the Perth Market Act is under review.

CORPORATE farming, once touted as the future of agriculture, seems to have lost its appeal.

COMPETITION in the WA home loan market is increasing with a new player entering WA and an existing one firming its presence.

TWO WA companies have swept the 1999 Prime Minister’s Employer of the Year Awards, winning the small and large business categories.

THE Perth City Council has sent a clear message to WA Government departments – don’t mess with our turf.

THE Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s Novem-ber Gull Award winner has drawn notice to a scheme that could financially devastate those who joined it.

GOVERNMENT focus on improving the communications infrastructure and accompanying services such as e-commerce in Australia’s regions is intensifying, says Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Richard Alston.

COUNCIL is not supporting plans to turn the Old Swan Brewery site into a complex with twenty-eight apartments, eating houses, offices and car parking.

BUSINESS advisors have been given $7 million worth of help to improve GST skills.

CLOUGH Engineering has won a $215.5 million coal mining contract in Indonesia.