Noel Dyson

FEW Australian companies have been part of the boom in Internet stocks which is being fuelled by the aggressive US venture capital industry.

A GRUELLING five-day process has turned out a series of visions for the future of Perth.On April 9 three teams of architects, town planners, landscape architects and urban designers undertook a brainstorming session.

WA-BASED United Group has won a significant new project at the Olympics precinct in Homebush, Sydney.

CONSTRUCTION worth more than $120 million is underway or planned in Joondalup. Lands Minister Doug Shave said a LandCorp review found projects worth $38 million were underway, $82 million were planned and $25 million were recently completed.

A WA small business training and advisory company is Indonesia bound.Living With Business recently won a major AusAid training project to deliver enterprise education throughout Indonesia.

WA’S fast-growing aluminium fast ferry industry has drawn a major international firm to Perth.And other international companies are showing interest in the works of shipbuilders such as Austal Ships and WaveMaster International.

A WA-based national chemical processing and manufacturing firm is out to mix it with the big boys.Joyce Corporation Ltd is trying to raise its market capitalisation to at least $50 million.

LESS than 9 per cent of permanent employees say their companies provide childcare or pay for it, a 1,000-person survey by business support personnel firm Alectus has found.

Discovering what she loved doing and “going out and doing it” has helped Maria-Jane Satterthwaite to develop a thriving training business here in Perth.

UNIVERSITY research and teaching will help bring more international investment to Australia’s petroleum industry says University of WA vice chancellor Deryck Schreuder.

Doing away with the Perth City Council’s ‘secret’ briefing meetings is high on Peter Richardson’s agenda.

WA-based public company Energy Equity Corporation Limited has recently signed a contract to outsource all IT requirements throughout Australia and Asia to local company Optum Group Pty Ltd.

INVESTORS in the Director Trust and its personal superannuation version the Director Superannuation Trust can access all their information via the Internet.

Simply improving street lighting will make the City of Perth a safer and more vibrant place, says retail outlet T Sharp owner and council candidate Jennifer MacGill.

LICENSED securities dealers, investment advisers and insurance brokers have responded poorly to a Y2K readiness survey by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.

AFTER just 12 months in WA, the Corporation Builders program has borne its first fruit. Rope and climbing equipment manufacturer Fallright International has signed a $2.7 million deal with venture capitalist Foundation Capital.

The effective operation of the city council depends upon councillors exercising individualism, not factionalism, says Perth City Council candidate Otto Pelczar.

In spite of adverse El Nino climatic conditions affecting its Mt Muro mining operations in Indonesia, Aurora Gold Limited reported a net profit $14.5 million from silver and gold sales for the fiscal year ended December 31.

HYDROGEN powered buses may be on Perth streets in the near future. Transport Minister Murray Criddle is visiting Germany for a briefing on the virtually emission-free fuel cell being trialled in buses there and in Canada.

Gateway To Perth has now released its own online shopping suite of products which it claims are similar to those used by US Amazon.com.

THE design and upgrading of the Woodman Point wastewater plant will be undertaken by an alliance of Clough Engineering, the Kinhill Group and the Water Corporation.

WA PORK producers may soon see an improvement in pork prices. The local industry has been suffering from decreased domestic demand and pressure from overseas imports.

AN URGENT audit of the Exmouth tourism industry is being carried out by the WA Tourism Commission to help resume activities in the town as soon as possible.

Council hopeful Terry Maller claims to have a different perspective on issues to other councillors.

Over the past three years, Q Multimedium has grown from a small operation to an international phenomenon. If its speed of growth and plans for the future are anything to go by, there may not be room in the current business lexicon to describe exactly what

WA played host to 589,000 international guests last financial year — equivalent to half the local population, according to WA Tourism Commission figures.The WATC found those guests spent $837 million while they were here.

I believe I have achieved a lot but there is still a lot left to do, says incumbent Lord Mayor Peter Nattrass.

THE Australian Consumer and Competition Commission has been given the job of monitoring prices when a GST becomes law.

WORK has begun to rebuild the MG Kailis Learmonth factory near Exmouth so it can reopen as close to the April start of the prawning season as possible.

Running for Lord Mayor is about wanting to do something not wanting to be something, says Lord Mayoral hopeful Laurance Goodman.

RURAL villages are on the drawing board for the Swan Valley. GHD Consultants has been employed by the Ministry of Planning to prepare structure plans for villages at Caversham, Middle Swan and Herne Hill.

MORE than 300 people could be posing as registered insurance brokers, says the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.