Susan Bower

A BILL introduced into Federal Parliament in the winter session will complement Australia’s suite of anti-discrimination legislation.

NETWORK organisations offering confidential career and business development, and targeting senior management and advisers, are reporting significant growth in Australia.

LOCAL financial planners fear women and young people are leaving it too late to consider establishing a financial plan.

THOSE who are familiar with organised networking groups in WA could readily list names such as Executive Connection, Rotary and Young Entrepreneurs.

WHILE Australia’s mineral explorers presented a host of recommendations to the Federal Government last month, formally seeking assistance to boost flagging activity, WA’s junior explorers are not sitting on their hands waiting for a response.

WESTERN Australian company Australian Renewable Fuels will establish Australia’s first large-scale commercial biodiesel operation in South Australia after securing a bus contract

WA businesses appear well-catered for when it comes to having a choice of corporate health and wellbeing services, and more sectors are showing increased interest in what is on offer.

ONE of last year’s disappointing floats, De Grey Mining, is rising from the ashes on some interesting exploration results.

MIDWEST Corporation has opened its rights issue almost four months after putting its plan to long-suffering Kingstream Steel shareholders.

THE mining services industry and large construction companies operating in WA’s regional areas are often considered the most focused of all employers on workpla

WORKERS with disabilities face plenty of challenges finding appropriate and satisfying employment, but dreams of finding a fitness program to suit can be even m

MUSTANG Group will change identity again this October if an agreement to acquire The Metabolism Centre goes its way.

WA’S largest home-based superannuation fund, the Government Employees’ Superannuation Board, now has its new chief executive officer at the helm.

HEALTH, fitness and wellness responsibilities can be especially onerous, not to mention expensive, for companies sending employees overseas or to remote locations.

This week Susan Bower looks at what businesses and employees want from health and wellbeing services.

SIXTEEN councils and 20,000 people in the Central Country Zone still do not know if an Indigenous Land Use Agreement reached with the South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council (SWALSC) will get the go ahead.

Industry funds, established to cater for workers within particular sectors, are facing some changes, as Susan Bower reports.

UNIVERSITIES worldwide compete for research dollars and recognition to remain viable, and WA’s universities are no exception, advertising internationally to fill academic and executive positions with the best possible talent.

THE cautious attitude of Australian immigration authorities is thwarting potentially large trade and business immigration markets from China, according to agents and organisations.

VICTOR Coopman has been in Australia less than four months but has already worked in Wagin, Esperance and Three Springs, and is now in Pannawonica.

A NEW-LOOK Navigator Resources IPO officially opened last week with the same people – chairman Barry Bolitho, managing director Tom Sanders and non-executive director Ian Macpherson – at the helm, but an East Kimberley project portfolio somewhat...

Susan Bower finds that best-practice corporate health has shifted towards a broader ‘wellness’ approach.

WA’S medical system is crucially dependent on overseas sponsored doctors.

WA is well served by 123 business migration agents, with more than one quarter of Australia’s business migration coming to the State. And the State’s southern half seems the most popular destination, with both the South West Development Commission...

Corporate health management has gone well beyond the 1970s version of an annual check-up for those at the top. This week Susan Bower looks at why.

ST John of God Healthcare Murdoch is hoping to lower its annual $12,000 kitchen waste disposal bill by processing its food waste in an industrial-sized prototyp

Susan Bower looks at the attractions of self managed funds and master trusts.

LOCAL junior oil producer Voyager Energy is considering forays into gas and possibly renewable energy after cashing in on a Queensland asset sale.

ON population proportions, WA financial planners have again come out tops in the Personal Investor Masterclass exams.

EXPLORATION, production and gas sales in Turkey account for much of the upward trend in Amity Oil’s stock price over the past four months.

WESTERN Australia has most likely lost the opportunity to train 200 podiatrists for Malaysia, according to two podiatry groups.

AUSTRALIAN employee superannuation coverage has doubled since the 1984-85 financial year to a current level of 90 per cent of full-time long-term employees.