WITH 100 scientists on its payroll, a large headquarters in Nedlands and an operating revenue for 2002 of more than $7 million, the Lions Eye Institute doesn’t appear to be a typical not-for-profit organisation.
With the demand for community services increasing and the amount of money flowing into the sector not growing at the same rate, businesses and charities are coming together to find a third way of satisfying those needs. Noel Dyson reports.
IT’S an age-old saying that prevention is better than cure – yet it seems that one obvious place where this adage has not been applied is our struggling health system.
AMA State president Brent Donovan has declared himself a supporter of reform but it seems he’s no fan of the ideas floated by the State Government’s health reform committee.
Health reform is one of the major financial and political issues facing the State Government. WA Business News brought together a group of key players last week to discuss the reform challenge. Mark Beyer reports.
THE State Government has copped a lot of flack for recent decisions on country hospitals and, judging by the comments of the WA Business News health panel, we can expect even less
FAR-REACHING changes to the structure of Perth’s three major teaching hospitals are likely to be among the major reforms arising from the work of the State Government’s health ref
Million-dollar salaries are becoming more common in WA. Mark Beyer takes a close look at WA’s top 50 chief executives to find out who earned their keep.
EIGHT Western Australian companies paid their chief executives $1 million or more last financial year, WA Business News’ annual salary survey has found.
IT is a truism of golf. The most expensive, hi-tech clubs are of little use to a golfer if they are the wrong size or the flex in the shaft does not suit the way a person plays.
HE has been a backpacker, a lawyer, a prospector, a fish salesman, a company director but most of all he is known for his sovereign-like reign at the helm of one of WA’s largest and most successful independent nickel companies – Jubilee Mines.
Golf has retained its popularity among players in Western Australia, however the sport is facing a minor sponsorship crisis. Noel Dyson and Mark Beyer report.
CORPORATE golf days have come a long way over the past decade. They are slick, professional and highly competitive, with numerous businesses and clubs chasing patronage.
Western Australia’s mining industry is on the verge of a boom and the battle hardened juniors are gearing up to take advantage of it. Jim Hawtin reports on what industry veterans are expecting the much-hyped boom to bring.
THE need to provide industry knowledge to assist in the management and running of golf clubs has led to the creation of a unique institute in Joondalup, the Australian Institute of Golf Management.
WILL Burrell, tourism operator and owner of Kimberley station El Questro, received a rude shock last December when he discovered that the Department of Conservation and Land Management had earmarked 97,361 hectares for exclusion from his 274,149ha station
The WA Government may have made it clear that the days of the kings-of-the-grass-castle are well and truly over, but pastoralists across the State are still calling for a lease structure that offers more security of tenure to encourage investment into our
