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MIGRANTS, especially skilled migrants, are good for WA, providing a much-needed boost to the domestic economy.

OAMPS Insurance Brokers will complete its fifth acquisition in Western Australia in three years when it absorbs local firm AD Irvine Insurance Brokers.

THE development of the Gorgon gas field off Western Australia’s north west coast is shaping as the major test of the Gallop Government’s business-friendly credentials ahead of the next election.

POLITICIANS call it informing constituents. Journalists generally dub it, junk mail. Most voters refer to it as propaganda.

DESPITE launching its signature product just before the tech wreck, Perth-based company Brookstone Technologies is making a name for itself by supplying virtual

THE pick of the property industry’s rising stars will receive recognition for all their hard work and achievements at the 2003 Future Directions Young Achiever Awards to be launched next month.

In this week’s first part in a new series examining the demographic trends in WA, Tracey Cook looks at which Perth metropolitan suburbs and regional centres are performing and what is driving that growth.

CITY of Fremantle business attraction initiative, Fremantle Property Bank – an online database of commercial property available in the city’s CBD precinct – is

A consistent message and quality product have paid dividends for Annamaria Ogilvie and her food business, as Julie-anne Sprague reports.

EVANS and Tate has renamed itself Evans and Tate Wine Group in an effort to better market its operations internationally.

SOUTH Australian publisher Brooks Media has agreed to some format modifications following complaints by Western Australia’s Scoop magazine.

A NUMBER of floats planned to hit the Australian Stock Ex-change later this month have been put on hold. Oilex NL was due to float on July 25.

TSUNAMI proprietor Brett Carboni believes he is providing a world first SMS ordering service to customers of his Mosman Park Japanese restaurant.

The famous and ancient Porongurups provides the backdrop for some of the State’s best wineries, as David Pike reports.

In the final instalment on equity raising, Mark Beyer looks at the impact of the weak stock market.

The increasing popularity of inner-city living brings with it an inevitable conflict between business and residents, particularly regarding entertainment. Julie-anne Sprague investigates the pressure created by the residential squeeze.

CONVERTIBLE notes are gaining popularity as a fund raising option for Western Australian companies, with Skywest Airlines and Xanadu Wines among local companies

EVER since The West Australian newspaper ran Dullsville as its front page headline, there has been significant public debate about whether or not this is a great place to live.

INCREASING numbers of voters claim there’s no real difference between WA’s conservative Liberal and left-of-centre Labor parties.

WA Business News has won third prize for Best Newspaper, Small Tabloids at the Association of Area Business Publication’s Editorial Excellence Awards, announced

Alison Birrane continues her four-week series on technology leaders by looking at the changing face of e-commerce and the major players in WA’s e-commerce sector.

AT a time when many processes are made to appear more savvy by way of an ‘e’ prefix, the term e-commerce is undergoing something of a rationalisation.

WHILE Save Ningaloo campaigners were in the final stages of their long running and, ultimately, successful battle against the Maud’s Landing development, a wealthy conservationist linked to their cause may well have had his mind elsewhere.

OSBORNE Park’s traditional manufacturing tenants are being lured out of the suburb by Malaga’s inexpensive and easily attainable land.

WESTERN Australia has produced some star performers in the field of technological innovation and smart card technology.

AFTER 20 years in the property game, Neil Alessandrino has decided to seek greener pastures as a restaurateur.

LEEDERVILLE-BASED start-up Creative On-Line Technologies is developing the next generation of smart card technology that uses infra-red, finger prints and one-off transaction numbers in an attempt to wipe out credit card and identity fraud. The technolog

West Cape Howe has been a breath of fresh air among the winemaking operations of the Great Southern, as David Pike reports.

LEADING Darwin service provider Octa4 has joined forces with WA’s largest regional ISP, iiNet.

FOR companies wanting to list on the Australian Stock Exchange, the traditional path is via an initial public offering. An alternative route that is comparatively attractive in the current depressed market is a ‘backdoor’ listing.

A RECENT study by Gartner has ranked Australia fourth on the list in the Asia Pacific for shipments and revenue of WLAN for 2002, behind Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.

THE Australian Stock Exchange’s listing rules are hindering capital raisings by smaller companies, according to West Perth investment banker John Kenny.