Western Australia

· Hoohah's list of the mining industry
· Hoohah's list of the agriculture industry
-› Community : Hoohah's Tourism List
· 2 page overview, well linked, of government initiatives at promoting business in WA.
· Small Business Development Corporation Western Australia (SBDC)
· Ministry of Fair Trading
· The Law Society of Western Australia
· Department Of Productivity And Labour Relations (Doplar)
· BankWest
· Regional Development Commissions
· Commerce and Trade


· Technology Park - next to Curtin University
· Materials Institute of Western Australia (MIWA)
· Newsletter of length and depth - now into second issue - Materials Institute of WA.
· Small Business Insitute of WA
· Australian Bureau of Statistics
· Western Australia At A Glance - twenty tables covering statistics of WA. Information is also available as a WKS (spreadsheet?) format. - Australian Bureau of Statistics.
· The ABS Catalogue online
· Regional Futures, a major economic analysis of Western Australia's regions looking ahead to the year 2010. - Commerce & Trade and Regional Development Commissions.
· The Library and Information Service of Western Australia
· BEC (Business Enterprise Centres) including all addresses - sbdc.
· Volumes information about the concept and rules of Fair Trading (50+ pages) - Ministry of Fair Trading.
· Very rapid media releases Programme of changes to certain industries (or to examine notices) 12+/month - Ministry of Fair Trading.
· The Law Reform Commission of Western Australia, and 3 pages on its successes.
· Email encryption for lawyers, three pages of text with links to download software - Law Society of WA
· Voluntary Workplace Agreements - a Full booklet updated last on February 1996 providing a suggestive view in length of this change. Perhaps 30 pages? - (Doplar)
· Five pages of more explanatory information of Awards and Workplace Agreements - (Doplar).
· Selling to Government, a four page document describing tender procedures - State Supply Commission.
· Economic commentary on our economy. 4 page document well supported by statistics, but February 1996 - BankWest
· Financial Markets Update, a weekly commentary on the financial markets in Australia for the economically literate - BankWest
· "Western Australia - A Statistical Snapshot of the Regions" has great statistical detail. There are 20+ pages of stats on aspects of social and economic interest - Regional Development Commissions.
· Western Australia - A City - Country Comparison in statistics with comentary. This document has perhaps 15 pages of stats - Regional Development Commissions.
· Western Australia in brief - Statistical information on the Western Australian Economy in two pages with 12 brilliant graphs&charts - Commerce and Trade.
· An additional 2 pages are in the Basic Facts page on - Commerce and Trade.
· Perhaps 40 pages of text about the issues impotant for those considering investing in WA, economy, infrastructure, the business environment - well supported by pictures - Commerce and Trade.
· The World's Freshest Kitchen, Western Australia. A large document detailing the food industry here in Western Australia. 12+ pages on this topic - Commerce and Trade.
· Western Australia: Your Information Technology Partner In Asia a large document detailing the advantages for technology firms establishing themselves here in WA - Commerce and Trade.
· Information about our nine regional areas appear in several locations, particularly these nine two-page info sheets - Commerce and Trade.
· Establishing a business in Western Australia, a booklet designed for overseas investors, contains a valuable outline of general legal principles applying in the state. A detailed 35 pages of material thankfully available as both one or several documents - Commerce and Trade.
· Where Western Australia's economy is heading, a four page description in text released last December - Commerce and Trade.
· Trade Growth Strategy - a nice 10 + page supported with stats of where we should be growing (economically) and why - Commerce and Trade.


· Key National Indicators (social and economic) two and a half page table of current stats. - ABS
· Australia at a glance - 20 short pages on Australia and Labour Stats - ABS
· Media Releases - ABS