Andrew Pickford

The Liberal Party WA should look to Canada if it wants to rebuild its standing, writes Mannkal Economic Education Foundation executive director Andrew Pickford.

The view from outside of Australia is particularly upbeat for WA, so maybe it's time to focus on the positives.

AS the March 9 election approaches, Western Australians are being enticed by both sides of politics with big-picture visionary projects.

A Canadian province shows WA how to win influence in the national capital.

The Resource Rent Tax may cost the federal government votes in WA, but that is a risk it seems prepared to take.

Some tough political decisions will have to be made as resources sector growth continues.

As the price of soft commodities - referring to commodities that are grown, rather than mined - has departed from historical trend lines, a great deal of attention has been focused on food riots in developing nations, the debate over the environmental ben

AGRICULTURAL powers — those self sufficient in food, fabric, and hydrocarbon production — were once unambiguously regarded as strategic powers.

Australia is almost singularly focused on a rising China, yet while the resource-led boom offers governments significant revenue through taxes and royalties, little thought or consideration is given to India, a nation which shares strategic space with Aus