Mark Beyer

BHP Billiton chief executive Marius Kloppers has stirred debate with his forthright advocacy of action on climate change.

The newly formed federal government needs to be tested on policy scrutiny and accountability.

Proposed resource projects will test the state government’s decision-making prowess.

Surging resources sector investment is great for WA, but local industry could be doing better.

UGL Limited, formerly United Group, has announced that deputy chairman Bruno Camarri will be retiring at the company's next annual meeting.

The federal election outcome could improve the quality of government in Australia.

DELOITTE has overtaken KPMG as the third largest accounting practice in Western Australia, research for WA Business News Book of Lists has found.

Private businesses in WA are selling again after last year’s slump, but the valuations are short of the boom time levels.

For WA businesses, the key issues heading into the election are mining taxes and broadband.

West Perth financial advisory group Oakvale Capital has settled a dispute with former client Ceramic Fuel Cells Ltd, which will see Ceramic and its litigation funder IMF Australia receive $6.8 million.

The federal election is looming closer yet voters still hanker for policy clarity from the major parties.

PKF has suffered a massive blow in Western Australia with the dissolution of its Perth partnership over the past month, but it’s not the first time a mid-tier accounting group has lost its Perth presence and it’s unlikely to be the last.

Dexus Property Group has confirmed plans to start marketing its half-share in the QV1 office building later this year through agent CB Richard Ellis.

The new owners of loss-making print franchise Worldwide Online aim to revive a battered brand to take on market leader Snap Printing.

The two-speed economy is alive and well in Australia but the concept is far more complex than traditionally depicted.

PERTH company AnaeCo has passed a regulatory milestone for construction of an expanded waste treatment facility at Shenton Park, but getting funding for the $35 million project is proving more challenging.

WESTERN Australia’s two peak farming organisations have taken opposing sides in the debate over the governance of grain handling and marketing cooperative CBH Group.

Superannuation funds are playing a pivotal role in some of the most interesting infrastructure developments in WA.

WESTERN Australia’s five largest traditional advertising agencies have shed more than 25 per cent of their staff during the past two years, with market leader Marketforce experiencing the biggest decline.

The early signs are that the 2010 federal election will take poll-driven campaigning to a new level in Australia.

Western Australia’s economic outlook is positive but there are serious gaps that need attention.

Let’s not forget the planned mineral resource rent tax is, above all, a big new tax on one of WA’s fastest growing and most dynamic industries.

Member-owned businesses such as CBH Group and Capricorn Society are constantly fighting for legitimacy, despite a long track record of success.

THE global cooperative movement employs about 100 million people and the top 300 cooperatives turn over $US960 billion per year, yet the sector has been largely ignored within mainstream economic and management studies for the past 60 years.

A dissident bloc of CBH Group shareholders has requisitioned an extraordinary general meeting to seek changes to the grain handling and marketing group's board of directors.

New prime minister Julia Gillard needs to show her hand on key policy issues ahead of the election.

The premier’s relatively smooth tax reform process presents a sharp contrast with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s attempt.

THE state government has scrapped plans for a full public private partnership for its new children’s hospital, opting instead to use the proceeds from its new royalties agreement with BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto to fund the hospital.

Perth’s business community has experienced one of its most tragic months, with the entire board of iron ore developer Sundance Resources perishing in a plane crash in Africa and two other prominent business figures passing away.

Seven weeks on, the controversy over the resource super profits tax continues to run hot.

Good communication is a handy skill for political and business leaders, but it’s nothing if the substance is lacking.

WA industry leaders Richard Goyder, Sam Walsh and Andrew Forrest lined up today to criticise deputy prime minister Julia Gillard and the federal government's tax and economic policies.