Mark Beyer

Planning reforms announced last week set a constructive example the state government should follow with vigour.

Giant gas projects such as Pluto and Gorgon deliver huge benefits to WA industry but could the state do better?

Legal disputes involving three Perth entrepreneurs highlight the risks that can unexpectedly change lives and careers.

The state government has won plaudits for many of its reform plans but the hard decisions lie ahead.

WESTERN Australia may not be proceeding with plans to liberalise retail trading hours but that has not stopped the country's two biggest retailers from vigorously expanding their reach.

Australians have suddenly woken up to the big growth opportunities in WA, but are we prepared?

The news cycle means that many stories do not get the scrutiny they deserve.

Multiple economic reviews have reached varied conclusions but the outlook for Western Australia clearly has many positives.

A north-west driving tour leads travellers to both popular tourist destinations and some less-travelled gems.

THE term eco-tourism may have become overused in recent years, but one place that truly lives up to the term is Eco Beach Wilderness Resort.

A NEW national research centre that includes Curtin University and the University of Western Australia is aiming to achieve a change in the development of mineral exploration technologies.

Colin Barnett may be an astute premier but is he in the right political party?

Karratha should be an obligatory destination for Western Australians who want to understand their state.

The Broome Port Authority has signed a leasing agreement with Woodside that it hopes will position Broome as the major supply base for future gas projects off the Kimberley coast, including Woodside's proposed Browse Basin project.

The case of Stern Hu is disturbing but should not be surprising to China watchers.

Waste management is an issue that warrants more serious attention in the community and in business.

The private sector should be given more opportunities in infrastructure provision.

The company born out of the collapse of one-time biotech high-flyer Chemeq Ltd has signed a manufacturing agreement with French chemical producer Arkema.

Our banks’ performance shows that the market gets it right most of the time.

WA Business News has won another award in competition against its business publishing peers in the US.

AS legal fights go, the long-running battle between the University of WA, former staff member Dr Bruce Gray, and the company he founded, Sirtex Medical, is bigger and nastier than most, but one piece of good news has unfolded.

Recent criticism of the Commonwealth Bank has been ill-informed.

It has been 90 years since Clough Ltd was founded, and Harold Clough has been an integral part of the company’s story.

If Western Australians don’t like extended retail trading hours, why is my local IGA supermarket busy from 7am until 10pm, seven days a week?

THE Perth-based chairman and managing director of UK-listed CustomVis plc have been challenged by a group of shareholders who want to gain control of the technology company.

Some of the commentary on BHP, Rio and Chinalco has been hysterical.

INTERNATIONAL gold mining company Newmont is set to become an electricity retailer in Western Australia in its own right, despite objections by one of its joint venture partners, TransAlta Energy.

Big gas processing projects could insulate WA from the economic downturn.

THE Rising Stars awards program was initiated by WA Business News in 2003 and since then it has identified many of Western Australia's up-and-coming business success stories.

Coal and wind power are predicted to dominate new electricity generation projects in WA.

Deregulation can create opportunities but can’t define outcomes.

THE stock market provides a very public barometer of the diminished wealth of many Australians over the past year.