As Senior Editor at Business News, Mark Beyer has a wide-ranging brief to research, analyse and report on the issues, trends and personalities affecting the business community in Western Australia.
Mr Beyer has 35 years' career experience, primarily in business journalism. He joined Business News in 2002 and previously worked for The Australian Financial Review and The West Australian, and also has public relations and corporate affairs experience.
Before becoming a journalist, he was an economist with the Commonwealth Treasury in Canberra.
The Fair Work Commission has ruled against a COVID vaccination mandate applying to coal mine workers in NSW but the ruling is unlikely to have a big impact in Western Australia.
Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss the RISE WA Business Awards, post-COVID recovery package, Busselton's jetty project, Pilbara port deal, Megan Wynne's wealth and ECU's Perth campus.
Perth business woman Megan Wynne attracted national headlines last month when she was hailed as Australia's newest billionaire, yet recent disclosures by her company indicate that was never the case.
Iron ore miner Karara Mining has had a big win in its multi-million dollar dispute with DM Civil after a Supreme Court judge delivered a withering critique of the contractor's legal strategy.
On today's episode of At Close of Business, senior editor Mark Beyer dissects the challenges, pushback and support facing the state government's Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Bill.
Two Perth business people from very different backgrounds – fast food and corporate communications – have teamed up to establish a joint family office and private equity venture.
Mineral Resources has struck an agreement with Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting to jointly pursue the development of a new export berth at Port Hedland's South West Creek.
Gina Rinehart's private company has posted an 80 per cent jump in annual profit to a mammoth $7.3 billion, underscoring her ranking as Australia's wealthiest person.
Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss Hancock Prospecting, Scarborough green light, Chevron, Kwik Logistics, Aboriginal heritage, executive salaries and biggest employers.
NRW Holdings' shareholders have lodged multiple protest votes at today's annual general meeting while also supporting a lift in the company's share price.
Peppermint Grove neighbours best known for their business acumen are fighting in court over a sliver of land "hardly wide enough to accommodate a punnet of petunias".
Horticulture and nursery businesses north of Perth are concerned about a government plan to cut their groundwater allocations. Perth residents using bore water also face cuts.
Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss Roy Hill profits, Woodside's Pluto 2, Rob Scott, JobKeeper, Burswood apartments, Swanbourne Cellars and Albany Hilton.
Iron ore miner Roy Hill Holdings doubled its profit last year to $4.4 billion, triggering a big dividend payout to shareholders led by Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting.
Melbourne-based company director Peter Lowe has replaced John Langoulant as chair of two major gas companies, adding to his many other roles including chair of DGL Group.
Mining boss Chris Ellison has described labour shortages in WA as the worst he has ever seen after announcing plans to shut some high-cost iron ore mines.
Peter Woronzow has been formally appointed director general of the Department of Transport, one of five DG roles the state government has needed to fill.
On today's episode of At Close of Business, senior editor Mark Beyer goes behind the curtain of Perth Festival's new business structure and 2022 program.
Perth Festival has released a dramatically changed program for 2022 along with its first-ever 12-month financial report since becoming a stand-alone company.
Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss the Westfield Booragoon expansion, local deals, local busts, Tim Goyder, Megan Wynne, Perth Festival, accountants and hydrogen.
ASX-listed companies have detailed roughly $2 billion in JobKeeper payments spanning the last two financial years, with only a handful making voluntary repayments.
Shares in mega stock market float APM Human Services International made a soft start today, falling slightly but still leaving the company worth more than $3 billion.