Opinion

An event that brought out previously hidden Europhile tendencies proves a winner in a WA workplace.

MAKING predictions in politics is fraught with risk.

ASIO needs powers to make sure those formerly employed by government agencies, who now act as lobbyists and consultants with overseas powers, achieve outcomes in Australia’s national interest.

Last week’s interest rates cut by the RBA could be part of a concerted move by central banks around the world to take more chances to boost growth.

DESPITE great strides forward towards gender equality in the 1960s, 1970s, and through to the 1990s, women remain under-represented at board level in top Australian companies.

A simple smile or kind word isn’t much to ask, but it can have a profound effect.

Whatever else is revealed in tonight’s federal budget there is one thing I hope for – an end to the nonsense of ‘modelling’, because it is painfully obvious that modelling is nothing more than mode

What chance a theme park filled with remote-operated big boys’ toys in WA?

RARELY do two budgets – Tuesday’s federal budget, which was the last before an election, and the August state budget, which will be the first after an election – send such conflicting messages.

Fear mongering over the size of Australia’s population is founded in ignorance.

For some reason the word ‘objection’ has been the prime topic of my email buzz and my customer requests recently.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s chief Greg Medcraft has warned that investors hungry for yield are going to be attracted to riskier investments as Australia’s interest rates

There’s a raft of online resources available to increase your profile and grow your ‘outreach’.

The limitations of the traditional SWOT analysis have become clear – it’s time businesses upgrade the way they plan and strategise for the future.

The Gillard government’s inflammatory rhetoric on skilled migration and supposed widespread abuses of the 457 visa scheme still rankle.

I have just returned from holidays in Europe and among the many things I noticed was the rows of bicycles available for hire in central London. They were, to me, a noticeably new addition to city.

The heat of a faux election campaign is the wrong time to make major economic decisions such as that relating to the NDIS.

The lines are becoming increasingly blurred between not-for-profit groups and business.

I get many emails from people seeking insight or asking me to solve their sales dilemmas. Here are a few that may relate to your job, your life, and (most importantly) your sales thought process.

Australians wisely adopted a federation with restrictions on the central government, something Julia Gillard has worked hard to undermine.

There have been some amazing changes in the composition of the workforce.

The budget pressure facing the state government has added to the case for more private sector involvement in the delivery of traditional public infrastructure in Western Australia.

Australia’s tightrope walk between long-time friend and ally, the US, and newfound customer for mining and energy exports, China, is back on the political agenda thanks to issues raised in a talk a

WA could lose out in the long run, with a likely incoming Abbott government paying less attention to a state perceived to be in the bag politically.

There can be no doubting the breadth of Margaret Thatcher’s influence, even after her passing.

The Western Australian economy is at the crossroads of a switch away from its very heavy reliance on resources-sector construction in favour of other parts of the economy – the interest rate-sensit

Getting the best value out of social media can challenge many wedded to the ‘old way’ of doing business.

Entrepreneurs work for years building up the value in their business, only to give a big chunk of it away when it comes time to sell. Why?

With WA having been short-changed in terms of education funding, it’s clear the federal government is focused on shoring up electoral support elsewhere.

Outward changes to our products reflect the massive upheaval under way across the media landscape.

Four and a half years ago, when Colin Barnett became premier of Western Australia, he surprised a few people by being quite chummy with Australia’s newly elected prime minister, Kevin Rudd.

Get ready for some belt tightening in the next state budget. The fact that it will be introduced in August, three months later than usual, will provide only temporary respite, with all the signs suggesting there won’t be much extra money being thrown around.