Opinion

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.

IT’S easy to get excited about what’s happening in the fast-moving world of currency values but it’s wrong to describe what’s happening as a ‘war’, because it’s not; what’s going on is simply econo

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.

LET’S face it, government budgets lost meaning a long time ago – at least as a kind of one-off announcement where everyone held their breath to see how they were affected.

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.

The big moves in currency markets over the past week have only a little to do with developments in Australia and a lot to do with the US.

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.

Local and global factors are combining against a significant future strengthening of the $A against the greenback.

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.

Follow the man, follow the money. For hard-hit followers of resource stocks in Western Australia that’s where they will find nuggets of good news, as smart people with spare cash refocus on a mining sector that’s showing early signs of a sustained recovery.

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 last thing we need ahead of the federal election is the major parties promising to outspend one another, but that’s probably what we’ll get

Investigations by Victoria’s Fraud Squad may put even further pressure on the prime minister’s position.

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

The dynamics of Western Australia’s growth profile are set to change in coming years as consumers step up their spending.

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.

Businesses’ marketing needs and costs vary significantly and there are no simple rules for determining how much you should spend on marketing your business.

The prime minister’s warning about a tough budget outlook have wide implications; they apply to state and federal governments, now and into the future.

There are plenty of theories floating around today as to why the Australian Government has failed so badly at managing its finances but behind the politics is a simple fact; it has never understood that business creates wealth and jobs, not government.

We need to get over our blinkered opposition to high-density living in Perth.

The prime minister’s aid package for farmers has carried the day when compared to the Barnett government’s more modest offering.

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

Fat dividends are the primary reason why Australia’s big four banks have pushed most mining stocks out of the top 10 on the Australian Securities Exchange and, while investors might think bank shar