Opinion

The minority government in federal parliament has thrown another curve ball with the appointment of the new speaker of the house.

It’s not only Liberal state premiers who are making Julia Gillard’s life tough when it comes to the mining tax.

In time, faceless proxy vigilantes could destabilise boards to suit their own agenda.

Remuneration reports are deeply flawed but with some redesign could deliver much more useful information to shareholders.

Amid all the noise about skills shortages is a long-term challenge about how business will meet its future staffing needs.

The carbon cops are about to hit the streets, so businesses need to be prepared.

'Jeffrey, come down to the office, there is a guy here who has cookies for you. They’re those Biscoff cookies, the ones that you like.’

In today’s networked economy, having a brilliant, visionary leader alone isn’t enough to keep a company growing.

The eurozone debt crisis has become the major risk to the global economy and it is already starting to affect Australia.

To understand the frightening dimension of the financial crisis unfolding in Europe you need to do two things.

The federal government is involved in a high-stakes game as it seeks to balance the needs of two important allies.

Governments need to be encouraged to make decisions for the long-term good.

Australia can’t avoid being affected by the looming global shortage of available money.

Facing up to shareholders at annual meetings, and the two-strikes policy on remuneration reports, are both confronting for company directors, but so far this year they have delivered benefits.

A new approach to immigration is needed if Australia is to deal effectively with labour shortages.

When Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd kissed to celebrate the passing of the carbon tax, they betrayed all Australians.

I get a lot of emails from people seeking insight or asking me to solve sales dilemmas.

If I asked you right now, how much of your time do you spend stuck on administration, what would you say?

Is Australia really an island when it comes to the economy? That’s a question with a potentially nasty answer as we fiddle with incomprehensible taxes and the rest of the world burns.

Recent rumblings suggest there may be a role for Matt Birney in the state Liberal Party’s future post-Colin Barnett.

Any inquiry into the media in Australia should focus on the future, not what has gone before.

A major new source of energy is emerging that could change the way the world economy functions.

The flexibility that skilled migration delivers to the labour market is often overlooked in the debate over solutions to the skills shortage.

Volatility has become the norm in the world’s economies as a ‘once-in-a-century’ global economic transformation unfolds.

A new biography highlights the vital role played by Sir Charles Court in WA’s development.

CAN you recite your mission statement?  My bet is you can’t.

The issue of appropriate staff incentives is a difficult area.

A one-time Labor heavyweight says the push to impose restrictions on poker machine use is indicative of the federal government’s failings.

Qantas management is acting to secure the brand’s future.

The effects of a strong resources sector are being felt throughout the economy – and it’s not all good news.

The planned Minerals Resource Rent Tax has generated a lot of heated debate but remarkably little sensible analysis.

Better communicating the big-picture vision is a challenge for the resources sector.