Opinion

OPINION: Words and actions not in alignment when it comes to WA's anachronistic retail trading hours regime.

OPINION: Council mergers would reduce representation and strip away the local voices essential to regional WA.

OPINION: Discipline and good advice from those in the know can smooth the move into the innovation sphere.

OPINION: No business edge lasts for long, so ongoing reinvention is the key to avoiding extinction.

OPINION: Land-use changes, changing seasonal conditions and market forces are altering the profile of the NZ flock.

REVIEW: Swan Valley winery has avoid the extremes of natural winemaking to produce complex wines without sacrificing balance.

OPINION: The federal government has increased its exposure to the market with a critical metals move.

OPINION: A new, independent authority has the power to help reform the system when students fall through the cracks.

OPINION: Opportunities will abound for WA industry following the frigate deal.

ANALYSIS: Skills shortages remain a feature of Western Australia's labour market, continuing to challenge businesses as they struggle to fill roles.

OPINION: With Metronet having brought heavy rail to the suburbs, now's the time to fix inner-city congestion.

Not all startups succeed after an ASX listing, but a few are thriving.

OPINION: Differing regional realities help shape coordinated growth strategies and ensure local buy-in.

OPINION: Changes to US laws have spurred interest in stablecoins, but not everyone's happy about it.

OPINION: Questions remain about the 2025 state election despite findings of an inquiry headed by former governor Malcolm McCusker.

OPINION: OpenAI's latest GPT iteration could be targeting the high-volume, low-cost AI market segment.

This second in a two-part series looks at recent podcasting trends and how to get started.

OPINION: A near-city spat over trees revisits the debate over homeowners' right, or otherwise, to an uninterrupted vista.

OPINION: Agricultural advocacy groups operate in a complex financial environment, so knowing who's paying the bills is important.

OPINION: A whole-of-nation reform agenda is needed to ensure the long-term health of the arts sector.

OPINION: Recent decisions by some big names in resources seem to have confirmed that hydrogen is not yet a commercially viable energy source.

OPINION: The federal plan to shift part of the aged care funding burden to older people could come back to bite.

REVIEW: Working at a cracking pace, Emirates' teams are completing a full wide-body aircraft makeover every three weeks.

REVIEW: A recent tasting turned up a host of quality wines at affordable prices.

OPINION: Universities need to move beyond policing plagiarism and find ways to work alongside evolving technologies.

OPINION: Recent operations in the Middle East and Europe show the changing nature of warfare.

ANALYSIS: The farming, forestry and fishing sectors continue to play a critical role in the Western Australian economy.

OPINION: The hands-on nature of jobs in many sectors of the WA economy may help the state avoid mass redundancies due to AI.

OPINION: Inhabitants of a Scottish island are taking a collaborative approach to ensuring a sustainable, prosperous future.

OPINION: Climate policy retains its capacity to split the conservative side of politics along ideological lines.

OPINION: It is time for the state government to force amalgamations on councils that refuse to merge voluntarily.

OPINION: Syndicate investing in startups means you can do it with others and share the load.