Opinion

The former Labor government may have created a bureaucratic monster.

Business should play a role in Australia Day and other occasions that shape the national character.

THE state government last week started to flesh out its long-awaited plans for public private partnerships, revealing that it was likely to pursue PPPs in the health, education, correctional services and utilities sectors.

There has been a distinct lack of entrepreneurial spirit with regard to a Perth landmark.

Successful businesses can teach us many valuable lessons; so too can businesses in strife.

SIMPLISTIC politicking is damaging the opportunity for an informed debate over the merits of public private partnerships.

The Barnett government is running out of time to make a mark.

Len Buckeridge is gearing up for another battle.

Indigenous Australians still lack sufficient opportunities in the Pilbara.

Who’s going to answer for ASIC’s failed prosecution of Andrew Forrest?

A Productivity Commission report on executive remuneration has found that big companies have led the growth in CEO incomes.

Holding on to your money can be as difficult as making it.

Public sector reform is critical for Western Australia, but where is the leadership?

TREASURER Troy Buswell argued the government was doing a good job in tough circumstances.

Political expediency rules the climate debate.

THE old adage of governments being safe in good economic times might have to be turned on its head, with both Labor federally and Liberal-Nationals WA at state level looking very comfortable after winning elections in the boom and consolidating their posi

The Labour Party has shifted a long way from its traditional base

Speeding fines all part of the business for Sandfire Resources.

Some tough political decisions will have to be made as resources sector growth continues.

Interpretation is all in the eye of the beholder, as the big resource companies have discovered

There are big news stories, and there are issues that really get our readers fired up.

What role should the state have in the development of business hubs?

It is becoming increasingly clear that Western Australia will be stretched by a spate of massive gas projects over the next few years.

The delay of an ETS is good news for Australia.

What’s behind the interesting tale of two uranium miners?

FEDERAL opposition leader Tony Abbott named his front bench earlier this week, giving the country a taste of who he thinks will play the key roles in his attack on Kevin Rudd’s government.

The corporate watchdog seems under-represented in this state.

The change in Liberal Party thinking on an emissions trading scheme constitutes a remarkable about face.

Premier Colin Barnett was in a good mood at a Chevron function earlier this week, remarking how politics is cyclical.

Liberal Party research points to a declining support base.

Dick Lester's changing strategy amid fallout from the GFC.

A WA senator believes local climate evidence contradicts the case for a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme.