Opinion 03 Aug 2011 Cuckoo states push friendship to the limit Bookmark Save articles for future reference. Subscribe to BN Log In Share to Facebook X LinkedIn The success of the resources states is making things tough in the rest of the country.
Opinion 03 Aug 2011 Why $107 billion doesn’t add up Bookmark Save articles for future reference. Subscribe to BN Log In Share to Facebook X LinkedIn Figures giving the ‘value' of investment in major projects are misleading, given the amount of ‘offshoring' under way.
Opinion 03 Aug 2011 Efficiency tied to mature risk management Bookmark Save articles for future reference. Subscribe to BN Log In Share to Facebook X LinkedIn Appropriate risk allocation on major construction projects goes a long way to helping avoid cost overruns, delays and disputes.
Opinion 03 Aug 2011 Labor’s energy ‘reforms’ a slippery slope Bookmark Save articles for future reference. Subscribe to BN Log In Share to Facebook X LinkedIn Energy policy isn't playing out well for federal Labor, and there could be implications for the party's leadership.
Opinion 27 Jul 2011 Grylls revisits regional dream Bookmark Save articles for future reference. Subscribe to BN Log In Share to Facebook X LinkedIn The Nationals leader Brendon Grylls has devised a bold decentralisation policy involving nine towns and $86m this year.
Opinion 27 Jul 2011 Super fund members along for the ride Bookmark Save articles for future reference. Subscribe to BN Log In Share to Facebook X LinkedIn Australia's superannuation sector needs to start practising what it preaches.
Opinion 27 Jul 2011 How old is too old to run a big business? Bookmark Save articles for future reference. Subscribe to BN Log In Share to Facebook X LinkedIn Understanding how the internet affects traditional businesses seems to be a young person's game.
Opinion 27 Jul 2011 More needed on skilled migration Bookmark Save articles for future reference. Subscribe to BN Log In Share to Facebook X LinkedIn There has been encouraging policy progress on dealing with labour shortages but there's still work to be done.
Opinion 27 Jul 2011 Miners ignore the MRRT at their peril Bookmark Save articles for future reference. Subscribe to BN Log In Share to Facebook X LinkedIn Iron ore and coal mining companies shouldn't treat the MRRT lightly – the ATO will be looking to collect every dollar it's entitled to.
Opinion 27 Jul 2011 Carbon campaign suits Wall St just fine Bookmark Save articles for future reference. Subscribe to BN Log In Share to Facebook X LinkedIn The money merchants are licking their chops at the prospect of an international carbon trading market.
Opinion 27 Jul 2011 Analysis: gold signals deep trouble ahead Bookmark Save articles for future reference. Subscribe to BN Log In Share to Facebook X LinkedIn Champagne corks will be popping in Kalgoorlie next week as delegates gather for the annual Diggers and Dealers forum – but not anywhere else.
Opinion 21 Jul 2011 IR policy needs closer scrutiny Bookmark Save articles for future reference. Subscribe to BN Log In Share to Facebook X LinkedIn The business community needs to assemble more evidence to get industrial relations reform back on the political agenda.
Opinion 21 Jul 2011 ‘Green’ policies prove a drain in Spain Bookmark Save articles for future reference. Subscribe to BN Log In Share to Facebook X LinkedIn A recent report suggests government support for wind and solar ‘farms' will cost jobs.
Opinion 21 Jul 2011 Libs’ public transport opportunity Bookmark Save articles for future reference. Subscribe to BN Log In Share to Facebook X LinkedIn The government has a chance to prove the claim that the Liberals don't really care about public transport is a myth.
Opinion 21 Jul 2011 Governments should stay out of markets Bookmark Save articles for future reference. Subscribe to BN Log In Share to Facebook X LinkedIn Government intervention in markets rarely has a positive long-term effect on the economy.
Opinion 21 Jul 2011 As the boy scouts say: ‘be prepared’ Bookmark Save articles for future reference. Subscribe to BN Log In Share to Facebook X LinkedIn Early preparation brings advantage, and more confidence of a good outcome.
Opinion 21 Jul 2011 Public transport model a long-term loser Bookmark Save articles for future reference. Subscribe to BN Log In Share to Facebook X LinkedIn The way our public transport network is run is unsustainable.
Opinion 14 Jul 2011 Employers want changes to Fair Work Act Bookmark Save articles for future reference. Subscribe to BN Log In Share to Facebook X LinkedIn The clamour in the business community is growing louder for he law to be debated
Opinion 14 Jul 2011 Tabloid baton goes with paper’s death Bookmark Save articles for future reference. Subscribe to BN Log In Share to Facebook X LinkedIn Be wary of what may fill the space vacated by the passing of the scandal-plagued News of the World.
Opinion 14 Jul 2011 Key carbon tax issues still remain Bookmark Save articles for future reference. Subscribe to BN Log In Share to Facebook X LinkedIn Last Sunday's launch of the federal government's carbon pricing scheme has had remarkably little effect on the debate.
Opinion 14 Jul 2011 Time to dump the rest of Rudd’s gang Bookmark Save articles for future reference. Subscribe to BN Log In Share to Facebook X LinkedIn The plotters against Kevin Rudd would have served Labor better by axing all in the ‘gang of four'.
Opinion 14 Jul 2011 Taxpayers carry the can, again Bookmark Save articles for future reference. Subscribe to BN Log In Share to Facebook X LinkedIn The revelation the state government’s Office of Shared Services is to be disbanded after costing taxpayers almost $450 million over six years is just the latest in a long line of public sector financial disasters.
Opinion 14 Jul 2011 Weaker states may give us our own ‘piggies’ Bookmark Save articles for future reference. Subscribe to BN Log In Share to Facebook X LinkedIn Is Tasmania Australia's 'Greece'? The numbers appear eerily similar.
Opinion 07 Jul 2011 Barnett’s bold gamble on stadium Bookmark Save articles for future reference. Subscribe to BN Log In Share to Facebook X LinkedIn Colin Barnett has taken a bit of a gamble in naming Burswood as the site for the new 60,000-seat stadium.
Opinion 07 Jul 2011 Everything’s connected in a global village Bookmark Save articles for future reference. Subscribe to BN Log In Share to Facebook X LinkedIn Current events are exposing the limits of globalisation.
Opinion 07 Jul 2011 Are we wasting the China opportunity? Bookmark Save articles for future reference. Subscribe to BN Log In Share to Facebook X LinkedIn Is Australia an easy place in which to invest and do business?
Opinion 07 Jul 2011 Stifling debate no way to find solutions Bookmark Save articles for future reference. Subscribe to BN Log In Share to Facebook X LinkedIn What is it with academics and their desire to sign proclamations about what is right or wrong?
Opinion 07 Jul 2011 Live cattle issue an indictment Bookmark Save articles for future reference. Subscribe to BN Log In Share to Facebook X LinkedIn As each week passes, the federal government's incompetence over live cattle exports gets more and more staggering.
Opinion 07 Jul 2011 Priority should go to essential services Bookmark Save articles for future reference. Subscribe to BN Log In Share to Facebook X LinkedIn Ensuring the security of long-term energy supply should be top priority for the state government.
Opinion 30 Jun 2011 Strategic planning needed for Pilbara Bookmark Save articles for future reference. Subscribe to BN Log In Share to Facebook X LinkedIn Should the military be used to stimulate development in the north-west?
Opinion 30 Jun 2011 Positive view from Rio’s Albanese Bookmark Save articles for future reference. Subscribe to BN Log In Share to Facebook X LinkedIn A mining industry leader in Perth this week highlighted the key issues facing the sector, and by extension WA.
Opinion 30 Jun 2011 Winners and big losers when CO2 tax hits Bookmark Save articles for future reference. Subscribe to BN Log In Share to Facebook X LinkedIn The coming carbon tax presents the Liberals with an opportunity to engage with inner-city voters.
