AM I wrong or are there a lot more ideological battles taking place in our country than there has been for a long time?
Recently we’ve had the obvious ideological battleground of whether Australia should commit forces to war.
LAST week’s column State Scene by Joe Poprzeczny hits the nail on the head in relation to what departments (and Ministers) think the public want from government, and what the publ
MANY of us will remember seeing a baffled Health Minister Bob Kucera recently facing TV cameras and attempting to explain why his department had bankrolled a publication coaching Perth women on how to be sensual and client-oriented prostitutes.
JUST as former Labor premier Brian Burke vacated the media spotlight over lobbying, his long-time party pal Kim Beazley came into its beam.
State Scene certainly never expected to be re-focusing on Mr Beazley so soon
IT is good to note that Fisheries Minister Kim Chance is taking a close interest in the rock lobster industry, one of our most successful niche exports.
THE Gallop Government’s guillotining of former premier Brian Burke’s and one-time minister Julian Grill’s lobbying work highlights several interesting inconsistencies.
THE bunfight surrounding VRI Biomedical had just gone off the corporate radar over the Easter break when the sudden implosion of national therapeutic drug giant Pan Pharmaceuticals appeared as a large blip on the screen this week.
CONGRATULATIONS on your recent initiative to host a boardroom lunch to discuss the current state of affairs with WA’s research and development efforts. I found the articles
THE wife of former Labor Minister and now successful lobbyist, Julian Grill, has warned Premier Geoff Gallop that the “witch hunt” against her husband and former Labor Premier Bri
WE write regarding you story titled ‘Breathing Space for Channel 31’ on page 20 of WA Business News, April 10-16, concerning Channel 31 Community Education Television Ltd.
I HAVE already shown my colours in the debate over retail trading hours but, with the extended deadline for submissions set to close this week, I thought it was worth revisiting the subject.
THE issue of lobbying resurfaced in the media last week.
WA’s current lobbying activities were first highlighted early this year and Premier Geoff Gallop has had a tortuous time explaining his Government’s handling of it.
WHILE new Australian Stock Exchange rules for corporate governance should be viewed as a victory for common sense, I can’t help wondering if it is all too little too late – and not just from the regulator.
IT was disappointing that REIWA was implicated in your story “Agent to Face Inquiry” (WA Business News, March 20 2003) as the apparent source of media comment on a matter concerni
YOUR editorial of February 6 noted that it was “time to clean up the mess” in WA. Your commentary stated that: “We simply haven’t got the economies of scale to efficiently d
THE issue of Western Australia’s freshwater needs persistently rates highly in party political and other local polling.
Press reports showing quarter-full dams and constant chatter about the so-called greenhouse effect have had their impact.
THE recent setback for the development of the Burrup – with delays to the Canadian-based company Methanex’s plans to build a methanol plant – shows how fragile investment in major projects can be in a global economy.
ELECTORAL Affairs Minister Jim McGinty’s decision to embark on a costly High Court challenge to the weighting of WA’s rural electorates provides a suitable opportunity to revisit this issue.
ALCOA watchers would have had a fascinating few days last week.
The company’s Australian-born executive vice president John Pizzey was here for a few days and did some high profile presentations.
