EVERY week we publish dozens of government-based contracts and tenders in our For The Record section – doing our bit for transparency by picking through the reams of available information.
WHEN it comes to the shopping hours issue none of WA's political parties are worth a crumpet.
They either back outdated trading regulations, find excuses not to scrap them or hope the issue goes away.
MARK Beyer's article on the Perth Parking Levy (BN June 5) has the Government “playing down” suggestions that it was considering extending the levy to regional shopping centre
THE situation occurring in the Western Australian parliament with the Greens (WA) decision, unusually backed by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in at least one instance
PREMIER Geoff Gallop teamed-up with Queensland and South Australian Labor premiers, Peter Beattie and Mike Rann respectively at the February 1998 Constitutional Convention to argue for an elected Australian head of state to be called president.
AN article I wrote last week on the Federal Government's plans to place an environmental levy on plastic shopping bags has highlighted a number of issues — including a pet subject of mine, taxation.
THOSE wishing to see Australia's last constitutional link with Buckingham Palace severed undoubtedly saw the resignation of former Brisbane Archbishop Peter Hollingworth from the Governor-Generalship as a major victory.
WHATEVER you might think of the way Singaporeans run their state, you have to hand it to the head of its airline and his management team for taking a pay cut due to the tough economic circumstances.
NOW the Gallop Government has moved to replace the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) with a similar bureaucracy, the Corruption and Crime Commission (CCC), are we to assume all will be kosher on WA's crime fighting front?
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 public
GEOFF Gallop probably recalls from his university student and teaching days that an often used disparaging term, when referring to politicians, was to allege they were being authoritarian.
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.
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.
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
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 in
THE Gallop Government's guillotining of former premier Brian Burke's and one-time minister Julian Grill's lobbying work highlights several interesting inconsistencies.
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 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 Brian
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.
