Opinion

A federal review of the tertiary sector is slated to begin this year.

Liberal shadow minister Neil Thomson writes about the devastation to businesses and communities from flooding in his home region of the Kimberley, and the urgency of rebuilding.

The looming phase-out of the merino-dominated live sheep export trade may hit WA producers.

WA needs a forward-looking and long-term approach to sustainable regional development.

Is there a better way to meet the expectations of all citizens?

An unintended consequence of the scheme is that it makes a raft of public expenditure more visible.

Immediate investments in skills training and increasing opportunities for students from low socio-economic backgrounds loom as key targets of the government's universities accord.

WA won't escape higher energy costs as the political plays grind on.

Nearly 700 people attended WA's long-running Women in Technology conference.

Xi Jinping may have reached out to world leaders but is still firmly focused on China's long game.

THE Western Australian economy has continued to grow over the third quarter of this year, according to the latest Australian national accounts data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

A senior economist is tipping a commodities boom powered by a super-squeeze on critical metals.

A fresh model adopted by a London university offers food for thought for Australian universities recovering from the impacts of the pandemic.

Providers need to think outside the box to secure and retain staff.

Several Perth-based startups are supporting young people on their way to employment.

As the east coast reels at the cost of energy, history is ignored yet again.

On the ground in rural America, where politics is done a little differently.

A rise in the bread price is no cause for panic, but an example of the cost of business.

ANALYSIS: Factional interests, ambitious backbenchers and demographic representation loom as key considerations for the premier as he mulls over who to promote to cabinet this month.

Green opportunities abound for WA businesses in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and other petro states.

It's not hard to find highlights from a stellar year of wines.

The defence sector's culture and growth was on display at an industry event earlier this month.

The gap year does not deserve its poor reputation.

The true prevalence of sexual harassment in the workforce is likely to be much higher than official figures.

The geological handbook for the North Perth Basin is being rewritten.

The heat's on Labor over members' use of taxpayers' funds.

Other states' recent appetite for WA sheep is an aberration, not a long-term solution to a market under pressure.

Case studies into disability service providers by the Disability Royal Commission make for sobering reading.

Recruiting and retaining people is a growing challenge.

Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre senior research fellow Dr Daniel Kiely writes Business News' latest economics column.

Australia's official development assistance needs to grow in alignment with the defence spend.

John Quigley says the McGowan government wants to standardise and bring clarity to directors' liability laws.