Opinion

In this week’s podcast, Mark Pownall and Katie McDonald discuss vaccine rollout, aged care legal battle, Elizabeth Quay approval, Canva booms, Como development, labour shortages, decommissioning liabilities, and family business developments.

The rise of intelligent machines presents opportunities for WA.

WA’s appeal as a safe destination is off the charts, providing a great opportunity to build for the future.

Farm representative bodies are behind their opponents in terms of money and message.

In their weekly podcast, Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss Easter disruption, house prices, building approvals, population growth, WA's most influential, drug approvals, The Daily Edited, and philanthropic funding.

This past month’s election has provided WA Labor with a rare opportunity to change the political landscape.

Universities must do more to address the causes of student withdrawals after the first year.

More needs to be done to ensure all people feel safe at work, including government and defence.

Rosalind Appleby found that the light prevailed over the darkness in WASO's season launch.

In their weekly podcast, Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss JobKeeper, green steel, coastal planning tensions, Jukaan Gorge, WACA's redevelopment, new law firms, copper and WA's most influential.

Cannabis legislation at state and federal levels has failed to meet public expectations or needs.

OPINION: A deep-water port at Exmouth would realise almost $1 billion in gross regional product over the next 25 years, writes Gascoyne Gateway managing director Michael Edwards.

Positive and timely decisions helped Business News manage the journey through the challenges of 2020.

A third of uni students were unhappy with their overall experience of tertiary education last year, a national survey has found.

Several factors are hindering WA sheep farmers’ ability to take advantage of surging export demand.

In their weekly podcast, Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss the election outcome, new ministry, GST debate, FMG's green moves, IR reform, and Asian trade.

The state government will soon remove its trade commissioners based in Indonesia, South Korea and India, leaving only locally engaged staff to represent the economic diversification WA seeks.

Parents need to ensure their kids aren’t overburdened with extracurricular activities.

The path ahead for Premier Mark McGowan will be a challenging one, writes Simon Withers.

Cyber threats can do harm to businesses of all sizes, with national security on the line when they are in the defence supply chain.

For very different reasons, both major political parties in WA have some tough calls to make.

In their weekly podcast, Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss the Liberal Party WA's costings, the federal tourism package, WA's rich listers, 40under40, people moves, Labor squeeze, Northern Infrastructure loans, arts funding, and land developers.

Gold’s role as a safe-haven asset seems likely to be around for some time yet.

Real estate and development professional James Limnios is calling on government and local council to consider initiatives that will support infill residential projects.

Company culture is key, but it often remains an internal secret.

A Chinese herd rebuild is negative for meat pricing, but has it happened?

In their weekly podcast Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss the Royal Commission into Crown Resort, federal frenzy, state election, housing expectations, Rio Tinto, UWA Defence Institute, migration lift, infrastructure report, and GDP strength.

Rebounding economies in Europe and the US are good news for WA in light of China’s ongoing trade hostility.

A new tertiary education model has the potential to change education across the globe.

Christian Porter was Premier Colin Barnett’s heir-apparent when he announced in mid 2013 that he intended to quit WA politics for the federal arena. He clearly had bigger fish to fry.

Australian Apartment Advocacy founder Sam Reece explores the initiatives needed to protect apartment owners from risks such as defective buildings.

The absence of federal political leaders on the WA campaign trail speaks volumes about the current state of play.