Opinion

OPINION: The government faces a challenge to balance public health concerns with the need to get the WA economy going again.

OPINION: Mixed messages about the economic effects of COVID-19 make it clear that, as with the virus, the world is in uncharted territory.

PODCAST: Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss the pandemic’s economic impact, labour force, construction, hospitality, Qantas and Perth Airport, Minderoo rebrand, China spat, new corporate finance deals, Jennifer Lawrence, the City of the Future and our special report on the education sector.

OPINION: The upheaval caused by the virus has been difficult for everyone, especially teachers.

Some of the WA capital’s best attributes have become even clearer as we push through the COVID-19 challenge.

PODCAST: Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss markets settle, COVID-19 economic impact and where to next, Perth Airport vs Qantas, Chris Salisbury, El Caballo, Ellenbrook rail line, our great for the state feature on the future of our city, and our special report on mining projects.

OPINION: The economic fallout of decisions made to combat COVID-19 will play out for years.

PODCAST: Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss market recovery, virus rules relaxed, infrastructure contracts, Caratti court case, Malcolm Turnbull, Andrew Forrest, Austal and our special report on philanthropy and charities.

Despite overwhelming and bipartisan support for John McKechnie’s reappointment as CCC head, agreement is missing where it counts.

The share market has been battered by the COVID-19 crisis but the stock we place in our teachers is soaring to record highs.

PODCAST: Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss markets impact, local virus update, economic challenges, state relief for landlords and apprentices, Raleigh Finlayson, Patricia Kailis, major property deals, our special reports on agribusiness and medical technology.

There have been many surprises in this pandemic and one of them is learning who amongst us has the right level of resilience, appetite for risk and can keep a cool head under pressure.

There’s a lot of very positive talk about pandemic-driven politics, where ideology has allegedly taken a back seat to science, and leaders can change position quickly on the basis of new facts rather than being slammed for backflipping.

OPINION: Support for the resources sector across the political divide spans decades, and will again be vindicated when WA emerges from COVID-19 restrictions.

PODCAST: Mark Pownall and Sean Cowan discuss markets jump, eviction moratorium, airline and media deals, Rob Scott, Crown Resorts, Pioneer Credit, and our special report on the past quarter's deals.

A number of changes are taking place across business and the community, wrought by the pandemic; some temporary, some potentially permanent.

Since the early part of the year when the pandemic first hit China hard, it has exposed a sovereign risk that we were all acutely aware of but, due to expedience, had allowed to increase over recen

One of the arguments against the current pandemic lockdown that we are experiencing is that the death rate from COVID-19 is smaller than other causes of mortality – death rates that we endure year

A schoolmate of mine who is now hunkered down in his home base in the US city of Chicago emailed me the graphics in this article showing how his modelling showed Australia was doing compared to the

PODCAST: Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss markets settle, rent relief, JobKeeper legislation, interstate FIFO, Seven Group, Lumiere apartments approved, distillery distinction, and our Great for the State feature on WA's health system.

It is fascinating what you can find in our rich world of data if you have the time and inclination. Clearly there’s more of both than usual for some people these days.

OPINION: The big changes forced on the mining sector’s FIFO operations is a perfect example of how upheaval in business can present opportunities to improve when the crisis has passed.

In November 1942, Winston Churchill famously said the German defeat at El Alamein represented not the end of the war, or even the beginning of the end but, perhaps, the end of the beginning.

Kids and teens look to teachers and parents for how best to navigate crises from an emotional intelligence perspective.

We are all getting used to having fresh data at our fingertips as we watch the pandemic unfold before our eyes and try to project today's numbers forward by a fortnight, working out the best- and w

Farmers typically await the autumnal rains before they sow their seeds, planting ahead of the gloom and cold of winter. If goes well, a crop will emerge and grow over the next few months until it is ready for harvest.

PODCAST: Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss market volatility, rescue packages for federal and state, WA's hard border, Minderoo, tenant-landlord dilemma, project news, and house prices.

There are already some early signs of very clear winners and losers from the COVID-19 crisis, no matter how much we want to believe we are all in this together.

This is a big moment for capitalism in democracies, especially Australia, which sits somewhere between the genuine version of the US and virtual socialism across big parts of Europe.

Investors seem wary of a couple of WA stalwarts, with a lack of timely decision-making in a changing marketplace part of the problem.

OPINION: We love our kids, but oversharing online can have significant downsides.

Western Australian Kate Leeming recently embarked on a cycling expedition through the Andes in South America, but the pandemic cut this short and she had to make a mad scramble to get out of Bolivia before the borders were shut. Here’s her story: