Opinion

The latest satisfaction survey offers valuable insights to both prospective students and employers.

Policy makers must be intellectually bold and politically brave to meet the growth and future needs of the ADF.

The national minimum wage case decision, handed down earlier this month, lifts rates for minimum wage workers by 3.75 per cent to $915.90 per week from July 1.

Appreciation is a key factor in retaining staff, how do you demonstrate yours?

Policies and rhetoric from both federal leaders could prove useful fodder to their opposite numbers in WA ahead of the March 2025 election.

Technology may be the answer to delivering quality education if it is allowed to be used well.

For Broome’s business owners, the challenges of life in the Kimberley are worth the rewards.

We need to prepare for the likelihood Donald Trump will win the US election and rekindle his tariff war with China.

Foreign investment in Australia’s critical minerals sector is about to become a headline issue for this country’s relationship with the US and China.

Overly punitive penalties in the Aged Care Act risk alienating the workforce and stalling development of leaders and career paths.

OPINION: The world's 20 largest economies have moved towards nuclear energy, so why wouldn't we?

Critics of the federal plan say it will have wider implications than its stated objective to free-up housing stocks.

From the outset it was clear Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s visit to Perth was going to be colourful, if not particularly newsworthy.

Concerns have been raised about the disconnect between spending timelines outlined in the federal budget and the growing risk of armed conflict.

The federal government recently announced a plan to ban live sheep exports, scheduled to take effect on May 1 2028.

Iron ore magnate Gina Rinehart has risen to the top of the state’s 2024 Power 500, with her influence over mining projects behind a $45 billion fortune the clinching factor.

Good advice and early planning can help navigate some of the legal, tax and emotional issues around business succession.

So embedded is alcohol in Australian culture that the health, safety and social downsides are often overlooked or downplayed.

The Nationals have been losing ground in WA’s mining regions since the mid-2010s, with 2025 shaping as the party’s last chance to hang on.

By shifting ground to support resources, federal Labor has pragmatically claimed the central political ground.

The government seems willing to ignore the significant supply chain adjustments that need to be made.

With the amount of attention and money mining regions receive from governments, it is little wonder other towns want in on the action.

The mercury’s rising as miners prepare their financial reporting requirements ahead of June 30.

A new book provides a detailed history of Australia’s national airline.

A new set of principles will provide a comprehensive framework for fortifying governance within Australian universities.

The 2024 world economic outlook from the International Monetary Fund has just been released and its forecasts for the global economy will provide illuminating reading for WA’s economic planners.

China is leading the move away from dependency on the US dollar for trade and for reserve currency mitigations.

ANALYSIS: With 16 million passengers on 155,000 flights using Perth Airport for the FY24, today’s agreement between Qantas and Perth Airport has come not a moment too soon.

WA’s isolation in the mid-1900s was made a little more bearable thanks to regular visits by P&O ships.

It’s impossible to strengthen a relationship if one partner is denied a voice to speak their truth.

No matter what colour the hydrogen, the business case revolves around its quantity and cost of production.

Careful management is needed when heavy industry and residential areas are in close proximity.