Opinion

Ultra-low interest rates are driving a new subprime crisis in the US.

PODCAST: Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss residential property recovery, Chris Ellison's house plan, biggest employers, St Hilda's management change, mid-tier growth stories, rail car manufacturing, person of the year, and our Great for the State feature on WA's cultural growth.

OPINION: A new US meal-delivery model could make its way to Australia.

OPINION: The impact of helping people into the housing market is invaluable.

School leaders usually agree to disagree on many thorny education issues but are united in their view that schools must be places where children and young adults can learn and develop without fear of discrimination and harassment.

OPINION: The state's electoral redistribution commissioners shouldn't expect Christmas cards from opposition leader Liza Harvey, former Labor minister Margaret Quirk or the first-term member for Joondalup, Emily Hamilton.

The tech sector continues to shift through the gears as 2020 approaches, hurtling society towards an increasingly complex, digitised and mediated world.

PODCAST: Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss economic data, housing stimulus, property prices, Garden City, new hotel developments, mining IPOs, Deborah Terry, accounting rankings and our special report on WA dynasties.

OPINION: The allegations of millions of dollars of money being stolen from the Housing Authority have exposed WA's public sector.

OPINION: More than a decade after it entered the national debate, the national broadband network is about to be completed in the format – fibre to the node – that the reigning federal government committed to when Tony Abbott was prime minister.

PODCAST: Mark Beyer and Matt Mckenzie discuss mining projects — the good news and bad, mining technology, BGC Contracting changes hands, Metronet, John Holland legal action, Water Corp contracting, new hotels, the Royal Flying Doctor Service WA, and our special report on chief executive remuneration.

OPINION: A better year is in prospect for WA's resources-led economy but much has to go right on the international and local fronts.

OPINION: Self-trolling represents a disturbing new social platform for students who turn to self-harm to express their emotional trauma.

PODCAST: Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss the Super Pit sale, three hotel openings, infrastructure funding, Scarborough LNG agreement, mining and renewable energy developments, new apartment projects in South Perth and Claremont, agribusiness, and our special report on disability employment.

OPINION: The ABC's decision to drop radio coverage of the Olympics suggests the Aussie-made version is winning against global competition.

Spacecubed hosted the first ever Perth Podcast Week last month featuring more than 10 workshops, talks and networking events.

OPINION: Premier Mark McGowan, most Labor Party MPs, and many Liberals as well, are keen for the contentious voluntary assisted dying (VAD) legislation to be passed within the next fortnight, but for significantly different reasons.

PODCAST: Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss Invest and Trade WA, BHP CEO change, executive remuneration, Fini's Shenton Park project, Woodside's new tech partnership, our special report on fund managers and great for the state focuses on regional engagement

PODCAST: Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss ASX listings, including Danny Pavlovich's Nutrition Systems, Spudshed's growing profit, shopping centre developments, profit results for contractors Ertech and Georgiou, successful METS companies Hofmann Engineering and RCT, and our special report on the Innovator of the Year awards.

OPINION: China is developing even faster than some might realise, offering Aussie brands a big opportunity.

OPINION: The investment opportunities offered by new energy models could change the debate over climate policy.

PODCAST: Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss housing challenge, state stimulus, Primewest IPO, big mining royalties, lithium, tech incubator, and our special report on commercial property.

Labor has walked away from its planned major redistribution of income, and sought to clarify confusion over coal mining that cost it at the last federal poll.

OPINION: Businesses that place emphasis on corporate social responsibility, or CSR, are attracting a growing share of consumer goodwill and spending.

PODCAST: Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss stamp duty concessions, South Perth approvals, BGC's new boss, Karratha development, Kanopy entrepreneur, grain crop concerns, and our special report on environmental services.

OPINION: As welcome as they are for borrowers, the current era of ultra-low interest rates is creating the climate for a financial crisis.

OPINION: Australia is seeking to find a delicate balance in terms of trade with a major customer, China, and its strategic alliance with the US.

PODCAST: Mark Beyer and Dan Wilkie discuss the Biome tourism project, Pilbara power, high rise in South Perth, Pindan, Santos, Woodside and big gas projects, cyber security, ICT infrastructure and philanthropy.

OPINION: The relevant authorities could do more to improve tourists' experience of the island jewel off Perth's coast.

OPINION: The Labor Party is struggling to embrace a common view of why it lost the 2019 federal election.

OPINION: Undermining successful co-workers is not unique to schools, but it goes some way to explaining the under-representation of women in leadership roles.

OPINION: Business sectors slow to recognise the need to shift gears in the face of technological change will struggle to survive.