High-end residential property prices in Perth have weakened considerably since the iron ore construction boom ended and oil prices collapsed, although these two negative events are slowly slipping from the headlines and being replaced by positive changes.
In this Business News podcast Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss BHP’s fifo move, Raine Square, CBD leasing, residential housing markets and onshore oil and gas.
In this Business News podcast Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss shopping centre expansions, decentralising government agencies, apartment battles, asbestos dramas, and lithium heads our corporate
The belief that the public can consume its way to happiness has been the prevailing doctrine (certainly in the Western world) for more than a century. But does it work?
Changes to superannuation policy played a role in the significantly reduced majority for the Turnbull government at the July 2 election, but if you look a little deeper you find something far more interesting – the government can’t afford its retirement policies, and some retired people can’t afford to live.
Business News Head of Content Mark Pownall joins Jane Marwick on Drive every Monday. Today they spoke with two WA business successes; SEQTA education software, and Injury Connect.
In this Business News podcast Dan Wilkie and Mark Beyer discuss Total Shareholder Returns, the federal election, Western Power, Port Hedland development, Perth tech startups and WA property.
Leadership WA chief executive officer Robin McClellan spent 10 minutes discussing leadership with Deloitte Western Australia managing partner and chair of Leadership WA board, Michael McNulty, who said the days where one person could be the single source of knowledge were over.
In this Business News podcast Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss Rising Stars, Satterley, Subiaco Pavilion, David Flanagan, Woodside and indigenous business.
Kwinana’s future as an important centre of value-added mineral processing is being threatened by a potential double closure of major projects – the BHP Billiton-run nickel refinery and the Alcoa of Australia-operated alumina refinery.
It has the world’s largest gas reserves, the second-largest copper reserves and only three other countries in the world have more oil – Iran is open for business.
Leadership WA chief executive officer Robin McClellan spent 10 minutes discussing leadership with Edith Cowan University pro vice-chancellor, equity and indigenous, Colleen Hayward, who said the ability to listen was an important tool in developing good leaders.
The ASX has upset the WA corporate advisory market by proposing tighter listing requirements that will allegedly boost investor confidence by providing ‘enhanced guidance about the standards expected of an ASX-listed company’.
Several factors have combined to ensure WA businesses are in better shape than may have been expected, considering the speed and depth of the boom’s collapse.
