Opinion

Malcolm Turnbull faces high expectations from a public fed up with political inertia and infighting.

"You could drop a nuclear bomb on this parliament and Julie Bishop would crawl out as deputy leader." Labor senator Sam Dastyari's light-hearted joke with journalists was pretty close to the mark.

Malcolm Turnbull’s business experience and familiarity with WA could be a plus for this state.

If Andrew Mackenzie and Sam Walsh are right, then Western Australia’s commodity dependent economy could be at the start of a recovery; and not before time, given the weakening state of the property market as measured by mortgage defaults.

This week, Reiwa members reported the total number of sales has declined yet again, to 605, a marginal decrease of 2 per cent on the previous week.

China may be top of mind for many businesses, but US investment here speaks volumes about the depth of Washington’s relationship with Australia.

Far from being a waste of time, daydreaming can open the door to a bright future – if you apply some structure to the process.

The current slowdown is just a breather from longer-term Asian economic expansion.

The commodity price crash is drawing in some big-name, high-cost producers.

Apart from size, small businesses currently have one thing in common – optimism.

Business must scale down the investment cliff, not jump and hope for the best.

Despite the Liberals’ big margin in Canning, the government is taking nothing for granted as the by-election nears.

If Woodside Petroleum’s one-for-four share swap bid for rival LNG producer Oil Search was plan A, then plan B, when it comes, had better be a beauty, because so far no-one apart from Woodside management can say anything positive about the proposed takeover.

This week REIWA members reported the total number of sales have declined to 615, a decrease of 9 per cent on the previous week.

The Abbott government needs to acknowledge its mistakes if it is to mount a comeback in the polls, and win the 2016 election.

Many small business owners are too busy getting their hands dirty in the day-to-day operations to take a longer-term strategic view.

Booking a lunch appointment with a prospective customer is the first step; doing it right takes a bit more work.

Elections do at least allow the people to choose the kind of economy they want to live in.

Growing the size of the cake, rather than squabbling over the current morsels, should have been the focus of the recent National Reform Summit.

The state’s fashion industry is in a good place as its penchant for a creative approach to business opens opportunities.

Two years on from Tony Abbott's decisive win over Labor, voters are puzzled.

Governments must not only do the right thing, they must be seen to be doing the right thing.

Tipping a commodity price recovery that will boost Western Australia’s economy is a game for the brave or the foolish; and while Colin Barnett came close to being one or the other yesterday, he was actually just being premature.

This week REIWA members reported the total number of sales are up again to 708, an increase of 5 per cent on the previous week.

A new biography highlights the importance of Bob Santamaria to the Australian political landscape.

Transfer duty, or stamp duty, as it was known until 2008, is one of the most inefficient, distortive and poorly targeted taxes in Australia.

If you want to improve the way you sell, take note of how, and what, you buy.

We are at the right place at the right time, we just haven’t noticed.

Despite the pain being felt by many small investors, the Chinese-led stock market falls of the past week was a long-overdue correction.

There’s a feeling among those in WA’s startup community that their time may have finally arrived.

The Reserve Bank is expected to look through recent market turmoil and keep the cash rate unchanged for the foreseeable future.

Colin Barnett has set the scene for an industrial stoush with his proposed changes to Sunday penalty rates.