Opinion

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.

Maybe oil and gas companies have better things to do than plant trees to justify their existence.

For humanitarian, political and agricultural reasons, the West can’t afford to abandon Ukraine.

Governments have a patchy record when it comes to funding private sector projects.

The practice of listing homes for sale without a price is wasting prospective buyers’ time and needs government action if the industry won’t voluntarily step up.

A new study has shed light on what makes Australia’s higher-education sector such a drawcard for international students.

A new strategy document wants to ensure potential adversaries understand the consequences of an attack on Australia’s interests.

Recent rallies in Perth and across the country against gender-based violence serve as a demonstration of the level of community concern about the issue.

An index that tracks population flows from capital cities to regional Australia has found demographics play a role in who goes where.

The Australian market has always been tough for small and startup airlines.

We are fortunate to live in a place where aspirations can be realised more than elsewhere.

Producers and marketers of red meat face several challenges, many beyond their control, to secure better market share.

It’s time the bureaucratic mess that has halted progress in a remote WA ghost town is sorted once and for all.

So well endowed with resources riches, the state seems set to miss out on the copper boom.

Treasurer Rita Saffioti is expected to reveal a healthy but slimmer surplus and spending to fight inflation in the WA budget.