Opinion

All the numbers were a bit more subdued this week with sales coming off last week’s peak and listings growth slowing.

A lobby group argues WA’s central position in the increasingly important Pacific and Indian regions must be key to defence planning.

Oil’s role in current geopolitical plays may have an effect on some of Australia’s massive LNG projects.

A healthy body and mind go a long way to achieving your success in sales.

The learned professors behind deregulation recommendations for the state’s taxi industry were cautious not to go too far.

The iron ore majors’ move to flood the market may see off their small rivals, but a bigger opponent looms large.

This is a speech delivered by Gina Rinehart at the Mining and Related Industry Awards lunch in Darwin. 

In this week's Podcast, Mark Pownall, Mark Beyer and Saskia Pickles join James Lush to discuss Aldi’s move into Perth, regulatory reforms in the building, liquor, taxi and potato industries, the record turnout at Wesfarmers’ centenary AGM, the state of the trucking and transport industry, and growing investment in cosmetic medicine in Perth.

WA potatoes grow in a unique regulatory climate.

The government has thrown out an early marker for the 2017 state election.

It’s not easy to feel sympathy for Perth’s super-rich as they watch their fortunes shrink, but the problems of Gina Rinehart, Andrew Forrest, Kerry Stokes, Angela Bennett and Stan Perron are a powerful pointer to the problems facing everyone in Western Australia.

A 6 per cent increase in reported sales this week has lifted the total to its highest level since the June quarter.

The Abbott government certainly had no honeymoon period, and things are no rosier more than 12 months after it took power.

The state government’s decision to shut WA’s trade office in Jakarta is a retrograde step.

Presentation skills are a key component in every salesperson’s toolbox, and improving your public speaking is a great way to lift your game.

Unions ought to consign bullying behaviour to the past.

The US is leading the charge to cheaper oil and gas, and its industries are taming the internet to turn a buck in the digital world.

The conversation around mental health in the workplace is focusing on employees, but what about their managers?

President Xi Jinping of China is poised to sign a free trade agreement with Australia on Monday following the G20 summit in Brisbane, after nearly a decade of negotiations.

In this week's Podcast, Mark Pownall, Mark Beyer and Shanna Crispin join James Lush to discuss mental health in the workplace, Perth house prices, “Aussie” John Symond, Murdoch University, ‘ethical’ investing, WA’s biggest private businesses, sporting venues and more.

This week’s instalment from Peter Kennedy’s Tales from Boom Town focuses on the extraordinary events that led to Colin Barnett becoming premier of WA.

For the best ringside seat at a bruising encounter don’t buy a ticket to a boxing event, sign up for an iron ore forecasting conference which will, for the first time since prices crashed, put the big boys of the industry on the same podium as the small producers.

Total reported sales activity has remained virtually unchanged for three weeks with only minimal variations in house sales whilst the fall in multi- residential sales this week was replaced with a lift in land sales.

Politicians on both sides of the fence tread cautiously on the issue of CO2 emissions … well, most of them.

Marketing to emotions can be an effective way to influence business-to-business purchasing decisions.

Recognising change as a positive opportunity will put you well ahead of the competition.

Business and their marketing advisers put a lot of thought and effort into how best to appeal to consumers, and colour is a big part of that.

The South West may be the scene of a political and environmental battle over bauxite mining not seen for 30 years.

Only time will tell if the sector has reached a point where it is unstoppable.

The inclusion of gambling revenue in Commonwealth Grants Commission funding is one of a number of suggestions to reform Australia’s federation, following the release of a recent federalism paper by the Committee for Economic Development of Australia.

In this week's Podcast, Mark Pownall and Shanna Crispin join James Lush to discuss the increasingly prominent apartment development sector, news in the project contracting scene, takeover manoeuvers around Perth telco Amcom, carbon sequestration at Harvey and a new medical research institute.

The third instalment from Peter Kennedy’s new book on WA’s recent political past examines the pressure on Carmen Lawrence to set up a royal commission into what became known as WA Inc.