Opinion

Could Lyndon Rowe be an inspired choice to lead Synergy’s next phase?

From mining to retail and everything in between, it seems bigger is better – particularly when the going gets tough.

BC Iron's take over bid, Gindalbie, banking and Telstra profits, Masters, and a feature on Margaret River wineries are among the stories discussed by James Lush from Lush Digital Media with Mark Po

We’ve spent the past few days making our way from Kununurra to the Northern Territory.

The state government’s decision to give top priority to the construction of the Forrestfield-airport rail link is bold, strategic and expensive. To be operating by 2020, the move is also political.

If a fortune valued at $20 billion is not enough for Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart, then perhaps she will be happy with $37 billion that is likely to be her net worth at this time next

The hit to Australian food exports imposed by Russian sanctions is not the end of our involvement in Eastern Europe’s latest political power play.

Do you and your staff make it easy for customers, and prospective customers, to do business with you?

If you want to meet with a decision maker, you have to know what they want to talk about.

The middle class welfare to which we have all become attached makes it hard for many to stomach the arguments proposed by Andrew Forrest.

There are work opportunities available for those able to relocate, as a shift to supply-side economic reforms gains traction.

Rio Tinto's latest results, Matilda Bay Brewery land sale, gold royalties, Lush Digital Media, a feature on innovation and Water Corp are among the stories discussed by James Lush from Lush Digital

About eight years ago I was fortunate enough to catch a ride on a small aircraft from Kununurra, flying over Lake Argyle, the Argyle diamond mine and the Bungle Bungle range.

Education Minister Peter Collier has embarked on a bold strategy aimed at reallocating his $4.6 billion budget among the state’s 700 secondary and primary schools. It is a move fraught with political risk.

Colin Barnett’s determined push to cut the number of local councils is a great example of how out of touch politicians are with public opinion.

Kalgoorlie’s Diggers & Dealers forum may not be for sale, officially, but the recent purchase of Cape Town’s Mining Indaba conference for $84 million puts a value of at least $24 million on Diggers, and that would be hard price for the owner, Kate Stokes, to reject.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says Australia’s leading role to win international agreement to deal with the aftermath of the MH17 airline crash has underlined the nation’s can-do attitude.

One of the most common pieces of advice I’ve heard given to members of gen Y at work is that they need to grow up and face the ‘real world’, and stop expecting everyone to give them what they want.

Anyone who hasn’t been to the Guggenheim Museum in New York City is missing an exceptional experience and an incredible lesson in sales.

In November 2008, the newly installed state Liberal government officially dropped Western Australia’s ban on uranium mining, paving the way for the development of a new sector.

Western Australia is once again the key player in a money flood, though this time it’s outgoing rather than incoming.

Woodside's buyback from Shell and sale of their Mozambique mine, a feature on China, Keystart and Crowdfunding are among the stories discussed by James Lush from Lush Digital with Mark Pownall from Business News.

Driving into El Questro Wilderness Resort provided a welcome change of scenery after a week on the dusty Gibb River Road.

Copper today, nickel tomorrow?

THE Australian government should demand that full monetary compensation be paid to families of each Australian citizen who perished when Malaysian Airlines flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine.

Have you ever thought about the way you think? How do thoughts just pop into your head? How do you create an idea?

Is our apartments boom a natural development, or something prompted by over-regulation?

The shake-up of the commercial office market has some way to run, with a major investment bank tipping a big drop in rents.

There aren’t many places in Western Australia that live up to the superlatives in tourism brochures, but touring the Gibb River Road is one experience that comes close.

Pressure is mounting for WA Liberals to lead the way on GST reform.

The iron ore and gold mining industries have served Western Australia well during the past decade, but that does not mean they will do the same job over the next decade, especially if the switch to other minerals evident on world markets gathers pace.

The first two weeks of sittings by the new Senate have only added to the uncertainty surrounding the government’s legislative agenda.