Opinion

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.

Business and sport share many things in common when it comes to achieving targets and goals.

A lack of preparation is the death knell for a successful sales pitch.

The Palmer United Party is proving that success in business doesn't equal sense in politics.

The high-cost, low-price environment has put the squeeze on iron ore miners.

Spending a few days in Port Hedland meant we spent a few days longer than most travellers, and it also afforded an opportunity to get some insights into the town's development.

Opinion polls have always presented a dilemma for political leaders, with the temptation to comment when they are favourable almost impossible to resist; but polls can be fickle.

Bank bashing is a national sport in Australia, often played for good reason; but the latest round of kicking banks, which started this week with the release of a report by former Commonwealth Bank boss David Murray, could not have come at a worse time.

If Tony Abbott and his ministers had stuck true to their word they would not find themselves so unpopular with voters, after less than a year in office.

Australian beef producers are facing competition in emerging exports markets from low-cost Indian buffalo production, according to the Australian Bureau of Agriculture Resource Economics and Sciences.

Diverse boards include people from a variety of backgrounds with a range of views, and women are an essential component of that mix.

There's a whole lot more to networking than turning up to an event with a pitch and a business card.

Consumer behaviour plays out in business much as it does in the political sphere.