Opinion

The move by Gina Rinehart and Andrew Forrest into beef production may ultimately be more about the land they own than ‘feeding China'.

Driving up the Great Northern Hwy from Midland to Port Hedland, you can't help but marvel at the number of trucks on the road – and be concerned about what lies ahead for wheatbelt communities after the closure of the ‘tier 3' rail lines.

WA Labor's road to reform got off to a good start at last week's annual conference, but the momentum must be maintained.

Losing one contract is not the biggest problem confronting locally based education provider Navitas, even though Macquarie University's decision to end a near 18-year relationship wiped $800 million off the value of the stock yesterday.

The appearance of mining magnate Clive Palmer with climate campaigner Al Gore in federal parliament's great hall still has many scratching their heads.

Most economists would rightly view the official employment figures each month as something of a lottery, but what lies ahead is a fairly safe bet: inadequate jobs growth.

Capitalism per se isn't the problem behind wealth disparity, but rather governments' failure to act in the interests of workers and the middle class.

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

A good few months of deal flow is offering hope for a better year.

The banks are at it again, and the ducks are close to lining up for a re-run of the GFC.

For many business people the current conditions seem very challenging.

While unchallenged as premier and Liberal Party leader, Colin Barnett has to go sometime.

No financial result will be more carefully watched when annual reporting season kicks off in a few weeks than that of Qantas, a business some critics have dubbed the ‘Kodak of the aviation industry'.

The development of a coal-to-liquid fuel sector could help insulate Australia from global upheaval.

Concern over the effects of the housing ‘crunch' on the broader Chinese economy was the main topic of discussion at a recent Institute of International Finance China Economic Forum, held in Shanghai.

Mistaking experience for ability is common among board appointments, highlighting a strategic weakness in the way business decisions are made.

However good your product or service is, the client needs to be sold on you first.

Eight instalments of Rising Stars offer plenty of data to analyse.

Shell's move out of Woodside has opened up a range of scenarios as major players jostle for a stake of WA's LNG riches.

If the many different winners of the Rising Stars award have anything in common it is that all won the ability to choose their future – whether that be a trade sale, an ASX float or organic growth.

State and federal governments need to tread carefully when making changes to pensioner ‘entitlements'.

At the risk of being called a Luddite at best, and a heretic at worst, I have spent a bit of time over the past few months trying to understand the business case for social media – and failing.

Clive Palmer has proved himself to be a political maverick, and it's likely his party's new senators could prove equally as difficult for the Abbott government to deal with

Mining and energy sector exports are forecast to rise by just 2.6 per cent in 2014-15, with weakness in coking coal and iron ore prices offsetting strong growth in export volumes for most commodities.

WA is an expensive place to live and work, but there are measure every business can take to ensure their security and prosperity.

I tend to think of competition policy a bit like defence: it requires eternal vigilance and strong proponents. There will always be those with a large interest in its absence, to the detriment of the many.

Assertiveness is in when it comes to the ‘new' way of selling; but be careful the client doesn't perceive this as aggression.

The world's biggest economy is capitalising on cheaper energy and labour costs.

The resources sector continues to be critical to WA's prosperity but smaller, less glamorous industries also have great stories to tell.

A stubbornly strong dollar and tumbling iron ore prices will test the budget assumptions.

The often-used phrase ‘Malcolm being Malcolm' may be about the communications minister always going after something novel.

The Eurozone is showing signs of economic improvement as stimulus measures begin to bear fruit.