THE chief executives of Western Australia’s major industrial companies are automatically placed in a position of influence, both for the decisions they make about their own company and for the leadership role they can exercise on wider business issues.
THE Federal politicians judged to be most influential are those who both exercise power in their respective parties in Western Australia, and hold positions of some authority in Canberra.
THE policies implemented by the State Government are the culmination of a complex process that filters input from multiple sources.
Political advisers, lobbyists, factional power brokers and public servants can all affect the final outcome.
PAUL Armstrong, the youthful and energetic new editor of The West Australian, has been ranked as the most influential person in the Western Australian media.
POLICY governing investment in Australia’s long-term energy supply and related environmental sustainability must reflect public interest needs, not just market-based paradigms, if it is to deliver the right outcomes for all Australians.
THE images of Iraq one sees on our TV screens are accurate. The streets are strewn with rubble and rubbish and war-damaged buildings are almost always in view.
AGE discrimination in employment and the extension of working life are now high on the agenda of governments and, increasingly, of business, both driven by cost/benefit considerations.
FUTURE Directions International Pty Ltd (FDI) is a leading independent, not-for-profit corporation established to conduct comprehensive, integrated research and analysis of important medium to long-term issues facing Australia.
Investment in exploration has remained relatively stagnant in recent years, prompting the Federal Government to consider providing initiatives to kick-start activity in the industry, as Jim Hawtin and David Gibson report.
AUSTRALIAN exploration levels have remained flat as increasing numbers of small-to-medium resource companies look offshore, adding their weight to increasing global exploration expenditure.
THE issue of land is at crisis point in Broome.
Apart from the Broome International Airport site, land in Broome is crown land and is subject to Native Title.
IF THE level of interest at a recent national Indigenous tourism conference is anything to go by, Indigenous participation in the Western Australia tourism industry is set to grow.
HIGHLY lauded University of Western Australia finance graduate and former WA league footballer, Joe Procter has put himself into a postion to help commercially-minded Aborigines break into the world of business.
TALKING from a mobile phone in the small mid-west fishing village of Shark Bay, Yadgalah Aboriginal Corporation chairman Ben Bellottie emits pride as he describes the change taking hold in his local community.
AWAY from the mining and tourism projects more akin to WA’s regionally dispersed Aboriginal population, two local groups are successfully finding their feet in the metropolitan commercial property market.
AS Federal politicians sound the death knell for Australia’s peak Indigenous representative body – the Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Commission – a different kind of will is slowly emerging to advance indigenous Australia’s plight.
THREE new resorts and significant refurbishments will pour an estimated $50 million of investment into Broome’s hospitality sector over the next few years.
THE rapid growth in housing lending has been great news for Australian Finance Group, which has a hand in nearly 10 per cent of all new housing loans across the country.
THE Rising Stars survey is a platform to showcase private enterprises and unlisted public companies in Western Australia that have sustained high rates of growth over the past two financial years ending June 30 2003.
