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Good communication is a handy skill for political and business leaders, but it's nothing if the substance is lacking.

Xstrata may have got the jump on its mining rivals.

The labour movement doesn't like growth, people get too comfortable.

Few will mourn Malcolm Fraser's resignation from the Liberal Party.

Western Australia's top employers realise happy workers are productive workers.

CONTRARY to a common catchphrase in management circles, SPF managing directors Graham Yarker and Jeff Nicholas make it a point to work in the business, not just on it.

China Magnesium (CMC) has launched an $8 million initial public offer and unleashed a veiled attack on the federal government's resource super profits tax.

The director of Perth-based earth-moving and property company, Pollock Group, Kevin Pollock has been jailed for more than five years following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).

WHEN it comes to influence, the resource super profits tax has the capacity to completely reshape who's who in Western Australia.

The federal government is looking to drive a hard bargain on the resource super profits tax.

IT ought to be a horror story for the state government.

Historically, a super profits tax would have stopped WA's progress before it started.

OPPOSITION revelations that Premier Colin Barnett's chief-of-staff Brian Pontifex is one of Western Australia's best-paid bureaucrats or advisers may have only underscored the value of one the most influential new players in the Liberal state government.

THE power players in Western Australia remain largely unchanged, though the impact of the federal government's resource super profits tax could change the future dynamics of this mix.

THE West Coast Eagles might be having a dreadful season on the field but its success off the field may well lie with the long-term strength of the boardroom, which has not been handicapped by salary caps, draft restrictions or drug scandals.

THE state government expects an almost 70 per cent increase in nominal income from the various public corporations it owns – making them a very important part of balancing the budget in the years approaching the state election.

Key development sites could kick-start a rejuvenation of Old Perth Road in Bassendean.

NEW office developments and demand from the mining sector will result in a finely balanced year for Perth's CBD office market, according to the latest research from analysts CB Richard Ellis.

THE Property Council of Australia says the state government's development plan for Hope Valley's Latitude 32 industrial zone is a good first step to alleviating long-term industrial land shortages, but falls short in addressing short-term needs.

REGISTERED charity HeartKids WA was established in 1979 by a group of parents dealing with the day-to-day realities of childhood heart disease.

Beaufort Street has (finally) welcomed David Barber's slice of northern Italy. Russell Quinn reports.

MOST economically minded parents introduce their children to budgeting at a young age.

MOST economically minded parents introduce their children to budgeting at a young age.

The development of iron ore resources in the Mid West will require incredible cooperation between government, the private sector and local communities.

A Canadian province shows WA how to win influence in the national capital.

BY any measure, the Mid West stands on the brink of an unprecedented level of development and investment, as scores of projects across a range of industries – including mining, energy, transport, and science – jostle for pre-eminence.

The battle over the resource super profits tax provides a test of where power and influence resides in Australia.

The hierarchy of influence in WA has received two unsettling shocks.

The Greek experience should be a lesson to Australia's political leaders.

TFS Corporation has signed a deal with private forestry company WA Sandalwood Plantations to establish a plantation project for Australian sandalwood.

Swick Mining Services has announced a downgrading of its revenue guidance for the 2009-10 financial year as a result of delays in several drilling programs.

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank says it is looking forward to its day in court after law firm Macpherson and Kelly launched a second class action against failed agribusiness investment manager Great Southern.