Opinion

The revelation the state government’s Office of Shared Services is to be disbanded after costing taxpayers almost $450 million over six years is just the latest in a long line of public sector financial disasters.

Is Tasmania Australia's 'Greece'? The numbers appear eerily similar.

The clamour in the business community is growing louder for he law to be debated

Be wary of what may fill the space vacated by the passing of the scandal-plagued News of the World.

Last Sunday's launch of the federal government's carbon pricing scheme has had remarkably little effect on the debate.

What is it with academics and their desire to sign proclamations about what is right or wrong?

As each week passes, the federal government’s incompetence over live cattle exports gets more and more staggering.

Ensuring the security of long-term energy supply should be top priority for the state government.

Colin Barnett has taken a bit of a gamble in naming Burswood as the site for the new 60,000-seat stadium.

Current events are exposing the limits of globalisation.

Is Australia an easy place in which to invest and do business?

Some delicate negotiation is needed in the upcoming round of pay claims if the government is to emerge unscathed.

What’s the connection between a light metal, fruit juice and a US-based economist?

Changes to the law give shareholders more say on executive pay and tighten the rules on how boards decide.

Should the military be used to stimulate development in the north-west?

A mining industry leader in Perth this week highlighted the key issues facing the sector, and by extension WA.

The coming carbon tax presents the Liberals with an opportunity to engage with inner-city voters.

WA has been shaped by 120 years of boom-bust history, and that mindset still prevails, in damaging ways.

The leaders of WA’s two major political parties are noticeably silent on a crucial issue of state energy security.

It will be a major boost for attorney-general Christian Porter if he can get his draft prostitution Bill across the line.

It looks like a case of ‘owners sit tight, buyers get ready’ in local property for the next two years.

The Pilbara is vulnerable to a range of security, economic and ecological threats.

Is public transport a victim of its own success or a wasteful rort?

Gina Rinehart hates the label "Australia's richest person". How will she, and the rest of the country react when (not if) she ranks as the "world's richest"- as can be forecast using the latest research.

Public transport users ought to be wary of complaining too loudly about squeezing onto packed trains during increasingly busy peak travel times because history has a habit of repeating itself.

The northern cattle industry has been hit hard by the suspension of the cattle trade with Indonesia.

Much has been written about leadership, yet it remains elusive to many in business.

A return to robust internal debate and a party-first mentality would be a good start for a Labor Party in decline.

You won’t see many sights stranger than thousands of people rallying in support of a tax.

The Perth Waterfront project is going ahead, but nailing down a completion date is hard work.

WA Business News’ annual Rising Stars awards highlight the entrepreneurial flair in the state’s business community.

Bad news for the meat and wine industries is masking a minor miracle in the Wheatbelt where high commodity prices are breathing new life into near-dead towns.