Opinion

The cost of solar power is a major problem for the renewables sector.

Shouldn’t governments be saving more if we’re to avoid Dutch Disease?

Managing wages growth is a critical business issue, and requires a raft of policy settings to be correct.

If Australia is to cut constitutional ties with Britain it must be for the right reasons.

Andrew Wilkie’s plans for legislation on poker machines could change the way gaming plays out in this state.

Many Australian businesses may have no qualms about trading with China, but the national government may be forced into a corner on the issue.

Very few companies in WA are effectively selling themselves to current and prospective staff.

State Labor faces a political and ideological challenge when it next addresses its policy on uranium.

The gold price is a remarkably accurate indicator of the state of the world economy.

The Productivity Commission faced challenges gathering evidence for its recent inquiry into the gambling industry, but reached firm conclusions.

Tax levels are at a historic high, so where’s all the money gone?

What is art, what is business, and who should pay for the state’s cultural infrastructure like sporting stadiums and museums?

Things are going from bad to worse for Julia Gillard and her government.

It’s worth taking note when scientists buck-up against a Labor government.

Among the many big policy issues facing government, workplace relations could have the largest impact on business.

The government’s carbon tax proposal gets more convoluted by the day.

John D’Orazio was a central figure in the turmoil that eventually brought Labor’s reign, under Alan Carpenter to an end.

The CME should be careful what it wishes for as the good times roll.

It may be an inconvenient truth, but companies must take the lead in bringing business and society back together.

While they’re widely considered to be unproductive and too long, meetings still take up much of a manager’s day.

Julia Gillard may have neutralised the GST as an issue during her recent visit west, but there’s still plenty of manoeuvring ahead on that front.

The issues surrounding the oil and gas industry in WA almost rival the scale and complexity of the sector itself.

WA faces long-term energy cost increases as world oil prices continue to rise.

Christian Porter might be planning to prime the pump in his May budget.

Higher-than-expected construction costs are hurting the government’s great infrastructure project – the NBN.

Too many shops! That is the awful reality for traditional retailers, and investors in retail-focused funds, because there is no hope of a sudden revival of shopping as we have known it.

Despite ongoing environmental and political upheaval around the world, there’s still reason for confidence.

A bizarre case of theft underscores the need for the state to outsource unnecessary work.

A review into the distribution of state grants is encouraging but it could end up like reviews of the mining tax and carbon tax.

Only a small crowd was on hand to hear an address by global warming sceptic David Evans in Perth recently.

There are plenty of political points available when talks about a new GST carve-up get under way.

Carmaker Hyundai is turning an accepted form of process management on its head in a major attack on costs and quality control.