Opinion

Recent federal government reports highlight the cost of industrial activity at our ports.

Peter Lehmann casts a big shadow over the Barossa, and the latest releases from the eponymous winery prove that quality ages well.

We’re only a couple of years away from starting the decade during which it’s expected AI will take 40 per cent of Australian jobs.

AUKUS must be more than a collection of convenient solutions.

Federal Labor came to office with a ‘Powering Australia’ plan, promising to boost renewable energy, reduce Australia’s emissions by 43 per cent by 2030, and cut family power bills by $275 a year by 2025.

Businesses burned by China’s trade bans are finding market appeal elsewhere.

Australia Day needs to celebrate the entirety of our story.

Australians should be under no illusion about nuclear energy’s shortcomings.

David Honey says freezing household charges, investing in a reliable power grid, and developing a new generation of industries should be priorities for the state government.

First-in-family university students face extra challenges.

Murdoch’s vice-chancellor talks to Business News about the university’s recently overhauled 2030 strategy.

European variety is finding its feet in Australia.

A look back can help inform the Asian power's future direction.

Australia does not have a food security crisis.

Teething problems aside, a new federal rating system is a positive move.

Hollowed out during the pandemic, our cities could benefit from a change in fortune

The time may be approaching when AI will be expected to deliver on its potential.

Perth may want to be the 'City of Lights', but Singapore could make its own claim to that crown.

The next 12 months will present a host of opportunities for the defence manufacturing sector in WA.

Population growth is in the news again with the release of a new report by the Commonwealth Government’s Centre for Population.

Political intervention in energy markets has a way of going off track.

Details of a First Nations Voice are in ample supply, contrary to what some of its opponents are suggesting.

A federal review of the tertiary sector is slated to begin this year.

Liberal shadow minister Neil Thomson writes about the devastation to businesses and communities from flooding in his home region of the Kimberley, and the urgency of rebuilding.

The looming phase-out of the merino-dominated live sheep export trade may hit WA producers.

WA needs a forward-looking and long-term approach to sustainable regional development.

Is there a better way to meet the expectations of all citizens?

An unintended consequence of the scheme is that it makes a raft of public expenditure more visible.

Immediate investments in skills training and increasing opportunities for students from low socio-economic backgrounds loom as key targets of the government’s universities accord.

WA won’t escape higher energy costs as the political plays grind on.

Nearly 700 people attended WA’s long-running Women in Technology conference.

Xi Jinping may have reached out to world leaders but is still firmly focused on China’s long game.