Opinion

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.

THE Western Australian economy has continued to grow over the third quarter of this year, according to the latest Australian national accounts data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

A senior economist is tipping a commodities boom powered by a super-squeeze on critical metals.

A fresh model adopted by a London university offers food for thought for Australian universities recovering from the impacts of the pandemic.

Providers need to think outside the box to secure and retain staff.

Several Perth-based startups are supporting young people on their way to employment.

As the east coast reels at the cost of energy, history is ignored yet again.

On the ground in rural America, where politics is done a little differently.

A rise in the bread price is no cause for panic, but an example of the cost of business.