Editorial

Several factors have combined to ensure WA businesses are in better shape than may have been expected, considering the speed and depth of the boom’s collapse. 

Let’s not write off 2016 before it has started; there’s plenty of potential upside just over the horizon.

As residential construction comes off a massive peak, there is an opportunity for a subtle policy response.

Does stable remuneration at the top of the field indicate the depth of our economic trough has been reached?

Families that retain multi-generational wealth have a role in any economy as valuable as emerging entrepreneurs.

Dialling back the ability for small bars to open will undermine the gains made by this very sensible law.

Many employers are retaining boom-time workplace health practices, but cost cutting does have its price.

The apartment sector may be going through its own cyclical high, but developers are banking on a long-term growth story.

Resources industry veterans know they are in a cyclical business, but when will things turn positive again?

Wealth creation is a critical element of any stable society.

If WA wants to continue reaping the rewards of its abundant bounty, it needs to stay ‘open for business’.

Like a lot of WA’s mineral and land resources, the easy developments of LNG may be behind us; but that doesn’t mean we should simply live off the past.

The keen investor interest in tech stocks will hopefully be more than a passing trend.

Malcolm Turnbull faces high expectations from a public fed up with political inertia and infighting.

Apart from size, small businesses currently have one thing in common – optimism.

The state’s fashion industry is in a good place as its penchant for a creative approach to business opens opportunities.

There’s a feeling among those in WA’s startup community that their time may have finally arrived.

We need successful big companies, but we also need to recognise they started as smaller ones.

Providing for the infrastructure needs of a growing city is an often-daunting challenge for governments.

It is good to see local gold miners appear cautiously optimistic about their futures.

Rising cost of medical services means productivity improvements must be rewarded.

In just a short time, fracking has gone from a little-known industry term to make its debut in the mainstream lexicon as a dirty word.

Will the age-old arm wrestle between renting and ownership result in too much pain as momentum changes?

TSR is the most accurate measure of a business’s performance.

The 2015 Rising Stars shine a light on the bright future for business in WA.

The need for new infrastructure is there, but the state isn’t in a financial position to drive development.

Businesses in country towns have to work that little bit harder to achieve commercial success.

Diversification looks like the key, but there’s not room for everyone.

Vocational education and training is hard to manage within economic cycles.

The mining bust hasn’t left dust, there is a wealthy legacy to exploit.

When done well, highly organised giving transcends being big-spirited because it can shape outcomes.

The growing prevalence of backdoor listings, particularly among Perth businesses, offers positive news in a sluggish economy.