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In their weekly podcast Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss COVID restrictions, Nev Power, gas developments, downstream processing, infrastructure winners, MinRes and other results, plus vacancy rates and a sneak preview of what's in next week's magazine.

WFH has the look and feel of a brace of new acronyms that have been born from social media, most notably Twitter, which limited character use and thereby encouraged users to reduce pithy phrases to just a few initials.

In their weekly podcast Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss Clive Palmer, Kwinana port, City of Perth, Bindoon, Min Res HQ, and Gage Roads' plans in Fremantle.

In their weekly podcast Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss markets' strength, COVID support, land and housing sales, manufacturing stimulus, decommissioning dilemma, Mathias Cormann, and the widening race for Lord Mayor.

In this week's podcast Mark Pownall and Matt Mckenzie discuss the border battle, WA stimulus analysis, McCulloch for mayor, FMG, Julia Gillard, Subi office dilemma, and our special report on infrastructure contractors.

In tough times and good, WA’s top dealmakers are always looking for the next opportunity.

In their weekly podcast Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss the market update, economic impact, Tattarang, apartment knockback, environmental laws, Griffin Coal, and our special feature on WA's funds management sector.

The argument for a return of local manufacturing is being made repeatedly, without any effort to lay the correct groundwork.

In their weekly podcast Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss unemployment, JobTrainer, budget preview, Woodside, Strike Energy, mining strength, Clive Palmer, shopping centre strains, and a look at property developments in Fremantle.

The looming new financial year offers opportunities to improve the nation’s position across a range of metrics, particularly given the shifting sands caused by COVID-19. And as WA benefits from good leadership, wouldn't it be great to see one of our best sports executives recognised nationally for her success here.

In their weekly podcast Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss residential property, Fini and Lisle, Perdaman, City of Perth, Cormann, the Ord River Irrigation area, and the Business of Local Government.

As Australia emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, a rethink about how and where we will get the skills needed to restart our economy has put Senator Michaelia Cash at the centre of this transition.

PODCAST: Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss North West Shelf shakeup, Westport development, broker consolidation, DUG Technology IPO, environmental approvals, #Perth, universities, and our special report on apartment developments.

The state government will no doubt take comfort from polling that suggests most Western Australians are happy with closed borders.

PODCAST: Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss market volatility, iron ore outlook, Pilbara issues, indigenous heritage, property stimulus, honoured leaders, our special report on Asian engagement, and our Great for the State feature on value adding.

OPINION: The current economic crisis may provide an opportunity to re-engineer workplace relations.

PODCAST: Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss the looming recession, the housing stimulus package, BGC, Adrian Fini and Dale Alcock, Austal's new CEO, Richard Burt's move, Tim Marney's new role, the ASX recovery, and our special report on a perennial favourite, breweries and distilleries.

OPINION: The virus has created a major shift in sentiment about the cost of diversifying our economy and trading relationships.

PODCAST: Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss the virus impact and policy response, live sheep, industrial relations shift, COAG, investors lose $200m, Michelle Fyfe, and our special report on law firms.

PODCAST: Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss Wesfarmers restructuring, pandemic impact, planning process changes, BGC and Ventura Homes, new city towers, China tension, and our special report on WA's wine industry.

PODCAST: Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss the pandemic’s economic impact, labour force, construction, hospitality, Qantas and Perth Airport, Minderoo rebrand, China spat, new corporate finance deals, Jennifer Lawrence, the City of the Future and our special report on the education sector.

Few businesses in Western Australia have felt the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the way that Brightwater Care Group has, with aged care being challenged like almost no other sector while other income streams for the organisation have been severely curtailed.

Some of the WA capital’s best attributes have become even clearer as we push through the COVID-19 challenge.

PODCAST: Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss markets settle, COVID-19 economic impact and where to next, Perth Airport vs Qantas, Chris Salisbury, El Caballo, Ellenbrook rail line, our great for the state feature on the future of our city, and our special report on mining projects.

PODCAST: Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss market recovery, virus rules relaxed, infrastructure contracts, Caratti court case, Malcolm Turnbull, Andrew Forrest, Austal and our special report on philanthropy and charities.

PODCAST: Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss markets impact, local virus update, economic challenges, state relief for landlords and apprentices, Raleigh Finlayson, Patricia Kailis, major property deals, our special reports on agribusiness and medical technology.

There have been many surprises in this pandemic and one of them is learning who amongst us has the right level of resilience, appetite for risk and can keep a cool head under pressure.

There’s a lot of very positive talk about pandemic-driven politics, where ideology has allegedly taken a back seat to science, and leaders can change position quickly on the basis of new facts rather than being slammed for backflipping.

PODCAST: Mark Pownall and Sean Cowan discuss markets jump, eviction moratorium, airline and media deals, Rob Scott, Crown Resorts, Pioneer Credit, and our special report on the past quarter's deals.

A number of changes are taking place across business and the community, wrought by the pandemic; some temporary, some potentially permanent.

Wesfarmers chief Rob Scott believes the pandemic threat has been well handled by authorities so far, but has urged political leaders to ensure there is a level playing field when it comes to supporting business. Click through to watch the video interview.