Mark Pownall

I have been fortunate of late to visit two very special manufacturers – a couple of not-for-profit organisations that make things no-one else can.

Three Cabinet ministers is a reasonable start for WA, but this state ought to be aiming for more.

When the Economist Intelligence Unit listed Perth among the world’s top 10 most liveable cities last week, it barely rated a mention.

Karri Valley Resort is one of those iconic attractions in Western Australia’s South Sest, or it should be.

Cedar Woods Properties has made its third significant Western Australian land acquisition for the year, adding a 35 hecta

The debate around Liberal leader Tony Abbott’s paid parental leave scheme is another example of how it often takes someone on the wrong side of the political divide to achieve things.

A stable society is not served by galloping growth in laws, according to one of the country’s senior judicial figures.

Federal Labor would set up a special economic zone in northern Australia if re-elected, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says.

If a political leader in election mode was looking for a sensible road project to fund, they could offer to improve the key industrial exit roads heading north out of Perth.

The US government has new representative in Perth, with Cynthia Griffin replacing Aleisha Woodward in a role that is considered one of busiest outposts in Australia for the superpower.

In a recent column for Business News I questioned whether there was a bigger issue driving the surprise FBT tax changes proposed by the federal government, and whether these were worth examination once the early hysteria had died down.

South African engineering and construction group Murray & Roberts has made a $430 million offer to win full control of Perth-based Clough, in which it already holds more than 60 per cent of the

The appointment of Mineral Resources CEO Chris Ellison as the honorary consul for New Zealand piqued my interest in this unusual role – the official but unpaid representation of a nation.

My family’s recent whirlwind holiday to Karijini National Park in the centre of Pilbara has reminded me of the opportunity that lies in the state’s north.

Online entrepreneurs based in Western Australia have carved out some great businesses, but there is definitely an ageing quality about them.

Mining entrepreneur David Flanagan has been named as the fifth chancellor of Murdoch University, adding yet another resources player at the top of governance of Perth's tertiary education sector.

Before we race helter skelter into the future we should ask ourselves whether we want to leave everything behind.

The $60 million sale of Cool Clear Water Group to UK-based Waterlogic does not just end a five-year merger and acquisition spree by the Western Australian company, it is also bookends the first investment-to-exit for private equity firm Banksia.

The property development sector has been hunkered down behind barricades for several years, so it was with some surprise to see locally listed player Peet emerge at the top of the corporate finance

There have been few bright spots in M&A deals this year in what some are calling a 'cautiously willing' market.

The deal-making environment in Western Australia is as challenging as ever, as the once-buoyant mining sector recalibrates to the so-called ‘new normal’, which appears to be the old normal as far a

Have we got the intellectual muscle to ride the cyclical downturn?

One of the challenges in running a university, like many not-for-profit operations, is the search for private benefactors to boost the funds available to offer their services.

Car subsidies not the only one-way deals out there.

Does the ailing Australian car industry offer us the chance to fix the Commonwealth Grants process and make the GST allocations fairer?

Solving the city’s congestion problems may require the public to start paying the true cost of its travels.

THE near certainty of a Coalition government being elected in September, and the single-handed control of state leader Colin Barnett, have reshaped Western Australia's 2013 Most Influential list –

Julia Gillard is right to crack down on the advertising of gambling odds during sporting contests, but the prime minister's political opportunism masks her failure to have a policy on gambling that

A big population centre at Lake Argyle has been proposed by a Fremantle consultancy as the winning entry to an international competition. The objective was to balance the nation’s development with a northern capital.

What lessons can we learn from wine sector that we can apply to industry development in this state?The wine sector has intrigued me as a business journalist for the past two decades.

An event that brought out previously hidden Europhile tendencies proves a winner in a WA workplace.