Mark Pownall

In the second part of our series on big ideas for WA, we feature FORM’s Lynda Dorrington,a passionate advocate for change.

No matter what the economic conditions, an entrepreneur will always find the upside.

India presents opportunities Australia, and WA, must be prepared to capitalise on.

In the first of a four-part series Mark Pownall looks at the role of ‘big-project vision’ in our state’s development and introduces the first of four visionary proposals for WA.

THE scarcity of credit is clearly top of mind for Western Australia's business elite, with strong concern about the role of the banking system during this ongoing financial crisis.

A CITY of 1 million people located in the Pilbara.It's the sort of idea that makes people stop and think and, more often than not, baulk at the immensity of the proposal.

SHORT-TERM thinking copped a big serve from the entrepreneurs, several of whom felt it was the true villain in what has taken place in the global economy during the past six months, including the issue of executive remuneration.

Trevor Eastwood says working on his biography provided unexpected insight into his career.

A REVIEW of capital works, an efficiency dividend and a growing reliance on Commonwealth funding; it might sound like the state government but it's actually Western Australia's oldest tertiary educational institution.

WESFARMERS may have developed a reputation as something of a corporate cleanskin, but as former CEO and chairman Trevor Eastwood recalls in a new biography, it was not always the case.

Looking at data from a different perspective can produce strikingly different results.

GLOBAL insurance broker Aon has looked to Western Australia's local business talent to bolster its presence in the state - adding a Perth-based board to its existing operations.

AS speculation abounds on the future of a national broadband network, an elite number of businesses already have access to, and are using, extraordinarily high speeds.

The knee-jerk response to executive bonuses is missing the real issue.

THE federal government's revamp of industrial awards is causing unexpected turmoil in the financial services sector as a result of significant changes to superannuation arrangements between employers and employees.

HOW do a journalist and a photographer from Perth end up chatting about fast cars and a balanced diet with a leading racing driver in the state's remote outback? The answer to that lies in the modern mine site and just how far companies are prepared to go

CAN a place that bans chewing gum and has been ruled by one party for decades offer Western Australia opportunities to develop our state and improve our government? Premier Colin Barnett certainly believes this may be possible and has let loose one of his

AFTER a busy two years building a substantial research team and getting through a series of early trials, the start-up biotechnology business founded by Nobel Laureate Barry Marshall, Ondek, is seeking around $10 million to fund the next phase of its deve

Colin Barnett has a fight on his hands if he wants tax distribution restructured.

AS timing goes, right now might well be an appropriate time to launch an industry body for corporate doctors.

BRENDON Grylls has had a dilemma before.Back in September last year, he was sitting pretty, holding the balance of power and able to decide who formed a government.

The financial crisis is a major challenge for governments as well as business.

BRETT Martin's ambitious attempt to build a major Western Australian manufacturing and retail empire has ended with voluntary administrators appointed to sell the boatbuilding assets of his Trailcraft Australia.

IT has been heralded as some sort of magic number - the 47 per cent debt-to-revenue ratio that is somehow tied to the state's financial future.

ICONIC meat processor Harvey Beef is sending shockwaves through the South West for the second time this decade as its private equity owners grapple with the viability of the business.

A failure to invest in the good times may come back to bite ... again.

Tycoon pulls plug on $1.5bn solar project; China risk to iron ore royalties; Labor ready to deal on IR reforms; Lloyds bank gets second bailout; D-day for Jupiter as Gilbertson orbits

STAYING close to customers is an important strategy to many of Western Australia's big private businesses.

WESTERN Australia's big private businesses hold surprisingly uniform views on most subjects, and that extends to the federal government's $52 billion in extra spending via two stimulus packages.

GORDON Martin may preside over one of Western Australia's leading private businesses, but it was his recent experiences in the public sphere that shaped his understanding of the current economic crisis.

ECONOMISTS have described the central bank's decision to hold the official cash rate this week as a pause to the rate cutting cycle.

AS Australia's oldest family company, Lionel Samson & Son has successfully weathered many economic storms.