Opinion

What is art, what is business, and who should pay for the state’s cultural infrastructure like sporting stadiums and museums?

Things are going from bad to worse for Julia Gillard and her government.

State Labor faces a political and ideological challenge when it next addresses its policy on uranium.

The gold price is a remarkably accurate indicator of the state of the world economy.

The Productivity Commission faced challenges gathering evidence for its recent inquiry into the gambling industry, but reached firm conclusions.

Tax levels are at a historic high, so where’s all the money gone?

It’s worth taking note when scientists buck-up against a Labor government.

Among the many big policy issues facing government, workplace relations could have the largest impact on business.

The government’s carbon tax proposal gets more convoluted by the day.

John D’Orazio was a central figure in the turmoil that eventually brought Labor’s reign, under Alan Carpenter to an end.

The CME should be careful what it wishes for as the good times roll.

It may be an inconvenient truth, but companies must take the lead in bringing business and society back together.

Christian Porter might be planning to prime the pump in his May budget.

Higher-than-expected construction costs are hurting the government’s great infrastructure project – the NBN.

While they’re widely considered to be unproductive and too long, meetings still take up much of a manager’s day.

Julia Gillard may have neutralised the GST as an issue during her recent visit west, but there’s still plenty of manoeuvring ahead on that front.

The issues surrounding the oil and gas industry in WA almost rival the scale and complexity of the sector itself.

WA faces long-term energy cost increases as world oil prices continue to rise.

Too many shops! That is the awful reality for traditional retailers, and investors in retail-focused funds, because there is no hope of a sudden revival of shopping as we have known it.

There are plenty of political points available when talks about a new GST carve-up get under way.

Carmaker Hyundai is turning an accepted form of process management on its head in a major attack on costs and quality control.

Despite ongoing environmental and political upheaval around the world, there’s still reason for confidence.

A bizarre case of theft underscores the need for the state to outsource unnecessary work.

A review into the distribution of state grants is encouraging but it could end up like reviews of the mining tax and carbon tax.

Only a small crowd was on hand to hear an address by global warming sceptic David Evans in Perth recently.

"Doomed from the day it was conceived, and rightly so". They were the opening words used in this column five months ago about the proposed merger of the Australian and Singapore stock exchange - and they're worth repeating today.

A new report on domestic gas prices suggests there are no easy answers on energy policy.

Disillusioned with the organisation he helped found, Patrick Moore is now a vocal opponent of much of the work done by Greenpeace.

Having enjoyed predominantly strong economic conditions for much of the past 20 years, it’s clear many of us just like to spend up.

Collaborations between business, government and the arts can ensure a legacy of universal access to the arts and artistic pursuits.

Voicing suspicion of Canberra’s intentions always plays out well in WA politics.

Tipping the gold price, and the future price of gold stocks, is a mug's game, unless a clear value gap can be demonstrated - which is what appears to have been done in a rather interesting piece of recent research.