Opinion

Kerry Stokes’ move is a little bit Buffett, a little bit Wesfarmers.

State and federal governments are formulating plans to deal with looming labour shortages, but progress is slow.

No Australian is exempt from paying their 10 per cent tax on goods and services and no state generates more good and services tax revenue than Western Australia.

Recent events in Canberra provide a telling reminder about the limits on what governments can realistically achieve.

Peter Garrett has a lot of work to do to repair his reputation.

TRAVEL TALK with Mark Barnaba Azure Capital.

Technological advances and a global trade in carbon will provide greater opportunities in northern Australia.

Major reserves of shale gas could cause upheaval in the sector.

A few well-connected individuals hold all the cards in China’s economic and political spheres.

State Agriculture Minister Terry Redman faced a small but angry crowd on the steps of Parliament House this week protesting his decision to allow genetically modified canola to be grown throughout the state.

Failure to seriously advance plans for development of the Perth foreshore is not an option.

New migrants are likely to increase pressure on local service providers.

Why does the public sector need to compete with business?

THE Goose That Laid the Golden Egg is a fable attributed to ancient Greek storyteller Aesop, which is regularly used (and abused) as an analogy in modern political life.

Foreign aid is clearly no panacea for developing nations.

Modern Labor bears little resemblance to the party founded more than 100 years ago.

South Africa’s problems could be good news for WA.

Australia should establish a national climate change commission to monitor and enforce a long-term climate change strategy.

Too much passion and too few facts dominate discussion over GM crops.

A remarkable set of numbers lies behind the federal government’s new skilled migration policy.

WAS it an act of protest or simply exasperation?

An upswing in M&A activity is on the cards.

The Reserve Bank’s latest interest rate decision caught markets by surprise but should not change any business or investment decisions.

WHAT do Rick Stowe, Clive Palmer, Richard Goyder and Kerry Stokes have in common?

Climate politics helped grow the seeds for the Liberals’ near collapse.

The after-shocks of the GFC could be extremely painful.

Australia’s corporate governence framework rates highly, a new report has found.

A barrage of taxes will be introduced to help pay for avoiding the worst of the GFC.

Basic science research could have prevented the Firepower saga

The former Labor government may have created a bureaucratic monster.

Business should play a role in Australia Day and other occasions that shape the national character.

THE state government last week started to flesh out its long-awaited plans for public private partnerships, revealing that it was likely to pursue PPPs in the health, education, correctional services and utilities sectors.