Opinion

What chance a federal government under budgetary pressure may decide to cede future tax wealth to the states?

Debate continues over the best way to maximise returns from the state’s rapidly growing oil and gas sector.

Western Australia has reclaimed its position at centre stage in the money world, not because it is sucking in development capital but more so because it has become a global cash cow.

The current school curriculum seems to have strayed a long way from the basics.

Perth is a hotbed of IT and business talent, and there’s no shortage of courses and events to connect ideas with outcomes.

While it’s important your business’s website has a professional look, people need to be able to find it.

If you want to know how good you are at business, ask your customers – and then honestly assess how much you can improve.

The cost of doing business in Australia means the country has become an investment no-go zone for international companies.

The spectacular collapse of Forge Group highlights some of the big differences between the resource states and other parts of Australia.

It's not often that 6,000 investors are in total agreement, but in the case of the collapsed Forge Group there’s no doubt that all of the company’s shareholders will recognise that the failure had one cause – management incompetence.

China’s aggressive posturing has brought the expected response from countries in the region.

The retailers best placed to benefit from a changing marketplace will be those who proactively shape products, services and experiences for and with consumers.

How far the $A falls is open for debate, but there’s no doubting the longer-term trend is downwards.

How is a cup of coffee like a sale? When it’s with a customer.

History shows that shopkeepers need good management as much as good sites.

Only a courageous investor would bet against the buying power of the self-managed super funds, which one recent investment note said ‘hunted in packs’.

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The future of RPH as a tertiary hospital is as unclear as when the Liberals ‘prioritised’ the issue before the 2008 election.

Joe Hockey won plaudits this month for providing intellectual backbone to the federal government.

Australia’s deference to China at a political level does this country no credit.

Mining Indaba conference highlights infrastructure and transport concerns as Barnett seeks to solidify relationships with African companies.

Giving Aboriginal people the chance to labour on mines can’t be considered real compensation for the permanent destruction of traditional lands, but the more progressive companies have recognised the potential to establish genuine partnerships with native title groups

The founder and co-CEO of the $11 billion company Whole Foods, John Mackey, has collaborated with marketing professor Raj Sisodia to propose the idea that ‘conscious capitalism’ can be a force both

Do you believe you are a trusted adviser? Do your customers perceive you as a trusted adviser?

The current shark cull is a politically challenging issue, but one where Colin Barnett is right to dig in because he has time and momentum on his side.

Colin Barnett will be hoping his encouragement of Africa’s mining sector doesn’t come back to bite him.

Colin Barnett has every reason to cheer the goals set out for the national commission of audit, but it’s follow-through that counts.

Australia’s top infrastructure adviser has challenged governments around the country to be more rigorous in their evaluation of projects.

After five years in the financial sin bin there is a flicker of hope on the horizon for Western Australia’s magnetite iron ore processing industry, with Gindalbie Metals and Sino Iron in line for a revenue boost emanating from an unlikely source – China’s polluted environment.

Australian troops were fighting more than just the enemy on the battlefield during WWII, according to a new book by Hal Colebatch.

Business success is a team effort, so it’s vital you achieve a high degree of buy-in from your team, and get the best out of each individual.

A few core principles form the heart of a successful sales career.