THE federal government has refused to make a pre-election guarantee for junior miner representation on the panel that will finalise its proposed 30 per cent tax on coal and iron ore mining profits.
WHEN it comes to this election campaign, Martin Bullock admits to being torn between his direct business interests and his personal views about economic management.
Industrial relations remains at the forefront of business issues after opposition leader Tony Abbott’s decision to rule out any changes to Labor’s Fair Work laws, including unfair dismissal provisions for small business.
With a boom on the horizon and associated skills and labour shortages looming in Western Australia, branding becomes an integral part of attracting and retaining staff for many companies.
A WESTERN Australian intellectual property lawyer has warned that almost half of the brands belonging to the state’s top 100 companies are unprotected and vulnerable.
THE level of branding and corporate naming rights sponsorships at Western Australia’s various sporting stadiums is driving debate between avid sports fans and bean-counting corporate leaders.
WESTERN Australia’s best personal brands have remained largely the same during the past year, with Fiona Stanley again coming out on top of WA Business News’ branding survey for her list of achievements and opinions, and high public profile.
LIZA Minelli’s claim in the hit musical ‘Cabaret’ that “life is a cabaret” is a sentiment fully supported by part-time barrister and full-time playwright-cum-theatre director, Ross Lonnie.
JUST how much Western Australia’s entrepreneurial talent punches above its weight is exhibited in the state’s track record for sending its business leaders to Monaco for the equivalent of industry’s Academy Awards.
THE global cooperative movement employs about 100 million people and the top 300 cooperatives turn over $US960 billion per year, yet the sector has been largely ignored within mainstream economic and management studies for the past 60 years.
IT is not often that a move by one person can shake up a marketplace but the defection earlier this year of Michael Ashforth to Macquarie Capital from Gresham has had a big impact.
PATERSONS Securities and Macquarie Capital Advisers have topped WA Business News’ survey of Western Australian capital raisings, with each firm involved in transactions worth just over $1 billion.
THE dampening effect of post-crash market volatility on conventional merger and acquisition activity has left many playmakers looking to backdoor opportunities for corporate action.
As the Western Australian commercial construction industry heads towards the end of a boom period, the major players are spreading their wings in search of the big jobs.
AN array of government-funded building projects, including theatres, Tafe colleges and police centres is boosting the order books of construction firms in Western Australia.
The Rudd government’s commitment to the resource super profits tax rests on its faith in tax architect Ken Henry. But holes in even some of the simplest statements by the Treasury chief have cast doubt over the assumptions underpinning the tax.
SEVERAL Perth hotels are upgrading bars, cellars, lounges and business centres while launching extensive refurbishment programs to attract the growing leisure and corporate markets.
