Mannkal Economic Education Foundation

Lower company tax rates and changes to power pricing are among possible moves that would support the state’s economic development, according to local academic Peter Hartley.

Uptake of rooftop solar is being severely distorted by a flawed pricing structure for electricity, forcing higher costs across the grid, according to one of Australia’s leading authorities on energy markets.

Ron Manners, Colin Beckett and Denise Goldsworthy were among the 68 Western Australians recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list along with Seven West's Ryan Stokes, who was awarded for his services to the media industry.

Visionary infrastructure projects can drive huge advancement in regional communities, but the challenge is investing money wisely.

The feed-in-tariff for rooftop solar will be replaced with a payment for supplying power in the later hours of the afternoon, the government will announce next week.

Mining icon Ron Manners has much to celebrate this year, including the 125th anniversary of his family business and a spot on the Queen’s Birthday honours list.

Changes to Infrastructure WA and an appraisal of public projects’ long-term benefits would help prevent poor outcomes from a wave of COVID-19 infrastructure spending, a new report suggests.

Behind the headline black ink in Ben Wyatt's 2020 state budget is an indulgent and self-interested fiscal stimulus.

Grattan Institute is the latest think tank to warn against governments relying on big infrastructure projects as a post-COVID-19 economic recovery measure.

With the extended Christmas shopping hours already announced, there is momentum to push for permanent retail reform.

About $2.5 billion of projects are likely or under way near Kwinana as the industrial precinct gains a greener tinge.

Inexperienced councillors and an overreliance on bureaucratic expertise are among major drivers of local government inefficiency, according to new research from Mannkal Economic Education Foundation.

Consumers could save money and capital spending needs be delayed by adopting dynamic pricing for roads, public transport and electricity, a report released Monday contends.

The Mannkal Economic Education Foundation has launched Project WA, which sets out a free-market microeconomic agenda for the next state government.

An aggressive switch to green energy and manufacturing is the boldest economic policy of the state election campaign, though the promise has many challenges.

Mannkal Economic Education Foundation scholar Sebastian Tofts-Len pens his case for deregulating Western Australia's trading hours.

Western Australian governor Chris Dawson, former politicians Clive Brown and John Hyde, public health leader Helen Milroy and construction entrepreneur Harry Xydas are among those who received Australia Day honours.