Mark Pownall

Senior editor Mark Pownall talks about the impact long COVID is having on the workforce and the research being done in Perth to understand the condition.

For Steve Tucker and his business partner Paul Heath the Western Australian market they bought into probably looks a world away from the Perth scene they left in the early 1990s to make their way to the very top of the financial services ladder.

Milne Agrigroup posted a profit fall in the middle of the pandemic's two-year crisis, showing a change in the sales mix to chilled and frozen meat and away from animal feed during that 2021 financial year.

A world-first Perth research project has made a breakthrough in understanding the pandemic's future ramifications.

Michael Malone was always a different sort of entrepreneur.

The debate over the size and frequency of interest rate moves is healthy and justified.

Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss Fortescue Metals Group, Kate Chaney, Santos, OZ Minerals, CCC, public sector wages and Allendale Square.

Putting food waste to good use is a long-term mission for the Nork team.

Perth company CleanSubSea is commercialising technology developed over more than a decade.

Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss economic data, Greatland, Rio Tinto, South Freo power station, public sector wages, power and energy, Mandogalup, black cladding, Avicena and Garry Brown-Neaves.

Euroz Hartleys Group shareholders will receive a special dividend and return of capital amounting to $80 million from the sale of its fund management business which settled earlier this year.

Gaming entrepreneur Laurence Escalante has acquired almost 10 per cent of software business icetana as part of a changing of the guard in major support.

Water Corporation has moved to outsource its online security, signing a three-year deal with Melbourne-based CyberCX.

Geospatial innovation shows that WA does tech investment very well.

Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss the death of Queen Elizabeth II, interest rates, Denis Cullity, Perth CBD sales, EY, windfarms, coastal developments and Rocky Bay.

Senior editor Mark Pownall explains why teaching entrepreneurship is a fraught subject for educators, businesses and not for profits.

A growing breed of educators wants to equip students with business-like skills.

A new state school-based innovation program is part of a plan to focus more teaching on future-facing skills.

Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss the Jobs and Skills Summit, BGC, Mineral Resources, property prices, The Perth Mint, Griffin Coal and Craig Williams.

Our grain production is so steady we only seem to appreciate it when times are tough elsewhere.

Senior editor Mark Pownall talks about his profile of Danny Murphy, whose career mirrors the long running political battle to have Perth's commuter rail extended to Ellenbrook.

Danny Murphy's career has tracked the development of Ellenbrook.

Kim Beazley has taken up his first major role since recently finishing his four-year term as the state's governor, joining the board of shipbuilder Luerssen Australia.

Perth could do with a permanent location to show locals and visitors the best of what WA can produce.

Political editor Gary Adshead discusses two headaches for the premier, with senior editor Mark Pownall covering Iron Bridge, the Mellen mansion, Ian Burston, small business and the arts.

UUV Aquabotix will go ahead with a reverse takeover of emerging consumer fintech One Click Life after a successful fund raising effort that resulted in the maximum $5.5 million being accepted after oversubscriptions.

Two low-key Western Australian business people are set for a windfall outcome if a $1 billion takeover bid for Perth-founded mapping business Nearmap is successful.

Senior editor Mark Pownall talks about the state's property funds and how managers have played the long game.

A $250 million venture capital initiative launched by the Forrest family seeks to leverage the millions of dollars of health-related R&D funding by governments and bridge the commercialisation 'valley of death' faced by many startups.

The biggest local fund managers developed their reputations decades ago.

The volatility of the stock market towards the end of the financial year has been further illustrated by results reported well after the June 30 cut-off date by specialist funds operating from Western Australia.

Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss Gloucester Park, DAP rulings, building costs, Palmer vs McGowan, Premier's adviser, mining harassment, indigenous business and BHP's bid for Oz Minerals.