Reg Howard-Smith

WESTERN Australia has long been seen as a safe, sustainable and secure supply hub for a range of commodities and processing facilities.

A state infrastructure plan will help Western Australia come to grips with the big development issues.

BACK in 2009, when the Chamber of Minerals & Energy WA released its first set of growth projections for the state's resources sector, Western Australia was in the shadow of the most serious global financial crisis since the Great Depression.

A cooperative approach is vital to remove uncertainty from negotiations over the proposed mining tax.

Ensuring a stable, competitive investment environment would be a positive first step by the next federal government.

Is WA prepared for the next wave of growth?

WITH energy issues firmly fixed on the public agenda after the events in recent months, the time is right for the development of a state energy policy which, at its heart, has a vision for Western Australia's development to 2050 and beyond.