Opinion

Sir Charles Court fought many battles with Canberra as he set WA on its development path.

Herman Cain has fared well in straw polls and is seen as a standout to take on Barack Obama.

I never met him, but I knew him. I never talked to him, but he spoke to me often. I never saw him present his creations live, but my vision of him is burned into my brain.

It's a cliche – business is a people game. And like many cliches, it's true, but what does this mean in practice for your business?

Kerry Stokes probably doesn't need an extra $500 million, but if anybody else wants to triple their money it might be time to join him on the share register of Iron Ore Holdings (IOH).

The Perth lord mayoral race has highlighted the issue of financial accountability and state policy on the third tier of government.

Idyll or ideal? Is Rottnest our past or the present?

A Canadian miner is preparing to ship nickel from the revived Ravensthorpe mine.

The outcome of last week's jobs forum in Canberra was sensible, incremental reform, but don't expect the policy change to have a big impact on local industry.

Pay and conditions leads work-life balance as the top workplace incentive, according to a new survey.

The sale of coal assets to foreign interests is a blow for WA's future energy needs.

HERE'S a question I often get: ‘Where should I network to get the most leads?'Wrong question.

JOHN Rauschkolb, founder and CEO of Panama-based La Hipotecaria, faced an ongoing dilemma.

Colin Barnett is running out of time to make some tough decisions on the state's power system.

Ensuring the benefits of WA's minerals wealth are best utilised is a community-wide issue.

Foreign ownership of Collie coal will have positive long-term outcomes.

Recent debate over the state's coal mines and energy utilities seems to have confused the issues of ownership and industry regulation.

Many Australian businesses have refocused their growth energies on Asia; but harnessing the tiger economies of Asia is no easy ride.

Labor's McKell Institute is a worthy idea, but not the only way to effect change.

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THE experience of ‘flow' is familiar to anyone who is passionate about what they do.

A sound currency is the fundamental basis for a productive economy.

The challenge for the current, and future, governments in WA is to add to the value of the state's minerals exports.

Does Colin Barnett really think iron ore is like gold?

A former Singaporean government minister has offered the West a harsh dose of economic medicine.

The global economy is officially in a “dangerous phase” yet Western Australia's unique circumstances provide cause for cautious optimism.

The economic situation in China is more an engineered cyclical slowdown than reason to hit the panic button.

Labor's current leadership doesn't seem capable of reforming the party.

The purse strings may soon be relaxed if the state's 2010-11 financial performance turns out to be better than expected.

Beating up on the rich is counterproductive; we want more of them.

Retailers have every reason for concern following a recent report from the UN.

The growing relationship between WA and China warrants a mature approach from both sides.