Opinion

The debate over tax reform has failed to pay regard to the increase in overall tax collections.

IT has been a huge week or so for those in the retirement savings business, with the federal government seeking to change the rules for investment advisers and then proposing to push the compulsory superannuation contribution to 12 per cent by the end of

A new political party will put WA interests ahead of Canberra's agenda.

Goldman Sachs' troubles in the US throw up some interesting questions about advisers.

Workforce planning will fall short if employers are not engaged in developing their own workforce.

The dumping of the state government's most capable minister puts the onus onto the rest of Colin Barnett's team.

There'll always be soft targets for unethical businesses.

The government may have further inflamed the simmering debate over executive remuneration.

Kevin Rudd's hospital plan has all the hallmarks of 1920s Labor policy.

TUG of war generally requires an equal balance of strength on either side to ensure the longevity of the game, but at various times in Australia's history politicians have played the game of political push and pull with uneven strength on either end of th

Malcolm Turnbull has alwys had an obstinate streak.

Iluka Resources' recent turnaround may be frustrating for Robert Champion de Crespigny.

Securing access to affordable, reliable and clean energy is a challenge Australia and the US share.

It seems a lot of people are missing the point about tax.

Investors and business executives have been given a few sharp reminders in recent weeks about the risk of regulatory shocks.

A man who loves bancruptcies offers insight into how to make a business work.

Western Australians need to carefully think through the implications of migration policy for the state's social fabric and business prospects.

A FRESH poll by business leadership group Executive Connection has found that 80 per cent of Western Australian chief executives believe that a looming skilled labour shortage is the priority issue faced by WA companies.

The Stern Hu trial shows who holds the whip hand.

Belief that boom times are back is leading some investors to take a punt.

The transfer of the petroleum sector's tax model to the minerals sector could provide advantages to the mining industry, but without adaptation it would risk future investment.

The expression ‘with great risk comes great reward' does not always hold true.

Recent concern over Greece's sovereign debt has focused attention on some deep-seated problems in Europe.

Australia is ill-prepared to deal with potential threats in the north-west

Recent developments between Australia and China point to both the increasing importance and growing complexity of the relationship.

DEPUTY Prime Minister Julia Gillard's whistlestop tour of Western Australia last week returned the political conversation to industrial relations for the first time in several weeks.

The state of political debate in Australia is no joke.

The current market provides an ideal opportunity for one of the big banks to break away from the pack.

MINING magnate Clive Palmer might be from Queensland, but he doesn't mind weighing into Western Australia's political scene, as he did in Albany at the weekend with promises to spend up big in support of The Nationals WA campaigning at state level.

The Liberals have lost a traditional ally in the suburbs of Australia.

Australia's relationship with China is a two-edged sword, as the Stern Hu saga has shown.

China's property market is a giant bubble and Australian analysts have failed to understand its implications.