WITH Labor in power, Unions WA is automatically elevated to a powerful position in policy making.
The relationship between the two groups has not all been plain sailing.
A VERY bright spotlight has shone on the lobbying activities of former Labor Premier Brian Burke over the past six months.
Along with business partner and former State Government Minister Julian Grill (who also acts on his own for some clients) Mr Burke
UNDERTREASURER John Langoulant stands head and shoulders above other public servants.
His influence derives in part from simply being head of Treasury and Finance – the man who controls the purse strings.
INFLUENTIAL people in sport are more than just star players or star coaches.
They are people who affect the future of sport in the State through their influence on Government, business and the community.
THE top political advisers are largely aligned with the most influential people in State politics.
In Premier Geoff Gallop's office the key people are chief of staff Sean Walsh and senior media adviser Kieran Murphy.
WESTERN Australian regulators have been very prominent over the past year.
The agencies on the list all have substantial autonomous power and their decisions can have a profound impact on the business sector.
WHILE it seems that the whole world is enamoured with cooking shows, Mago Films executive producer Marion Bartsch is not shy of the challenge to make her product stand out in a crowd and is trying her hand at producing a cooking series with a unique...
AS one of the biggest production companies in Perth, Storyteller Media Group holds the privileged position of being Government funding free since 1994.
The WA film and TV industry is producing content that is broadcast into lounge rooms around the world. Tracey Cook looks at what is driving the industry's growth and the niche position the WA industry has found in the international market.
THE recent move by the Western Australian Government to increase the Perth Parking Levy by 20 per cent, from $150 to $180 per space per year has been described by industry pundits as another tax hike that...
The parking levy that has caused CBD businesses so much pain could soon be extended to the suburbs, however, the Western Australian Government is playing down these suggestions.
THE dreaded fringe benefits tax has finally caught up with West Perth businesses providing parking bays to their staff.
Employers caught by the tax now face an extra cost of about $700 per car bay.
Harvey Norman chairman Gerry Harvey is a strong supporter of a deregulated retail trading market and is bemused that WA remains a restrictive trading environment.
The future of Western Australia's retail landscape is under scrutiny as lobbyists from across the country descend on WA to pitch their arguments in favour of retail trading hour deregulation.
AS a young, professional woman I fit the profile used by national retail giants as an example of the consumer in need of greater shopping hours – well all except for the kids.
IF the State Government decides that it will make major changes to WA's retail trading hours it will need to gain support from the Opposition and/or WA's minor political parties.
WHEN the first big construction project gets underway at the Australian Marine Complex, the Premier of the day (whoever he is) is sure to hail it as a big success.
Australia's biggest fabrication hall is the centrepiece of a $200 million infrastructure project south of Perth. Mark Beyer asks if this is an astute investment that will foster industrial growth or an extravagant use of taxpayers' money?
MORE than 50 per cent of currently developed land in the Australian Marine Complex industrial precincts has been sold.
Since being appointed to handle the freehold land sales Jones Lang LaSalle industrial sales and leasing manager Geoff Fraser said...
IMAGINE spending $35 million on a new factory then asking the State Government for a handout so you can create a market for your product.
Sound crazy? That is exactly what the ratepayer-funded Southern Metropolitan Regional Council has done.
PERTH company GRD is poised to become a major player in the waste management industry through its 50 per cent-owned Global Renewables.
After many years of technical and commercial development, Global Renewables is on the brink of commencing its first UR-
IN a field dominated by interstate and overseas companies, Perth-based Organic Resource Technologies stands out as a homegrown developer of waste treatment technology.
MERGERS and Acquisitions was the most keenly contested category in the Legal Elite 2003 survey.
Six lawyers attracted substantial support from across the industry and, at the end of counting, they were separated by only a handful of nominations.
PAUL Wright is one of several winners in the Legal Elite 2003 survey who left work at a big national firm to establish his own practice.
He formed Wright Legal in July 2000 after 17 years as a partner at Freehills and one of its predecessor firms
INDUSTRY speculation has it that the name McCusker is at, or near, the top of the list to head the State Government's proposed Crime and Corruption Commission.
