JOHN Howard endured it, Richard Court suffered it, and now Geoff Gallop has become another political leader with a brother linked to a company in financial difficulty.
WESTERN Australia’s three conservative parties – Liberals, Nationals and One Nation – are a shabby, rudderless lot.The Liberals are split between three warring factions – the right, center-right and the wets.
IF Labor leader Kim Beazley wins this year’s federal election, a WA-born Prime Minister and WA-born Premier will, at the same time for the first time, govern Western Australians.
PETER Costello’s long awaited announcement on the future on Royal Dutch Shell’s bid on Woodside Petroleum has ended months of speculation on whether the takeover bid could proceed under Australia’s foreign investment guidelines.
WITH the wheels falling off the high tax Howard Government one can be forgiven for having hoped for some stability within the new government West Australians so recently elected.
Labor needs IT gallopNOW that election hysteria has passed, it’s a good time to look at Labor’s promises on information technology and telecommuni-cations (IT&T), and assess how Dr Geoff
WELL, who would have thought?You can be sure even the Labor Party’s most zealous supporters never expected the landslide result which occurred on Saturday.
Both Premier Richard Court and Dr Geoff Gallop were asked a series of questions of interest to the business community. Below are their abridged responses.Retail trading hours?
UNIONS will be back directing WA’s industrial relations policy if Labor is elected.WA Labor leader Geoff Gallop said individual contracts would remain under a Labor Government but would be underpinned by Federal Awards.
WELL, it’s that time in the democratic cycle again. Four years ago, on December 14 the Court-Cowan Conservative Government was given another four years in office.
REDEVELOPMENT of Perth’s CBD will be put on the back burner under a WA Labor government.REDEVELOPMENT of Perth’s CBD will be put on the back burner under a WA Labor government.WA Labor leader Geoff Gallop told a Property
