News Articles for Malcolm Turnbull

Australia's recent poor record in commercialising innovation received a boost late last year with the revival of the federal government's Accelerating Commercialisation program.

Malcolm Turnbull's business experience and familiarity with WA could be a plus for this state.

Newly elected Liberal Party leader and Prime Minister designate Malcolm Turnbull has said he will lead a "thoroughly liberal government", committed to individual freedom and the market, and vowed to carefully explain and consult heavily on policy.

Politics is a ruthless business, where poor performers are quickly found out and (more often than not) moved on.

A Perth not-for-profit group has galvanised support among its 180 members as part of a concerted effort to get the National Broadband Network rolled out to the 3,500 businesses in their district.

Despite all the huffing and puffing, little really separates Australia's two main political parties.

With stock options being taxed immediately, start-ups are being held back.

Australia's deference to China at a political level does this country no credit.

Nedlands-based tech company Norwood Systems has enlisted two influential supporters to launch a platform which it says will cut exorbitant mobile roaming costs for corporate clients.

The rollout of the NBN has begun in WA, but how it ends up will be determined by politics.

How ironic John Howard's book is titled Lazarus Rising, when it was the former PM who brought the Liberal Party to its knees.

Federal Labor needs to rethink its approach if it is to survive beyond the next decade or two.

DESPITE a major spat with federal Liberal deputy leader Julie Bishop, political observer Peter van Onselen still puts her in his top 10 most influential Western Australians.

Phosphate Resources Ltd has had a minister decision banning mining expansion plans on Christmas Island set aside.

Outgoing defence minister Brendan Nelson has become the third senior Liberal to put up his hand for the party leadership, as Nationals' leader Mark Vaile today joined the former ministers choosing to exit politics.

Plans by listed mining company CI Resources Ltd to revive its fortunes by appointing new directors, including former state development minister Clive Brown, have suffered a major setback after the federal government rejected plans for new mining leases on