Special Report: Where is the leadership?

Perth may be at the centre of a once-in-a-generation boom, but many feel we are not capitalising on it.

Belated as it may be, the development of the Swan River foreshore to the south west of the CBD has actually taken its first serious step forward in a couple of decades.

Engagement, layering, connectivity. Apart from the obvious focus on some very big and very real projects, there was a subtext of language around the WA Business News boardroom.

Imagine changing the name of Kings Park to Kaarta gar-up, or river cruises that follow the route of the Aboriginal dreamtime's rainbow serpent, the Wagyl.