Gary Kleyn

WESTERN Australian oil and gas producer Woodside Energy continued its geographical expansion with last week’s announcement that it had taken a farm-in interest in a field in the Gulf of Mexico.

CUTTING prices is often seen as an easy way for businesses to boost their turnover, especially in difficult trading conditions. But it’s a strategy that is fraught with danger.

THE Western Australian Government signed a $15 million deal with Indigenous groups over the Burrup Peninsula just days short of an arbitration decision that was to be handed down and despite the groups having no determined claim over Native Title. Howeve

BRICKS and mortar, shares and bonds are often portrayed as safe assets with healthy returns over the longer term.

INTERNATIONAL wealth is down, surplus capacity and risk perception is up, balance sheets are under strain and currency misalignments persist.

A RECENT Australian Securities and Investment Commission discussion paper may represent little more than guidelines to fund managers at this stage, but they could lead to a dramatic change in investment decisions made in Australia.

AT first glance Wiluna may not appear as much more than a small dot on the map at the edge of the desert, but despite its isolation, the town is attracting new residents at a steady rate.

HARSH conditions and little rainfall on the edge of the desert may not sound like the ideal setting for an intensive farming operation.

VISITING Wiluna, on the edge of the Great Sandy Desert, today it’s difficult to imagine it once was a bustling town with a population of more than 10,000.