Tim Treadgold

Australia losing its alumina power

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OPINION: Business goes where returns are greatest, as Australia's alumina sector is discovering.

Budget downplays recent market moves

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Against the expectations of many, including the WA government, the outlook for iron ore prices is rosy.

Weathering the financial storm

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OPINION: If the rich have cut spending, those of lesser means had better take the belt in another notch.

Australia’s addiction economy

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OPINION: Australia's debt is on the rise, and the cost of servicing it is also climbing.

Not Shakespeare, but monkeys make money

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OPINION: The rising cost of investment advice is leading some people to bypass the human connection in favour of AI.

Decision-makers mugged by reality

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Current market pressures serve to remind that events beyond our control have a habit of upending even the best-laid plans.

Hunker down for a trifecta of trouble

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OPINION: Cash is king when all else is in flux and stagflation stalks the Australian economy.

Offshore profits push as productivity pales

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ANALYSIS: The nation has an uphill battle to return productivity to its recent average.

Fraudsters find a way as AI plays banker

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OPINION: The jury's out on whether AI can deliver on its promises.

Halo a bright light for WA

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OPINION: The dominance of asset-backed, real-economy businesses in WA provides some protection from the AI deluge.

Crypto may break on the AI wave

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OPINION: The latest crypto plunge may be a sign investors have grown tired of the uncertainty.

Holy smokes, this tax has run out of puff

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OPINION: Tax increases just tinker around the edges when spending cuts are what's needed.

Budget woes meet gold gains

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OPINION: The soaring gold sector could prove too tempting for a federal government chasing tax dollars.

Tech metals a dollar driver

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OPINION: The AI-linked commodity boom is a tailwind for the Australian dollar.

Gold the canary that doesn’t go ‘cheep’

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OPINION: Some may be excited by the prospect of record gold prices, but the rush to the precious metal may be a portent of trouble to come.

US plan hits fiscal reality

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ANALYSIS: The negative response of financial markets dissuaded the US president from pursuing his designs on Greenland.

Don’t bet on a happy ending

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OPINION: Many young people, resigned to never owning their own home, are seeking riches elsewhere.

African realities put pieces in play for Rio

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ANALYSIS: Rio Tinto will be keeping a careful watch as investors evaluate the future of the miner's Simandou play.

Tech drive puts banks in a bind

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OPINION: Tougher bank lending rules will make it harder for some people to get a home loan.

Dig and deliver trumps minerals-to-metals plan

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OPINION: Miners make big calls on efficiency as iron ore competition arrives from Africa.

Investors uncertain amid policy polarity

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OPINION: The divergence in the policies of the world's major economies is adding to the potential for a global slowdown.

Well has run dry for low-income earners

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OPINION: Post-GFC efforts to rein-in bad financial practices may have had some unintended consequences.

Pursuing the politics of envy

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OPINION: As governments are testing the waters to lift taxes on the wealthy, the effects will likely spread beyond the top 10 per cent.

Major banks rate next move as ‘likely’ up

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ANALYSIS: The latest inflation figures could push the RBA to adjust interest rates, just not in the direction mortgage holders would prefer.

Wine sector’s got an ageing problem

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OPINION: With young people turning away from wine, maybe it's time to tone down references to crushed shortbread, cigar box notes and mouthfeel.

More roaches where these two came from

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OPINION: Covid cash, rising stock markets, gold and AI are converging amid a spreading debt crisis.

Savvy investors go with the flow

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OPINION: Investors seeking rich returns know where the rivers of gold are flowing.

We won’t get by on our homes supply

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OPINION: Throwing financial incentives at first homebuyers often makes a bad situation worse.

Qualifications no guarantee

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OPINION: The threat to employment from AI will be most severe for middle income earners.

Ore pressure may hit housing spend

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ANALYSIS: First production from the Simandou iron ore mine, coupled with an inquiry into the GST allocation, is a one-two punch for WA.

Perfect storm has pincer effect

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OPINION: Goal setting is an admirable quality, but the lack of a pathway to achieve the target makes the pursuit pointless.

Late to the party as resources slide

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ANALYSIS: Costs are among the key factors behind WA's fall down the list of preferred mining jurisdictions.