Tim Treadgold

Big shift for Indonesian alumina

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OPINION: Competing on costs is getting harder for another of WA's important mining sectors.

Working the system, reaping the rewards

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OPINION: Increased productivity will be part of the push for a four-day working week in Australia.

Ideology, pragmatism, risk and reward

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OPINION: The federal government has increased its exposure to the market with a critical metals move.

Most of all, banks want a stable system

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OPINION: Changes to US laws have spurred interest in stablecoins, but not everyone's happy about it.

Market realities hit hydrogen hopes

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OPINION: Recent decisions by some big names in resources seem to have confirmed that hydrogen is not yet a commercially viable energy source.

AI: it’s coming to a suburb near you

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OPINION: The hands-on nature of jobs in many sectors of the WA economy may help the state avoid mass redundancies due to AI.

Heavy-duty move may trigger face off

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OPINION: Two of the biggest names in WA business could be on a collision course.

Chalice transforms Gonneville outlook

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ANALYSIS: Good news for a WA critical metals project amid processing progress and rising resource prices.

Devil’s in the detail for BHP

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OPINION: Mining giant has some tricky calls to make in its pursuit of opportunities to mine the ‘devil's copper'.

Healthy WA may have to take GST tonic

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OPINION: The politics of power could put paid to WA hopes of retaining its GST share.

No easy pickings in new financial year

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OPINION: Global tumult appears set to deliver challenges for businesses in WA.

Brine plan drives a taste for lithium

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OPINION: A focus on lithium by some of the world's biggest oil companies is a worrying sign for the sector in WA.

Shelf call could trigger next WA boom

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OPINION: The gas project decision puts the state in the box seat to be a long-term, reliable source of energy.

Hard truths in mission for state

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OPINION: The premier and business leaders got into a room to talk economic future but pulling together is more complex and difficult.

Seabed mining edging closer to WA

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OPINION: Donald Trump has fired renewed interest in going after the ‘ungoverned' mineral riches on the ocean floor.

Fuse lit on US debt bomb

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ANALYSIS: Investors scurry to safety as governments, including in Victoria, pile on borrowings, bringing a fresh financial crisis into view.

Lax security means pain’s a click away

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OPINION: AI is going to further challenge efforts by governments and business to protect our data.

Trade turmoil drives protectionist push

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OPINION: The US-China trade war will return commerce to a time when government ownership of factories was the norm, despite gross inefficiencies.

Houses don’t build themselves

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OPINION: Our political leaders are looking in the wrong direction for solutions to the nation's housing crisis.

Rio’s WA plans cop a night parrot pause

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Two new copper mines with connections to Western Australia are facing approvals challenges.

Regulations a concern for resources

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Australia's tightening approvals process is out of step with moves in other jurisdictions.

Trump tariff war a race to the bottom

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Students of history will know how the Smoot-Hawley Act of 1930 played out, amid fears of a similar outcome from Donald Trump's tariffs.

Japan puts marker down on WA minerals

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OPINION: Keen to secure access to raw materials, some heavy-hitting Japanese corporations are reviving interest in WA's nickel sector.

Trump’s trade war just getting started

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OPINION: The US appears likely to revert to a ‘with us or against us' mentality to world trade, and Australia will be forced to choose.

Forget the suit, this guy’s got no clothes

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OPINION: Keen to avoid global market chaos caused by US policies, financial managers are acting collectively and re-allocating funds.

Private lenders cast pall over sector

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OPINION: The emergence of ‘private lending' in the aftermath of the GFC is a new crisis in the making.

Business support has a public price

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OPINION: The taxpayer bailout of Whyalla's steel mill shows governments should stay out of business.

Perils of misreading public mood

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OPINION: Failure to focus of their core operations is costing some big corporate names money and reputational standing.

Crypto crash creeps closer

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OPINION: The Trump-infused stampede into cryptocurrencies opens the gate for the next financial crisis.

Great reversal as green goes sour

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OPINION: It's becoming obvious Australia has an energy problem as it continues a total focus on renewables.

Red flags waving in private world

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OPINION: The stock exchange is struggling with relevancy and technology against a backdrop of surging global private capital.

WA hits energy transition sweet spot

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OPINION: The state will benefit hugely from an energy transition based on renewables and backed by gas power.