Perth commentator Tim Treadgold is one of the state's highest-profile business journalists. He brings decades of experience to Business News, offering readers sharp and insightful analysis of current events and breaking news.
A small ceremony in South Korea last week will eventually lead to a big debate in Australia about who benefits most from resource development in this country; Australians or foreigners.
If Western Australia’s iron ore miners thought they had seen the worst of the price slump which sent shockwaves through their industry two months ago they had better think again because “the mother of
It’s hard to be an optimist on the day BHP Billiton starts culling its WA iron ore workforce, and the International Monetary Fund publishes a downbeat outlook of the global economy, but as with all fo
If no-one at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission quits over the failed prosecution of Fortescue Metals Group and Andrew Forrest then someone ought to be sacked.
If you thought the global financial crisis was a fading memory then you had better think again because last night the “gold canary” was singing loudly in Europe as the price of gold hit an all-time hi
Not much is going right for Australia these days, which is why the high value of the dollar is such a mystery, or was until a Queenslander working for one of the world’s biggest fund managers provided
The problem with sugar as an energy source is that its effects are short-lived and often followed by feeling lethargic, and while it is an odd comparison it is interesting to think about how sugar wor