Tim Treadgold

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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