Tim Treadgold

Opinion 07 Nov 2025

More roaches where these two came from

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

Opinion 04 Nov 2025

Savvy investors go with the flow

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

Property 24 Oct 2025

We won’t get by on our homes supply

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

Alcoa’s decision to close its Kwinana alumina refinery cost more than 1,000 jobs.

Mining 21 Oct 2025

Qualifications no guarantee

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

John Carey may struggle to convince private players to build low-yield social welfare housing projects. Photo: Michael O’Brien

Opinion 09 Oct 2025

Ore pressure may hit housing spend

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

The dream of home ownership is beyond the reach of many younger Australians. Photo: Attila Csaszar

Opinion 30 Sep 2025

Perfect storm has pincer effect

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

Iluka has decided to mothball its Cataby titanium minerals mine. Photo: Iluka Resources

Mining 25 Sep 2025

Late to the party as resources slide

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

Indonesia’s dominant nickel industry has local and Chinese support, as does its alumina sector. Photo: Erberto Zani

Mining 19 Sep 2025

Big shift for Indonesian alumina

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

Opinion 12 Sep 2025

Working the system, reaping the rewards

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

Liontown Resources is the beneficiary of $50 million in federal funding.

Mining 05 Sep 2025

Ideology, pragmatism, risk and reward

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

The fast uptake of stablecoins has surprised some in the finance game. Image: iQoncept

Opinion 28 Aug 2025

Most of all, banks want a stable system

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

Fortescue has had a rethink on its green ambitions. Photo: Michael O’Brien

Energy 22 Aug 2025

Market realities hit hydrogen hopes

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

Qantas has made the Morgan Stanley list. Photo: Gabriel Oliveira

Opinion 15 Aug 2025

AI: it’s coming to a suburb near you

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

Home Depot provided the template for Bunnings’ growth.

Opinion 08 Aug 2025

Heavy-duty move may trigger face off

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

Mining 31 Jul 2025

Chalice transforms Gonneville outlook

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

Opinion 21 Jul 2025

Devil’s in the detail for BHP

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

Opinion 17 Jul 2025

Healthy WA may have to take GST tonic

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

Opinion 11 Jul 2025

No easy pickings in new financial year

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

Arcadium Lithium’s Olaroz lithium carbonate project in Argentina. Photo: Arcadium Lithium

Oil & Gas 07 Jul 2025

Brine plan drives a taste for lithium

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

Oil & Gas 20 Jun 2025

Shelf call could trigger next WA boom

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

Rio Tinto office. Photo: Michael O’Brien

Opinion 19 Jun 2025

Hard truths in mission for state

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

Mining 13 Jun 2025

Seabed mining edging closer to WA

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

Opinion 04 Jun 2025

Fuse lit on US debt bomb

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

Opinion 23 May 2025

Lax security means pain’s a click away

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

Amanda Lacaze has criticised a federal government plan to boost the production of rare earths.

Opinion 22 May 2025

Trade turmoil drives protectionist push

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

Opinion 19 May 2025

Houses don’t build themselves

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

With its ore grade around 1.5 per cent copper, Resolution could be an enormously profitable mine. Photo: Rio Tinto

Mining 12 May 2025

Rio’s WA plans cop a night parrot pause

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

Opinion 05 May 2025

Regulations a concern for resources

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

Government 30 Apr 2025

Trump tariff war a race to the bottom

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.

Drilling as part of the Goongarrie hub metallurgical testwork program. Photo: Ardea Resources

Opinion 11 Apr 2025

Japan puts marker down on WA minerals

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

There may be extra cause for celebration this Christmas. Photo: Atlas

Opinion 04 Apr 2025

Trump’s trade war just getting started

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.

A tonne of copper costs up to $US1,000 more in the US. Photo: white78

Opinion 31 Mar 2025

Forget the suit, this guy’s got no clothes

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

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