Tim Treadgold

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.