Tim Treadgold

Reining-in an AI horse that’s bolted

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Researchers are now seeking ways to mitigate the technology's potential downsides.

Processing push loses power

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WA's high-cost environment may put the kibosh on plans for a lithium-processing sector.

Digging deep to attract talent

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Education has a role in improving perceptions of careers in mining and oil and gas.

Borrowers beware, savers celebrate

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Consumer sentiment is switching to a more conservative spending cycle.

Metals demand a critical opportunity

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It is a classic political alphabet soup, but when the IRA is mixed with the CRMA it should be good news for WA.

Used car sales hit the brakes

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With new cars rolling off the docks, the second-hand market is looking decidedly second hand.

‘Me old China’ not the friend it once was

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Businesses burned by China's trade bans are finding market appeal elsewhere.

A loss becomes a win in GST stakes

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The results of a new survey could blunt other states' attacks on WA's GST share.

China, maybe we’re just not that India

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Australia is building closer trade ties with an Asian giant, and it's not China.

A fiddle here, a fumble there

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Political intervention in energy markets has a way of going off track.

Shortage of everything the new force

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A senior economist is tipping a commodities boom powered by a super-squeeze on critical metals.

WA best placed to ride out storms

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Next year is shaping up as a much tougher economic period amid growing fears of a global recession.

East coast envy as WA gas booms

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The geological handbook for the North Perth Basin is being rewritten.

Exposing the man behind the curtain

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Technology and money can make for uncomfortable bedfellows as data theft and financial losses pile up.

Billionaires can’t see forest for the tweets

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Successful in business they may be, but two big names are finding enthusiasm for their plans in short supply.

Waiting for the bulls to roll over

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The signposts towards a global recession are looming larger.

China telegraphs its punches

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As China ramps up the rhetoric, a host of international companies are taking their business elsewhere.

Echoes of Juukan drive new direction

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Rio Tinto's new chair is cleaning house and planning the miner's next steps.

Hard to pick how low house prices will go

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A major analyst is tipping a slide of up to 20 per cent in property prices, but it won't be even across the country.

State has levers to drive FIFO change

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A ‘local worker' rule inspired by WA's domgas reservation policy could help mitigate problems associated with FIFO.

There’s no fuel like an old fuel

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An increased supply of ‘new-energy' metals is needed to meet ESG needs.

Rates wreak currency crunch

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Overconfidence in the US dollar is having a profound effect worldwide.

Capitalist conundrum for communist China

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It's all eyes on China for WA's iron ore sector as that nation's property crisis lurches from bad to worse.

Value-add energy opportunity

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The global energy crisis has opened the door for WA to do more than supply largely unprocessed raw materials.

Price pressures drive retail rethink

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Cost-conscious retailers are among the ‘winners' from inflationary pressures facing economies worldwide.

All eyes on China’s deflationary slide

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Australia and China are currently facing strong economic headwinds, but from opposite directions.

New energy augurs future value

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Built on strong foundations, a trio of big WA companies are leading the state's future economic drive.

Maybe not booming, but bush is back

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Investment opportunities in the rural economy are growing, and an iconic name is playing its part.

Banks brace for the big squeeze

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Some banks are making hay while the sun's out, but the clouds are rolling in fast.

Sentiment shifting on energy mix

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In Europe and parts of the US, opposition to gas as a halfway energy source on the road to renewables is shifting.

Economic worlds collide in China

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China's economic system is under pressure as it fails to meet the needs of an increasingly demanding populace.

Nations the new subprime players

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Russia's debt default and the economic struggles of Sri Lanka and Argentina have echoes of the 2008 financial crisis.