Tim Treadgold
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WA’s smorgasbord of energy sources
The point about energy, old or new, is that the state has it, and the world wants it. → Read More
Offshore deposits lure major miners
Major resources players are increasingly investing profits made in WA elsewhere. → Read More
Time for rethink of State Agreements
OPINION: The big changes forced on the mining sector’s FIFO operations is a perfect example of how upheaval in business can present opportunities to improve when the crisis has passed. → Read More
Saudi sting opens window for WA
OPINION: Every cloud has a silver lining, even the attacks on the Saudi Arabian oil industry, because they could provide the incentive for customers to seek more liquefied natural gas from Western Australia. → Read More
State services not safe from disruption
Digital disruption seems set to affect the government’s provision of transport services, and other offerings are also ripe for the picking. → Read More
BP moves goalposts for LNG
Alaska is a long way from Western Australia, but what’s just happened in the oil industry there could have a significant effect on plans to expand this state’s liquefied natural gas industry. → Read More
Resources dependence exposes WA
OPINION: Global economic and political events may dampen demand for minerals from some major WA projects. → Read More
At this rate it’s all negative
OPINION: Low interest rates create winners and losers, but ultimately are a sign all’s not well with the world. → Read More
Tax, rate cuts lift retail confidence
A recent rise in share prices for listed retailers reflects some positive signs across the economy. → Read More
Market mirage on miners’ price points
An $A record gold price has the sector abuzz, while the sharp correction in iron ore prices will expose the looming reliance on WA’s vast deposits of low-grade ore. → Read More
Adding value to lithium
OPINION: The failure of government and business to work together effectively in Chile provides a clear lesson for WA’s lithium players. → Read More
Multiple moving pieces cool gold fever
OPINION: Several factors have converged to lift the price of gold in $A terms, but local events may yet play a part in how lucrative those returns are to WA producers. → Read More
Screws tighten a tad for LNG
OPINION: Incentives or government intervention might be needed to align the interests of the many JV partners in WA’s major LNG assets. → Read More
New trade climate not so nice
OPINION: Now might be a good time for a walk down memory lane in terms of trade and business, particularly given the behaviour of some of the world’s major economies and political players. → Read More
Disruption the result of a rates race to the bottom
OPINION: Long-term low interest rates could fundamentally alter the way the economy works, with significant social flow-on effects. → Read More
Access key to online sales growth
The fact that online retail still comprises a relatively small part of total sales is cold comfort to bricks-and-mortar businesses. → Read More
Outlook uncertain amid foreign fracas
OPINION: WA has no control over the biggest issue facing its short-term economic outlook – the US-China trade war, which could cut demand for the state’s commodities. → Read More
Trade war may spark rare earth opportunity
An exotic mineral once mined Iluka Resources could bring about a resurgence in demand, as US-China tensions persist. → Read More
WA facing gas pressure
The state government could do more to provide certainty for investors in WA’s potential gas projects. → Read More
German giants will bring fresh competition to retail
Two new German supermarket businesses covering the top and bottom ends of the market are expected in Australia next year. → Read More