Tim Treadgold

OPINION: WA again stands to be the beneficiary of trouble elsewhere, with local producers of lithium, gold, iron ore and hydrocarbons the likely winners.

OPINION: A new US meal-delivery model could make its way to Australia.

OPINION: The Westpac transactions scandal exposes its dependence, and that of the other banks, on computerised processing to replace people and cut costs.

OPINION: The investment opportunities offered by new energy models could change the debate over climate policy.

OPINION: Australia is seeking to find a delicate balance in terms of trade with a major customer, China, and its strategic alliance with the US.

OPINION: Sensible debate about the cost of progressive environmental policy is missing amid the noise from politicians and green activists.

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.

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.

OPINION: Low interest rates create winners and losers, but ultimately are a sign all’s not well with the world.