Terry McCrann

No more big resources projects

Terry McCrann WOODSIDE Petroleum might just have "announced" the real end of the resources boom by stating there will never be another LNG plant built onshore here.

Counting down to the 10th

Terry McCrann NEXT stop in the battle for Warrnambool Cheese and Butter is January 10. That's when the offer from Saputo is scheduled to close.

Bagging a win-win deal

Terry McCrann WESFARMERS is in relentless, even ruthless, portfolio management demanded of a conglomerate that aims at maximising its returns.

Holden left high and dry by float

Terry McCrann IT was pure coincidence that the decision by General Motors to end making cars here came in the week of the 30th anniversary of the float of the dollar.

Holden's move was inevitable

Terry McCrann There was no earthly prospect of Holden - or, again frankly, Toyota - building a growth future off car-making in Australia.

A balanced future for BHP Billiton

Terry McCrann BHP Billiton unsurprisingly projects a picture of its corporate - and the country's - future that's very similar to that of its prime competitor Rio Tinto.

Qantas is no Holden - yet

Terry McCrann THE difficulties of Qantas and Holden are very different and the Government is very sensibly going to craft different responses to their requests for help.

At the mercy of global winds

Terry McCrann TONY Abbott and Joe Hockey should put Qantas and Holden to bed, and quickly, so they can focus on the main game.

Why I converted on online GST

Terry McCrann I'VE changed my mind. The retailers are right. The government should - must - extend the GST to online purchases.

Can we keep looming good fortune?

Terry McCrann IT'S just possible that the planets are coming into alignment to deliver the best possible combination for Australia and our overall economy in 2014.

Challenge of going against the grain

Terry McCrann THE two things we do not want from government are a simplistic clinging to either end of the policy spectrum.

Hockey has no regrets over Graincorp

Terry McCrann TREASURER Joe Hockey took the "no regrets" option in knocking back the takeover of GrainCorp by the US Archer Daniels giant.

Is this the resources investment cliff?

Terry McCrann THE Government's Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics might have inadvertently captured Australia's looming resources investment cliff.

Hangover cure is needed

Terry McCrann RESERVE Bank deputy governor Phil Lowe has joined the chorus of voices in warning of tough times and difficult choices ahead for Australia.

Tactics, fallbacks, the panel

Terry McCrann CANADIAN dairy group Saputo is pulling out all stops in a desperate attempt to get to 50.1 per cent of its target Warrnambool Cheese and Butter.

Terry McCrann Climate hysteria's budget pain

Terry McCrann THE full extent of the pointless catastrophic financial and economic pain that climate change hysterics want to impose on us has been thrown into stark relief.

Terry McCrann A super cause for change at inquiry

Terry McCrann THE Federal Government's coming financial inquiry needs to look at bringing the superannuation industry into the broader financial system.

McCrann Mega storm warnings

Terry McCrann TWO statements from key policy econocrats on opposite sides of the Pacific today should combine to ring alarm bells on the state of the economy.

Terry McCrann GPT chief's investment cocktail

Terry McCrann MICHAEL Cameron, the quietly spoken CEO of GPT, is best regarded as a detailed and very precise number-cruncher.

Terry McCrann The US taper's dollar capers

Terry McCrann EVERYBODY'S waiting for Janet, and no one is doing so with a greater sense of urgency than Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens.

Terry McCrann Behind the Qantas, Virgin air war

Terry McCrann QANTAS CEO Alan Joyce has a very big point in his attack on the $350 million capital injection into his prime competitor Virgin Australia.

Terry McCrann Virgin's real issues on shares

Terry McCrann THE Virgin share issue looks all over like an outrageous assault on the rights of all the other shareholders.

Terry McCrann Dairy battle is no ordinary fight

Terry McCrann THE extraordinary battle for Warrnambool Cheese and Butter went white hot last week, sparked by a ruling from Treasurer Joe Hockey.

McCrann Shorten and Bowen embracing disaster

Terry McCrann ELECTRICITY” Bill and “debt and deficits” Chris have both announced their utter political ineptitude by the positions they have taken on.

McCrann Myer just ahead of rival David Jones

Terry McCrann THE sales figures confirm Myer is meeting the complex challenge for department store retailers better than competitor DJs.

Terry McCrann Hockey too quick with endorsement

Terry McCrann MURRAY Goulburn will dramatically increase the bidding for Warrnambool Cheese and Butter after Treasurer Joe Hockey's endorsement of the Saputo dairy group offer.

Terry McCrann Opportunity knocks - and two pounce

Terry McCrann FORTESCUE iron ore group and Australia's biggest toll roads operator Transurban have both moved to opportunistically exploit very low interest rates.

Terry McCrann Hockey focus is firmly on the future

Terry McCrann WHATEVER happens in China, we are desperate for new Federal Reserve head Janet Yellen to ride to not just our rescue but to much of the rest of the world.

McCrann Dairy gold up for grabs

Terry McCrann TEN years ago the Australian and New Zealand dairy industries were about the same size. Both produced about 11 billion litres of milk a year.

McCrann Hockey's impressive exercise

Terry McCrann TREASURER Joe Hockey's move to clean up outstanding tax announcements is an exercise in the good government our new PM wants to deliver.