PAUL RAFTERY

At Projects RH, our core business is we connect projects & money. One of the ways we do that is by acting as an internal resource to process manage a major change in the business.  We understand the challenges of ..... Continue reading ....

Australia’s North West Shelf (NWS) gas and oil project is well over 30 years old, it has grown dramatically from the original vision, with low oil and gas prices it is not surprising that the big early investors are reviewing their strategies. The investors in Chevron, BP, Shell and BHP are not looking for passive utility like returns. When the NWS project was .... Continue reading....

Foreign investment has been an integral part of the ongoing history of Australia since modern Australia commenced with the arrival of the “first fleet” led by Governor of Arthur Phillip in 1788. Modern Australia had a very different foundation from that of Pennsylvania or Virginia. Modern Australian origins were in.... Continue reading!

Internationally, Australia has been seen to have escaped the worst of Covid 19, to be in a position to recover quickly, and has commenced a quick process to return to normality save we may not see much international travel for some time. National airline travel has now been restored and regional travel within the Pacific bubble will soon.

Why Projects RH? Some readers may ask “why does Projects RH have a view on this topic or experience in this area?” Most founders and business owners are happy with how they run “their” businesses. The need for a change in how the business is run generally comes from either the decision we need other people’s money to.... CONTINUE READING....

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In the early days developing the Australian gas industry Western Australia had to make a commitment to take natural gas from ....... WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONTINUE READING ...

.............................. the strategy does not embrace renewable energy at this time. The return of AMPOL name will show to the market on a daily basis the company has embraced its Australianness.  Paul Raftery / www.paulraftery.com.au WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ MORE?

...................   have unemployment and underemployment. Life and the quality-of-life important. Investing in  ............... Paul Raftery CONTINUE READING.....

Now is the time to swim out ahead of the wave. The wave is a tsunami so we need paddle hard now to be out and ahead. We can expect to emerge from Covid 19 in less than.... CONTINUE READING ....

Unemployment associated with Covid 19 has given the anti-immigration lobby an opportunity to shout their disapproving message “migration steals jobs”. Australia needs be smart and create demand for locally made things like housing. In Australia we have business migration which creates new...... CONTINUE READING ....  

Sustainable renewable energy will be a clear pillar of the post Covid 19 world. Whilst the oil majors cut their dividends and reduce capital expenditure their investment in renewable energy has been ring fenced. This ongoing change within the oil majors demonstrates that they have both a pragmatic streak and continue to think long-term. Most were early investors in solar energy but its time was not ready. They next moved in and out of coal, pure retail and car maintenance. Today they are currently focused on gas but must be cutting their investment in new gas projects. At a time when they are focused on the image at both the community and shareholder levels their leadership in renewable energy should be welcomed. Their investment will drive technology resulting in many projects for others that do not meet their investment criteria which include size. 2020 to need to be a substantial year for solar and other renewable projects. The investment majors will continue to see the prices of so...

Most of us are working from home during Covid 19 and I guess many of us are working longer than harder than..... CONTINUE READING ...

Working from home demands for each person a huge level of.......  KEEP READING....

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Now is the time to reset what we want for our country. Every country should and must do the same. It is not a time to plan to return from hibernation. That world has gone for ever. We need transition and transformation to what we want our country to be. There should be no sacred cows. It is time for nation building and transitioning to a vision for 2100 and not 2021. Our forebears used times of adversity to change our country. In their time the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Snowy Mountains electric scheme were ridiculed, both changed Australia for the better. The need for information superhighway is no longer visionary it’s a necessity. We need to be looking for fulfilling jobs for a smart workforce many of which can substantially be done from home. Things once again will need to be done in Australia, and other countries, to maintain independence and hence sovereignty. Australia will need to refine oil, service aircraft, have a shipping industry, produce computers but to name a f...

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