James Thompson

So basically the Wright and the Rhodes families were saying they were joint venture partners in these businesses and needed to be rewarded as such.

It's ironic, isn't it, Anthony?

We're probably going to get another two years of scrambling and fighting over how much these royalties are now going to be paid.

Anthony, let's step back from this.

Yeah, absolutely.

Absolutely.

The Pilbara is all-powerful, and it's no surprise that everyone wants a big slice of it.

All right, Anthony, we'll be back after the break with a really interesting question about where this oil shock's going next.

Back in a second.

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All right, Anthony.

A few interesting results next week.

Banker Queensland.

has their half yearly earnings on Wednesday.

A bit of movement at the station of Bank of Queensland.

They've recently done a big deal with Challenger.

So that'll be interesting to see how they portray their strategy, I guess.

And then as we mentioned earlier, it's US quarterly earnings season.