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Oil & GasCommentsTurn down for what? Lobbyist wants gas exports halted

A powerful Canberra-based lobby group wants Western Australia to scale back its second-biggest industry to avoid a looming shortage of gas.

Matt Mckenzie

MANSION SALEChinese owner sells pair of Perth mansions at staggeringly low price

The homes cost up to $75 million to build.

Bryce Luff

Workplace MattersCommentsPremiumSafety rules for home builders working at heights set back

New safety rules for tradies working at height — which have already been delayed for three years — have been stalled again, leaving union officials fuming

Caitlyn Rintoul

courts & justicePremiumLate mining titan’s youngest son loses battle for billions

The black sheep of a famous WA mining dynasty has failed in his final bid to claim a bigger share of the family fortune that left his siblings filthy rich.

Rebecca Le May

Thunderbird drilling homes in on Canadian uranium

Thunderbird Resources is homing in on evidence of uranium mineralisation after drilling significant hydrothermal alteration and detecting radioactivity at its Hidden Bay project in Canada’s Athabasca Basin.

Doug Bright

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POLITICSPremiumFury over bombshell union bikie claim

The Coalition has seized on reports Anthony Albanese had been made aware of allegations the CFMEU had been infiltrated by organised crime links years before the current scandal.

Jessica Wang

MARKET WRAPNew record high for Aussie shares

Growing jubilance around this week’s interest rate cut in the world’s largest economy propelled Aussie shares to a record high.

Duncan Evans

EnergyPremiumReport lights fuse over gas ban and energy shortfall

A proposal by the Greens to halt investment for new gas projects would lead to the energy fuel running out in many parts of the country by 2029, a report says.

Andrew Brown

AgricultureCattle group want exemptions from EU deforestation rule

Australian cattle producers want the deforestation definition changed ahead of new European Union laws which could affect the beef export industry.

Liv Casben

EnergyPremium'Gas cowboys' reined in by trigger-happy minister

The NT government has lambasted the federal environment minister for launching an inquiry into environmental impacts of fracking in the Beetaloo Basin.

(A)manda Parkinson

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Labor at war over Greens Nature Positive talks

Anthony Albanese and Tanya Plibersek are at odds over Labor’s Nature Positive laws, with the Environment Minister insisting a deal with the Greens is still on the table despite the PM overruling her.

Dan Jervis-Bardy

UPDATEDPremiumTeen’s limb crushed in horror accident

A teenager’s limb has been crushed in a horrific accident while working at a coal mine, with authorities describing the injury as “significant”.

Clareese Packer

Workplace MattersPremiumIndian police detain 100 striking Samsung workers

Dozens of workers at a Samsung plant in India have been detained after days of boycotting work over pay and conditions.

Rishika Sadam and Praveen Paramasivam

Crime30 Aussies hit in $14m investment scam

Police have charged seven people for their role in a shocking alleged international investment scam that swindled $14m from at least 30 innocent Aussies.

Duncan Evans

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumWhy the US Fed’s next move is still up in the air

Fed officials head into their two-day policy meeting Tuesday closer to their goal of low inflation, but how much they will ease interest rates remains an open question.

Jeff Cox

EnergyPremiumMinRes gets a lock on Lockyer gas levels

Chris Ellison’s Mineral Resources has given markets the first clear snapshot of the Lockyer project’s resources and a major investment bank reckons it is worth more than $800 million.

Matt Mckenzie

TRAVELPremium2-word trend Aussies can’t get enough of

The cost-of-living crisis has done little to dampen Aussies’ appetite for one activity they were denied during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Blair Jackson

Lycaon price surges on heritage tick for WA niobium drilling

Lycaon Resources’ share price has surged 31 per cent to 31.5c after it secured heritage clearance to enable a maiden drilling campaign at its Stansmore niobium-rare earths project in WA’s West Arunta region.

James Pearson

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WA newsCommentsPremiumSavage blow for popular farm-to-plate family businesses

Popular WA farm-to-plate businesses claim they have been put on the chopping block after a decision by a Bunbury abattoir to stop taking their animals.

John Flint

Infini starts hunt for more uranium super-samples in Canada

Infini Resources has sent more than 1000 new soil samples from its Portland Creek project in Canada to the laboratory after taking them from the same corridor that recently returned lab-busting uranium results.

Andrew Todd

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BusinessFirst battery use of vanadium electrolyte made locally

Sovereign vanadium batteries could speed up the decarbonisation of a vast and often harsh service area after a "significant milestone" for an emerging producer.

Marion Rae

Markets'Full steam ahead': Aussie shares close at record high

The ASX200 rose 0.3 per cent to close at its highest level before expected interest rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve.

Derek Rose

NewsBig new change in Aussie housing market

Looking to buy your first home? The latest auction results could signal an important change in Australia’s ‘unstoppable’ housing market.

Duncan Evans

MiningPremiumNorthern Minerals looks beyond China saga with $48m raising

Australia’s most intriguing rare earths mining hopeful has lined up investor funds to complete a key piece of the development puzzle for its Browns Range project in the East Kimberley.

Adrian Rauso