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The IPO would lay the groundwork for one of the largest artificial intelligence company offerings that would heighten the stakes of the technology race.

IPOsCommentsPremiumOpenAI prepares to file to go public in coming weeks

It would lay the groundwork for one of the largest artificial intelligence company offerings that would heighten the stakes of the technology race.

Mike Isaac and Cade Metz

Rupert Murdoch's younger son is set to boost his influence in America's news and entertainment world (AP PHOTO)

MediaPremiumJames Murdoch to acquire New York Magazine, Vox.com

James Murdoch says his company's acquisition of New York Magazine and the Vox Media ‌podcast network reflects "our deep commitment to ambitious journalism".

Dawn Chmielewski and Edmund Lee

Australian Agriculture Co's cattle sales in fiscal 2026 came to $107.7 million, up 15 per cent. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

BusinessPremiumAussie cattle producer beefs up profit, despite floods

A major cattle producer has delivered a higher full-year profit, after absorbing the cost of flooding in Queensland, but could face hurdles in fiscal 2027.

Staff Writers

Northern Star is pouring $1.6 billion into an expansion of its Fimiston mill in Kalgoorlie that will more than double throughput to 27 million tonnes a year. Northern Star managing director Stuart Tonkin. Claire Weir

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Northern Star CEO announces bombshell exit

Northern Star Resources’ long-serving boss Stuart Tonkin is set to quit his post within months once he finishes overseeing a troubled expansion project.

Adrian Rauso and Daniel Newell

Nvidia delivered a $US45.5 billion ($63.4 billion) profit and rocketing 85 per cent sales growth to $US81.6 billion for the most recent quarter.

BusinessVideoCommentsPremiumCircular financing fears stalk Nvidia’s incredible profits

Nvidia’s profit topped $63 billion in just three months to April 26, although its stock fell in the after hours market as investors perhaps look to competitive risks.

Tom Richardson

SpaceX's public listing on the stock market could make Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire. (AP PHOTO)

BusinessCommentsPremiumMusk’s SpaceX reveals blockbuster public listing plan

Elon Musk's SpaceX has unveiled plans for one of the biggest sales of stock to the public ever with an initial offering that could make Musk a trillionaire.

Echo Wang and Manya Saini

ASX sell-off opens door to bargains, house prices face falls

BusinessVideoCommentsPremiumASX sell-off opens door to bargains, house prices face falls

Market strategists tip house prices to stay under pressure as a top of the interest rate cycle may signal a rotation back into out of favour growth stocks.

Tom Richardson

Minutes have been revealed of the last Federal Reserve meeting chaired by Jerome Powell. (EPA PHOTO)

MoneyPremiumFed minutes show more members open to a rate hike

A majority of Fed members at their April meeting felt "some policy firming ‌would likely become appropriate" if inflation in the United States stays high.

Staff Writers

The focus in Aussie aged care is on risk management and clinical safety standards but the result is often loneliness.

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Aussie aged care is safe but dull, is fun and risky better?

Should aged care residents be encouraged to walk in the rain, make their own chips for dinner and wash their own soiled bedsheets? In some places in the world, these things are highly valued.

Kim Macdonald

Carnavale Resources’ Kookynie gold project now has a mineral resource estimate of 850,000 tonnes at 4.4g per tonne for 120,000oz of gold.

Bigger resourcePremiumCarnavale Resources boosts Kookynie gold project MRE

Carnavale Resources has boosted the mineral resource estimate of its Kookynie gold project in the northern Goldfields as it prepares to release a bankable feasibility study next quarter.

Neil Watkinson

Fremantle councillors unanimously backed plans to significantly increase the scale of development allowed at 2-8 Harvest Road, supporting a proposal that could allow buildings of up to six storeys on the site.

ConstructionCommentsFreo council greenlights massive six-storey development

The move, which was unanimously backed by councillors, marks a major shift for the area.

Harriet Flinn

The latest labour force figures are set to be released with unemployment to hold at 4.3 per cent. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

PoliticsCommentsPremiumJobs market holds key to next Reserve Bank rates call

The impending release of labour force data will have a big bearing on whether interest rates rise again soon, as economists debate the Reserve Bank's next move.

Jacob Shteyman

A render of the proposed Pullman Perth Airport.

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Perth Airport’s $90m hotel delayed while it waits on builder

The 240-room Pullman Perth Airport, a partnership between the aviation hub and hospitality giant Accor, was announced to great fanfare in October 2024 and expected to be ready next year. 

Sean Smith

South Korean company Samsung is the world's largest memory chip maker. (AP PHOTO)

BusinessPremiumSamsung union suspends strike as tentative deal reached

Samsung Electronics' labor union says it will hold off on launching a planned strike and will put a tentative wage deal with management to a vote.

Staff Writers

Eight of the 11 main S&P 500 sectors on Wall Street ended the session trading higher. (AP PHOTO)

MarketsPremiumWall St rises as chip stocks soar before Nvidia results

US stocks have closed higher as investors braced for earnings results from artificial intelligence giant Nvidia.

Sinéad Carew and Utkarsh Hathi

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ASICCommentsPremiumASIC sounds alarm on innovation ‘lost generation’

Outgoing ASIC chair Joe Longo issued a dire warning that Australia risks a “lost generation” if it doesn’t embrace innovation in technology and startups.

Ryan Johnson

Analysis from Cotality to be released on Thursday shows lending to investors in WA dipped 4.6 per cent in the March Quarter — the third biggest fall behind NSW and the ACT.

PropertyCommentsPremiumCool change looming for red hot Perth property

Investors are expected to flee WA’s property market thanks to rate rises and Federal Budget tax hikes, as signs emerge that the days of white hot price growth are finally ending.

Matt Mckenzie

An aerial shot of Arafura’s Nolans project.

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Rinehart-backed Arafura gets tick after government pledge

Arafura Rare Earths’ mine will move into construction after becoming the first project to be backed by the Federal Government’s critical minerals strategic reserve.

Katina Curtis

Denmark councillors have unanimously approved supporting a development plan that will include 160 new dwellings.

development planPremiumDenmark council throws support behind major development plan

The Shire of Denmark council has unanimously voted to support the approval of a new development plan that will see more than 150 new homes built in the regional town. 

Jacki Elezovich

Erin Bell says without careful consultation and targeted exemptions, there was a real risk these reforms would unintentionally weaken one of the few sectors ‘actively building Australia’s future economic competitiveness’.

StartupsCommentsPremiumTax overhaul to dampen interest amid dire startup landscape

WA startups fear Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ capital gains tax overhaul could dampen investor appetite in what they say is already a dire funding landscape, warning of ‘devastating’ impacts on the ecosystem.

Cheyanne Enciso

Challenger gold is pushing ahead with plans to develop in Argentina.

BusinessPremiumMarrone to drive Challenger Gold’s next phase

WA-based Challenger Gold has raised $85 million and recruited two heavyweight mining executives as it pushes ahead with development of its Hualilan gold project in Argentina.

Ryan Johnson

The Australian sharemarket finished lower on Wednesday amid global volatility. Photo: NewsWire/ Gaye Gerard

MARKET WRAPPremiumASX tumbles amid global volatility

Australian shares have plunged amid uncertainty surrounding the federal budget and fears surging global bond yields could trigger rate rises in the US.

Ike Morris

Mount Ridley Mines has started phase one metallurgical test work at its Winstons and Keiths prospects, part of the company’s massive Grass Patch rare earths project near Esperance in WA.

Mount Ridley kicks off WA critical metals processing testwork

Mount Ridley Mines has launched phase one metallurgical test work with Perth laboratory Nagrom to unlock a processing pathway for its big regolith-hosted heavy rare earths deposit in Western Australia.

Murray Ward

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Malcolm Traill and Sally Pell collaborated to research the Connecting Threads exhibition at the Museum of the Great Southern.

Gig GuideWhat’s on in Albany and the Great Southern this week

From the Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea to Reconciliation Week events, here’s your guide to the week ahead in the Great Southern.

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