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Coopers Brewery managing director Michael Shearer.

RetailCommentsPremiumCoopers drinkers opt for value over costly ‘beer regret’

The Adelaide-based, family-owned company lifted beer sales 2.4 per cent to 80.6 million litres in the 12 months to June 30 as total beer sales across the country declined another 0.9 per cent.

Sean Smith

The Ghost Shark is a long-range, extra-large autonomous underwater vehicle. NewsWire / Nikki Short

MILITARYPremium‘Ghost Shark’: Australia’s wild new weapon

The first 5.8m undersea “Ghost Shark” vessel, designed to uplift Australia’s lethal capabilities deep underwater has just rolled off the line in Sydney.

Duncan Evans

Wesfarmers AGM at Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre. Wesfarmers chief executive Rob Scott.

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Wesfarmers shares routed on inflation fears

Shares in the WA conglomerate were smashed 7 per cent lower to a three-month low of $86.13, pushing its market value under $100 billion, as shareholders met for the AGM.

Sean Smith

New financial accounts for BGC (Australia) show bricks and masonry sales by Midland Brick — WA’s only major producer — soared on a revived WA home construction sector.

ManufacturingPremiumWA housing boom builds up Midland Brick profit for BGC

New financial accounts for BGC (Australia) show bricks and masonry sales by Midland Brick — WA’s only major producer — soared on a revived WA home construction sector.

Sean Smith

James Hardie chief executive Aaron Erter.

ManufacturingPremiumJames Hardie investors turf chair in brutal $15b AZEK revolt

Gone in 17 minutes! James Hardie investors have ousted chair Anne Lloyd in a forceful backlash after the company pushed through a divisive $15 billion purchase of home-decking provider AZEK.

Angus Whitley

Hanwha is currently the second-largest shareholder in Austal with a 9.9 per cent holding but is seeking to increase its stake to 19.9 per cent.

ManufacturingCommentsPremiumHanwha holds out hope of landing biggest stake in Austal

South Korean defence giant Hanwha has declared confidence that its proposed bid to double its stake in Henderson-based shipbuilder Austal will soon be approved by the Australian Government. 

Andrew Greene

Industry is demanding power price relief from Roger Cook, warning that jobs are in danger as a result of soaring costs and more frequent blackouts.

state politics CommentsPremiumIndustry demands power price bail-out as costs threaten jobs

Industry is demanding power price relief from Roger Cook, warning that jobs are in danger as a result of soaring costs and more frequent blackouts.

Jessica Page

Chris Bowen says taxpayers maybe forced to bail out Australia’s biggest aluminium smelter.

ManufacturingCommentsWhy taxpayers may have to prop up Tomago Aluminium

The Federal Government could be called in to prop up Australia’s biggest aluminium manufacturer.

Stephen Johnson

Austal chief executive Paddy Gregg.

ManufacturingCommentsPremiumAustal chair says he’s seen no proof of Hanwha’s value-add

Austal’s AGM has heard Hanwha has still to provide any evidence of how it can benefit the Andrew Forrest-backed company, which is set to score billions of dollars in new Australian defence contracts.

Sean Smith

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BUSINESSPremiumMining billionaire’s economic warning

Mining magnate Andrew Forrest says Australia has a ‘fantastic’ future in manufacturing, but only if business and political leaders avoid this one big thing.

Duncan Evans

Productivity Commission Chair Danielle Wood has spoken at a CEDA event in Perth. PIctured is Danielle at the PCEC

EconomyPremiumCritical eye needed on smelter bailout binge

A top economist has urged greater scrutiny of industry policy amid the Albanese Government’s bailout binge for troubled metal smelters.

Matt Mckenzie

Brownes Dairy has bought a small contracting packing business in Britain to drive its cold brew coffee brand.

ManufacturingPremiumUp-for-sale Brownes buys manufacturing foothold in Britain

The 139-year-old dairy has bought its contract packer in Britain, securing control of the whole production chain for its Hunt and Brew ready-to-drink coffee.

Sean Smith

The TGA recalls two more Australian sunscreens for having lower SPF that what it claims on its labels.

NewsMore Aussie sunscreens recalled on SPF fears

Two more sunscreens have joined the growing list of products pulled from shelves by Australia’s medicines watchdog amid fresh SPF fail fears.

Emma Kirk

Australia recorded 188 worker deaths in 2024. NewsWire / Nadir Kinani

nationalPremium‘Too many’: Australia’s deadliest jobs revealed

New data shows Australia’s deadliest industries and the jobs with the most serious workers’ compensation claims.

Blair Jackson

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NewsPremiumAussie workplace shame revealed

Male-dominated industries are going backwards on gender equality despite evidence showing companies with balanced leadership are worth $100m more than those without.

Blair Jackson

Australian Riviera yachts will be on display at this year’s Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show in Florida. Supplied

BUSINESSLuxe Aussie item US buyers still snapping up

Americans with deep pockets in the market for one luxury Australian item have not been turned off by Donald Trump’s tariffs.

Blair Jackson

The NSW state Labor government is delivering a new comprehensive plan to help reduce energy bills and add protections to customers part of an embedded network. NewsWire / Brenton Edwards

COSTSPremiumOne group to get capped energy bills

Thousands in one Aussie state will have their electricity prices capped amid a government move to crack down on network pricing and increase consumer protections.

Blake Antrobus

The Australian Gold Reagents plant at Kwinana.

MiningWesfarmers to cash in on gold boom with cyanide expansion

A Wesfarmers-controlled producer of sodium cyanide is keen for another output boost at its Kwinana manufacturing plant amid booming demand from gold miners for the deadly chemical compound.

Adrian Rauso

Lynas Rare Earths CEO Amanda Lacaze.

MiningCommentsPremiumLynas connects with US rare earth magnets maker

Lynas Rare Earths is teaming up with a US magnet maker as it pushes for new deals to break China’s stranglehold on the supply of  minerals crucial to energy, defence and new technology.

Daniel Newell

Bluescope’s Mark Vassella and SGH’s Ryan Stokes.

Oil & GasCommentsHands off the gas market, SGH says

Industrial giant SGH has warned government intervention in the gas market would chill investment and put energy security at risk as manufacturers lobby for a reservation scheme on the east coast.

Matt Mckenzie

DroneShield will build a new $13m research and development facility in Adelaide. DroneShield

BUSINESSPremiumAussie city to lead hi-tech war battle

A multibillion-dollar ASX-listed tech company will build a new research facility in a major Aussie city to help counter the world’s “surging” use of drones in war.

Duncan Evans

Mitsubishi Motors is joining Eagers Automotive’s share register.

AutomotiveCommentsPremiumEagers tips $1 billion into Canadian dealership

Australia’s biggest car retailer is buying Canadian dealer CanadaOne for $1 billion and bringing Japan’s Mitsubishi on to its share register and into its used car business.

Sean Smith

Heidelberg's concrete batching plant in East Perth.

Commercial propertyPremiumFed-up residents catch concrete maker on alleged breaches

The fight to close down Australia’s only inner-city concrete batching plants, in East Perth, has hit a new high as locals collect evidence to show it is breaching its working hours.

Kim Macdonald

Ford Australia has launched a critical safety recall of three years’ worth of Mustangs after discovering a defect that could leave drivers at risk. Supplied

RECALLLuxury cars recalled over major defect

Thousands of vehicles from a luxury car line have been urgently recalled over a manufacturing defect, with fears it could increase the risk of serious injury or death.

Elodie Jakes