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Minister for Housing John Carey, announcing the Government’s $105 million purchase of Fraser Suites in June.

state politicsCommentsPremiumShock amount of West Aussie deaths while waiting for housing

John Carey has blamed growing demand due to a tight rental market for figures showing more than 100 people died while waiting years for public housing.

Jessica Page

Workers at Grill’d have agreed to a new pay deal.

foodPremium‘Paltry’: Fast food workers sign pay deal

Workers at one successful Australian burger chain have signed a new pay deal after a tussle in front of the Fair Work Commission.

Blair Jackson

Cash-in-transit workers across Victoria and Tasmania are planning to strike next week disrupting cash supplies across the States.. Image: NewsWire.

NewsPremiumCash fears as workers move to strike

Cash shortage fears have hit the Spring Carnival, as transit workers move to strike across two Australian states.

Emma Kirk

Shadow boxing Meg O'Neill and Andrew Forrest.

Herd on the TerracePremiumBoiling point in Terrace climate fight

Tensions are boiling between two resources powerhouses in the State’s latest climate clash. Plus: Which WA executive pocketed $19 million this week?

WA NewsCommentsHeroic WA teen’s courageous act earns him top honour

Without his parents at home and relying on his brother to phone paramedics, a 14-year-old boy’s courageous act saved his grandfather’s life.

Caleb Runciman

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

Inspired Homes' Hamilton Hill building site.

EconomyPremiumBuilders’ collapse leaves $100m insurance hole

Insurance claims against bust builders are tipped to surge to $100 million as questions grow over whether taxpayers will need to top up the State’s home indemnity scheme.

Matt Mckenzie

Corazon Mining has recently acquired the Feather Cap gold project which sits in the Bryah-Padbury Basin next to Westgold’s 481,000 ounce Peak Hill operation.

Corazon completes WA gold project purchase and $2m placement

Corazon Mining has finalised its acquisition of key gold tenure with high-grade intercepts near major mines in WA’s Gascoyne region and a $2m placement, alongside a 1:50 share consolidation.

Doug Bright

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Eight of the 11 sectors finished in the red. NewsWire / Max Mason-Hubers

financeOil hits five-year low as ASX slumps

The ASX 200 has tumbled below 9000 points just one day after hitting a historic high, with energy stocks suffering their worst fall in five years.

Cameron Micallef

This week’s Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Entertainment Rewards.

Runners of the Week: Entertainment Rewards, Litchfield, Morella and TrivarX

The Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Entertainment Rewards, after the company copped a fat takeover bid from its top shareholder at ten times its market value.

Andrew Todd

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rare earths minerals

MiningCommentsPremiumThe definitive guide to WA’s key rare earths companies

The race is heating up to get domestic rare earth projects into production with Anthony Albanese expected to cut a deal with the US when he meets with Donald Trump. See which WA companies are leading the pack.

Adrian Rauso

He faced a 34-day District Court of WA trial earlier this year and was found guilty by a jury of 30 offences.

Courts & JusticePremiumBusinessman behind bikie laundering operation learns fate

The judge said his sentence would have been worse were he not terminally ill.

Rebecca Le May

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finance‘Good chance’: Major bank makes rate call

A major bank has made a huge interest rate call, as Australia’s unemployment figure shocks experts.

Cameron Micallef

Gateway Mining’s flagship Yandal project, about 85 kilometres northeast of Wiluna in WA, is located in the prospective Yandal Greenstone Belt in the Yilgarn geological craton.

Gateway launches big diamond drill program near Wiluna in WA

Gateway Mining has begun a 4600m diamond drilling program near Wiluna in WA to test various priority targets, including its Dusk ‘til Dawn intrusive body. The program is partly backed by the WA Government.

Doug Bright

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Wiluna Mining - Wiluna Mining Centre (Including Regent)

MiningPremiumFormer mining boss demands answers over missing $39m

Administrators of collapsed gold play Wiluna Mining Company have been hit with a shock legal bid.

Matt Mckenzie

Share investors are still optimistic despite US market fears of sub-prime turmoil.

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Bond & gold markets scream trouble, but investors party on

While bond and gold investors are betting on economic trouble ahead, share investors remain optimistic about the prospects for artificial intelligence to reshape the business world.

Tom Richardson

European stocks looked set for falls at the open after Asian shares slid as investors got nervous. (AP PHOTO)

MarketsPremiumAsian shares slide, gold scales new peak

Asian stocks have lost ground while Treasury bonds kept climbing and gold set a new high as investors fret after signs of credit stress at US regional banks.

Stella Qiu

THE ECONOMIST: Politics and ageing populations are pushing the world’s rich economies down a dangerous debt path.

The EconomistCommentsWhy the world can’t escape the inflation spiral

THE ECONOMIST: Politics and ageing populations are pushing the world’s rich economies down a dangerous debt path.

Australian shares have retreated as concerns emerged about US financial stability. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

MarketsPremiumAustralian shares retreat from highs as caution returns

The ASX has sold off but finished up for the week after its record-breaking run gave way to jitters about the global backdrop.

Adrian Black

Engineer teams meeting working together wear worker helmets hardhat on construction site in modern city.Asian industry professional team in sun light

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WA revealed as worst State for construction time blowouts

New analysis has revealed WA has recorded the nation’s worst blowout in construction time frames, as all states struggle to meet housing targets.

Jessica Page

Australian Strategic Minerals CEO Rowena Smith

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ASM set to raise $50m amid rare earths boom

Australian Strategic Materials is the latest local rare earth element company to cash in on its rapid share price ascent by pulling the trigger on a capital raise.

Adrian Rauso

Iluka Resources Eneabba

MiningCommentsPremiumIluka shares hammered on UK buyer’s asset sale to China

Shares in Iluka Resources have nosedived after the minerals sands miner on Friday withdrew guidance for sales of synthetic rutile, citing uncertainty over the sale of a major UK buyer’s manufacturing site.

Daniel Newell

Donald Trump and Anthony Albanese will meet next week.

MiningIs Trump lining up for his slice of Aussie rare earths?

Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers will promote his nation’s ability to be a crucial part of Washington’s efforts to diversify the rare earths supply chain away from China.

Jason Scott

Mt Gibson's Koolan Island project off the Kimberley coast.

MiningMount Gibson halt after Koolan rockfall

Mount Gibson Iron has ducked into a trading halt following an overnight rockfall in the main pit of its Koolan Island project off the Kimberley coast.

Daniel Newell