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The First Home Super Saver Scheme lets buyers utilise their super account's favourable tax status. (Steven Saphore/AAP PHOTOS)

Personal FinancePremiumHow first-time homebuyers can save $8,500 in taxes

A little-known scheme allows first-time homebuyers to use their superannuation fund as a tax-advantaged method for saving for a deposit.

Derek Rose

The processing plant at Pantoro Gold’s Norseman gold project.

Gold miningPremiumPantoro Gold falls well short of FY26 guidance

Pantoro Gold is taking steps to turn around its performance after revealing this week that production at the Norseman gold project fell well short of guidance in the 2026 financial year.

Neil Watkinson

Australia's childcare sector is finding it tough to make the numbers add up as costs rise. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

BusinessPremiumChildcare centres struggling with costs, falling demand

Mayfield Childcare has become the third ASX-listed early childhood centre in 2026 to highlight challenging conditions for the industry.

Derek Rose

Chip maker SK Hynix is going public in the United States amid a surge in IPOs. (AP PHOTO)

BusinessPremiumSK Hynix's shares jump 14 per cent in US debut

Shares of South Korean memory chipmaker SK Hynix have risen 14 per cent as they made their debut on Wall Stree, at a time when demand for chips is surging.

Staff Writers

Eight out of 11 sectors on Wall Street have moved higher at the start of trading. (AP PHOTO)

MarketsPremiumWall St steadies ahead of chip maker SK Hynix's debut

US stocks have moved slightly higher as investors kept an eye on developments in Iran as well as semiconductor shares.

Ragini Mathur and Avinash P

WA’s gas giants seem to be in no rush to lock in a multibillion-dollar asset swap announced nearly 18 months ago.

Herd on the TerraceCommentsPremiumBig LNG reshuffle still oil up in the air

WA’s gas giants seem to be in no rush to lock in a multibillion-dollar asset swap announced nearly 18 months ago. Plus: Which wealthy West Aussie was snapped meeting Narendra Modi?

Graeme Graeme Robertson has won his SAT case to run his lime business almost without restriction.

Lime scalePremiumFull throttle for Nullaki lime mine after tribunal victory

Great Southern Lime’s Nullaki mine has been given the go-ahead to expand its operations after owner Graeme Robertson won his battle with the City of Albany at a State Administrative Tribunal

Claire Middleton

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MarketsPremiumASX snaps losing streak as miners, banks rally

Banks and mining stocks have powered the ASX 200 to snap a four-day losing streak, even as US-Iran tensions inject fresh geopolitical risk into global markets.

Cameron Micallef

Deep Yellow’s Mulga Rock.

MiningCommentsPremiumIndia nuclear deal catapults local uranium stocks

Local uranium stocks have risen sharply in the wake of a landmark agreement between Australia and India.

Adrian Rauso

Bulls N’ Bears Big Hits looks at notable drill intercepts reported to the ASX this week.

BULLS N’ BEARSBig Hits: Andean Silver, Midas Minerals and Iltani Resources

Bulls N’ Bears Big Hits looks at notable drill intercepts reported to the ASX, led by Andean Silver’s big silver-gold hit, Midas Minerals’ copper-silver-lead strike and Iltani Resources’ silver-indium result.

Doug Bright

The Australian company behind KSI and Logan Paul’s Prime has collapsed into administration. Jonathan Ng

BusinessPopular drink brand collapses in Australia owing millions

The Australian company behind Logan Paul and KSI’s Prime sports drink has collapsed, with millions in debts and only $85,000 in the bank.

Liam Beatty

RBA governor Michele Bullock warns Australia’s inflation rate will not return to target until 2028. NewsWire

FINANCEPremiumBig four bank’s grim RBA rates call

Mortgage holders face a double blow as the RBA desperately tries to get on top of Australia’s inflation problem

Cameron Micallef

Wesfarmers Chemicals, Energy and Fertilisers managing director Aaron Hood at CSBP Kwinana.

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
MiningCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Wesfarmers division about to reap spoils from big investment

One of Wesfarmers’ oldest support acts is readying to pull the trigger on a $600 million-plus lithium mine expansion as it begins to harvest higher profits from a years-long development blitz.

Sean Smith

This week’s Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Argent BioPharma.

BULLS N’ BEARSASX Runners of the Week: Argent, Peregrine, Newpeak Metals & Caspin

The Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Argent BioPharma, striking a smart licensing deal for its CannEpil epilepsy drug that wipes out a major debt overhang while retaining blue-sky through royalties.

Andrew Todd

Derryn Hinch has died aged 82.

MediaVideoPremiumDerryn Hinch’s heart-wrenching final posts before death

The outspoken broadcaster shared his ups and downs almost daily.

Demi Huang

More small businesses are going into administration as a result of rate hikes and Labor’s Budget tax changes.

BusinessPremiumLabor’s taxes tipped to kill off more small businesses

More small businesses are going into administration as a result of rate hikes and Labor’s Budget tax changes, which a leading insolvency specialist feared would infect bigger corporations.

Stephen Johnson

Australians are staying in their jobs despite pay rises falling below inflation. NewsWire / John Appleyard

NEWSPremiumWhy it’s harder for Aussies to get a job

Workers are earning more but still falling behind as the best days of Australia’s jobs boom are firmly in the rear-view mirror.

Cameron Micallef

Complaints about home batteries have rocketed as residents take up a federal subsidy scheme. (Simon Dallinger/AAP PHOTOS)

BusinessPremiumWatchdog warns battery gripes could undermine trust

Home batteries are flying off shelves and the consumer watchdog wants stronger protection to maintain confidence in the devices and accompanying products.

Poppy Johnston

US President Donald Trump holds a press conference at Bestepe Presidential Compound during the NATO Summit on July 8 in Turkey.

EnergyCommentsPremiumOil steadies at end of choppy week as US, Iran keep talking

Oil prices steadied at the end of a bumpy week, as talks between the US and Iran continued despite a flare-up in fighting that drove a steep drop in traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

Bloomberg

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NEWSPremiumPatient’s terrifying threat to hospital staff

A patient threatened to “take out staff one by one” as one state moves to stop the “unacceptable” increase in violence at hospitals.

Jack Nivison

The deal comes as gas exporters are under pressure to improve local supply, with the Albanese Government planning to introduce a 20 per cent national reservation scheme.

Oil & GasCommentsPremiumAlinta inks another gas supply deal with global giant

Alinta Energy has signed a five-year deal to buy gas from Chevron, the second major contract the company has announced this week.

Matt Mckenzie

The ASX has managed a modest rebound to end the week after local mining stocks rebounded. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

BusinessCommentsPremiumAussie shares snap losing streak but end week lower

Mining stocks have rebounded from 13-week lows, but a grim retail outlook and a lack of advanced technology names have many investors looking elsewhere.

Adrian Black

South Korea's KOSPI ended ?with gains of more than ?2.5 per cent on Friday. (AP PHOTO)

MarketsPremiumChip stocks boost global markets before SK Hynix debut

Asian stocks have risen thanks to AI-related enthusiasm before chip bellwther SK Hynix's US market debut, helping investors shrug off clashes in the Mideast.

Nell Mackenzie and Ankur Banerjee

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JULY 10, 2026: Telstra CEO Vicki Brady during a press conference at Telstra HQ on Friday. NewsWire / Nikki Short

AustraliaVideoCommentsTelstra chief accepts blame, sidesteps bonus cuts

Telstra’s CEO said it was too early to talk about compensation cuts and denied job cuts may have contributed to the outage.

Tom Richardson