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Energy Minster Amber Jade Sanderson.

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Labor quietly admits defeat in fight against coal stations

After a long wait, Amber-Jade Sanderson’s capitulation over Labor’s failing renewable energy transition away from coal-fired power was meek. 

Paul Murray

US stocks rebounded as investors contemplate economic data and the impact of the war in the Mideast. (AP PHOTO)

MarketsPremiumWall St rises as investors weigh data, Mideast war

US stocks have opened rising as stocks rebound from heavy losses and investors contemplate incoming economic data.

Staff Writers

BUS Women in Resources Awards finalists. Tania Stevens Iain Gillespie

MiningPremiumSEE THE WINNERS: WA mining names its best and brightest

Women from all walks of life with stories of resilience and enterprise have been recognised for their contributions to the resources industry at the Chamber of Minerals and Energy WA’s annual awards.

Simone Grogan

Jackie O Henderson is reportedly suin her former employer ARN for wrongful termination and misleading the public. NewsWire / John Appleyard

ENTERTAINMENTPremiumJackie O threatens lawsuit against ARN

Radio star Jackie O is reportedly considering legal action against her former employer ARN over “wrongful termination”, following her spectacular on-air blow-up with co-host Kyle Sandilands.

Emma Kirk

Most investment strategists recommend that amateur investors tough out regular market drops related to war or pandemics, rather than sell in anticipation of further falls.

MarketsPremiumInvestors count the painful costs of two weeks of war

Uncertainty about interest rates and higher fuel bills has left strategists cautious about buying shares, despite big falls.

Tom Richardson

The CEO Voice Lunch

CEOsCommentsPremiumWhat WA bosses really think of our skills and homes shortage

A degree-apprenticeship, more common overseas, is just one way WA could shake up its education and training regime to be more relevant in an era of skills shortages, local business leaders say.

Matt Mckenzie

Canva and AI Illustration: Don Lindsay

Herd on the TerracePremiumHoodie-sporting tech kids vs AI bots as job blitz begins

The almighty, omnipotent and quite frankly confusing presence of artificial intelligence could make things quite tricky for a Perth duo’s living room-founded tech unicorn.

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MARKET WRAPPremiumAussie sharemarket slides on oil price fears

Australian shares fell during Friday’s trading as oil price fears overshadowed strong gains from one of the market’s largest sectors.

Cameron Micallef

Horizon Minerals’ Black Swan plant, 50km northeast of Kalgoorlie in WA, is being refurbished and upgraded to convert it from nickel to gold processing.

Horizon stacks up Boorara ore for Black Swan WA gold hub kickstart

Horizon has stockpiled 460,000 tonnes of Boorara ore with 14,200 ounces of gold to help commission its planned Black Swan processing hub in mid-2027, while it gears up to restart Boorara mining in early 2027.

Doug Bright

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This week’s Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… 88 Energy.

ASX Runners of the Week: 88 Energy, Aguia, Chariot & Torque

The Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… 88 Energy, after the company stormed higher on its Alaskan North Slope oil ground, more than doubling as oil went parabolic.

Andrew Todd

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The pilot for an autonomous delivery system from Sodexo is being trialled at initial pilot phase is being conducted at Rio Tinto’s Gudai-Darri village.

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Robots ready to deliver for WA’s FIFO army

The same autonomous technology running WA’s iron ore mines is about to shift into remote mining camps to make life a little more convenience for our army of fly-in, fly-out workers.

Daniel Newell

BHP boss Mike Henry.

MiningCommentsPremiumInvestors lose faith in BHP staving off China

Investors have lost confidence in BHP’s ability to emerge victorious from an iron ore trade dispute with China after key products were added to a growing ban list.

Adrian Rauso

Australia’s bottom line could improve by nearly $200bn by changing CGT and negative gearing. NewsWire / Damian Shaw

FINANCE‘Truly cooked’: Aussies’ $190bn tax hit

Australia’s coffers could gain $190bn in a decade by making a simple tax change during the “worst housing crisis in living memory”.

Cameron Micallef and Ria Pandey

Peter Bennett died at home late on Wednesday, aged 59.

EngineeringCommentsPremiumTributes flow for long-time Clough boss Peter Bennett

WA business leaders have remembered Peter Bennett, the long-time chief executive of WA engineering firm Clough, as a respected leader and ‘wonderful’ advocate for gender equity after his sudden death this week.

Cheyanne Enciso

Quantum Graphite’s JV partner Sunlands Pure Group attended the signing ceremony in the offices of His Excellency Sayyed Dr Hamad bin Ahmed bin Saud Al Busaidi, Governor of Al Buraimi (right), with Mr Nasser Al Naaimi representing Sunlands.

Quantum Graphite play links SA mine to major Oman refinery plan

Quantum Graphite’s downstream partner Sunlands Pure Group has inked an Omani MoU for a 240-hectare graphite refinery site near Sohar Port, with Quantum locked in as the exclusive flake supplier.

Doug Bright

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Young Australian's turning to share market The Nightly

Your MoneyCommentsPremiumWhy young Aussies are swapping property dreams for shares

Average house prices now cost nine times average incomes, versus five times 20 years ago, and young Australians are now looking for alternative ways to build wealth.

Tom Richardson

Terrain Minerals’ aircore drill rig and crew on site at the Lort River rare earths project in Western Australia.

Terrain targets high-grade rare earths in vast WA clay basin

Terrain Minerals has launched aircore drilling at its Lort River project near Esperance to follow up on clay-hosted rare earths after a standout hit 12 months ago of 8m assaying 4037ppm TREO.

Doug Bright

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The Commonwealth Grants Commission has released its GST distribution recommendations for 2026-27. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

BusinessPremiumHow much each state will get from the GST carve-up

Every state and territory will receive more GST revenue in 2026/27, but some states are relatively worse off, while the federal budget will cop another hit.

Jacob Shteyman

The price of ?oil has remained at its highest level since mid-2022 due to the Middle East conflict. (EPA PHOTO)

MarketsPremiumGlobal stocks fall as Iran war keeps oil at $US100

European stocks face their biggest two-week drop in a year and US futures hint at more falls amid worry over oil prices and inflation risks due to the Iran war.

Lucy Raitano and Ankur Banerjee

Jack Cowin’s revamp of Domino’s hinged on reversing the Australian pizza chain’s addiction to discounts, vouchers and multibuy deals. Now a war in Iran threatens to up-end his progress.

RetailCommentsPremiumWar in Iran could hurt lucky Jack’s rebuild of fallen Domino

Jack Cowin’s revamp of Domino’s hinged on reversing the Australian pizza chain’s addiction to discounts, vouchers and multibuy deals. Now a war in Iran threatens to up-end his progress.

Angus Whitley

Reverse circulation drilling underway at Premier1’s Yalgoo gold project in WA.

Premier1 drills deeper in WA Yalgoo gold hunt

Premier1 has completed a 2776m RC drilling program at its Yalgoo gold project in WA, testing high-priority targets at its Mt Kersey and Wadgingarra prospects, with assay results expected within weeks.

Rowena Duckworth

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Ten of the wealthiest areas of Australia are reaping a third of the capital gains tax discount. (Steve Markham/AAP PHOTOS)

BusinessPremiumSupercharged inequality: rich investors stifle budget

Almost a quarter of the benefit of the capital gains tax discount goes to just five of Australia's wealthiest electorates, entrenching inequality, critics say.

Jacob Shteyman

The nation's most populous state will get a smaller slice of the pie in a contentious GST carve-up.

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Commonwealth grants floor lift in WA’s GST battle

WA will receive $9.3 billion in GST payments in the coming year and lift above 75 cents for the first time since 2018, as the body that splits the money warns falling royalties are starting to hit .

Katina Curtis

Aerial view of the Super Pit in Kalgoorlie

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Northern Star’s takeover defences grilled as stock plunges

Northern Star Resources shares have been hammered and its vulnerability to a takeover called into question, as the gold miner’s 37-year old Super Pit mill buckles again while holding out for a replacement.

Simone Grogan and Daniel Newell