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US markets have dipped as tensions in the Middle East send oil prices soaring. (AP PHOTO)

MarketsPremiumWall St slips as Gulf tensions send oil high

US stocks have opened lower as Gulf tensions push the price of oil to over six-week highs.

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Santos chief executive Kevin Gallagher.

EnergyPremiumWhy WA model is ‘practical solution’ to contentious policy

Santos boss Kevin Gallagher has stepped up his campaign on the Federal Government’s controversial gas reservation policy, urging it to adopt the same framework long used in WA.

Rebecca Le May

The Reserve Bank deputy governor concedes the central bank must do better to ‘explain ourselves’ as another rate hike looms. NewsWire / Martin Ollman

FINANCEPremium‘Explain ourselves’: RBA deputy’s huge call

The Reserve Bank’s deputy governor has conceded the central bank must do better to “explain ourselves” as another rate hike looms.

Blair Jackson

Innovaero’s OWL-B attack drone propels WA company to ASX listing.

IPOsPremiumWA attack-drone maker Innovaero locks in $40m ASX debut

The Perth company will issue 80 million shares at 50¢ each, giving it an indicative $158.3m market value when it hits the boards under the ticker INN.

Ryan Johnson

The MV Katy Oldendorff departs from CBH's Esperance Grain Terminal.

Grain HaltPremiumPhosphine limits threaten multi-billion dollar grain trade

WA’s multi-billion dollar grain trade is at risk of grinding to a halt at the height of this year’s harvest, with new phosphine exposure limits threatening to hold up the State’s second largest industry.

Georgia Campion

Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Andrew Hauser.

RBAPremium‘Furious’: RBA deputy boss says more to be done on inflation

Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Andrew Hauser has warned it will take years to fully get on top of the post-pandemic surge in inflation — an issue he knows Australians are ‘furious’ about.

Adrian Lowe

Jackie 'O' Henderson’s blockbuster trial against her former employer is set to take place in the Federal Court next month. Supplied/Instagram

COURTPremiumJackie O claims investors misled on fallout

More details about Jackie O’s blockbuster court case against her former employer ARN have emerged.

Emma Kirk

This big hole at Water Corp’s $2.8 billion Alkimos Seawater Desalination Plant was dug in WA, that’s for sure. Not sure about the boring machines though. Pictured: ASDP site - Tunnel Boring Machine

Herd on the TerracePremiumMP’s saucy ‘safe seat’ suggestion post-Secret Harbour vote

The Bull is happy to lend a hand to Premier Roger Cook’s Made in WA procurement rule review. Plus: It’s not just the seats that are swinging at Harvest Terrace, and more questions for Black Cat.

BHP workers strike in Port Hedland. Pictured is ETU WA secretary Adam Woodage

MiningPremiumUnions reject BHP’s $25k pay sweetener for port workers

Unions agitating for a new deal at BHP’s Pilbara iron ore port have rejected the Big Australian’s improved offer, which includes a $25,000 ‘transition payment’ and higher wage rises for ‘most’ workers.

Adrian Rauso

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FINANCEPremiumAussie sharemarket plunges to six-week low

Rising oil and rate hike fears have delivered a double blow to the Australian sharemarket, sending the ASX 200 to a six-week low.

Cameron Micallef

Joel Steel

BusinessPremiumPerth’s Komo kicks off $5m US punt after NFL contract win

Perth-built Komo is raising $5m to buy a US business as its technology lands inside the NFL’s OnePass app and its overseas revenue surges.

Ryan Johnson

Chevron’s Gorgon LNG loading jetty and vessels.

EnergyPremiumWA jobs ‘at risk’ in offshore foreign worker crackdown

Oil and gas majors warn the Albanese Government’s crackdown on skilled offshore foreign workers would put “a far bigger number” of Australian jobs at risk.

Rebecca Le May

ASX-listed NEXTDC operates 17 data centres across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth. (Steven Markham/AAP PHOTOS)

MediaPremiumAI revolution hinges on data centre 'social licence'

Data centre and artificial intelligence leaders have been told Australia risks missing a "fourth industrial revolution" if it cannot allay public concerns.

Callum Godde

The housing market has slowed due to higher rates and changes to the governments budget. NewsWire/ Nadir Kinani

FINANCEPremiumAussie property market facing $1.3tn wipeout

Australian homeowners are officially $34.1bn poorer – and economists say that staggering loss barely scratches the surface of what’s coming.

Cameron Micallef

Rio Tinto agreed to buy Glencore and Mitsubishi Development's Aurukun Bauxite Project in Queensland. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

MiningPremiumRio Tinto moves to acquire Cape ‌York bauxite project

Rio Tinto will acquire the Aurukun Bauxite Project in Queensland from Glencore and Mitsubishi, pending regulatory approval.

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A Qantas flight from Sydney to Melbourne has been evacuated for a short time as external smoke entered the cabin before takeoff. NewsWire / Jono Searle

TRAVEL INCIDENTSPremiumQantas flight evacuated as smoke fills cabin

Passengers on board a Qantas flight at Sydney Airport have been evacuated after smoke filled the cabin.

Blair Jackson

Jemma Hutchinson & Jim Litis. John Koh.

HospitlityPremiumBest of the Brits coming to Perth

How Perth finally got a British pub back in the CBD

Kim Macdonald

Australian home borrowers have been dealt some bad news.

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Major bank now forecasting November rate hike

Australian home borrowers have been dealt some bad news.

Stephen Johnson

Maritana Minerals is monetising its historic Windarra tailings dams to focus on developing its Black Swan gold processing hub near Kalgoorlie (pictured), unlocking cash and royalties to help fund the company’s plant refurbishment.

Maritana cashes in on gold-rich tailings near Laverton

Maritana Minerals will bank $400,000 cash and earn a production royalty after partner Encore Minerals greenlit its Windarra gold tailings project in WA, which will use new eco-friendly leach technology.

Doug Bright

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Chinese-owned Premier supplies taxpayer-owned Synergy’s coal power stations.

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Strike looms at Collie coal mine over pay standoff

Hundreds of workers at Premier Coal’s Collie mine are planning to strike in a major pay dispute amid high pressure on the State Government to nail a transition for the industry.

Matt Mckenzie

Trade negotiations between the neighbours collapsed two weeks ago. (AP PHOTO)

BusinessPremiumCanada's US tariffs take effect as trade talks stall

Canada has imposed retaliatory tariffs on the US, with with hefty duties on a range of US imports from steel to furniture, clothing and electronics.

Promit Mukherjee

Rising petrol prices have smashed household confidence. NewsWire / Christian Gilles

FINANCEPremium‘Deeply pessimistic’: Aussie confidence falls

Australian household confidence has collapsed, with mortgage holders bearing the sharpest blow as house prices continue to decline.

Cameron Micallef

Australians shopping for funeral and life insurance were misled by comparison site Choosi after it sold itself as a shortcut through the market while blasting television ads more than 300,000 times, the Federal Court has found.

ASICPremiumChoosi misled customers in $61m insurance fight, court finds

Choosi’s “Compare. Choose. Apply.” pitch has been found to have misled Australians shopping for funeral and life insurance by a Federal Court after its TV ads aired more than 300,000 times.

Ryan Johnson

Contract talks with CMRG have been a headache for Rio’s peers. 

MiningPremiumRio caught in China squeeze with mills told to hold orders

China’s state-backed iron ore buyer has told some steel mills to hold off on purchases of Rio Tinto’s Pilbara Blend, as contract talks with the Australian miner reach a critical point.

Alfred Cang and Katharine Gemmell