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Accountability keyPremium‘NAIDOC Week shouldn’t be a trigger’, Aboriginal leaders say

Perth Aboriginal business leaders say business reporting on performance on Indigenous employment targets and procurement should be normalised, and not a once-a-year occurrence to boost their image.

Adrian Lowe

Valor closes in on new copper, uranium targets in Canada

Valor Resources has identified highly prospective copper and uranium targets during a review of historical data from its Surprise Creek project in Canada’s Athabasca Basin.

Matt Birney

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EnergyOPEC secretary-general dead at 63

Nigerian authorities have announced that the Secretary-General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries has died.

CHINEDU ASADU (Associated Press)

Solid quartersCommentsPremiumGold Road, Alkane add to more upbeat vibe for gold sector

Alkane Resources and Gold Road Resources have provided further evidence that the gold sector may not be in such bad shape as some investors fear after each released upbeat quarterly previews.

Stuart McKinnon

Veteran walksMilan Jerkovic parts ways with Wiluna Mining

Milan Jerkovic, the former Straits Resources boss who took the reins of Wiluna Mining during its last existential crisis in 2018, is leaving the troubled miner by “mutual agreement”.

Stuart McKinnon

CNBCVideoPremiumWATCH: Mining market has changed drastically, Underwood says

Brad Underwood of Galileo Mining says there’s been a change in the market’s appetite for high-risk exposure in mining stocks.

Healthy results CommentsPremiumBlackmores soars amid strong demand for immunity products

Health supplements giant Blackmores’ shares soared on the ASX on Wednesday off the back of strong sales predictions and the extreme local cold and flu season.

Caitlin Paroczai

Market strongPremiumFinbar trumpets best apartment sales since 2015

Finbar has reported its strongest year of apartment sales since 2015 and says higher prices are helping it neutralise the impact of rising materials costs, labour shortages and supply chain disruptions.

Stuart McKinnon

Payments pressureCommentsAll big four banks to pass on full RBA hike to homeowners

Westpac has become the last big four bank to announce it will pass on the Reserve Bank’s latest hike in the official cash rate, joining Commonwealth Bank, ANZ, National Australia Bank and Macquarie Bank. 

Daniel Newell

West is bestVideoCommentsPremiumOptus Stadium takes top gong in global awards

It did not take long for West Aussies to figure out they had something special in Optus Stadium, but it seems the rest of the world has finally caught on.

Aaron Kirby

Aruma bolts on more gold acreage in Mid West

Aruma Resources has added almost 300 square kilometres to its exploration portfolio by pegging the greenfields Carter Well project, east of the historical Mt Magnet mining town in WA’s Murchison region.

Matt Birney

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Free speechDefend free speech on campus: Uni boss

The head of the peak tertiary education body says Australia should defend free speech on university campuses.

Catie McLeod

Toro scores third massive sulphides hit at WA nickel project

Toro Energy has recorded its third discovery of massive and semi-massive nickel sulphides at its Dusty nickel project in WA, taking the prospective strike length at the site to at least 7.5km.

Matt Birney

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Meltdown PremiumBig-name resources stocks hit by commodity, recession fears

South32, Iluka, Woodside, Mineral Resources and Fortescue Metals Group lost as much as 8 per cent in Wednesday’s trading.

Sean Smith

BusinessPremiumWhy you won’t buy wine for less than $20

Surging demand and increasing supply costs will continue to push wine prices “through the roof”, industry experts say.

Owen Leonard

Industrial strife CommentsPremiumQantas engineers prepare to strike over pay rise demands

Qantas aircraft maintenance engineers are threatening strike action over demands for a 12 per cent pay rise after a breakdown in negotiations between the airline and the union. 

Geoffrey Thomas

Industrial relationsPremium‘Not going to fly’: New strike announced

Another set of workers are set to strike in NSW as widespread industrial unrest continues over pay and working conditions.

Anton Nilsson

BusinessPremiumComm Bank set for mammoth investment hit

The Commonwealth Bank is facing a $2bn investment hit on a major buy now, pay later app.

Holly Hales

RetailPremiumIconic Aussie fashion brand bumps up prices

An iconic Aussie brand has lifted the price of its cornerstone range after “rigorous research and consideration”.

Hugo Timms

SupermarketsPremiumShock insight into fresh veg price hikes

The boss of NSW’s lead farming group has called out Australian supermarkets for pocketing profits from fresh vegetable price hikes.

Madeleine Achenza

Drilling begins for Torque at prime Southern Cross prospect

Torque Metals is set to get the drill spinning at its highly prospective Bullfinch gold project with a maiden 1600m RC program underway at the company’s Withers Find prospect in WA’s Goldfields.

Matt Birney

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AgriculturePremiumBiosecurity beefed up for foot and mouth

Australian authorities have beefed up biosecurity measures after the discovery of foot and mouth disease in Bali.

Liv Casben

RetailMall under fire over ‘pornified’ lingerie

A shopping centre has drawn complaints over “porn”-related ad images at one of its stores while it hosts kids’ holiday activities.

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Great valueCommentsPremiumWhy this fruit is not contributing to cost of living pressures

Australian producers of this much-loved fruit are actually pleading with consumers to buy more.

Hugo Timms