Salvation from a higher power would be the only this to ‘save’ Australia should Labor and the Greens control parliament after the election, the Leader of the Nationals says.
Blair Jackson
A new bit of kit will take a meaningful chunk out of set-building costs for WA’s top theatre company and other arts outfits as the industry looks to lure audiences away from Netflix and towards live drama.
Simone Grogan
Insolvency experts from McGrathNicol have been put into Brownes’ parent, Australian Zhiran, by the Hong Kong-listed China Mengniu Dairy Company, which is owed $200m.
Sean Smith
An Australian oil and gas services company ran a cartel, trying to pull suppliers into illegal contracts, a court has found.
A Perth switchboard maker has been fined $15,000 for deliberately ignoring a compliance notice requiring it to pay a former employee long service leave.
Cheyanne Enciso
The federal green light for BCI Minerals’ Mardie salt project in WA’s Pilbara enables the group to complete filling its seawater ponds in preparation for first shipments next year.
Doctors battling Australia’s chronic disease scourge want both major parties to implement a tax on ‘sickly’ soft drinks in a major pre-election wishlist.
Duncan Evans
Energy Minister Chris Bowen and coalition spokesman Ted O’Brien have held a testy debate on the key policy ahead of the May 3 election.
US President Donald Trump’s wild backdown on tariffs has lifted Wall Street and sent the Australian sharemarket shooting up.
Malcolm Turnbull has mocked Donald Trump in a pugnacious address to the National Press Club, saying Aussies need to stand up the ‘billionaire bully’.
The State’s biggest alumina exporter has been hit with a whopping $400,000 fine for a chemical spill in September 2022.
Matt Mckenzie
The Australian ASX200 has seesawed as markets await major economic updates, including just what Donald Trump will do next on tariffs.
Holly Truelove
Austal is sailing on a wave of defence spending in the US and is set to win a big share of navy contracts in Australia. But success has make it the target of a rival looking to muscle in on the action.
A $5.5m grant linked to the criminally infiltrated CFMEU needs investigation, shadow federal Attorney-General Michaelia Cash says.
A massive arms race is sweeping the Asia-Pacific region as countries like Australia grow alarmed over the China threat.
Anthony Albanese has made a major election promise that would bolster one aspect of Australian life he calls “the envy of the world”.
Hanwha Defence’s chief executive won’t rule out a takeover tilt for WA naval shipbuilder Austal, as the South Korean company angles to meet with top shareholders Andrew and Nicola Forrest.
Whyalla’s administration extended for a year as administrators raise safety fears and judge warns GFG Alliance related party transactions probe hampered by lack of records access.
Neale Prior
Austal has poured cold water on spurned suitor Hanwha’s bid for a board seat while questioning the South Korean group’s belief it can add value to the Australian naval shipbuilder.
Australia’s Defence Minister Richard Marles “is definitely not worried” about South Korea’s Hanwha potentially owning an influential slice of WA-based strategic defence shipbuilder Austal.
Simone Grogan and Sean Smith
Patriotic ‘Buy Australian’ feeling emerged on ABC’s Q+A on Monday night, with the domestic steel industry at the centre of the debate.
South Korean conglomerate Hanwha is back knocking at the doors of Austal shareholders after failing in a takeover bid for the Henderson-based shipbuilder last year.
Qantas chairman John Mullen has issued a stark warning that our way of life could simply “stop” in a serious international emergency.
Australia’s sharemarket snapped a three-day losing streak on the back of the major miners, as the price of gold and iron ore climbed throughout the trading day.
Cameron Micallef
