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NewsPremiumMiner dies at Aussie coal mine

A miner has died at the United Wambo Open Cut mine in the NSW Hunter Valley.

Emma Kirk

There are new questions in the census form this year. NewsWire / David Crosling

CENSUSPremiumCensus skippers, liars face massive fine

Anyone who doesn’t complete the census or lies when they answer a question could face a huge fine. Here’s everything you need to know about filling in the compulsory form.

Josephine Quattrocchi

Liontown chief executive Tony Ottaviano at the Diggers and Dealers Mining Forum in Kalgoorlie.

MiningPremiumLiontown may buy unwanted Rio Tinto mine

Tony Ottaviano said his Liontown will look under the bonnet of Rio Tinto’s idle Mt Cattlin lithium mine when it comes up for sale.

Adrian Rauso

AstraZeneca is reportedly in talks with Bristol Myers Squibb to merge the pharmaceutical giants. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

BusinessPremiumAstraZeneca shares drop on reports of $570b mega-merger

AstraZeneca has held talks with US rival Bristol Myers Squibb over a merger which could create a drugs giant worth almost $US400 billion, according to reports.

Maggie Fick

Kalamazoo Resources’ Mount Olympus project at its Ashburton gold project in Western Australia.

Kalamazoo unearths stunning WA gold drill hits

Kalamazoo Resources has tabled some of the best gold drill hits seen this year at its Ashburton project in WA, with a stunning 36m at 16g/t gold including 10m at 49g/t headlining a litany of impressive numbers.

Murray Ward

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Peter Coleman says businesses face a ‘nearly impossible’ environment given opaque foreign investment rules.

TradePremium‘Opaque’ foreign investment rules need fix: Coleman

Former Woodside boss Peter Coleman has urged greater transparency in Australia’s foreign investment regime, warning of a “nearly impossible environment” for business.

Matt Mckenzie

Fuel prices are on the rise with the federal government's full excise kicking back in. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Federal PoliticsVideoCommentsMotorists told to ‘shop smarter’ after excise cut wound back

Aussie motorists have been urged to ‘shop smarter’ and retailers warned not to price gouge after the Albanese government wound back its fuel excise relief on Monday — making $2-a-litre the new normal.

Caitlyn Rintoul and Andrew Greene

Nine of the 11 sectors traded higher. NewsWire / Max Mason-Hubers

MARKET WRAPPremiumASX lurches over Trump move

Australia’s sharemarket has recovered from heavy early losses after US President Donald Trump made a major Iran reversal.

Cameron Micallef

Chris Bowen says big projects like wind farms are not the only way to boost renewables in the grid. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

EnergyPremiumNot too big, not too small: $100m to plug renewable gap

More small or medium-sized renewable energy projects could win loans as part of a multimillion-dollar scheme to address a gap in Australia's energy plans.

Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

Indigenous workers can thrive in mining jobs, delegates at a major industry forum have been told. (Mellen Burns/AAP PHOTOS)

BusinessPremiumMiners urged to 'just say yes' to Indigenous workers

The head of an Indigenous labour and training hire company has called on Goldfields region mining companies to work with him for his community.

Kaaren Morrissey

Lynas Rare Earths CEO Amanda Lacaze at a WA Mining Club.

MiningPremiumLacaze joins German lithium hopeful Vulcan Energy

Amanda Lacaze has joined the Gina Rinehart-backed Vulcan Energy Resources, her first ASX-listed company directorship post-Lynas Rare Earths.

Adrian Rauso

Peninsula Energy has appointed seasoned uranium executive Mr Gary Birch as the company’s chief technical office.

Peninsula recruits uranium veteran to drive Wyoming production growth

Peninsula Energy has recruited a veteran uranium executive and formed a new technical committee to help drive production growth as it pushes ahead with the ramp-up of its Lance uranium project in Wyoming, USA.

Doug Bright

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Kareem Hassan pictured in 2022.

RetailPremiumMan behind WA smoking empire hit with $1.2m tax bill

The man behind a WA smoking empire and one-time investor in a Northbridge nightclub has been hit with a $1.2 million tax bill.

Matt Mckenzie

The Kingfisher open cut pit looking south at Horizon Gold’s Gum Creek gold project in the Mid-West/Murchison region of WA.

Horizon bags high grade gold outside WA mine plan

Horizon Gold has hit a superb 23m at 5.26g/t gold from drilling outside the recently defined mine plan at its Gum Creek project in WA. The hit included a higher-grade 15m core grading a solid 7.65g/t gold.

Murray Ward

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Gateway Mining’s chief executive officer Richard Pugh.

Gateway kicks off Gascoyne gold hunt near Benz discovery

Gateway Mining has kicked off a 2400-sample soil program in WA’s Gascoyne, targeting geological structures it says are lookalikes to Benz Mining’s nearby tier-1 Glenburgh gold discovery.

Murray Ward

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Keynote speaker Joe Hockey with Diggers & Dealers forum chair Jim Walker after his address.

MiningCommentsPremiumHockey backs iron ore cartel to stop hardball China

Joe Hockey is on board with secret plans for a Pilbara iron ore cartel to stop China’s growing trade pressure and he believes Jim Chalmers should have more veto powers over critical minerals deals.

Adrian Rauso

Ben Carroll was sworn in as Premier last week. NewsWire / David Caird

POLITICSPremiumNew Premier’s surprise cabinet decision

The new Victorian Premier will announce his ministerial line-up on Tuesday after making a surprise decision on the makeup of the frontbench.

Blair Jackson

Japan's Nikkei dropped one per cent, while South Korea's KOSPI slid more than five per cent. (AP PHOTO)

MarketsPremiumOil slides on Iran peace deal hopes as yen firms again

The yen has surged and the Nikkei dipped ‌one per cent after the US and Japan confirmed joint intervention to prop up the frail currency.

Nell Mackenzie and Ankur Banerjee

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NEWSPremium‘Shop smarter’: Aussies hit by fuel spike

Aussie drivers have been told to consider cheaper alternatives to premium fuels as a fuel excise discount expires.

Jackson Robb

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EXCLUSIVEPremium‘Death by 1000 cuts’: Gen Z’s cost crunch

Nearly six in 10 Gen Z Australians are juggling bills before payday as a youth charity founder warns financial stress is now a systemic crisis.

Cameron Micallef

The Chalice gold project in Western Australia’s Higginsville greenstone belt, where Corazon Mining has expanded its footprint by acquiring Dynamic Metals’ adjoining gold tenure to create a prospective 40-kilometre exploration corridor.

Corazon goes all in on Chalice gold with $3.5M Dynamic deal

Corazon Mining has expanded its WA Chalice gold project by acquiring Dynamic Metals’ adjoining gold tenure, creating a 40km exploration corridor with multiple targets and future resource growth potential.

Penny Taylor

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The local share market has forged a modest gain to start the week on a positive footing. (Paul Braven/AAP PHOTOS)

BusinessPremiumAussie shares edge higher as iron ore tumbles

The ASX has started the week on a positive footing after hopes of US-Iran peace talks lifted risk sentiment, while iron ore prices fell to 13-month lows.

Adrian Black

Murrumbidgee Council is set to break new ground with Australia’s first four-day week trial in local government.

NEWSPremiumCouncil workers to get 52 long weekends

One regional council is set to break new ground with Australia’s first four-day week trial in local government.

Andrew Hedgman

Pentanet was founded in 2017 after Stephen Cornish become frustrated by the internet speeds available for online gaming.

BusinessCommentsPremiumPentanet rockets 80pc as cloud gamers level up

Twenty million Pentanet shares changed hands as investors chased a 74 per cent earnings jump amid growing demand for the Perth telco’s Nvidia-powered gaming service.

Ryan Johnson