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BankingUS share trading app targets Generation Z

A new share trading app has been launched in Australia, giving young investors access to the US share market.

Liz Hobday

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Wanted: 33,000 workers for WA mines

The WA mining sector will be short of 33,000 workers by the second half of 2023 without reforms to encourage interstate and international migration.

Lanai Scarr

Hunt for $100MPremiumPolice take betting whiz kid’s tech in latest raid

Police have seized mobile phones and computers belonging to betting whiz kid Chris Brown in raids for bankruptcy trustees hunting more than $100 million of purported winnings.

Neale Prior

Seven figuresCommentsPremiumPerth’s new surprise millionaire suburbs

The housing boom has propelled nearly a dozen new suburbs into the million-dollar club, with Booragoon among the surprise entries to tick over the milestone median price.

Kim Macdonald

New bossPremiumBrownes gets first female chief in 135-year history

UWA graduate Natalie Sarich-Dayton will make history as she leads Brownes into next era. However, she plans to remain close to the “milko’ service she resurrected during COVID-19.

Jenne Brammer

Heavy dutyCommentsPremiumReal-life Tonka trucks go on display in Perth

The dozers and excavators that do the lifting and shifting in the mining industry are coming to Perth — and West Australians are being invited to get up close and personal with them.

Brianna Dugan and Ben Harvey

resources technology showcasePremiumNew kit on the block

Trainees are learning to operate the big kit that will work the pits at Rio Tinto’s new Gudai-Darri iron ore project in the Pilbara even before first ore has been dug, thanks to simulation technology.

Stuart McKinnon

‘Perfect storm’PremiumOwner of top Darwin restaurant reveals extent of staffing crisis

The owner of one of Darwin’s top restaurants has revealed he has turned away thousands of customers this dry season due to a staff shortage preventing his business from opening to capacity, with staff numbers down 30 per cent on a typical dry season.

GARY SHIPWAY

Covid-19PremiumWharfies to stay in Howard Springs after iso court challenge fails

A group of 13 stevedores forced into quarantine after a PPE breach during the unloading of a cargo ship from Singapore will see out 14 days at Howard Springs following a failed court challenge.

JASON WALLS

MarketsWall Street heads for weak open

The US Fed's hawkish stance further fuelled the dollar, while denting prices of commodities, leaving investors to reassess their bets on recovery plays.

Huw Jones

growth at riskPremiumWA badly lagging in skills shortage fight

The head of WA’s peak body for business has warned that despite massive investment in training to combat skills shortages, the efforts of government and corporates are falling short.

Kate Purnell

Copper thatPremiumSandfire celebrates another record shipment

The Karl Simich-led Sandfire Resources has sent a cargo of copper concentrate from Geraldton to India worth $64.5 million.

Stuart McKinnon

Climate pressurePremiumOil and gas industry needs to lift its talking game

As pressure from climate change activists and investors grows, energy companies have to convince their critics they have a future in a decarbonising world.

Sean Smith

BusinessLondon's Notting Hill Carnival goes online

Britain's iconic Notting Hill Carnival, billed as Europe's biggest street party, has been forced online for the second successive year thanks to the pandemic.

Benjamin Cooper and Laura Parnaby

‘Needed continuity’Young boy who took life had 30 caseworkers

A coronial inquest into the suicide of a young boy has been told he had 30 caseworkers assigned to him in just over a decade and ‘needed a sense of continuity.’

Grace Hendry

Lefroy extends Burns gold-copper porphyry discovery

Lefroy Exploration appears to have confirmed the mineralised Eastern Porphyry zone at its promising Burns gold-copper discovery extends to the north and continues at least 180m below the discovery hole that returned 38m at 7.63 g/t gold and 0.56 per cent copper.

Matt Birney

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Singular Health on road to surgical revolution

Singular Health Group says recent strategic acquisitions have “set in motion” its Scan to Surgery initiative and delivery of proprietary disruptive technology. According to the medical technology company, the transactions bring it closer to its goal of commercialising an end-to-end personalised surgical planning platform for the spinal and maxillofacial surgical sectors.

Matt Birney

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Calima extends oil well drilling in Alberta

Calima Energy has extended drilling into the oil-rich Sunburst Formation at its Brooks project in Alberta. An additional development well has been added to its ongoing schedule as the company looks to ramp up oil production from its Blackspur facilities.

Matt Birney

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Headed southPremiumGold heads for biggest weekly loss in more than a year

Gold is headed for the biggest weekly loss in 15 months as the Federal Reserve’s hawkish tilt sent the US dollar surging.

Ranjeetha Pakiam

Creditors agreementPremiumPeace deal to wrap up Scala-linked company

The Federal Court has given the go-ahead to a creditor payment plan that liquidators have mapped out with Leopold Scala’s 24-year-old son Andrew after initially being at loggerheads.

Neale Prior

Drinks splitWoolies' Endeavour cleared for ASX debut

Woolworths' Endeavour drinks business, which includes BWS and Dan Murphy's, will soon trade as a separate entity after shareholders voted for a demerger.

Steven Deare

Doors shutSubi roadwork bedlam forces closure of popular cafe

Road closures on Hay Street in Subiaco have claimed another victim as beloved café Baguette Me Not was forced to close its doors after years in the area.

Rangi Hirini

Western suburbs developmentCommentsPremiumElite Perth boys’ school unveils oval land sale plan

Christ Church Grammar School wants to use the sale of an old oval to pay back the cost of cleaning up a rubbish tip for more sports fields nearby.

Victoria Rifici & Jon Bassett

Business'Friyay' in Sydney as govt funds CBD lunch

The long lunch could make a comeback with new vouchers coming for Sydney's CBD eateries on Fridays in an attempt to get workers spending in the city again.

Angelo Risso