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Deadstock fabric, leather fringe and soft draping are essential elements of her designs. Lucas Dawson / Harry Hayes / AFC

News‘Crazy sh*t’: Designer on AI’s fashion threat

Mariam Seddiq has presented her most personal collection yet at Australian Fashion Week, with every model reflecting different versions of herself.

Alexandra Feiam

Labour force data for April is expected to show growth of about 15,000 new jobs, an economist says. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

EconomyPremiumAustralian economy expected to add thousands more jobs

The Australian Bureau of Statistics is forecast to post a positive gain in jobs when it publishes new data, as economists mull over sweeping tax changes.

Tess Ikonomou

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Eagles, BHP extend partnership to boost AFL in regional WA

Like thousands of country kids, Connor Riley-Hughes loves a kick of the footy and the rare opportunity to meet his AFL heroes.

Kirsty Lichtenstein

Many people are drawn to volunteering after some of the most difficult moments of their own lives. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

BusinessPremiumThe brave volunteers turning trauma into purpose

After tragedy and trauma changed their lives forever, some volunteers use lived experience to support others through grief, crisis and recovery.

Katelyn Catanzariti

Fuel excise relief appreciated by Australian motorists may not end on June 30. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

BusinessPremiumFuel tax discount’s future up in the air

Both the government and opposition are non-committal on whether Australians should continue to receive a petrol tax discount.

John Kidman and Poppy Johnston

Housing industry heavyweights say new builds in WA are thousands short of what’s needed.

PropertyCommentsPremiumPM’s WA housing targets impossible without 8000 more tradies

WA housing industry heavyweights are warning Anthony Albanese’s housing targets for WA will little have no hope of becoming reality unless at least 8000 more tradies are found for WA.

Joe Spagnolo

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COURTPremiumNurse faked death to dodge Qantas bill

A Queensland nurse has faked his grandfather’s death to avoid losing money on a non-refundable airfare.

Kate Stephenson

CBA believes it will take up to 1 per cent off house price growth. NewsWire / Nicholas Eagar

FINANCEPremium‘Sacred cow’: Tax change divides experts

Australia has “wasted billions” making housing unaffordable through investor tax breaks, but a radical budget shake-up changes everything.

Cameron Micallef

A possible extension of the fuel excise cut will be asessed between now and the end of June. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

BusinessPremiumExtension on fuel excise relief kept in play by PM

Fuel excise relief appreciated by Australian motorists may not end in July, as the government promotes other tax cuts due to begin at the same time.

Poppy Johnston

Starbucks says it is also reviewing its corporate structure outside the United States. (AP PHOTO)

BusinessPremiumStarbucks to lay off 300 US corporate workers

Starbucks says it is cutting about 300 positions in marketing, human resources and supply chain management.

Staff Writers

Saturn Metals managing director Ian Bamborough at the Apollo Hill gold project south-east of Leonora.

Native titlePremiumSaturn Metals signs native title agreement for Apollo Hill

Saturn Metals has signed an agreement with the organisation representing the native title holders of the northern Goldfields land where the company’s Apollo Hill gold project is located.

Neil Watkinson

Mid-cap companies offer better opportunities for investors than banks, a global asset manager says. (Susie Dodds/AAP PHOTOS)

BusinessPremiumBank plunge could spell end of an era for ASX investors

Big retail banks have driven returns on the ASX for years, but global asset manager VanEck believes they are overpriced and mid-caps offer better opportunities.

Derek Rose

Ten of the eleven main ?S&P 500 sectors on Wall Street traded lower by the end of the day. (AP PHOTO)

MarketsPremiumWall Street ends lower on mounting inflation worries

US stocks have closed lower amid investor concerns about signs of renewed elevated inflation.

Stephen Culp and Ragini Mathur

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NEWSPremiumAlleged sales pest’s weird acts

An alleged door-to-door sales pest’s acts across multiple businesses have been exposed – including a comment he made towards a woman.

Blake Antrobus

WA is being thrown into a constitutional brawl with Canberra over an imminent Federal “takeover” of the State’s gas industry amid warnings the new laws could trigger diplomatic friction with two of Australia’s most important allies.

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Fed takeover of WA’s gas industry could spark ally tension

WA is being thrown into a constitutional brawl with Canberra over an imminent Federal ‘takeover’ of the State’s gas industry.

Ben Harvey

Smaller miners and explorers fear the impact of the Federal Government’s changes to capital gains tax.

BusinessCommentsPremiumMiners fear Budget tax change will ‘kill’ next big discovery

Explorers warn the Federal Government’s capital gains tax shake-up could choke investment in the next generation of mining projects by making high-risk exploration less attractive.

Ryan Johnson

A Woodside spokesman said the company respected the rights of contractor employees to engage in industrial action.

Oil & GasPremiumIchthys, Pluto, North West Shelf LNG facing strike fights

UGL maintenance workers at Woodside Energy’s Pluto and North West Shelf gas export plants are set to strike from Wednesday, adding uncertainty to markets already rocked by the Middle East war. 

Matt Mckenzie

Indonesia AirAsia has axed flights from Melbourne and Adelaide to Bali.

TRAVEL UPDATESMajor airline axes Aussie flights to Bali

A budget airline has axed two major Australian routes to Bali, citing the surging price of fuel.

Blair Jackson

Nine of 11 ASX sectors made gains Friday, but the heavyweight mining sector fell enough to drag the market to an overall loss. Photo: NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

MARKET WRAPPremium‘Super cycle’: ASX down 2.8pc for the week

The Australian share market has closed federal budget week with another loss, posting a 2.8 per cent dip since Monday.

Blair Jackson

The sale of Challenge Bank to Westpac in late-1995 ended the independence of an institution whose WA roots dated back to 1862. 

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The price we pay for cheaper banking services

With P&N closing in on a merger that would see it absorbed by Melbourne-based mutual Bank Australia, WA is poised to lose its last homegrown and locally owned bank.

Sean Smith

The Bull reveals the one neat trick the WA Government used to bury $3 billion in Metronet costs. Plus: Taylor Swift’s advice for a WA company and what next for a doyen of the corporate scene?

Herd on the TerraceCommentsPremiumState’s neat trick to shift focus from Metronet costs

The Bull reveals the one neat trick the WA Government used to bury $3 billion in Metronet costs. Plus: Taylor Swift’s advice for a WA company and what next for a doyen of the corporate scene?

CBA’s record sell-off has raised a bigger question for investors: if Australia’s largest stocks start to wobble, how much strain Australia’s top stocks take?

MarketsCommentsPremiumWhat CBA’s stock plunge means to your shares

CBA’s record sell-off has raised a bigger question for investors: if Australia’s largest stocks start to wobble, how much strain Australia’s top stocks take?

Ryan Johnson

Viridis has completed a key infill drilling campaign at its Colossus rare earths project in Brazil, helping pave the way for resource and reserves updates and DFS progress.

Viridis boosts Brazilian rare earths financing push with monster hits

Viridis Mining and Minerals has wrapped up infill drilling at Colossus in Brazil, delivering strong grades and lifting confidence ahead of a resource update, DFS and the broader financing push.

Doug Bright

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This week’s Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Myeco Group.

BULLS N’ BEARSASX Runners of the Week: Myeco, Elixinol, Stelar Metals & 1414 Degrees

The Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Myeco Group, which exploded after securing an exclusive deal with Woolworths to launch a new range of certified post-consumer recycled garbage bags and bin liners.

Andrew Todd