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Investors spooked CommentsPremiumOmicron sets Australian market up for tumultuous week

The Australian share market is expected to begin the week deep in the red after fears of a new coronavirus variant sparked a global rout. 

Danielle Le Messurier

BusinessMarkets bugged by new COVID-19 variant

Australian shares will be under pressures from the opening on Monday after sharp falls in overseas markets following the emergence of a new COVID-19 variant.

Colin Brinsden

Operational issues CommentsPremiumChina takes gold production lead after Oz output slides

China is back in the lead as the world’s biggest gold producer after production at some of Australia’s largest gold mines took a hit in the September quarter. 

Danielle Le Messurier

Latest figuresSunday Times readership on the rise as more turn to news

Readership of The Sunday Times has risen by an impressive 13 per cent — or 45,000 people — in the past year. And the biggest increases have been in the crucial younger demographics.

Rourke Walsh

BusinessSA looks to boost critical minerals sector

South Australia has invited companies and individuals to bid to help develop the state's critical minerals sector.

Tim Dornin

AgricultureIconic Aussie shearer a dying breed

Australia's shearing workforce is rapidly declining, with factors like drought and COVID border closures heightening the challenges involved.

Liv Casben

Commercial PropertyNew wilderness retreat for Adelaide Hills

The South Australian government will help fund a $10 million wilderness retreat in the Adelaide Hills, with its developers to help fund koala conservation.

Tim Dornin

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SHOPPING HOURS DEBATE CommentsPremium
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New calls for Perth’s shopping hours to be modernised

Business and community leaders have renewed calls for Perth’s out-of-date shopping hours to be modernised, ahead of the WA capital reopening to the world.

Joe Spagnolo

ScamsPremiumShock ‘fake tradie’ scam in Victoria

A warning has been issued about fake tradies in Victoria with a homeowner speaking out about the very simple and concerning way he was tricked.

Catie McLeod

Shocking video VideoCleaners SACKED for giving SEX TOYS to FIFOs

FIFO cleaners who posted videos online of themselves distributing homemade sex toys for male workers to dongas have lost their jobs.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Share tradingWhere you should invest to get rich

Aussies looking to cash in on the share market in the new year should look to invest in these four sectors.

Rebecca Le May

MININGCommentsPremiumLithium fails to buoy Breaker Resources investors

Shares in Breaker Resources took a dive on Friday after the gold explorer unveiled a raft of lithium assays from drilling at its flagship Lake Roe project 100km east of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

Jason Mennell

BusinessAustralia Post delivers new NSW facility

A new Australia Post facility capable of processing more than 100,000 parcels a day has been set up in southeast Sydney to keep up with record demand.

AAP

AgricultureAussie vegie production going gangbusters

AUSVEG has launched a social media campaign to tell Australians about all the good things the nation's vegetable growers are doing.

John Kidman

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Selling fast Premium
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REVEALED: Perth’s fastest and slowest selling suburbs

Properties take 18 days to sell - down from 60 days two years ago - with some blink-and-you-miss-it listings not even making it to the first home open.

Kim Macdonald

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‘Under pressure’CommentsPremium
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First-term WA MP aims to keep seat amid mammoth ATO bill

A Nationals MP whose company failed after racking up more than $440,000 in unpaid taxes believes he will still be able to keep his seat in Parliament. 

Briana Fiore

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Shock video VideoPremium
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Cleaners sacked for giving FIFO workers sex toys

FIFO cleaners who posted videos online of themselves distributing homemade sex toys for male workers to dongas have lost their jobs.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Kicking goalsPremiumMeg O'Neill’s interim stint lifted her into pole position

The American was given free rein during her four months as Woodside’s interim chief executive and quickly won over the board to her leadership credentials.

Sean Smith

Tough times PremiumCOVID and cattle shortage continue to pinch sector

Wellard has warned shareholders that the most difficult conditions in the history of Northern Australia’s live export industry are unlikely to subside in the near term.

Jenne Brammer

CNBCCommentsPremiumKevin O’Leary: ‘I have no interest in being a crypto cowboy’

Celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary is investing in digital currencies, but he hasn’t done so lightly, telling CNBC that he’d prefer to consult with regulators on this space rather than be a “crypto cowboy.”

Vicky McKeever

SPINIFEXCommentsPremiumCaravel flies under radar with big copper project

SPINIFEX: For a company with the biggest undeveloped copper project in Australia just 120 north-east of Perth, Caravel Minerals has kept a low profile.

Stuart McKinnon

Stunning developmentCommentsPremiumTwin apartment towers approved for Scarb beachfront

Two more high-rise residential towers have been approved for the Scarborough beachfront.

Justin Bianchini

Online sensationCommentsPremiumWA skincare brand takes out top e-commerce award

WA natural skincare brand Clean & Pure has been named one of Australia’s most technologically innovative companies after taking out the E-Commerce Award at the Australian Export Awards.

Caitlin Paroczai

Pandemic precautionsCommentsPremiumBusinesses at ‘pinchpoint’ managing vax compliance: CCIWA

The SafeWA app will continue to be used when WA lifts its hard border, leaving some businesses concerned about managing compliance and others fearing they will incur costs and delays for vaccination checks.

Danielle Le Messurier