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Money adviceHow to cope with costly Santa requests

When children reach for the stars with requests for gifts from Santa, parents need a strategy. Here's what the experts think.

Anthony Keane

New way to traveleBikes hit Darwin streets for the first time

NEURON’S eBikes will be roaming Darwin’s streets this morning in an Australian-first, with the first fleet unveiled across the CBD’s outskirts.

WILL ZWAR

International studentsDebt-stricken CDU to pay $160k for international student quarantine

DEBT-STRICKEN Charles Darwin University will shell out nearly $160,000 to pay for international students to quarantine at Howard Springs, with that number likely to grow in the coming months.

RAPHAELLA SAROUKOS, Education Reporter

Going homeBackflip as Darwin RSL opts to rebuild clubhouse on old site

THE beleaguered Darwin RSL has revealed it will rebuild from the ashes of its original CBD site after months of drama surrounding its proposed relocation to The Esplanade.

Will Zwar

community benefitsNew report shows remote NT kindi program closing the gap

A NEW report into an Indigenous early years program showed initiatives co-designed and managed by Aboriginal people are more likely to close the gap

Raphaella Saroukos

Labour shortageVanuatu workers set to help with WA harvest

More than 300 Vanuatu workers should arrive in Perth by early January to help the State’s embattled fruit and vegetable growers harvest their crops.

Jenne Brammer

Trade boostExports up but sanctions a threat

Australia’s trade balance recorded a surplus of $7.5 billion in October, however economists and trade experts warn the trade tensions with China are ‘clearly concerning.’

Meilin Chew

Latin lands new Lachlan Fold Belt lease

Latin Resources continues to build its portfolio of projects in Australia, having landed a new lease in NSW’s prolific Lachlan Fold Belt. The new Burdett project lies to the south of the company’s Manildra tenure, delivering Latin a strategic position over the Burdett goldfield.

Matt Birney

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Vacant roleWA’s China Trade Commissioner to exit

WA’s China Trade Commissioner, Stuart Crockett, has announced he will not be returning to China to continue in the role.

Meilin Chew

Tariff turnaroundEnd in sight for China’s Aussie wine penalties?

A spokesman for China’s Commerce Ministry has given the first indications of how long hefty wine tariffs on Aussie wines will last as trade tensions show no sign of easing.

St George lights up eleven new nickel targets in WA

St George Mining looks to be making a solid run into the new year, with recently completed down-hole geophysics lighting up like a Christmas tree identifying eleven new nickel targets for drill testing at Mt Alexander in WA.

Matt Birney

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Rare findDazzling result for Lucapa’s pink diamond

WA-based diamonds producer Lucapa has revealed its enormous 46-carat Angolan pink rough diamond has yielded three polished diamonds, including a 15.2-carat heart-shaped gem.

Danielle Le Messurier

REMARKABLE CASEThe chicken millionaire and his fraudulent accountant

The remarkable story of multi-millionaire Ghassan ‘Gus’ Jabado, his chicken farming rags-to-riches tale, and his fight against a wealthy former Peppermint Grove councillor-turned-accountant.

Shannon Hampton

African dealWoodside swoops on more of African project

For the second time in four months, the group has exercised its right to buy more of the Sangomar oil project from departing partners.

Sean Smith

Adriatic discovers deep gold vein at Serbian project

ASX and London-listed precious and base metals hopeful, Adriatic Metals, has discovered gold mineralisation at depth in the course of peeling off more cracking high-grade base metals drill hits at its recently acquired brownfields Raska polymetallic project in Serbia.

Matt Birney

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Court knockbackTianqi goes down in court again over Kwinana debt

The Chinese-owned lithium group has lost a bid to push a $32.5m dispute with MSP Engineering into arbitration.

Sean Smith

Blackstone lists on US OTC market

ASX-listed Vietnam base metals player, Blackstone Minerals, has listed on the USA-based OTCQB market and is now trading as a dual-listed company aiming to bolster investor support from North American institutions for its Vietnam nickel project.

Matt Birney

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Gold boost for Calidus near Warrawoona

ASX-listed aspiring gold producer, Calidus Resources, has extended the strike length of known gold mineralisation at its Coronation satellite deposit only 8km from the company’s developing Warrawoona gold project in WA’s East Pilbara following encouraging near-surface drill results.

Matt Birney

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Full ListFULL LIST: The owners of all 250 Brisbane pubs

The battered and bruised Brisbane pub and bar scene has started to re-emerge from lockdown, so what better time to remind you of the best the city’s hospitality scene has to offer?

Chris Herde, Glen Norris

Workplace tragedyCollapsed Curtin roof reassembled in search for answers

WorkSafe investigators have reassembled the roof that collapsed at Curtin University in October, bringing them a step closer to finding out how young worker Jonnie Hartshorn was killed.

Charlotte Elton

Technology Fast 50 awardsDarwin-based tech firm one of Australia’s fastest-growing companies

DARWIN-based software company, ServiceM8 was named Australia’s 28th fastest-growing company of 2020 at Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 awards.

GARY SHIPWAY, BUSINESS EDITOR

Staggering figureAndrew Forrest makes $2.7b in one day

The staggering accumulation of wealth comes after shares in his Fortescue Metals Group surged more than 13 per cent today on the back of a fresh seven-year high iron ore price.

Stuart McKinnon