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‘work to do’PremiumInfluential ACSI drills down on safety

Boards are being called out on workplace safety, with the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors also flagging tougher scrutiny of bonuses at companies that have lost workers to fatal accidents.

Sean Smith

BusinessAsia lags behind pre-pandemic levels of food security

The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation says the pandemic and climate change appears to have halted progress towards alleviating global food insecurity.

ELAINE KURTENBACH (AP Business Writer)

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Former Woodside chief sees Santos premium as major hurdle

Peter Coleman believes it will be difficult for Woodside and Santos to appease shareholders in the latter who are looking to address its underperformance.

Sean Smith

CNBCCommentsChina’s livestream shopping is booming

Livestream shopping is taking off in China, driving development of new tech products such as virtual human streamers and mobile data packages.

Evelyn Cheng

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Perenti’s share price takes a tumble on guidance update

Investors in Perenti were seemingly disappointed with a guidance update that has the mining services business going into the new year with higher debt and a lower capital expenditure than expected.

Simone Grogan

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‘Infinity and beyond’ Chemist Warehouse inks $9b Sigma deal

Private retailer Chemist Warehouse is staring down the barrel of becoming an ASX giant, more than 50 years since starting out as a standalone chemist shopfront in Melbourne.

Simone Grogan and Daniel Newell

Strong linkCommentsPremiumRBA firms up impact of rates

New research by the Reserve Bank of Australia hits back against claims that interest rates are ineffective in influencing business investment.

Matt Mckenzie

News‘Cannot be ignorant’: Warning on PNG deals

Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape has cautioned economic investment in his country is “more powerful” than measures to enhance security.

Jack Quail

NewsASX flat as US inflation looms

A mixed session saw the local share market finish flat on Monday as a jump in energy stocks and a fall in the material sectors pulled the bourse in both directions.

Jack Quail

Surging investmentPremiumAlinta plans new $500m battery in South West

Alinta Energy has lodged a $500 million plan to build a second battery in Wagerup, a big boost at a time when the State’s main grid is in desperate need of projects to support reliability.

Matt Mckenzie

Horrible incidentPremiumWA man dies after mining workplace incident

A man in his 20s has died after a workplace incident at a mining maintenance company in South Boulder.

Staff reporter

NEWSPremiumChaos as protester chains self under car

Demonstrators with Disrupt Burrup Hub caused traffic chaos on Monday after blocking a major CBD thoroughfare.

Anthony Anderson

International Graphite gets funding to fuel graphite play

International Graphite will use a second-tranche $1.25 million Critical Minerals Development Grant payment to continue feasibility work on its Springdale graphite project and downstream processing facilities.

Michael Philipps

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newsPremiumMoment Woolies worker ‘punched, spat on’

Woolworths has released CCTV footage showing the moment a worker is hit in the eye with a metal scooter, as it warns against a rise in attacks on employees.

Emma Cam

Oligarch ban PremiumPorter blasts Payne decision in fight for Putin pal

Former attorney-general Christian Porter has come out swinging against a former Cabinet colleague as he fights to kill Federal bans on Russian aluminium oligarch Oleg Deripaska.

Neale Prior

Stakes raisedCommentsPremiumAVL set to sweeten vanadium merger deal with TMT

Australian Vanadium is set to lob an improved offer at Technology Metals Australia’s shareholders to prevent the “most logical consolidation in the mining industry” from imploding.

Adrian Rauso

Gold Mountain samples sniff Brazilian lithium targets

Gold Mountain’s stream sediment sampling has identified anomalous lithium in four of its Juremal licences in Brazil and defined targets for follow-up soil sampling to home in on the sources of the anomalies.

Doug Bright

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ADX to chase oil up-dip with Anshof-2 sidetrack

After hitting five-times thicker net reservoir than Anshof-3, ADX Energy’s latest well – Anshof-2 – has found lower than expected oil saturation, resulting in a sidetrack being required for viable completion.

Andrew Duffy

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BREAKINGMP’s bombshell after Anna resigns

Shannon Fentiman has put her name forward to take the place of departing Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk.

Madeleine Achenza

Crane dangerCommentsPremiumOffshore warning after MV Pride crane failure

The offshore regulator has slammed US-based Expro Group for a dangerous crane accident at a major project off WA's coast in September.

Matt Mckenzie

newsPremiumCrisis talks with ambos amid new year threat

Crisis talks are being held to end the tumultuous wage battle that could cripple ambulance services on New Year’s Day.

Jessica Wang

Quantum financial update sets graphite project NPV of $497m

Quantum Graphite has outlined an internal rate of return of almost 50 per cent and a net present value of more than $497 million following a financial update of its Uley 2 graphite project in South Australia.

Michael Philipps

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Dynamic soil sampling yields 60ha Spargos lithium target

Dynamic Metals has revealed a 600m-long, 1km-wide lithium anomaly less than 20km from other mapped lithium pegmatites following a maiden soil sampling program at its Spargos East licence in WA’s Goldfields.

Doug Bright

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HOUSINGPremiumSurprising detail about Aussie borrowers

New figures have revealed a surprising detail about Aussie homeowners as an expert warns that 2024 could be dire.

Blake Antrobus