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MarketsPremium‘Dividend deluge’ amid cost-of-living crisis

As Australia’s biggest companies do all they can to cut costs, the corporate juggernauts are pulling back profits to pay shareholders.

Blair Jackson

BusinessA wider view: clean energy push for environment reform

Frustrated clean energy developers and investors say Australia must consider emissions reduction and climate change as well as the impact on the environment.

Marion Rae

PROPERTY CommentsPremiumAustraliana aesthetic makes the home design trends list

Ice baths and internal courtyards are in. Open-plan living and home theatres are out.

Kim Macdonald

MarketsPremiumWall St up as traders' bets rise for bigger rate cut

Boeing sells off as workers go on strike; Indexes up: Dow 0.72 per cent, S&P 500 0.54 per cent, Nasdaq 0.65 per cent.

Sinéad Carew and Shashwat Chauhan

CourtPremium‘17 hours’: Horrific detail in brothers’ deaths

A Blue Mountains mother has faced court for the first time since being charged with the murder of her two young sons.

Steve Zemek and Blake Antrobus

BusinessPremiumChina bans PwC for six months over Evergrande audit

Beijing has imposed a six-month business suspension on PwC in mainland China over the auditing of collapsed developer Evergrande.

Simina Mistreanu and Zen Soo

Herd on the TerracePremiumSatterley’s love letter and Hayman chews the fat

There was plenty of chat this week about the culinary potential of pets but it was pizza dogs on the mind — and in the gullet — of Domino’s chief Kerri Hayman.

BEST IN OZPremiumBest chippie in Aus: Hooked wins fish and chip top gong

A humble family-run shop on Middleton Beach can now boast the title of best fish and chips in the country, winning the title at the national awards ceremony on Thursday.

Melissa Sheil

BusinessPremiumMore challenging market in months ahead, Metcash warns

Challenging conditions will remain ahead of Christmas as consumers tighten their belts, IGA supplier Metcash has told shareholders.

Bray Boland

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The West Australian exclusive
Union demands BHP pay extra super and annual ‘mentor’ bonus

The full list of demands imposed on BHP by the AWU can be revealed, with excess superannuation and fortnightly ‘mentoring bonuses’ being piled onto yearly $10,000 ‘retention bonuses’ and wage hikes.

Adrian Rauso

MiningPremiumMacquarie bullish on nickel rebound

The millionaire’s factory believes the value of nickel will rise about 40 per cent over the next four years thanks to problems in China and Indonesia.

Adrian Rauso

Courts & JusticePremiumATO nabs Perth man for $377,820 GST scheme

A Perth man has been sentenced to two years in jail after a $377,820 GST rort uncovered by the Australian Taxation Office.

Matt Mckenzie

GoldCommentsPremiumBoss of global gold giant says there’s a catch to record run

The Australian-born chief executive of $90 billion global mining giant Newmont is riding high on the back of transcendent gold prices, but isn’t letting the latest rush go to his head.

Simone Grogan

Western Mines scores more thick nickel zones at Mulga Tank

Western Mines Group has unveiled more broad nickel sulphide zones at its Mulga Tank nickel project near Lake Minigwal in WA after assays were returned from its latest phase-three drilling campaign at the site.

Doug Bright

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BULLS N’ BEARSAruma has it with hot Queensland copper-antimony samples

This week’s Bulls N’ Bears Runner of the Week is … Aruma Resources. The explorer hit high-grade copper-antimony in Queensland, while Petratherm, Locksley Resources and Enova Mining also ran hard.

Craig Nolan

RetailCommentsColes, Woolies on the nose and among most distrusted brands

Australia’s biggest grocery chainshave fallen out of favour with consumers to now be ranked among the nation’s most distrusted brands amid stubborn cost-of-living pressures and accusations of price-gouging.

Cheyanne Enciso

Mount Ridley wraps up promising WA iron sampling program

Mount Ridley Mines has wrapped up a rock-chip sampling program at its Weld Range West iron ore project in WA, with a focus on the Madoonga, Lulworth and Wilgie Mia BIF horizons that span 5.1km to 8.8 km.

James Pearson

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MarketsCommentsPremiumMuted trading still the defining feature of September

AMP recently conducted an analysis that found the US share market is typically at its weakest in September, attributing this to investors selling losing stocks to offset capital gains.

Raizinvest.com.au

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Gold resets the bar with growing hopes of US rate cut

Gold climbed to a record after another faster-than-forecast US inflation print and an uptick in applications for unemployment benefits substantiated bets that the Fed will cut interest rates next week.

Sybilla Gross

BusinessBoeing workers to strike after 96 pct vote for walkout

Workers at troubled plane manufacturer Boeing have voted overwhelmingly to take strike action over a pay offer.

Staff Writers

BusinessPremiumStar facing licence cancellation after scathing report

The Star Casino has been given 14 days to explain why it shouldn't face disciplinary action after a scandalous report found it wasn't fit to hold a licence.

Alex Mitchell

EnergyCommentsPremiumWhat’s the deal? Synergy faces Bluewaters power gap

The clock is ticking on the State Government’s promise to freeze out private coal generator Bluewaters — but shadow minister Steve Thomas says the company should be given a fair go.

Matt Mckenzie

EnvironmentPremiumAussie drivers need more electric utes, more incentives

Electric vehicles will not be adopted at rates necessary to reach emissions targets, an inquiry has heard, without tax and financial incentives.

Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

BusinessPremiumBattle of Kim and Goliath as bank closes amid loophole

A NSW town will lose its ANZ branch because it isn't considered regional, just months after the bank committed to keep country locations open for three years.

Stephanie Gardiner