The Australian Bureau of Statistics says the country’s economic contraction was smaller than expected in the September quarter as a result of COVID-19 lockdowns on the east coast.
Colin Brinsden
Global mining equipment manufacturer Austin Engineering has celebrated a historic milestone after delivering its 1000th truck body to Rio Tinto.
Caitlin Paroczai
Australia relies on China for 90 per cent of the imports of one technology ‘crucial’ to the country’s future.
Helena Burke
For the first time in more than a decade, six of the world’s most vital industrial metals are flashing a rare synchronised warning over tight supply.
Mark Burton
BlueScope Steel says higher prices and strong demand will ensure it delivers stronger underlying earnings in the first half of the current financial year.
AAP
Surfers and divers should prepare for a wetsuit shortage this summer, with Rip Curl’s parent company reporting demand is far outstripping supply.
Adrian Lowe
Two of Australia’s most well-known retailers are teaming up with Flybuys in a new deal just in time for Christmas.
Alex Druce
Alcoa will restart aluminum production lines in Australia mothballed since 2009 as the top US supplier’s shares surge on strengthening demand for the material.
David Stringer
An iconic Australian pharmacy chain has found a new home alongside a host of other big-name brands in a $760 million takeover deal.
The Brisbane-based workforce of a $6bn fertiliser company is reeling after a decision that could lead to mass redundancies over the next 14 months.
Medical technology group Proteomics is set to start manufacturing its diagnostic blood test device in WA as it looks to grow sales in Australia and South East Asia.
Kate Purnell
The Labor Senator has been blasted following an embarrassing revelation about her campaign fundraising side-hustle.
New shares in award-winning Tasmanian spirits maker Lark have been snapped up at breakneck speed as it raises cash to buy an iconic distillery.
Rebecca Le May
Hundreds of small Aussie businesses have suffered a huge blow in government deal.
The 122-year-old refiner will embark on a global search for a new boss after Richard Hayes announced he will step down next year.
Sean Smith
FYI Resources and Alcoa will conduct an extended trial of a high-purity alumina pilot plant as part of a staged joint development project announced this month.
Stuart McKinnon
An Aussie pharmaceutical giant in the thick of the Covid-19 battle has told all staff “no jab, no job” and defended one vaccine as unfairly panned.
Anthony Albanese has announced another jobs policy as the Labor Party gears up for the next federal election.
Adbri today broke ground on its $199m consolidation of Cockburn Cement that will see production combined into a new upgraded facility in Kwinana.
The hit from China’s energy crunch is starting to ripple throughout the globe, hurting everyone from Toyota to Australian sheep farmers and makers of cardboard boxes.
Jeff Sutherland and Tom Hancock
The frustrated WA-based group says hard borders have been up for too long and West Australians have had ample time to get vaccinated.
Two steel vessels will be built at its new American manufacturing base, with the potential for another three in a lucrative contract.
Qantas has launched Project Winton as it looks to replace all of its Boeing 737s and 717s, with a decision on the new models due before the end of the year.
Geoffrey Thomas
A stalwart of the skies above WA — the Fokker 100s — would be among more than 100 aircraft to be replaced by Qantas on its short-haul routes.
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