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BreakingTech giant’s bombshell admission

US tech giant Meta has admitted to systematically scraping the public data of millions of Australians to train its AI products.

Duncan Evans

MiningPremiumGreatland seals $714m deal for Telfer and Havieron

Greatland Gold has inked a $US475 million ($714m) cash-and-scrip deal to buy Newmont’s ageing Telfer gold mine and sweep up the remaining interest it doesn’t already own in the Havieron discovery.

Daniel Newell

MORE APPLESPremiumNationwide project focusing on narrow orchard techniques

A nationwide project researching a 2D apple orchard design is underway with the Manjimup Horticulture Research Institute focusing on narrow growing techniques. 

Anjelica Smilovitis

BusinessCommentsPremiumWest Coast’s financial losses blow out amid dire seasons

It was another disastrous season on the field for the West Coast Eagles, and the club’s bottom line is not faring much better.

Adrian Rauso

Commercial PropertyPremiumHigh-profile architect Davina Bester on hiring spree

Development industry stalwart Mike Harvey has been revealed as the new general manager for innovative stable Statuo Group and Milieu Creative.

Kim Macdonald

Commercial PropertyCommentsPremiumPickle pick as massive West Perth site could see 14 storeys

West Perth’s Pickle District is set to grow with a massive 8722sqm of land on Newcastle Street hitting the market, on a site that could allow a 14-storey development.

Kim Macdonald

IndustrialCommentsPremiumNew shadow rental crisis emerging in industrial land

Every West Australian is affected by the growing shortage of industrial land.

Kim Macdonald

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Little Creatures to sprinkle its magic at Elizabeth Quay

Beloved Fremantle brewery Little Creatures will expand to Elizabeth Quay as part of the upcoming city skyscraper Nine The Esplanade.

Kim Macdonald

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Construction woes continue as 15 WA firms collapse monthly

About 15 WA construction companies collapse with millions of dollars in debt every month — and nearly 30 more are teetering with huge tax debts, a sign of the sector’s struggles.

Kim Macdonald

PoliticsDutton to take axe to green groups, turbocharge mining

Environmental advocates will be weakened under a Peter Dutton-led government after he promised to wind back protections if he wins office.

William Ton

MarketsPremiumWall Street ends mixed as banks and energy shares slip

US stocks have closed mostly higher as investors look to the release of inflation data.

Sinéad Carew and Shubham Batra

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BHP touts $15b WA economic spend amid Labor fight

BHP says it contributed over $15 billion to Western Australia’s economy last financial year, as the mining giant holds its ground against attacks by Federal Labor.

Adrian Rauso

BusinessCommentsPlibersek backs $1.4b Pilbara salt project ‘game changer’

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has signed off and backed a $1.4 billion salt project, declaring the BCI Minerals plan for the Pilbara a green energy ‘game changer’.

Simone Grogan

Federal PoliticsComments‘Alarming’: Miners urge Coalition to back revamped EPA

Miners are being urged to lobby the Coalition to back a stripped-back Environment Protection Agency before Labor rushes off to cut a deal with the Greens.

Dan Jervis-Bardy and Katina Curtis

news‘Won’t be pretty’: Fresh blow to Aus looms

The federal government has been accused of “wilfully weakening” Australia’s economy through a key policy decision, with a new warning the result “won’t be pretty”.

Jessica Wang

NEWSPremium‘Ambush’: Fury over banker’s fraud trial

A judge has issued a stern warning after the trial of a former banker was delayed at the last minute when the prosecution significantly altered their case.

Adelaide Lang

BankingAPRA to phase out Credit Suisse bond trade

Australia’s banking regulator has proposed lenders scrap the use of AT1 bonds, potentially becoming the first jurisdiction to phase out the securities wiped out after Credit Suisse’s collapse last year. 

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Xanadu kicks off exploration at new Mongolian copper play

Xanadu Mines has launched into field programs at its Sant Tolgoi project in Mongolia, where it says it has uncovered multiple copper-nickel targets with the potential for a new significant copper discovery.

Andrew Todd

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NewsNew Bali ban to hit Aussies

The Indonesian Government has agreed to introduce new bans in some areas of Bali which will affect Australians.

Emma Kirk

MiningPremiumMinRes changes hundreds of worker rosters to save cash

Workers at two Mineral Resources lithium mines in WA will either have to spend more time on site or put their hand up for a redundancy.

Adrian Rauso

MarketsAussie shares lift on energy, Wall St bump

The Australian sharemarket lifted on Tuesday on the back of a rally in energy stocks and some relief from a rattled Wall St.

Duncan Evans

BusinessEmerging markets could miss out on AI wins: World Bank

Artificial intelligence may not necessarily make the fight against inequality any easier, the World Bank president has said during an Australian visit.

Poppy Johnston

MiningPremiumGL1 scrimps spending amid lithium slump and board disruption

Global Lithium Resources will shed directors, dock its chair’s pay and put its flagship exploration project on ice in the wake of an attempted board ousting and as prices for the battery metal languish.

Simone Grogan

MiningCommentsPremiumBHP lends a helping hand as truck catches on fire

The front of a truck carrying a crane went up in flames on a Pilbara highway next to BHP’s crown jewel WA iron ore mining operation.

Adrian Rauso