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A 120sqm lot on sale in Cockburn Central for offers from $349,000.

House That!CommentsPremiumTiny 120sqm Cockburn lot hits the market for large price

A 120sqm block of vacant block of land in Cockburn Central — the size of six parking bays — appears to be the smallest current listing on the market.

Kim Macdonald

Underground activity at Westgold Resources’ Beta Hunt gold mine near Kambalda.

Mining servicesPremiumSodexo wins $100m village services contract with Westgold

A renewed five-year, five-village agreement will see Sodexo expand its delivery of integrated village services for Westgold Resources sites in the Goldfields and Murchison.

Neil Watkinson

Nimy Resources managing director Luke Hampson and Curtin University executive director commercialisation Rohan McDougall.

Critical mineralsPremiumWASM researcher to lead gallium research project

A WA School of Mines researcher will lead a two-year project into processing of the in-demand critical mineral gallium, which is crucial to the world’s high-tech and defence industries.

Neil Watkinson

The renowed property agent is moving on from her Mosman Park home.

House That!CommentsPremiumHigh-profile agent lists luxury $8m Mosman Park home

High-profile property agent Vivien Yap is selling her Mosman Park home just one year after purchasing it for $8m.

Kim Macdonald

Dr Tom Cunneen said ophthalmologists were being scapegoated over healthcare out-of-pocket pain but the real problems were inadequate Medicare rebates and health insurance premium hikes.

HealthCommentsPremiumSpecialists ‘scapegoated’ for healthcare out-of-pocket pain

Eye surgeons have lashed out as the Albanese Government considers capping specialists fees, saying they are struggling as small businesses and fed up with being painted as medical sector fat cats.

Rebecca Le May

The first two lots of the 1909 Subi East project will hold around 300 dwellings with the full development set to provide an estimated 1000 homes across six lots. unknown

ConstructionCommentsPremiumIconic hospital site reopens as bustling inner-city village

The Princess Margaret Hospital site is now officially a relic of the past after the new 1909 Subi East precinct opened up to the public last month, marking a major milestone for the incoming $227m project.

Harriet Flinn

Labour productivity growth is going "from bad to worse", with data showing another quarterly fall. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

EconomyPremium'Bad to worse': productivity sinks to post-pandemic low

Poor productivity is bedevilling the Australian economy, with levels heading in the wrong direction for Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

Callum Godde

The initial public offering in Elon Musk's SpaceX has attracted strong demand from Aussie investors. (Susie Dodds/AAP PHOTOS)

Personal FinancePremiumTens of thousands of Aussies in bid for SpaceX shares

Super funds, institutional investors and tens of thousands of retail investors will soon learn whether they have been allocated shares in SpaceX.

Derek Rose

Ten out of 11 major S&P 500 sectors of Wall Street have opened higher. (AP PHOTO)

MarketsPremiumWall St ticks up as chips rebound, Middle East in focus

US stocks have opened higher as investors keep a close watch on developments around the Iran conflict.

Joel Jose and Twesha Dikshit

Strike action looms over Port Hedland, one of the largest iron ore loading ports in the world. (AP PHOTO)

BusinessPremiumHundreds of BHP workers back strike at key iron ore hub

One of the world's biggest iron ore export sites faces disruption after hundreds of BHP workers voted in favour of striking at WA's Port Headland.

Christine Chen

Alinta chief executive Jeff Dimery

EnergyCommentsPremiumAlinta takeover finalised as new owners eye renewables

In an effort to ramp up its presence in renewables, Sembcorp has taken over Alinta’s 3.4GW operating portfolio and its 10.4GW development pipeline with a $6.5b price.

Adrian Lowe

St George Mining’s niobium froth flotation second cleaner stage for the company’s beneficiation test work for its Araxá project.

St George unlocks dual-value critical minerals pathway in Brazil

St George Mining has produced separate high-grade niobium and rare earth concentrates at its Araxá project in Brazil, confirming a dual-processing pathway for its massive 71-million-tonne resource.

Doug Bright

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The celebrated 1-million-ounce Bounty gold mine is only 7 kilometres north east of Forrestania Resources’ Lady Lila prospect

BULLS N’ BEARSForrestania lifts Lady Lyla grade in WA gold resource jump

Forrestania Resources has boosted the grade of its Lady Lyla gold deposit near Southern Cross by 37% to 1.41g/t. The update adds 41,700 ounces and includes a maiden indicated resource of 25,500 ounces.

Murray Ward

Inpex's Ichthys LNG offshore facilities

Oil & GasCommentsPremiumStrikes delay LNG deliveries, ‘threaten’ energy relationship

Industrial action at Inpex’s Ichthys project has delayed energy cargoes to key Asian partners, as the company seeks urgent orders to halt the strikes.

Ryan Johnson

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BUSINESSHundreds of JB Hi-Fi customers refunded

Hundreds of JB Hi-Fi customers will be refunded after the corporate watchdog found the retailer misled people over their fake discount prices.

Emma Kirk

Mt Gibson's Koolan Island project in the Kimberley.

MiningCommentsPremiumMGX offloads Koolan Island iron ore mine

MGX Resources has offloaded its Koolan Island iron ore mine in the Kimberley to infrastructure and logistics group Crestlink.

Cheyanne Enciso

Woodside, Santos and Ampol all finished in the green. NewsWire / Max Mason-Hubers

FINANCEPremiumIran strikes rattle ASX, oil prices

US military strikes on Iranian targets have sent oil prices surging and dragged the ASX lower, as traders brace for further Middle East escalation.

Cameron Micallef

Former WA chief scientist Peter Klinken.

BusinessCommentsPremiumNew position for highly regarded ex-chief scientist

Former WA chief scientist Peter Klinken has joined carbon credit and abatement project developer and owner Salubris to head up its new scientific advisory committee.

Adrian Lowe

Port Hedland is the world’s largest bulk iron ore export port, with total annual throughput of 577.7 million tonnes last financial year worth an estimated $115.8 billion.

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BHP workers at Port Hedland to strike after pay deal impasse

Unions have voted to down tools at Australia’s biggest iron ore port after a stalemate with BHP over a new pay deal, with the peak sector body warning the nation’s top economic assets were ‘being held hostage’.

Ryan Johnson and Rebecca Le May

aptops, a VR headset and a gaming monitor were among the items that raised concerns from the corporate watchdog. (AAP Image/Darren England) NO ARCHIVING

RetailCommentsPremiumJB Hi-Fi to refund $250k customers over discount claims

Laptops, a VR headset and a gaming monitor were among the items that raised concerns from the corporate watchdog.

Ryan Johnson

Norfolk’s proposed Ciclón acquisition places the company in Chile’s prolific Domeyko Cordillera copper belt, where major miners continue to hunt for the next generation of copper growth projects.

Norfolk bets US$55M in blockbuster Chilean copper reset

Norfolk Metals is set to buy Chile’s permitted Ciclón copper project and Condor Peak portfolio in a US$55M ($69M) deal, backed by a $100M-$120M raising and a planned 53,000m resource-growth drilling campaign.

Penny Taylor

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Augustus Minerals reverse circulation drilling at its Music Well project near Leonora in WA.

Augustus wraps up drilling at emerging WA gold discovery

Augustus Minerals has concluded follow-up drilling at its Music Well gold project near Leonora in WA, with assays pending, including sample re-split results from the previous program.

Doug Bright

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Render of the four towers proposed for the Subi East precinct, ranging from 7 to 18 storeys high. 

ConstructionCommentsPremiumHundreds of social homes approved for trendy Perth suburb

Four apartment towers containing 447 social and affordable homes have been approved.

Harriet Flinn

Beetaloo Energy flow testing at the company’s Carpentaria 5-H gas well in the Northern Territory.

Beetaloo fires up seismic as NT pilot gas production nears

Beetaloo Energy is revving up in the NT after the wet season, with Carpentaria-5H flow testing due this month and a 230km seismic campaign aimed at unlocking a massive 20Tcf gas prize.

Murray Ward

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