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A compilation of footage provided to The West showed a customer destroying electronic anti-theft gates at a local Big W store.

RetailVideoPremium‘Fed up’: Retailers call to fast-track barring orders in WA

Retailers have released new frightening footage of assaults and violence against staff as the industry urges the State Government to speed up passing laws in WA that would ban thugs from entering shops.

Cheyanne Enciso

Traders on Wall Street are pricing in a nearly 89 per cent chance of Federal Reserve rate rise. (AP PHOTO)

MarketsPremiumWall St slips as AI slowdown fears hammer chip firms

US stocks have opened lower as investors appeared to move toward shares in healthcare and consumer staples companies.

Jayasree Prabhu and Tharuniyaa Lakshmi

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MILITARYPremiumADF’s huge milestone after 9/11 anniversary

Australia’s Defence Force has surged past a major milestone just days after marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks.

Nathan Schmidt

A man has been left flabbergasted after taking home $2.1m. Supplied

LOTTOPremium‘Shock’: Man’s $2.1m win he didn’t know about

A Sydney man nearly missed out on a $2.1m jackpot after sitting on a winning Saturday Lotto ticket for two weeks without knowing it.

James Stratmann

WA Agriculture Minister Jackie Jarvis, pictured, has confirmed she is working with Industrial Relations Minister Simone McGurk to avoid any disruption to the State's grain trade as a result of new phosphine workplace exposure limits in December.

Trade DisruptionPremiumPhosphine deadline extension not ruled out by WA Government

WA’s agriculture minister has confirmed the State Government is working to ensure the continuation of the multi-billion-dollar grain trade as the deadline for new phosphine workplace exposure limits approaches.

Georgia Campion

As part of the change, Marketforce boss Adam Marshall has been appointed Omnicom Oceania’s first WA CEO.

MediaPremiumOmnicom dismantles Marketforce as part of WA restructure

One of WA’s oldest advertising agencies, Marketforce, has been split up by its multinational parent Omnicom.

NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey.

Herd on the TerracePremiumHow NSW’s attack on WA’s GST share comes unstuck

Forget about budget black holes and funding for remote communities. It takes a fight over rugby league to really set off the NSW Government. Plus: Rio Tinto creates mega Pilbara traffic jam.

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financePremiumASX defies oil and rate hike fears

The Australian sharemarket has eked out a slim gain, as rising oil prices and looming global interest rate hikes rattled investor sentiment.

Cameron Micallef

Sarah Hunter, an assistant governor at the Reserve Bank, has issued a warning about higher crude oil prices.

BusinessPremiumRBA official warns crude oil price rises are inflation risk

Sarah Hunter, an assistant governor at the Reserve Bank, has issued a warning about higher crude oil prices.

Stephen Johnson

Tony Galati’s Spudshed is coming to Albany.

spudshed openingOpening date looming for long-awaited Albany Spudshed

Spud king Tony Galati has confirmed the highly anticipated Albany Spudshed is on track to open its doors at North Road Shopping Centre in two months. 

Jacki Elezovich

TMK Energy’s LF-07 gas flare at its Gurvantes XXXV coal seam gas project in Mongolia, where rising gas flows are building the case for broader field development.

Mongolian gas flows surge as TMK Energy field comes alive

TMK Energy has hit a new gas production high at its Mongolian project, with flows surging 11% on August’s numbers. Crucially, production is now spreading across multiple wells, lifting commercialisation hopes.

Penny Taylor

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Critica Limited’s tungsten mineralisation in scheelite fluorescing under ultraviolet light at Mt Lindsay in Tasmania, where drill core returned 147m at 1 per cent tin and 0.2 per cent tungsten trioxide.

Critica unveils 19Mt Tassie tin-tungsten heavyweight

Critica Limited has put a JORC 2012 resource on its Mt Lindsay tin-tungsten play in Tasmania, defining 19 million tonnes at 1.09 per cent tin equivalent for 49,000 tonnes of tin and 28,000 tonnes of tungsten.

Penny Taylor

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Ramelius’ Mt Magnet gold mine.

ContractingPremiumNRW bags extra $313m in mining and civil works

NRW Holdings continues to beef up its order book, with $313 million worth of contracts secured across mining and civil projects.

Daniel Newell

Telix Pharmaceutical's imaging agent Pixclara is hoped to help better treatment of brain cancers. (AAP PHOTOS)

BusinessPremiumAussie imaging agent to help brain cancer patients

The United States Food and Drug Administration has approved Telix Pharmaceutical's Pixclara, an imaging agent to aid in the diagnosis of brain cancer.

Derek Rose

The Albanese government has appointed Sussan Ley to the board of Snowy Hydro Ltd.

NewsPremiumEx-Lib leader’s curious new job revealed

The former Liberal Party leader who was dumped seven months ago has been appointed to a new role by the Labor government.

Nathan Schmidt

Coarse visible gold observed at approximately 137m downhole within the 5.3m at 26.54g/t interval in historical drill core from Elk Range Mining’s Friday gold project in Idaho, USA.

Old core flashes gold as Elk Range drill bit chases Idaho prize

Elk Range Mining has found coarse visible gold while re-logging historical drill core from its Friday gold project in USA. The core is from a hole that previously hit a stunning 5.3m section at 26.54g/t gold.

Murray Ward

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Families have been left scrambling for care after Sonas abruptly shut its Wanneroo centre, with children’s hats and bottles still locked inside.

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Parents scramble as childcare centre shuts ‘without warning’

The landlord entered the property on Saturday afternoon and took possession, forcing the centre to close immediately.

Ryan Johnson

Minerals 260 managing director Luke McFadyen explains the company’s exploration strategy at the Bullabulling gold project.

MiningPremiumTim Goyder rattles tin for $450m Bullabulling funding blitz

Mine financing giant Franco-Nevada has doubled down on Tim Goyder’s Bullabulling project as Minerals 260 lines up about $450m to push the WA gold mine towards construction.

Ryan Johnson

Ongoing testing at ADX Energy’s HOCH-1 shallow gas discovery in Upper Austria as a new partner comes aboard ahead of drilling at nearby GOLD-1.

ADX bags funding partner to build on Austrian shallow gas success

ADX Energy has lined up Empyrean Energy to fund 20 per cent of its GOLD-1 Austrian gas well for a 10 per cent interest, ahead of a planned Q4 spud, following the nearby HOCH-1 discovery and production tests.

Penny Taylor

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The wait is almost over for Perth fashion lovers with one of Australia’s most talked-about labels set to open the doors of its first WA store.

RetailNadia Bartel confirms opening date for Perth Henne boutique

The wait is almost over for Perth fashion lovers with one of Australia’s most talked-about labels set to open the doors of its first WA store.

Caitlin Vinci

Forrestania is building a regional processing hub strategy in Western Australia, with the Taipan open pit (pictured), operated by MEGA, set to provide the first ore under a new agreement.

Forrestania doubles down with second 2Mt WA gold ore deal

Forrestania Resources has inked a key deal to purchase up to 2 million tonnes of ore from MEGA Resources for its WA gold processing hubs, underpinning its restart readiness and regional consolidation strategy.

Murray Ward

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Bran Black, the CEO of the Business Council of Australia, said higher corporate tax rates and more rigid industrial relations policies were to blame for falling productivity.

BusinessPremiumThe productivity crisis putting workers’ pay at risk of cuts

The lobby group for Australia’s most prominent corporate executives warns workers will continue seeing their pay lag behind inflation unless major change occurs.

Stephen Johnson

Hundreds of jobs at the Whyalla steelworks in South Australia are expected to be axed on Monday. NewsWire / Tim Joy

BUSINESSPremiumHundreds of jobs to be axed at steelworks

Hundreds of jobs related to an ageing part of a major steelworks that’s in an “exceptionally precarious position” are set to be axed on Monday.

Blair Jackson

The Australian share market has started the week's trading fairly flat. (Paul Braven/AAP PHOTOS)

BusinessPremiumAussie shares tread water as world woes dampen outlook

Surging oil prices, inflation and interest rate worries continue to dim the global economic outlook and limit earnings potential.

Adrian Black