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Adam Pittorini is a prospective first home buyer who has put his purchase on hold.

PropertyPremium‘Too risky’: Perth first-home buyers hit pause on house hunt

Recent changes to housing taxes have left first-home buyers in Perth more cautious about taking on a mortgage than ever.

Caitlin Vinci

Treasurer Jim Chalmers and CBA chief executive Matt Comyn.

BusinessPremiumBig banks feel housing chill as mortgage demand sinks

The country’s biggest home lender has laid bare a near 20 per cent collapse in applications from prospective buyers since the Federal Government’s May Budget.

Ryan Johnson

Albany Town Hall is a favourite roosting spot for the pigeons.

flock offPremiumFight waging against ‘plague proportions’ of pigeons in city

A growing population of pigeons is wrecking havoc in Albany‘s CBD, with their acidic droppings damaging buildings, costing businesses thousands in clean up fees and posing a health hazard.

Melissa Sheil

Manual loading operation at BHP Port Hedland

MiningPremiumUnions dial up claims of BHP strike impact

Unions claim their weekend strike at BHP’s sole WA iron ore port wiped out about $US20 million of export income, but the company insists operations weren’t materially disrupted.

Adrian Rauso

Commonwealth Bank CEO Matt Comyn

BankingPremiumCBA’s business engine fires as loan arrears creep higher

Australian businesses kept borrowing through higher rates and a slowing economy, helping Commonwealth Bank’s business arm lift its contribution 11 per cent to $4.54 billion.

Ryan Johnson

Maritana Minerals’ Black Swan gold processing hub under development with the company’s stage-one construction camp in the foreground.

Maritana clears key approvals for Black Swan gold processing hub

Maritana Minerals has secured key State government approvals for its Black Swan Processing Hub near Kalgoorlie, de-risking the project’s path towards a final investment decision and construction.

Doug Bright

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The 66-year-old worked for CHC Helicopters (Australia) from November 2002 until April this year, when the company said his contract had been “frustrated” by his inability to work due to terminal cancer.

Workplace MattersPremiumWA pilot with terminal cancer takes on employer over axing

A helicopter pilot with not long left to live is challenging his dismissal by a US-headquartered company, alleging he was axed to avoid a redundancy pay-out after more than two decades of service.

Rebecca Le May

Northern Star’s Super Pit in Kalgoorlie-Boulder

GoldPremiumActivist investor draws up new board for Northern Star

Mark Cutifani and former Arcadium Lithium boss Paul Graves are among a list of six willing potential directors proposed by Elliott to help right the gold miner.

Sean Smith

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MARKET WRAPPremiumASX slumps on major bank’s economy warning

The Australian sharemarket has fallen despite one of the big four banks smashing profit expectations, as it warns of a slowing mortgage market and economic growth cooling.

Cameron Micallef

The federal government's move to charge people leaving Australia more has not gone down well. (Steven Markham/AAP PHOTOS)

BusinessPremiumHigher exit tax fails to fly with tourism sector

Travel industry figures have criticised a move to charge people leaving Australia more, saying it comes on top of other increasing costs.

Morgan Reinwald

Estrella Resources’ Ira Miri Mobile MTd drone survey and support crew on final survey day.

Estrella lights up Timor-Leste targets for deep drilling

Estrella Resources’ recent drone-borne geophysical surveying has defined multiple deep targets at its Ira Miri project in Timor-Leste which it is planning to test in a 3000m drilling campaign.

Doug Bright

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Perth firm Buildsmart WA, builder has lost its registration after the State Administrative Tribunal found they did not meet the financial requirements to continue trading. Supplied

BUSINESSPremiumHomes in limbo as builder’s licence axed

An Australian building firm stripped of its licence over a cash deficit of less than $5000 has vowed to appeal and complete all projects which remain in limbo.

David Hannant

Shire of West Arthur president Karen Harrington is chair of 4WDL.

Huge GrantPremiumSix shires combine for $4.5 million regional housing grant

A collaboration of six shires has secured more than $4.5 million in State Government funding for projects which will provide 20 new homes for key workers.

Claire Middleton

Diamond drilling core from Infini Resources’ Reynolds and Reitenbach Lake project in Saskatchewan, Canada, presenting hydrothermal alteration from 155m downhole.

Infini lights up Canadian uranium targets for diamond drilling tilt

Infini Resources has lined up a suite of promising uranium targets across its Canadian portfolio, ahead of a 5000-metre diamond drilling campaign, slated to kick-off this quarter.

Andrew Todd

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Treasurer Jim Chalmers has backed Treasury’s call that house prices will keep climbing over the next couple of years, even as the housing downturn deepens and major banks tip further falls.

EconomyPremiumChalmers defends housing outlook as banks slash forecasts

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has backed Treasury’s call that house prices will keep climbing over the next couple of years, even as the downturn deepens and major banks tip further falls.

Ryan Johnson

Mount Ridley’s proprietary Selectro leach process has more than doubled recoveries of rare earth elements compared to conventional leaching.

Mount Ridley leach tech doubles critical mineral recoveries

Mount Ridley Mines’ new “Selectro” leach tech more than doubled recoveries for rare earths, scandium and gallium at its Grass Patch project, with gallium recovery hitting 56% where standard methods got zero.

Murray Ward

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An RC drill rig on site at Great Southern Mining’s Amy Clarke gold discovery in Western Australia.

Great Southern drills new WA gold discovery

Great Southern Mining has kicked off a maiden RC drill program at its 4.7km-long Amy Clarke discovery in WA. The news comes as gold major Gold Fields drills the company’s QLD copper-gold project.

Andrew Todd

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AI will have an impact on jobs growth across the country, the CBD and West Perth would be the least affected in the country.

Commercial PropertyPremiumWA miners helps slow the rate of shrinking office demand 

The rise of AI will have a smaller impact on Perth’s office market than other capital cities thanks to a cushioning effect of the mining sector, according to new JLL research.

Kim Macdonald

Ukrainian soldiers release a reconnaissance drone in Sumy.

IPOsPremiumInnovaero to list with $7.5m from WA Government

The company’s prospectus reveals it has been awarded a $7.5m grant through WA’s Investment Attraction Fund to fund the design, construction and fit-out of its proposed new factory and headquarters in Jandakot.

Sean Smith

Maggie Jarrett's organic winery See Saw has experimented with novel ways to integrate renewables. (PR IMAGE PHOTO)

AgriculturePremiumGrapes of math: how solar plus sheep equals good wine

Renewable energy is one of the biggest opportunities for Australian farmers in a generation, according to a winemaker who also produces solar power.

Stephanie Gardiner

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Federal PoliticsPremiumHanson vows to protect WA’s GST from east coast ‘bludgers’

Pauline Hanson has backed WA’s share of the GST and called on other States to work harder, reopen their economies and stop relying on handouts from the west.

Caitlyn Rintoul and Jessica Page

The early 2000s platform would capitalise on nostalgia and rejection of the traditional social media experience. Would you go back?

CNBC newsMyspace eyes comeback to combat social media fatigue

The early 2000s platform would capitalise on nostalgia and rejection of the traditional social media experience. Would you go back?

Sawdah Bhaimiya

Peter Alexander entered the UK market in late 2024, with two stores in London and one in Kent.

Night, NightPremiumLew’s Peter Alexander calls it quits on UK pyjama party

Solomon Lew’s popular sleepwear brand Peter Alexander will shutter its three stores in the UK after less than two years, becoming the latest Australian retailer to pull out of the tough British market.

Cheyanne Enciso

Patriot Resources and key Pachamayo community members at an agreement for its Tassa silver-gold project in Peru.

Patriot lands key access deal at emerging Peruvian silver play

Patriot Resources has secured a key community agreement for its expanded Tassa silver-gold project in Peru, opening new ground for exploration right next to its 31.4-million-ounce silver-equivalent resource.

Andrew Todd

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