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From the Hill: The Housing Minister takes aim at Greens leader from another place about Yanchep.

The backers of Australia's largest proposed green energy hubs are planning on plugging up to 9.4 gigawatts of data centre capacity into the project and are promising to do so at a low cost.

ANALYSIS: Recent non-public school infrastructure projects show the effort being put in to cater for a growing student population.

An assessment panel has approved a multi-million-dollar office plan in Nedlands, to be built on land which has been vacant for many years.

Changes to the research and development tax incentive have received a mixed review from industry and experts, with some warning it risked legitimate research missing out on funds.

OPINION: Our universities have loads of internal expertise and yet collectively spend more than $1 billion on outside consultants.

Shares in uranium producer Paladin Energy fell by more than 10 per cent on Wednesday following the release of its latest interim FY26 financials.

Equus Energy has singled out assets run by Woodside Energy and Santos as keys to unlocking its namesake gasfield off the WA coast.

The Federal Budget has drawn a pointed response from WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti, who said the move to rein in NDIS spending risked shifting the burden onto states, while welcoming new housing and tax policies.

A colossal legal battle over Hancock Prospecting's mining empire continues with appeal notices officially lodged, naming Wright Prospecting, DFD Rhodes, the Rinehart children, and Rio Tinto as respondents.

The property fund acquired the government-leased office building from Corval for $79.4 million.

A suite of laws to better protect consumers from financially troubled home builders will be introduced into state parliament on Wednesday.

On the same day it announced the end of its tenure at the Bellevue gold project, Develop Global has secured a $274 million deal with Core Lithium.

Perenti's underground mining arm Barminco has secured a major $850 million contract with Bellevue Gold at its namesake mine, taking over from Develop Global.

Commonwealth Bank turned a $2.7 billion cash profit in the March quarter, up four per cent from a year ago but down one per cent from its first-half quarterly average.

The S&P 500 and ‌the Nasdaq closed lower, easing from record highs as hotter-than-expected inflation data.

The boss of a Pilbara native title group has hailed a landmark compensation verdict as a win for Indigenous rights, while expressing disappointment at other elements of the judgement.

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Lingering conflict in the Middle East could cause Australia's economy to contract and unemployment to spike to pre-pandemic levels, Treasury warns in the nation's fiscal blueprint.

The federal government is replacing the 50 per cent capital gains tax discount with a new minimum rate and is restricting negative gearing to new home builds from budget night onwards.

The federal budget will deliver almost $21 billion to Western Australia, which includes $9.5 billion in GST share.

Young people entering the housing market face such difficulties that the government needs to break a election promise on controversial tax changes, Treasurer Jim Chalmers insists.

Paul Holmes à Court's Heytesbury will take over a global shipping company's live export business in a deal that includes the acquisition of the world's largest purpose-built fleet of livestock ships.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Finance Minister Katy Gallagher have released a video online to confirm tax changes for property owners.

From the Hill: Parliament learnt something about the UK's Baroness Scotland, but Rita of the Racetrack wasn't interested.

Elisha Newell and Nadia Budihardjo discuss MLG founder Murray Leahy's board transition.

The property identity is set to purchase the unique coastal home following more than two decades in the same hands.

Australia's share market has wobbled ahead of the federal budget, as investors brace for tax reforms expected to impact returns on housing and stocks.

Fortescue has been ordered to pay the Yindjibarndi people $150 million for mining their lands without approval by Australia's Federal Court.

Shadow treasurer Sandra Brewer has delivered a scathing budget-in-reply to parliament, accusing Rita Saffioti of making the lives of West Australians worse off.

OPINION: Standards are not conditional, and they do not shift with public opinion.

The Federal Court has rejected a bid to reopen a case in a lengthy legal dispute over the construction of the $US45 billion Ichthys LNG plant.