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Former prime minister Kevin Rudd will focus on the America-China relationship in his new role, after announcing he's quitting as ambassador to the US.

Japan has eye on our critical minerals

Tom Zaunmayr and Isabel Vieira discuss how Michael Breckler is delivering on a strategic shift for retail outlet Betts.

ASC has added two more partnerships to its books to bolster Australia's nuclear and submarine workforces ahead of the commencement of Submarine Rotational Force-West next year.

A dispute between a South West shopping centre lessor and an aspiring restaurant owner has escalated to the state's Supreme Court, with $2.2 million at stake.

Western Australia recorded one of the strongest lifts in household spending in November.

Peeved Quintis investors face a costs blow after failing to stop receivers from selling six properties.

The local share market has climbed its highest since Christmas Eve after the release of US jobs data suggesting the world's largest economy is in overall good shape.

Alinta has had a minor win in court, in its protest of Fortescue's plan to build a wind farm near the energy retailer's own renewable power project.

One of the northern suburbs fastest growing schools has completed a transformational works program, adding 12 laboratories and 17 classrooms to the already sizeable site.

An $85 million plan to redevelop an old caravan park at the tip of the Ningaloo Reef into a swanky eco-resort has been significantly scaled back due to political hurdles.

ANALYSIS: The second in a two-part series addresses some initiatives to alleviate Perth's housing woes.

Larvotto Resources has welcomed news that antimony will be prioritised within the federal government's $1.2 billion critical minerals strategic reserve.

Wholesalers are importing more snapper from New Zealand to replace lost supply after the state government's ban on demersal fishing came into effect.

The nation's politicians have been called back to Canberra two weeks ahead of schedule to deal with new hate speech and gun laws.

The statutory authority will assume management from July, taking over from Legends Global's 13-year run.

Image Resources boss Patrick Mutz says the junior has begun a review in relation to its gold tenements near Kalgoorlie.

The peak body for industry in Kwinana has called on Roger Cook to use newly minted planning powers to designate the Western Trade Coast WA's first state development area.

Michael Breckler is delivering on the strategic shift that will redefine the national retailer.

Rare earths, gallium and antimony will receive top billing under the federal government's $1.2 billion critical minerals reserve designed to firm up Western supply chains.

Brendan Harris-led Sandfire Resources says its on course to meet its annual contained metal production guidance in FY26, despite challenges at its Motheo operation in Botswana.

The S&P 500 rallied to a record high close ‍on Friday, lifted by Broadcom and other chipmakers, while a weaker-than-expected jobs report did little to alter expectations of interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve this year.

Warning on Labor health shake-up

Wiluna Mining Corporation is set for a stock exchange comeback after Mark Creasy failed in his last bid to block the miner and gold processor's restructure.

Rare earths are tipped to turbocharge deal activity in 2026 as Western governments prepare to deploy an arsenal of critical minerals policy measures, Allens predicts.

The latest on Rio Tinto and Glencore merger talks; BP's green energy move; and Kwinana emerging as a hydrogen research hub.

The Australian share market has finished flat heading into another important US jobs readout and a potential blockbuster Supreme Court ruling on the legality of Donald Trump's trade war.

WA's hydrogen export sector will receive a major technical boost via a new Kwinana-based research system designed by NASA hall-of-fame scientists.

Mark Pownall, Tom Zaunmayr and Claire Tyrrell discuss the SWM and Southern Cross merger; SGH's Bluescope bid; Rio, Glencore talks; Hancock's moves in gas; property; and more.

OPINION: Exhausted and wondering whether you'll have the energy to continue doing what you're doing in 2026? You're not alone.

Main Roads WA has awarded a multi-million-dollar contract to Highway Construction over the final piece of work to complete the Albany Ring Road.

BlueScope Steel's largest shareholder Australian Super says it would only support a "materially higher” bid from SGH and Steel Dynamics, while backing in the board's rejection of the $13.2 billion approach.