Australia’s peak accommodation body has issued an urgent plea for Easter travellers not to cancel their plans as the country’s fuel crisis continues to bite.
Georgia Palgan
The identity of which fuel supply companies are or are not complying with emergency orders will not be made public according to Roger Cook, despite his previous tough talk of the need for transparency.
Oliver Lane
Trump’s threat to bomb Iran “back to the Stone Age” plunged the Australian sharemarket on another poor day of trading.
Cameron Micallef
The Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Cassius Mining, which more than doubled on an explosive $1.32B damages claim against the Ghanaian government in a David vs Goliath international mining dispute.
Andrew Todd
As Donald Trump fails to reassure traders about the Strait of Hormuz, analysts warn Australia's economy is hurtling towards a recession the longer it is closed.
Jacob Shteyman
Rio2 Ltd has chopped US$20M off its Peruvian Condestable copper project debt and is rolling out a heavyweight management team as it gears up for growth across Peru and Chile.
James Pearson
Opposition Leader Basil Zempilas said rumblings had already begun over the implications higher fuel prices would have on major projects as the Government argues ‘we can’t stop the economy’.
Caitlyn Rintoul
A critical Easter construction window for one state’s massive rail project is hanging in the balance as strike action threatens to halt works.
Andrew Hedgman
‘If you go out to buy an established home there is a queue a mile long waiting to get into it.’
Katie Hampson
A final report on exchange operator ASX has noted its defensive culture and favouring of shareholder returns over resilient technology platforms for investors.
Derek Rose
Economists predict Australia’s economy could suffer its worst quarterly fall since the 1990s outside of the Covid pandemic.
Cameron Micallef and Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
Australia’s competition watchdog has warned fuel retailers they should fully pass on all excise cuts ‘as quickly as possible’, while revealing that Perth motorists have so far benefited the least.
Adrian Rauso
Beetaloo Energy has banked a $15.4 million R&D tax refund, strengthening its balance sheet as it prepares to deliver first gas from its Carpenteria Pilot project in the Northern Territory.
Murray Ward
The number of WA service stations with dry pumps has risen on Thursday as the fuel crisis continues to impact Australians. SEE THE FULL LIST.
Tegwen Bescoby
Australian employers’ need for workers has jumped in the three months until February, but it is unlikely to stop further interest rate pain.
Australia's share market has dipped ahead of the long weekend after hopes of a timely end to the Iran conflict crumbled under US threats to escalate attacks.
Adrian Black
The US President disappointed investors hoping for a quick resolution to the conflict now in its fifth week.
Tom Richardson
A nightshift worker got the shock of his life on Thursday morning when The Lott called with life-changing news.
Crude prices have jumped back towards $US110 a barrel and global share markets have been clobbered as Donald Trump vows the US will continue striking Iran.
Marc Jones and Ankur Banerjee
One council is examining a four-day working week that aims to maintain essential services, reduce travel costs, and avoid increasing rates for residents.
Northern Star Resources has signalled confidence its construction and production woes are in the rear-view mirror by driving forward with a share buy-back scheme.
A man towing a B-double loaded with cattle has died in a crash in country NSW, forcing dozens of the cows to be euthanised.
Blair Jackson
The financial services regulator’s final report into the ASX has questioned its management and governance after years of operational bungles.
The Government has warned Australia could face shortages of gas over winter as the Resources Minister says she’s considering using the gas trigger to keep gas on home soil.