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BusinessPremium‘Scale game’ drives WA wealth advice mergers

Perth wealth boss Justin Gilmour says regulation and rising costs are forcing smaller advice firms to find scale as Integro adds Coastline to its growing WA stable.

Ryan Johnson

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Melissa Doyle at Admiralty House in Kirribilli on Sunday.

AustraliaTV veteran Mel Doyle’s new top job

Former Channel 7 star Melissa Doyle will become the chair of the Australia Day Council board.

Matt Zis

Drill rigs operating at the Katanning Gold Project in Badgebup.

MiningPremiumWA sitting on a $8 trillion mining bounty: CME

The State’s key mining lobby group has estimated that extracting WA’s known deposits of minerals, metals and fuels would easily fetch $8 trillion.

Adrian Rauso

Perth Concert Hall is located on St Georges Terrace and is currently undergoing renovations.

ConstructionPremiumWA Govt lobbies itself for Concert Hall takeover

A State Government agency is spending taxpayer money on external consultants to lobby a State Government department for control of the revamped Perth Concert Hall.

Adrian Rauso

Andre Rebelo will fight a conviction that he murdered his mother.

CourtPremiumHuge move after mum killed over $1m

A failed crypto trader who murdered his mum to claim more than $1m in life insurance premiums has made a significant move in court.

Emma Kirk

Jeff and Satori, with their children River and Zoe, feel the burden of rising mortgage repayments.

HOUSINGWA families ‘stressed and tired’ over rising home repayments

For Jeff and Satori, raising two young children while trying to keep up with their growing mortgage repayments is becoming an increasingly difficult task.

Kirsty Lichtenstein

New data shows West Australians are spending nearly half of their wages on covering the cost of mortgages, putting WA in the grips of the worst housing affordability crisis on record. 

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WA owners spending more of salary than ever on mortgage

We are left with a stalled market and higher rates while the lack of housing supply remains unsolved.

Perth drivers have begun preparing for more pain at the bowser. Pictured is Conor McGrath at an Astron service station in Cottesloe.

ECONOMYPremiumPetrol price panic as Middle East tension flares

Perth drivers have began preparing for more pain at the bowser after global oil exports were threatened by Yemen rebels capturing an island at the entrance to the Red Sea, one of the world’s key shipping lanes.

Brooke Rolfe

A vessel has been struck in the contested Strait of Hormuz. (AP PHOTO)

Oil & GasPremiumAttack on Strait of Hormuz shipping fans more oil fears

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations says an unspecified vessel has been struck by an "unknown projectile" while transiting the Strait of Hormuz.

Mohammed Ghobari and Eman Abouhassira and Yasmine Ghania

The BRICS bloc has expressed "deep concern" over the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. (EPA PHOTO)

BusinessPremiumBRICS expresses 'deep concern' over Middle East war

The BRICS group of nations has called for maximum restraint in the Middle East while expressing deep concern over the ongoing conflict.

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NEWSPremium‘Worse’: Grim call on fuel prices

Australian fuel prices have surged as the US-Iran conflict in the Strait of Hormuz shows no sign of easing.

Cameron Micallef

ACCC chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb says free trials that covertly turn into auto-renewing subscriptions are predatory. NewsWire / Nikki Short

EXCLUSIVEPremium‘Predatory’: Crackdown on shifty tactic

The consumer watchdog has its sights set on “predatory” free trial offerings across the economy following a winning lawsuit against a dating site.

Blair Jackson

A pub owner used his BYD to power his pub. Instagram

NEWSPremiumInsane way pub stayed open in blackout

A Sydney pub owner has come up with an ingenious way to keep his business open after losing power for hours on a busy Friday night.

Cameron Micallef

Canola flowering season has transformed the landscape into rolling hills of gold. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

AgriculturePremium'Pretty awesome': canola fields burst into colour

As the days lengthen with Spring, golden canola fields across the nation are creating photo-perfect moments for tourists - and some headaches for farmers.

Aaron Bunch

Investors are showing less interest in local equities, preferring to diversify or look overseas. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

BusinessPremium'Cracker of a year' for Aussie exchange-traded funds

Australia's exchange-traded fund industry has clocked a month of record investment, taking in $7 billion in August.

Derek Rose

Inspired by the human brain, Aussie company BrainChip's technology mimics how neurons fire signals. (Joanna Kordina/AAP PHOTOS)

BusinessPremiumAustralian tech: the AI chip mimicking the human brain

An Australian tech company has developed a computing chip that works like a human brain and is being sought after in both the healthcare and military sectors.

Morgan Reinwald

Retreating oil prices and strong consumer price data led Wall Street to finish Friday higher. (EPA PHOTO)

MarketsPremiumS&P 500 up, strong inflation data firms rate-hike bets

Strong consumer price data reinforced expectations the Fed will raise interest rates to fight inflation, as oil prices fell and Wall Street ended higher.

Noel Randewich

For Sale signs on Herdsman Parade in Wembley.

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Pre-finance approvals halve as agents claim a buyers market

Pockets of Perth’s property market have turned into a buyer’s market, as spring sales season suffers after pre-finance approvals halve.

Kim Macdonald

Russia's Vladimir Putin and India's Narendra Modi have talked trade and defence. (AP PHOTO)

BusinessPremiumModi, Putin focus on trade and defence in New Delhi

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin have talked trade and defence in talks in New Delhi.

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TV personalities Ray Martin and Steve Liebmann said it would be a disgrace if the Premier did not step in and stop a community tennis club from being evicted from the Telus Street Reserve, after an Aboriginal Land Council made a successful land claim over the site.

NewsPremium50yo tennis club evicted for higher bidder

A popular long-serving community tennis club in Sydney’s north has been kicked out by the Aboriginal Land Council who will handover the lease to a higher bidder.

Emma Kirk

An Optus outage has affected Australians across multiple states. NewsWire / Damian Shaw

updatedPremiumUpdate after Aussies hit by Optus outage

An Optus outage impacted Aussies across several states, with dozens of welfare checks carried out after triple-0 calls were impacted.

Emma Kirk, Cameron Micallef

Tayla Meath was diagnosed with Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer, in 2024. Credit: GoFundMe

CelebrityPremiumAussie TV star, 30, loses cancer battle

The Dog House Australia presenter had been diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of cancer but never gave up fighting.

Emma Kirk

Wiluna Mining managing director Victor Rajasooriar and chair Martin Alciaturi.

Herd on the TerracePremiumTerrace set to make bank as biggest IPO this year looms

The Bull reveals who is set to make bank on the Terrace as Wiluna Mining finally lodges plans for a $500 million IPO. Plus: Top WA prospector hunts for geologists with an adventurous streak.

Association of Mining and Exploration Companies CEO Warren Pearce

MiningPremiumNo tax break means Chalmers adds to sector ‘murder’: miners

The Albanese Government’s decision not to spare junior miners from its capital gains tax overhaul ‘is beyond disappointing’ and comes after it ‘already murdered’ a key investment program.

Adrian Rauso