Business

High demandNew BGC base to build on record home sales

The group’s companies sold a combined 1000 homes in June, more than any other building group in Australia.

Kim Macdonald

Southern disadvantageMining contractors push for equal recruitment rules

Small mining contractors are calling for an even playing field in recruitment, warning the industry is facing a worker shortage and needs support to fill positions.

Timothy Maslin-Davies

Big hitCBA slashes dividend as profit dives 11pc

Profit plunged to $7.3 billion as the coronavirus pandemic shut down large swathes of the economy and forced homeowners and businesses to defer loan repayments.

Daniel Newell and Sean Smith

CITY BEATDeveloper ripped off $4m, cash used for ‘luxury expenses’

Seasoned Queensland developer John Cowley has lost nearly $4 million in a disastrous investment scheme where a judge found his cash was used to fund the company director’s luxury lifestyle. Liquidators sifting through the corporate wreckage found the company ‘never actively traded’. Now the battle has hit the courts.

Anthony Marx

Terry McCrannHow the NBN has delivered just in time

The NBN has delivered, and it has done so in what can only be described as the ultimate — the hit-the-ground running immediate — stress test, rites Terry McCrann.

Terry McCrann

EXCLUSIVEFirst home buyers purchase homes faster using loan scheme

Eager entry-level property buyers have rushed to sign up to the Federal Government’s First Home Loan Deposit scheme, which is on track to fill up fast.

Sophie Elsworth

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McGowan moves to change law to ‘protect WA’ from Palmer

Unprecedented legislation is expected to be rushed through Parliament today to stop Clive Palmer’s attempt to sue the WA Government for almost $30 billion. HOW IT WORKS.

Blast falloutWA not ready for ‘catastrophic’ explosion

In the wake of last week’s deadly blast in Beirut there is a focus on ammonium nitrate, with local detonation modelling identifying potential effects on hospitals, airports, schools and the CBD.

Peter Law

Gorgon Plan BSearch on for alternative gas if Chevron shuts plant

The WA Government is working on ways to keep gas flowing south from the Pilbara if Gorgon’s domestic plant is forced offline.

Ben Harvey

Production hub‘Shovel-ready’ industrial site ideal for WA film studio

WA’s first film studio should be built at an industrial site in Perth’s south, according to local film industry leaders who are ramping up calls for investment in screen infrastructure.

Danielle Le Messurier

Generous incentivesWA’s luckiest couple get $115,000 home start help

A Karratha couple are the beneficiaries of a raft of grants and benefits worth six figures. Here’s how they did it ...

Kim Macdonald

Social powerWA businesses cash in on TikTok’s popularity

WA businesses have proved app TikTok can be a powerful marketing tool, having garnered millions of views and likes on videos that showcase their products and services.

Kate Purnell

Left unlockedNo deadline for RSL proposal

DARWIN council has voted against a motion which would have seen a deadline on development proposals at the Darwin Cenotaph car park

WILL ZWAR

Travellers Choice AwardsDarwin restaurant named fifth best for fine dining in Australia

AN iconic Darwin restaurant has been voted one of Australia’s best fine dining restaurants — and achieved its highest ever ranking to boot

ALICIA PERERA

TRAVEL PLANSNT border confusion a ‘death knell’ for tourism, experts say

CHIEF Minister Michael Gunner’s “hard border” comments have been described as “reckless”, “irresponsible” and a “death knell” for business in the Territory

Natasha Emeck

BusinessChamber warns cash-strapped businesses following tariff increase

THE peak body representing Territory businesses has warned that cash-strapped local businesses will find it increasingly tougher to compete following a tax hike

GARY SHIPWAY, Business Editor

Cash demandsLeaders’ plan to create 50,000 jobs

Leaders have descended on Brisbane to demand cash from Labor and the LNP for a slew of major projects in their regional town, which they say would create tens of thousands of jobs and pull Queensland out of its COVID slump. PROJECTS LIST

Jessica Marszalek

WA’s favourite online newsNew figures reveal West’s web dominance

West Australian Newspapers’ total dominance of online news in the State is on display again today as new figures reveal PerthNow and thewest.com.au audience is more than five times that of WAtoday.

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Timeline: Palmer’s $30b claim dates back to 2012

Clive Palmer’s bombshell $30 billion damages claim against the WA Government has been years in the making, dating back nearly a decade to a time when Colin Barnett was Premier.

Josh Zimmerman

Terry McCrannSydney airport the wrong place at the wrong time

Sydney Airport has some of the sweetest acreage in Australia but when passengers numbers have dwindled from 9 million in the March quarter to 400,000 in the June quarter, that doesn’t count for much, writes Terry McCrann.

Terry McCrann

TNT on a roll at USA uranium-vanadium play

TNT Mines’ Bonanza prospect in the United States is turning out to be just that – a bonanza. It has delivered a smorgasbord of high-grade uranium and vanadium results from underground sampling including 1.25 metres at 2,600 ppm uranium oxide and 1.68 per cent vanadium pentoxide.

Matt Birney

Hot Chili extends copper-gold core to 800m depth in Chile

As ASX-listed Hot Chili gets closer to delivering a maiden resource estimate at its Cortadera copper-gold project in Chile, new diamond drilling has continued to expand the exciting porphyry discovery.

Matt Birney

miningMining lifts local economy

Despite a reported lack of jobs in the South West due to a downturn in tourism and hospitality, the mining sector continues to support the local economy during the COVID-19 recession.

Jackson Lavell-Lee