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Vox Royalty Completes Acquisitions of White Dam, Kalman and Sylvania Australian Gold & Copper Royalties Investing News Network

The high-tech sail will allow the ship to maintain its usual speed while throttling back its engines, or to go faster than would otherwise be possible.

Australia’s outdated technology is vulnerable to AI hacking attacks, signals chief says The Guardian

Australian Dollar Rally Loses Altitude as Oil and Yields Bite Action Forex

Shares drop; Nickel Industries hit by drought; Zip launches share buy-back; New Hope profit sinks; Overwatch Tech to float; Santos inks deal with POSCO. Follow live.

Crossroads Gold Identifies New Potential Drill Targets and Reports High-Grade Gold-in-Soil Results of up to 24.6 g/t Gold at Pambula in Australia thenewswire.com

Across the continent, investment in commerce and national security are becoming increasingly difficult to separate as dependence equates to power.

Fed meeting to begin; fresh AI warning - what’s moving markets

Australia's Santos signs two separate LNG agreements with POSCO Steel and Western LNG miningweekly.com

The Australian government suspends pomelo imports just months after market access was first granted.

Batteries based on cheaper and more abundant sodium instead of lithium could revolutionise the market as soon as next year, according to an industry leader.

Economists warn that multibillion-dollar interventions risk locking employees into unproductive firms while hurting overall national productivity.

Former Australian Test opener Ed Cowan believes the Big Bash League is already attracting the game's biggest star without private investment.

Robertson, a senior adviser at Morgans, is leading the raising and has also chipped in some of his personal wealth.

Deutsche Bank upgrades AstraZeneca stock rating to hold on trial results

The mining giant is resisting attempts to bring the workplace tribunal in to arbitrate the long-running dispute once and for all.

European gas eases from 2023 peaks; shipping risks, low storage anchor prices

The boss of Hong Kong-based conglomerate Jardine Mathieson says the country’s slow regulatory approvals is preventing more investment into the country.

Air force secretary Troy Meink says the US needs to make sure it can “operate freely” in space, an important arena for American military and economic security.

Australia’s Santos Signs Two Separate LNG Agreements With POSCO Steel and Western LNG EnergyNow.com

Australia's Santos signs two separate LNG agreements with POSCO Steel and Western LNG Reuters

Leaked government documents reveal AI companies would be allowed to train their models on online content without paying its creators as long as they struck deals with enough rights holders.

Dangerous prisoners like Gerard Baden-Clay could remain locked up for life under legislation introduced to state parliament on Tuesday.

Australian Gold Miner Northern Star Appoints Cutifani to Board Bloomberg.com

Sarytogan Graphite has hit a 318m-long intersection with alteration and copper-bearing veins from surface in Kazakhstan,hinting it may be close to the heart of a porphyry.

Kevin Warsh was handpicked by Donald Trump to lead the Fed, but the pair have been on a collision course. Their relationship faces its first true test this week.

Chevron Australia Sees LNG Prices Staying High for Six Months

Data Center Firm Firmus Said to Seek $5 Billion in Australia IPO

Australian Dollar gets caught between AI selloff and 5% US yields fxstreet.com

Australian Miner Seeks Cheaper Bond to Refinance Private Loan

Housing Market, Bathla, AI: Australia Briefing

Hundreds of workers at the collapsed Whyalla steelworks will lose their jobs after the site’s administrators abandoned efforts to restart its ageing blast furnace.

Chevron Australia Sees LNG Prices Staying High for Six Months Bloomberg.com

The currency has now reached its highest level against the US and Australian dollars in six months Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast In the unpredictable world of global currency markets, there has been one safe bet: that the Japanese yen would continue its relentless decline. In recent weeks, that trade has started to unravel after Tokyo and Washington intervened to support the longsuffering Japanese currency. Continue reading...

New Zealand businesses are almost evenly split on the idea of a capital gains tax to address the country's long-term fiscal challenges.

The Silver Ferns' coach is excited about the depth and direction of the squad ahead of the 2027 Netball World Cup, while her future is yet to be confirmed.

The case for investment-led growth Deloitte

Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels captured more strategic islands in the southern Red Sea, government and Houthi officials said Monday, strengthening their control of a major maritime shipping route.

Employment remained in decline even as New Zealand's services sector notched a third month of growth in August.

NZ mortgage rates set to climb as oil shock reignites inflation fears mpamag.com

Tech giants told to ‘stop pretending the motivation to slow down is purely altruistic’

Papua New Guinea's trade minister claims he warned the Indian mining company that was attacked at Panguna on Sunday not to invest in Bougainville.

US dollar climbs ahead of expected Fed rate hike TorFX News

The Reserve Bank is due to review the OCR again on October 28, just over a week before the election on November 7.

Tech and safety improvements rolled out for Mazda MX-5, as well as a lower entry-level price.

Auckland recorded a median 54 days to sell compared to a 10-year average of 43, while Wellington's median was 60, compared to an average of 41.

Just 5430 homes changed hands in August – the sixth-lowest August tally in 35 years – as properties took longer to sell.

Ahead of Budget 2026, government ministers were presented with modelling that estimated 26,000 Pacific families would see their weekly income fall from April next year.

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand – Te Pūtea Matua will now regulate and supervise the High Value Clearing System, under the Financial Market Infrastructures Act 2021. This follows the Minister of Finance’s decision to designate the system on the Reserve Bank’s recommendation.

New Zealand Dollar remains subdued following release of China’s economic data fxstreet.com