The era of significant pay rises may be over, as Aussies face a wage slowdown and a “bump in the road” for the labour market.
Blake Antrobus
Shares in family-controlled manufacturing firm Veem have surged after landing another six years’ worth of work with Australian submarine builder ASC.
Simone Grogan
The South Australian refinery which scored a huge taxpayer-funded bailout is at the centre of a years-long probe by European regulators into allegations its parent company misled investors.
Matt Mckenzie
Anthony Albanese has been warned bailouts and public ownership of failing companies will derail his Government’s productivity agenda and wind the economic clock back decades.
High school graduates are choosing trades over traditional careers, driven by fears that a growing technology could make certain jobs obsolete.
Blair Jackson
A deluge of Federal Government largesse looks to be looming for the metal processing sector after manufacturers and unions met in Sydney with Industry Minister Tim Ayres on Thursday.
Shares in the Bunnings and Kmart owner have outraced analyst forecasts, putting on 24 per cent in 2025 to nearly triple the ASX200’s gain of 8.4 per cent.
Sean Smith
Andrew and Nicola Forrest are the biggest beneficiaries of Austal’s emergence as a strategically important shipbuilder in Australia and the US, more than tripling their outlay since jumping aboard in 2021.
Alloy Steel International, a family-owned WA manufacturer credited with pioneering a new wear-resistant alloy steel plate more than 30 years ago, has been bought out by NASDAQ-listed Lincoln Electric.
Losing an embattled business that employs hundreds of Aussies would have been a “national catastrophe” and an “unacceptable risk”.
The terms of the agreement give the Federal Government the power to take control of Austal’s Henderson shipyard in the event of a takeover of the company, which is being stalked by South Korean group Hanwha.
Sean Smith and Cheyanne Enciso
Investors have struck gold with Australian miners riding an increasing appetite for safe haven investments, on a flat day of trading on the ASX.
Entire Australian towns could be “hollowed out” and thousands left jobless amid a bombshell move from China.
Amelia Swan
The conglomerate’s Covalent Lithium joint venture with Chile’s SQM has completed construction of its lithium hydroxide plant in Kwinana, refocusing investor attention on the all-important commissioning.
IGO has effectively determined there is no value left in a troubled lithium hydroxide plant at Kwinana, but division at the top of the business is delaying a call on what should be done with it next.
Defence and Foreign Ministers from the United Kingdom and Australia have signed a new 50-year military pact.
Analysts are tipping ASX200 company profits to be released over the next five weeks will show an average fall of nearly 2 per cent off the back of a weak year for big miners and a sluggish national economy.
Financial crimes watchdog Austrac has given Perth Mint a clean bill of health, while warning the State-owned business that trading in gold remained high risk.
Cheyanne Enciso and Matt Mckenzie
BAE Systems will shed 150 roles by November in a move that will largely impact its specialised trades workforce in Henderson as work on the Royal Australian Navy’s Anzac class frigates dries out.
The Prime Minister has called for deeper co-operation, telling industry leaders in Shanghai that ‘it is in both countries’ interests to ensure a sustainable and market-driven global steel sector’.
Nicola Smith
The company behind the $1 billion-plus Kwinana lithium refinery has been sued by a contractor alleging it is owed millions for unpaid work.
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The shipbuilder will have access to $488 million worth of debt from a group of Australian and international banks, as well as Export Finance Australia, as part of a new refinancing deal announced on Friday.
A groundbreaking Aussie company has locked in its second attempt at joining the space race, with the very first Australian-made rocket set to launch in days.
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