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West Australian shoppers will soon be forking out more at the supermarket.

AgriculturePremium‘Real pile of strife’: Supermarket prices in WA set to soar

West Australian shoppers could soon be forking out more at the supermarket, with agribusinesses bracing for higher oil and fertiliser prices to bleed into production costs amid war in the Middle East.

Cheyanne Enciso, Simone Grogan and Georgia Campion

Perdaman chief Vikas Rambal.

ManufacturingPremiumIran export blockade a boon for WA fertiliser plant

The owner of a $6.5 billion manufacturing plant currently under construction in Western Australia’s north is poised to become a major beneficiary of the US-Israel war on Iran.

Adrian Rauso

Workplace Gender Equality Agency chief executive Mary Wooldridge says the latest data is a reality check for anyone who thinks Australia has achieved workplace gender equality. NewsWire / Martin Ollman

MONEYPremium‘Reality check’ as Aussie pay gap widens

New figures have revealed a grim detail in Australia’s gender pay gaps across a number of industries.

Blair Jackson

A model of a luxurious car brand has been recalled effecting thousands of cars globally.

NEWSReason thousands of luxury vehicles recalled

Thousands of models of a luxury electric car sold across Australia have been recalled over a serious manufacturing defect found in the battery.

Abisha Sapkota

The Murchison project received $814 million from the Federal Government’s Hydrogen Headstart fund.

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$15b Murchison green ammonia plant plan delayed

A $15 billion green ammonia plant planned to be built near Kalbarri is delayed but its proponents say the West Australian Government’s green steel plan could throw it a lifeline.

Katina Curtis

The future of the company owning of one of Australia’s most iconic and widely known products is uncertain. Supplied.

NEWSPremiumFuture of 80yo Aussie icon in doubt

Almost every Australian backyard has one, but the company behind the legendary Hills Hoist could be sold after a shock corporate restructure.

Georgia Palgan

Austin Engineering shares plunged on Thursday.

ManufacturingCommentsPremiumAustin Engineering stock collapses on ‘disappointing’ half

Investors in Austin Engineering have flayed the Kewdale truck parts builder after a disorderly first half wiped $11.4 million from its bottom line and earnings guidance was cut again. 

Simone Grogan

SMEC has a major presence in WA’s underground sector.

ManufacturingCommentsPremiumMayfield Group swoops on SMEC in $30m purchase

The privately-owned SMEC makes and distributes specialised electrical products from bases in Perth and Kalgoorlie for mining, infrastructure and utility clients. 

Sean Smith

BlueScope has again rebuffed SGH and its US bid partner, Steel Dynamics.

ManufacturingPremiumBlueScope rebuffs revised $15b bid but open to talks

Australia’s biggest steelmaker questioned the bidders’ valuation of last week’s sweetened cash offer at $34 a share, noting it was effectively worth just $31 after taking account of paid and planned dividends.

Sean Smith

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FINANCEPremiumAussie billionaire’s big win over oil giant

A Texas court has thrown out a defamation countersuit involving Australian mining magnate Andrew Forrest and an oil giant.

Blair Jackson

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit Australia next month. Teresa Suarez / NewsWire Pool

POLITICSPremium‘New challenges’: Albo locks in Canada visit

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit Australia next month, as both nations face the renewed threat of Donald Trump’s trade tariffs.

Nathan Schmidt

Austal is turning out patrol boats from its Henderson shipyard in WA.

ManufacturingCommentsPremiumAuditor reservations over Austal accounts

Austal is happy to recognise more than $100m on cost overruns on two US Navy projects at its US shipyard but Deloitte is awaiting confirmation from the US Navy.

Sean Smith

Wesfarmers AGM at Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre. Wesfarmers chief executive Rob Scott.

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Will Wesfarmers have last roll of the lithium dice?

With billions of dollars sunk and hundreds of jobs lost, the ‘Made in Australia’ lithium dream hinges on the might of WA conglomerate Wesfarmers to become a reality. 

Simone Grogan and Adrian Rauso

Cook's bag full of promises Illustration: Don Lindsay

Herd on the TerracePremiumIt’s the property deal no one can quite bring Home

Shareholders in Macahon Holdings woke up on Tuesday living a sequel of Bill Murray’s 1993 romcom Groundhog Day. Plus: Is the age of fishy deals over at MinRes?

West Australian-based shipbuilder Austal has signed $5 billion worth of contracts to produce Army vessels at the Henderson shipyard, in a deal the government claims will generate hundreds of local jobs.

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Austal lands $5b shipbuilding contract creating 1110 WA jobs

West Australian-based shipbuilder Austal has signed $5 billion worth of contracts to produce Army vessels at the Henderson shipyard, in a deal the government claims will generate hundreds of local jobs.

Andrew Greene

New BlueScope chief executive Tania Archibald.

ManufacturingCommentsPremiumSGH, Steel Dynamics lob new $15b offer on BlueScope

The revised bid is a “best and final” $32.25 a share offer that values Australia’s biggest steel maker at $15 billion.

Sean Smith

Outgoing Austal USA president Michelle Kruger, right, with Austal chief executive Paddy Gregg at the company’s Mobile, Alabama shipyard.

ManufacturingCommentsPremiumAustal USA chief boss retiring after accounting gaffe

Michelle Kruger is stepping back from leadership of the flagship shipbuilding business ahead of retiring on June 1, leaving it to be run by its chief operating officer.

Sean Smith

Roger Cook is officially asking industry to name it’s price to develop green steel, three months after he promised to make it a requirement for major infrastructure projects. 

BusinessCommentsPremiumBlank cheque claim over Cook’s green steel dream

Roger Cook is officially asking industry to name its price to develop green steel, three months after he promised to make it a requirement for major infrastructure projects. 

Jessica Page

Austal’s Henderson shipyard.

Ship showCommentsPremiumAustal shares scuppered over horror profit blunder

Shares in shipbuilder Austal have been scuttled in the opening minutes of trade on Friday following reports of an embarrassing accounting blunder that looks set to sink its full-year profit result.

Sean Smith

Austal’s shipyard in Mobile, Alabama.

ManufacturingCommentsPremiumAustal slashes profit forecast after US accounting error

The Federal Government’s anointed naval shipbuilder of choice has revealed that its forecast of $135 million in annual earnings before interest and tax was overstated by $US17.1m ($24m).

Sean Smith

Albemarle had already called a halt to plans to expand its Kemerton plant before Thursday’s shock announcement.

MiningCommentsPremiumThree key reasons why Albemarle pulled the plug on Kemerton

Albemarle’s decision to put the refinery on care and maintenance will result in 250 local workers being made redundant, and comes despite a rebound in prices for the battery mineral.

Simone Grogan

Albemarle's Kemerton lithium hydroxide refinery.

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Hundreds of jobs to go as Albemarle turns off lithium plant

Albemarle will mothball its last remaining lithium refining operations in WA and make 250 local workers redundant in a decision the US giant has pinned on Western countries’ inability to compete on costs.

Simone Grogan

SGH managing director and CEO Ryan Stokes.

ConstructionCommentsPremiumSGH builds big war chest but cools on BlueScope pursuit

SGH generated strong cash flow growth to start the 2026 financial year, giving the conglomerate renewed hunger for acquisitions and internal expansion opportunities — for the right price.

Adrian Rauso

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in front of steel frames while on the campaign trail in South Australia 2025.

TradePremiumAustralia tariffs Chinese steel frames amid dumping claims

Australia has imposed a 10 per cent tariff on steel ceiling frames from China, following an investigation by the nation’s Anti-Dumping Commission.

Paul-Alain Hunt