The deal will expand Ampol’s national network to about 1100 sites, including 120 in WA, providing a platform to roll out more Foodary convenience stores and U-Go self-service stations.
Sean Smith
Australia’s biggest insurer is tipping premium income will grow at “low to mid-single digits” in the 2025-26 financial year, reflecting “premium increases that cover moderating claims inflation”.
The insurer has no intention of following the RAC and hiving off its biggest business, reckoning it can better deliver for its 1.2 million policyholders by making its own acquisitions.
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.
After merging their companies in one of the top WA deals of the year amid record prices, gold lads Mark Zeptner and Simon Lawson are emboldened a pro-mining State Government won’t kill their golden goose.
Simone Grogan
Beach Energy boss Brett Woods has sought to spark a national interest fight over Adnoc’s $30 billion mega buyout of Santos as he seeks to manoeuvre his company into the deal.
Matt Mckenzie
Shareholder meetings for VGW Holdings held on Friday have approved a $5.05-a-share offer by an Escalante family company, with more than 91 per cent of shares voted cash in favour of the buyout
Laurence Escalante’s long-time backers must decide whether to realise the hefty profits they’ve made on his lucrative casino games company or gamble on an uncertain future.
By assuming operating control of east coast’s Australia most important energy source from ExxonMobil, Woodside takes responsibility for the Bass Strait gas production assets and associated gas plants.
Mark Clark’s Capricorn Metals has used its share price muscle to make a $188m move for an explorer with a large landholding in a gold and copper hotspot.
Adrian Rauso
The competition regulator says it is seeking more information from RAC and Insurance Australia Group about the competition impact in WA of the $1.35 billion sale.
Insignia Financial shares surged as much as 16 per cent after CC Capital agreed to buy the Australian wealth manager in a deal worth around $3.4 billion, following a months-long bidding tussle.
Adam Haigh
Carnarvon Energy is taking up a 19.9 per cent stake in gas play Strike in a deal seen underpinning the latter’s $300 million expansion in the Perth Basin.
Burgundy Diamond Mines has blamed weak prices for the layoffs at the Ekati mine in Canada’s Arctic Circle, which was acquired from BHP by the junior for more than $200 million in early 2023.
Mount Gibson Iron is looking to make the jump from mining iron ore off the Kimberley coast to digging for gold in the Northern Territory, after signing up to buy tenements from Northern Star.
A tranche of takeovers headlined by Northern Star, Gold Fields and Ramelius Resources delivered $20 billion worth of WA mining M&A in 2025 so far, and Perth dealmakers have tipped gold’s reign will continue.
Shares in self-storage giant Abacus Storage King are higher on Monday after receiving a sweetened $2.17 billion takeover offer from a consortium led by South African tycoon Nathan Kirsh.
Cheyanne Enciso
A fresh twist in the Star Entertainment saga has given the embattled casino giant more time to finalise a deal for its Queen’s Wharf complex.
Cameron Micallef and Cheyanne Enciso
The State Government’s mission to buy back WA freight railways from a Canadian investment behemoth has advanced beyond a seemingly frosty start earlier this year.
The $377 million sale of a fast-growing, Perth-founded industrials business to Cleanaway Waste Management has clinched a key approval.
Yilgarn iron ore tenements Mineral Resources has sold to a private company that wants to start mining later this year are now subject to a review by the State Government over cleanup costs.
Embattled Star Entertainment’s deal to sell a 50 per cent stake in its $1.6 billion Brisbane casino to Hong Kong investors is on the brink of collapse.
Debt-laden Gumtree Australia Markets has struck a deal to sell its home-grown share market gossip site HotCopper and Canadian counterpart Stockhouse.
Neale Prior
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