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'Grossly inadequate': NT traditional owners plan to mandate mine rehabilitation
Traditional owners in the NT want to see more money put aside for the rehabilitation of closed mines and are considering making it a requirement of any agreement established between mine companies and traditional owners. Source link
Hydro Tasmania assures state has energy as fire guts major power station
Emergency crews have contained a fire at Tungatinah Power Station and an investigation is set to be launched. Source link
Record warm winter brings disappointing end to snow season
An unseasonably warm and wet June brought a challenging start to the 2026 snow season and while a snow base came by July over the higher slopes, the lower alpine regions missed out on full coverage. Source link
Rupert Murdoch 'very happy' to be played by Guy Pearce in new film
A new film on the Australian-born media mogul is headlining the Venice Film Festival, with director Danny Boyle saying it takes a more sympathetic look at his early foray into British newspapers. Source link
Premier urges Chinese, Indian coal firms to merge before funding stops
The state government throws its support behind a proposed merger between WA’s last remaining coal miners as its self-imposed 2030 deadline to retire state-owned coal assets approaches. Source link
Brown and foul tasting. This town's water may be the tipping point of a crisis
In Australia’s most decentralised state, water infrastructure is failing, leading residents in one town to rely on the bottled variety, but it comes at a cost. Source link
Australian economy grows faster than expected, raising rate hike risk
Australia’s economy grew 0.4 per cent in the June quarter, slightly beating most economist forecasts and further raising the prospect of an interest rate hike as soon as this month. Source link
Box of photos hidden in an attic sheds new light on historic struggle
They waited in a Fremantle attic for decades. Now an anthropologist’s snapshots of remote Australian history are about to see the light of day. Source link
ASX falls, oil hits two-month high amid US-Iran strikes — as it happened
The Australian share market shed almost 1 per cent after the US launched fresh strikes against Iran, driving oil prices up and contributing to a global bond sell-off. June quarter GDP growth sparks more talk of RBA rate hikes. Catch up on the day’s business and economics news as it unfolded in the markets blog. […]
US fires new strikes on Iran, Tehran hits back against Gulf targets — as it happened
The US launched a barrage of air strikes against Iran on Tuesday, local time, prompting Iranian retaliation against American targets in Gulf states. Source link