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Australian shares slide on Trump tariff woes

Business Recorder · August 1, 2025

Australian shares slid almost 1% on Friday in a broad-based sell-off, as appetite for risk assets soured after the United States slapped dozens of trading partners with steep tariffs. The S&P/ASX 200 index fell 0.9%, or 77.2 points, to 8,665.6 by...

Star Queen’s Wharf partners terminate acquisition agreement

iGB · August 1, 2025

Star had agreed to offload its holding in the Queen's Wharf development for AU$34 million. Australia’s Star Entertainment Group is set to retain its 50% holding in the Queen’s Wharf Brisbane development after its Hong Kong-based joint venture...

Battle stations: The former PM, ministers, and military brass cashing in on Australia’s defence spending bonanza

WAtoday · August 1, 2025

Save Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Got it Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size Early last year, United States technology company Anduril, co-founded by colourful American...

Can a partner claim part of my house if we never lived together? - Ask Susan

RNZ · August 1, 2025

RNZ's money correspondent Susan Edmunds answers your questions. Photo: RNZ Send your questions to susan.edmunds@rnz.co.nz I recently separated and managed to buy the house and own it myself with a mortgage ... I have been seeing someone that I...

The Latest: Wall Street and US trading partners worldwide respond to Trump's new tariffs

The Springfield News-Sun - Ohio ·

For countries that had not yet reached a deal with the U.S. prior to Friday, this is potentially welcome news. But it's also injected a new dose of uncertainty for consumers and businesses still wondering what’s going to happen and when. And the...

‘Wake up call’: Security expert says Australians must heed ASIO’s espionage warning

Sky News Australia · August 1, 2025

Strategic Analysis Australia founder and Director Peter Jennings told Sky News host Steve Price that comments made by the boss of ASIO should be a wake-up call to all Australians on the threat foreign espionage poses. ASIO chief Mike Burgess at a...

Best of the City: Victoria radio hosts find lasting spot in listener's hearts

Victoria News ·

When longtime Victoria radio host Jason Lamb worked across the hall at The Q he was already a standup comedian with a dream of combining the two careers. “Comedy doesn't pay the bills unless you're super lucky, unless you win the lottery of life,”...

‘The first generation with declining standards of living’: Australia’s faltering economic standing

The Sydney Morning Herald · August 1, 2025

Save Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Got it Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size Not since the height of the Cold War have Australia’s national security and economic standing...

Australia: Western Power offers 759MW of renewables and BESS SWIS network connections in 2024/25

PV Tech · August 1, 2025

Western Power confirmed that the latest projects to have been granted offers include a 120MW solar-plus-storage project and a 100MW battery energy storage system (BESS). Matt Cheney, executive manager of energy transition and sustainability at...

Australian Data Centres appoints ex-Microsoft Mark Pont for expansion push

Australian Reseller News · August 1, 2025

Australian Data Centres will look to grow its footprint outside of Canberra, with the hiring of former Microsoft international expansion lead for strategic missions and technologies Mark Pont. As CEO, Pont has been tasked with “significantly”...

Victoria’s Misbegotten Circus of a Treaty

Quadrant · August 1, 2025

I urge every Australian, especially the people of Victoria, to read what follows and understand the profound consequences of a so-called treaty. This is not symbolic. It is serious, it is permanent, and it is coming. Victorians must be informed of...

Woman Avoids Jail After Placing Newborn Baby in Garbage Bag, Which Partner Put in Freezer: Reports By Brenton Blanchet

People - New York ·

NEED TO KNOW A mother received a suspended sentence, avoiding jail time after her baby was found in a freezer in 2022 Monique Ellen Burton, 35, reportedly placed her newborn in a garbage bag and hid it behind a couch before her partner put the bag...

Australia praises Malaysia’s ASEAN leadership and sustainability focus

The Sun Daily · August 1, 2025

KUALA LUMPUR: Australia has lauded Malaysia for its ambitious ASEAN chairmanship agenda, particularly its focus on inclusivity and sustainability. High Commissioner Danielle Heinecke praised Malaysia’s leadership in advancing the ASEAN Community...

Australian Scientists Using Medicinal Tech For Mining

The National Tribune · August 1, 2025

Researchers from across Australia, including the University of Adelaide, are pioneering a way to recover critical and rare earth minerals using techniques used to target cancer cells. Professor Chun-Xia Zhao from the University’s School of...

The Missing Items From The Partner Showcase

NintendoWorldReport · August 1, 2025

From the "never happening" to "aren't you legally required to deliver this?", there were things conspicuously missing this week. The Partner Showcase was definitely something straight out of 2022 (complimentary): plenty of things for the RPG...

Victoria library branch marks anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings

Victoria News ·

The free exhibit will be at the downtown branch until Aug. 15 To mark the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Greater Victoria Public Library (GVPL) will be a host to the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Poster Exhibition that...

Australians made 4B mobile wallet payments in 2024: report

Coingeek · August 1, 2025

Homepage > News > Finance > Australians made 4B mobile wallet payments in 2024: report Australians made over 4 billion mobile payment transactions in 2024, totaling over $100 billion, a new industry report has revealed. The 2025 Bank On It report...

“He needs an off-season” - Australian fast bowling legend makes a huge statement on Jasprit Bumrah’s workload amid ENG vs IND 2025 Tests

Sportskeeda · August 1, 2025

Former Australian bowling legend Glenn McGrath believes Jasprit Bumrah needs an off-season to get himself physically fitter and stronger to make himself available regularly for international cricket. McGrath observed that what the Indian pace...

Joint Group of Industry Organisations statement in response to Productivity Commission report

The National Tribune · August 1, 2025

Business Council of Australia The Productivity Commission proposal to tax business cash flow is an experimental change that hasn’t been tried anywhere else in the world. This tax increase risks putting more pressure on all Australians still...

Partners united go ‘all clear’ underwater

The National Tribune · August 1, 2025

Department of Defence A suspected improvised explosive device (IED) on a police boat in Gladstone Marina brought Australian and United States clearance divers into action during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025. After Queensland Police handed over...