Price floor sends rare earths shares through the roof
Rare earths miners are backing in the government’s plan to underwrite supply, as talk of a potential price floor sends stocks soaring. Setting a taxpayer-guaranteed minimum price for rare earths…
Smelter rescue bolsters nation’s critical metals future
Taxpayer rescue of two smelters avoids a “national catastrophe” but Australia must now develop a strategy to retain sovereign capability in manufacturing metals, a union urges. Smelters in Hobart and…
Australia to boost navy firepower with Japanese design
Australia will buy more than ten Japanese warships to prop up its navy as it enhances its combat fleet to project firepower deeper into the Pacific. The Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’…
Households spending on non-essentials as pressures ease
Australians have been splashing out on new cars, food and electronics as price pressures ease. Household spending rose 0.5 per cent in June on top of a one per cent…
Shares in Asia rally, dollar lower against yen
Shares in Asia rose for a second consecutive session and the US dollar held most of its losses on Tuesday as investors increased bets the Federal Reserve will act to…
“The Hebrew Hammer”: inside the Gold Coast’s antisemitism junket
US-based “Combat Antisemitism Movement” and Jillian Segal are hosting an all-expenses-paid conference for Australian mayors and councillors. Wendy Bacon and Yaakov Aharon investigate. In September, hundreds of Australian local government…
Biggest ever: Japan wins Australian navy warships deal
Australia has chosen a Japanese company to build a new $10 billion frigate fleet for the navy. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ Mogami-class frigate is the federal government’s preferred vessel for its…
Australia co-ordinating on recognition of Palestine
Australia is one step closer to recognising Palestinian statehood and is co-ordinating with other nations on the issue, as the foreign minister warns there might soon be “no Palestine left”.…
Trump threatens steeper India tariffs over Russian oil
Donald Trump says he will substantially raise tariffs on goods from India over its Russian oil purchases, while New Delhi says it will take measures to safeguard its interests and…
States boycotting Israel to go without US federal funds
US states and cities that boycott Israeli companies will be denied federal aid for natural disaster preparedness, the Trump administration has announced, tying routine federal funding to its political stance.…