The announcement comes days after the US government unveiled a new $US250 fee on applications for visits by Australians ineligible for a visa waiver program.
We may be spending less on eating out, but the rest of the retail sector is pumping. And a couple of rate cuts between now and spring could really send registers ringing.
Larvotto Resources has green lit its $140 million Hillgrove antimony-gold project in NSW after securing major financing. First production is on track for Q2 2026.
Donald Trump is at boiling point as Fed chief Jerome Powell again ignores the president's ferocious campaign for lower interest rates. But there was dissension on the board.
Dylan Field's company is about to start trading on Wall Street, setting him up for a multibillion-dollar windfall. But he could be looking at another 10-figure payday.
What if, instead of pursuing an ever-higher material living standard, governments focused on improving workers' job satisfaction? A good way to lose votes? I doubt it.
A slowdown in Chinese demand for steel has also weighed on Australia's largest iron ore miner, as it delivers its smallest first-half profit in five years.
The tax office said it would review a decision to write off more than $950,000 in penalties and interest owed by one of Paul Keating's investment companies.
The Australian sharemarket has extended gains after the Reserve Bank's preferred measure of inflation fell to 2.7 per cent annually, adding to pressure on the RBA to provide rate relief within weeks.
Infini Resources is poised for a highly anticipated drill program at its Portland Creek uranium project in Canada, appointing contractors to lead the program.
The decision by obscure data-operations firm Astronomer to hire Hollywood celebrities to turn calamity into a positive appears to have worked brilliantly.
The corporate regulator has invoked the "pub test” and warned it could consider legal action as it urges the country's biggest bank to refund "excessive” fees.
ExxonMobil will hand control of eastern Australia's main source of domestic gas to Woodside, which wants to tap more supplies from rapidly depleting fields.
Aguia has picked up some monster grade gold and silver intersections below existing workings from its first drill campaign at the Santa Barbara project in Colombia.
Kaiser Reef Ltd has pulled in net cash flow of more than $10.1m from its two gold operations, bolstering its bank balance to a stellar $24.7M at the end of June.
ClearVue Technologies has appointed Douglas Hunt as CEO, as part of a new leadership team to meet its solar glazing sales, innovation and sustainability goals.
Raiz Invest has kicked off the new year with a record $1.8B under management, soaring growth in two micro-investing platforms and a savvy deal to boost its reach.
NeuroScientific Biopharmaceuticals has made a second heavy-hitting appointment, with Melbourne-based exec Nathan Smith bringing his stem cell therapy nous as CEO.
Great Southern Mining and Gold Fields Ltd have fired up a rig at their massive Qld project, chasing large IP anomalies with serious gold-copper-silver potential.
Infini Resources will soon launch phase two drilling at its Portland Creek uranium project in Canada, chasing multiple high-grade targets linked to shallow fault systems.
Strickland Metals has achieved 97.9% gold recovery, averaging 89.9%, in metallurgical testwork at its Gradina deposit in Serbia, confirming robust flotation.
Olympio Metals has confirmed multiple high-grade gold hits, including 42.3g/t from its first two drill holes at its Bousquet project in Quebec, extending strike to over 300m.
The threat of a full-scale trans-Atlantic trade war has been averted with a deal between the US and EU, but there is some confusion over just what has been agreed to.
TMK Energy has started drilling its seventh gas production well to increase capacity at the company's Lucky Fox Pilot Well coal seam gas project in Mongolia.
Klaus Schwab built his empire from humble beginnings but his world has come crashing down after allegations of misusing funds, manipulating research and inappropriate behaviour with staff.
A multibillion-dollar American casino company's attempts to introduce its brand to Australia may have come unstuck, thanks to a small suburban bowls club.
After a string of executives headed for the exit, fast-food king Jack Cowin calls the shots about how to fix the pizza chain – and how quickly it must happen.
Rupert Murdoch's marriage of convenience with Donald Trump might finally be unravelling, and there can only be one winner in their long-running battle for the Republican heartland.
Bulls N' Bears ASX Runners of the Week is… I Synergy Limited, after the company revealed an MoU with NASDAQ-listed Treasure Global to put its AI infrastructure in Malaysia.
Aurum Resources has struck 1.43m at 234.35g/t gold in an ongoing drilling program at the company's 1.59-million-ounce Boundiali gold project in Cote d'Ivoire.
Larvotto Resources has nailed down a $60 million raise to launch its Hillgrove mine in NSW, with Q2 2026 production locked in amid strong global investor backing.
Dollar Bill (AKA Bulls N Bears' Bill McConnell) has been polishing his monocle in preparation for the resurgence of the small caps market – and it's starting to happen.
Plans to withdraw childcare funding from problem operators comes at a bad time for the loss-making group at the centre of child sexual abuse allegations.
NeuroScientific Biopharmaceuticals is banking on its new, well-credentialled Perth-based chief medical officer to help the company roll out its innovative stem cell therapy.
When Sundar Pichai won a scholarship to Stanford University in 1993, his family spent more than his father's annual salary to buy a plane ticket to California. It has paid off.
The Australian billionaire has terminated a major hydrogen project in the US as the president guts clean energy funding and unwinds efforts to fight climate change.
Infini Resources will further explore major bedrock conductors, indicating shallow uranium mineralisation, identified at its Reynolds Lake project in Canada.
Aureka Limited has hit gold grading up to 19.9g/t in high-grade extensions from the company's first hole at its St Arnaud gold project in western Victoria.
Uranium American Resources, formerly Tonogold, has changed its US ticker to UARI and inked a fully funded deal to buy historic American uranium and vanadium mines.
With phosphate up 70%, Aguia Resources is racing ahead in Brazil with offtake deals, production plans and eying up to $298M in EBITDA over a 14-year mine life from 2026.
The Australian Taxation Office is under pressure after an ABC report accused it of writing off about $1 million in penalties and interest owed by one of Paul Keating's investment companies.
Marmota Limited has extended its first drilling program at the company's Greenewood gold prospect in the northwest of its Gawler Craton ground in South Australia.
Banking circles have been awash with personal views and informal "wine” audits by shareholders and analysts after the accusations levelled at Andrew Irvine.
Woodside has scrapped plans to build a low-carbon fuel plant as the energy sector assesses Donald Trump's decision to dismantle support for renewables.
Pilot Energy has kicked off a formal courtship process to secure farm-out partners for its giant offshore gas permit in Western Australia's North Perth Basin.
NAB boss Andrew Irvine has made his first public comments since it was reported that investors had raised concerns about his management style and drinking at customer events.
The Sydney to Hobart flight was 10 minutes from landing when the incident occurred. Virgin Australia says it is now considering changing rules on batteries.
The In-N-Out burger chain, with its ubiquitous palm trees and cult-like following on the West Coast, is distinctly Californian. But its billionaire owner is no longer calling the state home.
Paula Hobley has had so many Uber drivers cancel trips on her after they learn she is travelling with her guide dog that she now reconsiders going out.
Great Southern Mining has sold a mining lease to Regis Resources in a deal worth up to $9M, freeing up cash to chase new gold at its residual WA Duketon gold project.
Larvotto Resources has raised US$105M (A$161.3M) via a fully subscribed senior secured bond to help restart its NSW Hillgrove antimony-gold project, aimed at first production in 2026.
Varda Industries is aiming to create a viable industry manufacturing drugs in space, where the lack of gravity unlocks new possibilities. And Australia is well positioned to play a part.
The Australian sharemarket has its biggest rally in three months on Friday after Wall Street rose to records following better-than-expected updates on the US economy.
Property giant Charter Hall's top chaps – chief executive David Harrison and finance director Sean McMahon – are part of a syndicate offloading a major site on Military Road.
A slew of prime Catholic-owned East Melbourne terraces opposite St Patrick's Cathedral on Albert Street have hit the market, worth potentially more than $25 million.
Not even Trump's tariffs faze King Living founder David King, who is building a 100-year furniture empire he hopes will last long after he has left the business.
US approvals are in place and Locksley is poised to drill for rare earths and antimony mineralisation at its Mojave Desert project next door to the Mountain Pass mine.
The president is getting increasingly desperate as he looks to push out the head of the Federal Reserve. If he is successful, the consequences will be severe.
Bulls N' Bears Big Hits examines some notable recent intercepts revealed on the ASX, including Encounter's niobium hit at its Joyce project in Western Australia.
The Australian sharemarket has had a poor day as Wall Street dropped after US inflation came in higher than expected and US consumers start to feel the impact of Donald Trump's tariffs.
ClearVue Technologies' solar façades have a 2.6-year payback period and could offset up to 125% of a building's energy needs, based on a Hong Kong trial.
WA-born Simon Trott's promotion to Rio Tinto chief executive has won plaudits across the board, billionaire iron ore magnate Gina Rinehart urging the new boss to transfer its headquarters from London to Australia.
Shareholders airing their grievances about executive behaviour is pretty unusual. And for institutional investors to draw attention to a chief executive's drinking as a red flag is even rarer.
Dateline Resources, made famous by a presidential tweet on its rare earths prospects, has again been thrust into the spotlight by a government investment next door.
Imagining Tesla without Elon Musk is like imagining Disney without Mickey Mouse. But an increasingly loud chorus is questioning whether Tesla might be better off without its volatile chief executive.
The US DoD's half-a-billion-dollar equity investment into America's only producing rare earths mine could rewrite the fortunes of a handful of ASX-listed stocks.
Proteomics International aims to deliver a world-first blood test this year to detect muscle damage in racehorses, revolutionising the way injuries are monitored.
G8 Education has defended its communications to investors after child sex abuse charges against a former employee were made public, which shredded 26 per cent off its market value.
From fears of AI wiping out millions of jobs to selling chips to China without falling foul of Trump's trade war agenda, Nvidia's Jensen Huang is on a diplomatic tightrope.