Wall Street stocks ended higher overnight, with Apple rising and Nvidia dipping as investors assessed consumer sentiment data and bet on a more flexible trade policy stance from the Trump administration next week.
The federal government is backing the emerging green metals industry with $3 billion worth of commitments, while lobbyists point to missed opportunities for explorers.
Industry bodies have begun to digest Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ fourth federal budget, with the housing commitments described as modest and a missed opportunity for the sector.
The federal government has unveiled a $27.6 billion deficit in its last budget before the May election, but insists the economy is on track for a soft landing.
Jim Chalmers claims the federal budget is in a better position than when Labor came to power three years ago, but there are economic storm clouds ahead.
Aggressive and hostile is how the chief executive of Gold Road Resources has described the $3.3 billion bid lobbed by its Gruyere joint venture partner Gold Fields.
Former Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas has been elected leader of the WA Liberal Party three weeks after winning the Churchlands seat at the state election.
Amid uncertainty regarding the cost of royalties potentially rising in Indonesia, Sydney-based Nickel Industries increased its earnings throughout the March 2025 quarter.
Stocks closed broadly higher overnight amid hopes on Wall Street that the Trump administration may take a more targeted approach as it tees up a new round of tariffs on imported goods next week.
PathWest has awarded several companies contracts, worth $219 million in total, over the automation of laboratory medicine and pathology services across Western Australia.
Brazilian agribusiness giant Minerva Foods failed to mention it has closed both of its Western Australian abattoirs in its quarterly financial update released to shareholders last week.
