1+ hour, 22+ min ago   (75+ words) AFR Up to 600 workers at the Whyalla steelworks will be made redundant after administrator KordaMentha and the South Australian government decided to abandon attempts to restart the ageing blast furnace. KordaMentha has been operating the Whyalla steelworks since February last…...

4+ hour, 37+ min ago   (93+ words) AFR Up to 600 workers at the Whyalla steelworks will be made redundant after administrators KordaMentha and the South Australian government decided to abandon further attempts to restart the ageing blast furnace, which has not been operating since April. KordaMentha have…...

4+ hour, 58+ min ago   (81+ words) AFR Mark Cutifani, a one-time lead candidate to replace Richard Goyder as chairman of Woodside, has quit the board of the country’s largest oil and gas producer. The sudden departure comes just six months after the former Anglo American chief…...

10+ hour, 56+ min ago   (95+ words) AFR Commonwealth Bank is ratcheting up the pressure on financial regulators to rein in Macquarie’s use of a corporate structure it alleges provides an unfair competitive advantage, after commissioning economic analysis to show how the arrangement supports Macquarie’s rapid growth…...

10+ hour, 35+ min ago   (86+ words) AFR WaterNSW is testing commercial interest in three potential pumped hydro projects in the central west of the state, targeting the emerging market for long-duration electricity storage as coal-fired generators are retired and data centres drive up power demand. The…...

10+ hour, 43+ min ago   (114+ words) AFR After a visit Down Under two years ago, the director of Art Paris is on a mission to showcase Australia’s pioneering practices in Europe. There’s never been a better time for it. Visitors attend Art Capital 2026 at the Grand…...

1+ day, 14+ min ago   (110+ words) AFR Ashurst Perkins Coie has plucked seasoned corporate lawyer Ben Plotnik from rival Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer as the former seeks to expand its global private capital team following a high-profile transatlantic merger. Freehills’ special counsel Ben Plotnik is heading…...

20+ hour, 34+ min ago   (51+ words) AFR Amber-Jade Sanderson was a matter of hours away from becoming Western Australia’s 31st premier. Within a day of Labor firebrand Mark McGowan’s shock resignation in May 2023, Sanderson won the critical support of the state’s dominant left union to replace him....

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (104+ words) AFR Ask any AFL fan for proof of why Aussie rules is the most popular football code in the country, and they will point to their packed-out stadiums and a match-day buzz the NRL struggles to emulate week to week....

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (90+ words) AFR Melbourne-based builder Kapitol plans to import up to 10,000 modular units from China each year for affordable housing, student accommodation and hotels as local players ramp up their use of prefabrication to reduce high construction costs. Kapitol estimates it can…...