3+ week, 3+ day ago (544+ words) A sharp rally in iron ore and gold miners pushed the Australian sharemarket higher on Thursday, offsetting a slump from banking giant NAB. The benchmark ASX200 rose 26.3 points, or 0.3 per cent, to settle at 8828.3 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index lifted 27.4 points, or 0.3 per cent to 9098.6. Seven of 11 industry sectors ended in the green, led by the materials sector with a 1.4 per cent advance. The big miners jumped even as Singapore iron ore futures dipped 0.25 per cent in afternoon trade to US$103.25 a tonne. BHP lifted 1.56 per cent to $43 a share, Rio Tinto gained 2.28 per cent to $130.76 and Fortescue added 2.05 per cent to $20.38. Moomoo market strategist Michael McCarthy credited the rally to growing investor confidence around global growth prospects. "The inflation numbers are getting the headlines but the growth numbers underneath them and underpinning those increases in prices are stronger…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago (26+ words) The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs....

6+ day, 15+ hour ago (280+ words) WA punters are being urged to check their ticket after two lucky west Aussies scored a hefty share of Saturday's $6 million Lotto jackpot on the night Australia stormed home to take the first Ashes test in Perth. The pair of fortunate Sandgropers and five other Aussie winners pocketed $921,766.49 on Saturday night. The lucky golden tickets were sold at Thornlie Square Newspower and Miami Newsagency in Falcon, and were among seven division one wins nationally. Lotterywest spokesperson Jake Battrick said the wins push WA's Saturday Lotto tally for 2025 to 53 - with more than $69m in prizes shared between them. "It's been a fantastic year for WA," he said. "November alone delivered eight division one wins - including two Millionaire Medley millionaires, three Saturday Lotto winners and the Mandurah couple who claimed the entire $50 million Powerball prize." Another nine WA players also picked up division…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago (604+ words) The Australian sharemarket tumbled lower on Tuesday, as the Reserve Bank of Australia kept rates on hold and warned inflation could remain above three per cent well into 2026. The benchmark ASX 200 fell 81.1 points, or 0.91 per cent, to settle at 8813.7, while the broader All Ordinaries index "lost 84.3 points, or 0.92 per cent, to 9098.2. The market spiked briefly at 2.30pm on the decision from the RBA to keep the cash rate steady at 3.6 per cent, but then retreated as Governor Michele Bullock fronted the cameras and warned there was a risk that inflation could move away from the Board's two to three per cent target band. "We still judge we are marginally on the tight side and that is what is baked into the forecast, we still have a little tightness taking a little heat out of the economy, bringing inflation down, but it…...

2+ week, 22+ hour ago (34+ words) The case for shopping hour reform grows every year, but the Cook Government refuses to do anything about it despite claims it is working hard to build a more modern and better Perth....

4+ week, 7+ hour ago (132+ words) The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs. Melbourne Cup 2025 office sweep: Download your free chart here ahead of the race that stops the nation It's the race that stops the nation - and if stops your office, you'll want to get involved in a sweep! Ahead of Tuesday's Melbourne Cup, you can download your sweep chart below. Melbourne Cup 2025 office sweep: Download your free chart here ahead of the race that stops the nation It's the race that stops the nation - and if stops your office, you'll want to get involved in a sweep! Ahead of Tuesday's Melbourne Cup, you can download your sweep chart below....

2+ week, 4+ day ago (495+ words) Fremantle will be thrust into the Gather Round spotlight next season, with the Dockers locked into a Friday night marquee slot for a blockbuster showdown against Collingwood. It comes as West Coast get set for an off-Broadway clash at Norwood Oval against Geelong as the AFL confirmed the fixture for next year's Round 5 slate in South Australia. SCROLL DOWN TO SEE THE FULL GATHER ROUND FIXTURE Adelaide and Port Adelaide will unsurprisingly book-end the week, with the Crows to host Carlton on Thursday April 9 and the Power to play St Kilda on the Sunday night. Freo have earned a call-up to the primetime stage after belting lowly Richmond in the Barossa Valley in last season's Gather Round. The Dockers' clash with the Magpies represents the sole match-up between two clubs that registered a top-eight finish in 2025, and comes amid the…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago (322+ words) Travellers in the Asia-Pacific region are the most digitally savvy of all global passengers, embracing mobile technology on every stage of their journey, according to the International Air Transport Association's 2025 Global Passenger Survey. The GPS provides insight into what passengers would like from their air travel experience, based on more than 10,000 responses from air passengers in 200-plus countries. More travellers are using their smartphones to manage their journeys, including booking flights, managing payments and loyalty programs, and handling check-in, immigration, boarding and baggage processes. Asia-Pacific passengers lead the world in the use of mobile apps and digital wallets to book and pay for travel, and are the least likely to use credit cards. The use of biometrics and digital identity is expanding worldwide to enable more seamless airport processing, with half of all passengers questioned using biometrics, and Asia-Pacific travellers…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago (26+ words) The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs....

2+ week, 3+ day ago (328+ words) The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs. Australia's competition watchdog has given its approval to the proposed tie up between Seven West Media and Southern Cross Media, clearing the way for the two ASX-listed media giants to form a new $400m company The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, in outlining its reasons for the approval on Thursday, said the two companies competed in different media markets and a merger would not degrade how local businesses and media agencies advertised across regional areas Further, the ACCC found the new company would not lessen competition in markets for the supply of media content to consumers "The ACCC's investigation found that Southern Cross and Seven are not close competitors for content Southern Cross is primarily…...