The ads, many of which have since been pulled, helped to fuel a mammoth black market that has spawned firebombings and crime around the country.

South Africa’s Gold Fields offered to buy Northern Star Resources in a potential blockbuster deal, but was knocked back.

Gold has effectively always cost much more than silver, and nickel more than copper. But the age of electricity is starting to wreak havoc on accepted wisdom.

Critical Resources has continued its push into the South American nation of Suriname, grabbing a second gold project in the tiny, gold-rich country.

Dateline Resources has surged after securing heavyweight US Government backing in a legal push to restart work at its Colosseum gold-rare earths project in California.

The sudden surge in US bond yields threatens a market trading at near record levels, and the boom in artificial intelligence-related stocks that has driven it.

Australian shares had a shaky start to the week, with a slump in miners counterbalancing rallies in banks, utilities and health care stocks.

A viral post by a leading job recruiter has sparked an online firestorm. The heated debate that has followed isn’t really about iced coffee.

Can AI-powered personal assistants break the “lazy tax”? Maybe, but there’s also a real risk they could misbehave.

A new fight has erupted over a push for coal-fired power plants to face tougher pollution laws to ensure they do not stay open beyond current closure dates.

Tech experts argue that the Medicare statistics portal’s code was set up to send data to anyone who requested files, including data that wasn’t promoted.

Even reliable statistics have become a casualty of the volume of illicit nicotine products flooding Australia.

A tribunal found that the process was suboptimal, but there was no evidence the woman’s gender played a role in the council’s decision to reject her for a full-time job.

It costs $1.3m a year to keep a child in prison. And it doesn’t work.

The boxy, vibrant silhouettes were once the domain of diehard fans. Now they’re a hot fashion item with women and men – and serious business.

South Australia is getting Australia’s Michelin Guide, and there’s a story behind that.

Regional conflicts and security risks are fragmenting global airspace, forcing airlines into longer, costlier detours.

When David Ellison first arrived in the movie capital, insiders laughed behind his back. He was dumb money to be fleeced, another starstruck rich guy with a chequebook. Now he is in charge.

The death of a young female NSW Police officer is a reminder of the dangers of standing in harm’s way on behalf of the community.

Bulls N’ Bears Big Hits looks at notable drill intercepts reported to the ASX last week, led by Anax Metals, which confirmed shallow high-grade mineralisation at its WA Mons Cupri deposit.

The Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Micro-X Limited, which tripled after its chairman bought a swathe of shares on-market, revitalising interest in the company’s portable scanning technology.

This fortnight’s edition of Cap Raise Crucible has tracked $2.7B thundering through the ASX capital-raising machine, topped by NEXTDC’s monster $1.1 billion UBS-managed convertible note.

The NSW regulator said questions remained about the casino’s progress in improving its governance, leadership and culture.

There is no ‘spare adult’ to play backstop in single-parent households – and Australia has 1.2 million of them. We haven’t adjusted for this reality.

Aurum Resources has tabled a stunning 1.3m hit grading 155g/t gold at its 3.22Moz Boundiali project in Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa, ahead of a key resource update.

Zenith Minerals has hit gold in every one of the first holes drilled in a 600-metre gap at its Dulcie gold project in WA. Assays from another 25 holes are pending.

Kuniko Ltd has wrapped up phase two drilling at its NSW gold-silver project, with assays pending and a resource update targeted for Q4 in the hot Lachlan Fold Belt.

Efficiency is everything.

The Australian sharemarket fell to a three-month low as oil prices moved higher, before an expected rise in interest rates next week.

Australia’s biggest fast food giants are leaning hard into the trend of brightly coloured, wacky-flavoured soft drinks.