One of the world’s longest housing booms is cracking in Sydney
Prices and sales are falling as higher interest rates and tax changes upend the investment equation that fuelled Australia’s housing boom.
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South32 turns 1% revenue growth into fivefold profit surge
As higher copper and silver prices and the recovery of its Australian manganese operations lift margins.
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Australia | Boipelo Lekubo | commodities | copper-gold ore | Eva Copper Mine Project | SAFM Market Update
Harmony Gold doubles dividend on bullion bull run
‘We have grown selectively, sequentially and affordably, turning today’s gold prices into durable and compounding value,’ says group financial director Boipelo Lekubo.
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World leaders urge swift end to Iran crisis after Khamenei death
US and Iran must ‘pursue a diplomatic off-ramp rather than further escalation’.
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Two South Africans who made it big in Australia – now selling their business for R26.5 billion
Gus Attridge and Stephen Saad started a pharmaceutical company in Australia almost three decades ago, and that company is now being sold for R26.5 billion.
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Australia | Brazil | canada | Donald Trump | Europe | International
Why the world’s central bankers had to speak up against Trump’s attacks on the Fed
Global central bankers are warning that undermining Fed independence risks higher inflation and global instability.
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Australia set for desalination boom as water shortages loom
Oxford Economics reckons that over the next 10 years, demand for drinkable water will increase by more than 10% in some areas.
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AI | asian stocks | Australia | china | International | Markets
Asia stock surge and currency gains fuel 2026 investor optimism
It’s the first time since 2020 that Asian shares have outpaced both US and European benchmarks in the same year.
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air traffic control | air traffic controllers | Air Traffic Navigation Services (ATNS) | airplanes | Australia | Motoring
Alarm bells about flight safety in South Africa
The Air Traffic Navigation Services (ATNS) has warned that South Africa’s shortage of air traffic controllers (ATCs) has become a crisis that requires urgent and continued intervention.