G'Morning

Trade worries and tech stocks to play on ASX’s open

Further gains in Australian stocks are expected to be muted on Tuesday with futures pointing to a slight rise when the market opens.

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 06:30:23 +1000

The Chinese stranglehold Donald Trump is desperate to break

The US president wants to turn the tide on China’s shipbuilding dominance. It may be too late.

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 05:00:00 +1000

WiseTech billionaire Richard White reaches settlement with third woman

This time the woman alleged the billionaire executive chairman gave her financial assistance and help with her visa in return for sex.

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 18:30:12 +1000

When was the last time egg prices were $4.20?

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton were asked about the price of eggs – and one politician’s answer was much further off the mark than the other.

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 17:51:30 +1000

ASX in three-day winning streak after bright start to week

The Australian sharemarket closed higher on Monday, with investors taking heart from a pause in tariff-related anxiety.

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 17:26:20 +1000

Foxtel owner’s French crisis on NRL’s radar as it kicks off broadcast bidding war

UK-based sports streamer DAZN, which took control of Foxtel this month, is locked in a dispute with France’s top-flight football league, and the NRL is watching.

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +1000

ClearVue to debut solar energy-generating skylights in Africa

ClearVue Technologies has caught a good breeze behind its sails, having received a pivotal first African order for 100 solar energy skylights for a new World Bank building, adding to a pipeline of more than 60 projects.

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 15:40:44 +1000

Canary in the plane cabin: How Trump is changing where Australians travel

Australian companies operating on the global stage, such as Flight Centre, are becoming prone to infection from the global trade malaise.

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 15:02:59 +1000

Critica pockets $1m R&D boost to supercharge rare earths test work

Critica Limited has scored a cool $1.05M R&D refund from a government incentive program for the company to advance its exciting Jupiter rare earths project in WA.

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 13:24:53 +1000

Harris v Trump re-energises Australia’s live leaders’ debates

Audience numbers are at their highest in more than a decade for the election debates.

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 12:53:29 +1000

Trump’s billionaire oil industry donors aren’t getting what they wished for

The US president said “drill, baby, drill” but his tariffs tanked the commodity’s price and they could reduce, not increase, production.

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 11:59:34 +1000

Money is flowing out of Wall Street, so where is it going?

As Donald Trump’s tariff wars throw US markets into a pit of uncertainty, the Australian sharemarket is shaping up as a safe haven.

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 05:00:00 +1000

‘Trump is doing permanent damage’: What’s got global market leaders spooked?

The meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank this past week have been dominated by the future of a key building block of globalisation.

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 16:30:00 +1000

Broken records, long queues: After 25 years, has Starbucks finally figured Australia out?

In a country famous for independent cafe culture, the chain – once rejected by Australians – is achieving what many would have dismissed as impossible.

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 13:45:00 +1000

Utopia or extinction: The space visions driving Bezos and Musk

One billionaire wants to move industry off-world, returning Earth to a pristine state. The other wants humans to colonise Mars for our own survival.

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 05:00:00 +1000

How China is controlling Australia’s – and the world’s – rare earths trade

China is threatening to land a knockout blow in its trade war with Donald Trump, targeting a vulnerability in the United States’ most crucial military infrastructure with a strike that was decades in the making.

Sat, 26 Apr 2025 05:00:00 +1000

China has an army of robots on its side in the tariff war

Enormous investments in factory equipment and artificial intelligence are giving China an edge in car manufacturing and other industries.

Fri, 25 Apr 2025 09:44:00 +1000