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NEWSPremiumChinese company to be forced out of Port of Darwin

Peter Dutton and Anthony Albanese have both vowed to remove the Port of Darwin from the Chinese-owned company holding a 99-year lease on the asset.

Hannah Moore

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton have both pledged to return the Chinese-owned Port of Darwin to Australian hands. 

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PM, Dutton to reclaim Port of Darwin from Chinese hands

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton have both pledged to return the Chinese-owned Port of Darwin to Australian hands. 

Danielle Le Messurier

The popular fried chicken business is looking for a bigger and better home. Google

NEWSPremiumWhy Australia’s ‘best’ chicken shop closing

The one-man shop praised for selling the “best” Korean fried chicken in Australia has announced it will close in May.

Zoe De Koning

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NewsPremiumPush for ‘bed tax’ in Aussie state

A group of Queensland mayors have proposed a new bed tax for tourists, slugging them an extra levy for staying the night.

Emma Kirk

The ASX 200 slumped more than 2 per cent on the back of Trump’s tariffs. NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

newsPremiumLiberation day sparks $50bn ASX sell-off

The fallout from US President Donald Trump’s tariff policy continued to send shockwaves through the market, wiping out more than $50bn on the local market.

Cameron Micallef

Greenlandic Suburbia. Rio chair Dominic Barton could find himself breaking the ice with Donald Trump. Illustration: Don Lindsay

Herd on the TerracePremiumIce to be here: Rio boss jokes about Greenland move

Why Rio Tinto chair Dominic Barton is willing to break the ice in Greenland to mint a few coins. Plus: Donald goes off the deep end and Crown Perth gets set to show its hand.

This week’s Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Whitehawk Limited.

BULLS N’ BEARSASX Runners of the Week: Whitehawk, OzAurum, Argent Biopharma & Galan

This week’s Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Whitehawk Ltd after the company bagged a major spot as the core cyber partner in a massive US$920M (A$1474M) US government contract.

Andrew Todd

The Australian dollar has also been smashed, losing 1.6 per cent in its biggest decline in six weeks to US62.3¢.

MarketsPremiumAustralian shares hammered to worst loss in eight months

The S&P-ASX200 lost nearly 2.5 per cent on Friday before closing once more in correction territory at 7667.8 points amid growing shockwaves around Donald Trump’s US tariffs.

Sean Smith

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newsPremiumMajor bank’s rate cut call after Trump chaos

Australian mortgage holders could get larger and more frequent rate cuts off the back of the Trump tariffs, but an industry expert warns “be careful what you wish for”.

Cameron Micallef

CoreSearch managing director Leon Merrington and in-country operations manager Natalino Mendes prepare a drill rig and ancillary equipment for shipping to Estrella Resources’ Timor-Leste manganese project.

Estrella readies Timor-Leste landmark mineral drilling campaign

Estrella Resources is set to make history in Timor-Leste by launching the country’s first mineral exploration drilling campaign at its Ira Miri, Sica and Lalena manganese prospects.

James Pearson

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The Tribune portal at the Bellevue Gold mine.

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Troubled gold miner cops blow-back from explosion

The gold miner is in the sights of WA’s safety regulator after an explosion, which has come to light while the company’s shareholders nervously wait on a flagged production downgrade. 

Adrian Rauso

Jetstar Asia A320.

AviationCommentsLightning strike forces South West flight to divert to Perth

A Jetstar flight to Busselton has been diverted to Perth after it was struck by lightning. 

Jessica Evensen

Nickel processing plant at Minara Resources Murrin Murrin nickel mine.

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Last WA nickel hope rests on knife edge over royalty relief

Ongoing talks between Mines Minister David Michael and Glencore over mining royalties could determine the fate of WA’s last nickel hope and the 1000-plus jobs it sustains.

Adrian Rauso

AustralianSuper on Friday confirmed its defences had been breached, with up to 600 accounts compromised.

Your MoneyCommentsFunds stolen in concerted hacks on Aussie super funds

Some of Australia’s biggest superannuation funds have been hit by what appears to be a concerted cybersecurity attack on the $4 trillion industry.

Cheyanne Enciso

AustralianSuper on Friday confirmed its defences had been breached, with up to 600 accounts compromised.

AustraliaCommentsAustralian super funds targeted in cyberattack after leak

Multiple Australian super funds have been targeted in a sophisticated cyberattack after passwords were allegedly leaked, with groups racing to contact effected customers over lost savings.

Max Corstorphan

Orthocell CEO Paul Anderson.

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‘No need’: Orthocell won’t move production to avoid tariffs

WA biotech Orthocell says there’s no need to shift production to the US to dodge Donald Trump’s tariffs as it wins clearance from the Food and Drug Administration to start selling its nerve repair product.

Cheyanne Enciso

Japan's Nikkei 225 slumped 2.8 per cent on Friday for a second straight session. (AP PHOTO)

MarketsGlobal stocks slide again after Trump tariff rout

Share markets have spent another day in the red and investors are fleeing to safe havens as they reel from US President Donald Trump's sweeping tariff plans.

Harry Robertson and Rae Wee

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is ready to dole out treats for small businesses if re-elected. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

BusinessPremiumBusiness hungry for more despite Labor tax sweetener

As the major parties vie for the affections of small businesses in the federal election, Labor has promised to extend asset write-off support for another year.

Jacob Shteyman

Markets called the Trump policies “economic self harm’. NewsWire / Max Mason-Hubers

MarketsPremium‘Staggering’ $2.4 trillion erased on tariffs

Australia’s sharemarket has plunged again after global markets continued to sell-off overnight on fears the US tariff policy could be the start of a recession.

Cameron Micallef

A shock ASX session has followed an overnight wipeout in US markets after Trump's tariffs. (Paul Miller/AAP PHOTOS)

MarketsPremiumTariff attack sends Aussie shares into $100b retreat

Equity markets are a sea of red following US President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" tariff announcements and their likely impact on global growth.

Adrian Black

The Trump tariffs have sidetracked Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton on the election trail. NewsWire

UPDATEDPremiumAlbo rules out ‘phenomenal offer’ to Trump

Anthony Albanese has hit back after Donald Trump outlined a key condition in exempting local imports from the US’s global tariff fiasco.

Ria Pandey

The S&P-ASX200 plunged almost 2 per cent in the opening minutes to 7705.6 points — down 155.10.

MarketsCommentsIt’s another bloodbath on ASX after horror US rout

Aussie investors are in for another horror day on the local share market, with the leading index opening sharply lower following a tariff-induced bloodbath in the US overnight.

Daniel Newell

Bellevue Gold managing director and chief executive Darren Stralow with a gold bar worth more than $1 million.

MiningPremiumInvestors left waiting for Bellevue downgrade

Bellevue Gold says its share will remain in a trading halt because it is still not ready to provide investors with a likely production downgrade at its namesake mine in the northern Goldfields.

Daniel Newell

US President Donald Trump has responded after Wall St suffered a major wipeout.

THE NIGHTLY‘Unbelievable’: Trump reacts to Wall St wipeout

US President Donald Trump has responded to the carnage on Wall St following his tariff announcement, likening the shift to an ‘operation’ and claiming this is ‘exactly’ what he said would happen.

Max Corstorphan

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