Business
Companies
Power-hungry data centres are booming in Australia. Can the grid cope?
An explosion in the number of data centres in Melbourne and Sydney, which will use vast amounts of electricity, is looming as a new test for the grid.
- by Nick Toscano
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Welcome to Thornbury: Boarded up windows, graffiti and run-down cars
Thornbury’s abandoned Le Pine Funerals site is defying High Street’s recently bestowed status as the world’s coolest street.
- by Tim Boreham
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Nickel
Thousands of jobs at risk as BHP moves to shut down nickel operations
Resources giant BHP will shut its Nickel West operations in Western Australia this October, putting more than 3000 jobs at risk after a global crash in nickel prices.
- by Simon Johanson and Peter Milne
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Bulls N' Bears
Cashed-up Larvotto to unleash NSW gold-antimony search
After pocketing $5 million in new money, Larvotto Resources is on the cusp of launching a new gold-antimony drilling program at its Clarks Gully deposit in NSW.
- by Doug Bright
Opinion
Australian economy
How can Australians be so wealthy yet still be poor?
The average Australian’s wealth grew by about 10 per cent last year but the gap between the “haves” and the “have-nots” is growing.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Rupert Murdoch misses the big 60th bash but still makes his mark
The media mogul, his lieutenants and critics contemplate The Australian’s impact on the nation ahead of its diamond anniversary.
- by Calum Jaspan
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Bulls N' Bears
Strickland marches second diamond rig into WA gold camp
Strickland Metals has kicked its drill program into overdrive, marching a second diamond rig into its Horse Well gold camp – part of its Yandal project in WA.
- by Craig Nolan
Craig Hutchison to sell NBL’s Perth Wildcats for $40m
Craig Hutchison’s embattled media and sports business has sold NBL franchise the Perth Wildcats for $40 million.
- by Calum Jaspan
Exclusive
Media & marketing
News Corp cuts 20 journalists, with The Australian and Herald Sun spared
Twenty more journalists will be made redundant at News Corp Australia as part of a wider effort to save as much as $65 million.
- by Calum Jaspan
Opinion
Investing
Why markets are fretting less about this US election
Elections make for nervous sharemarkets. But this time it’s different for one reason.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Sponsored
Bulls N' Bears
New Chilean ground bolsters Pan Asia lithium play
Pan Asia Metals has stretched the company’s landholding at its Tama Atacama lithium project in Chile out to 1235sq km after securing new ground at the site.
- by James Pearson