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Australian household spending jumps 0.8pc in June as fuel spike accelerates EV sales
12+ hour, 6+ min ago (528+ words) Australian household spending jumped beyond estimates in June as consumers speed up the shift to electric vehicles in the wake of Donald Trump’s war in Iran and the ensuing fuel crisis. Ahead of the Reserve Bank’s meeting next week, some…...
Wesfarmers green lights $1.4b WA lithium expansion
1+ week, 6+ day ago (381+ words) The final investment decision by the WA conglomerate and Chile’s SQM will double annual production of lithium concentrate from the Mt Holland mine, near Southern Cross, to 760,000 tonnes from 2030. Wesfarmers and its Chilean partner have approved a $1.4 billion expansion of…...
Rinehart sinks reported $1 billion into SpaceX IPO
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (255+ words) The WA billionaire has lauded SpaceX as an exceptionally led company operating in crucial sectors, while flagging collaboration between the US group and her Hancock Prospecting mining and agribusiness flagship. Gina Rinehart has emerged as a billion-dollar investor in Elon…...
Demand for SpaceX IPO overwhelms CommSec call centre
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (681+ words) Interest is so strong among Australian investors for this week’s SpaceX share market float that clients had to wait almost an hour on Monday to reach the Commonwealth Bank’s stockbroking arm, CommSec. In an unusual move, the CommSec call centre…...
Twiggy shames diesel-obsessed miners over carbon footprint
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (130+ words) Up Late: Twiggy shames diesel-slut miners over carbon footprint and brags mine is smaller than yours The Nightly Up Late: Twiggy shames diesel-obsessed miners over carbon footprint and brags mine is smaller than yours With Energy Minister Chris Bowen under…...
Space X share float to make Elon Musk ‘the world’s first trillionaire’
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (813+ words) The float of the entrepreneur’s SpaceX business in three weeks could crystallise his wealth at $1.5 trillion, the greatest sum possessed by an individual in history. Elon Musk will become humanity’s first trillionaire through the share market float of his space…...
Chris Bowen spruiks EVs ahead of UN climate summit
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (639+ words) Australia and Turkey have revealed that the global oil crisis will prompt a major focus on electric vehicles at the United Nations climate talks in November. Australia and Turkey have flagged they will put vehicle electrification in the fast lane…...
Musk’s SpaceX pulls pin seconds before rocket launch
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (354+ words) SpaceX's newest and biggest Starship will have to wait at least another day before launching a test flight from Texas. SpaceX has scrubbed the launch of its 12th Starship rocket from Texas and will attempt the high-stakes test flight again on…...
All Aussies to be slapped with paying for electric vehicles
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (460+ words) In a cost-of-living crisis, the government is expecting everyone to foot bill for electric vehicles. Australians without electric vehicles could soon be paying for them, regardless of whether they own one or not. The move comes as more Aussies flock…...
Madeleine King urges France to bankroll mining startups
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (987+ words) The Federal Government wants France to kick start more critical minerals mining by investing in projects from scratch. Resources Minister Madeleine King has urged France to kick start more critical minerals mining by investing in projects from scratch, to secure…...