Business

The deal means the case will no longer head to trial.

Australia’s jobs freeze is playing out differently across the public and private sectors, with government organisations more likely to be hiring but also far more likely to be planning redundancies.

Established in 1955, it has since worked on road and rail projects, the demolition of Princess Margaret Hospital and Subiaco Oval, the development of Joondalup, and the Telfer gold mine in the Pilbara.

Home borrowers have been spared more pain with the Reserve Bank’s monetary policy board unanimously voting to leave rates unchanged for the first time since December, amid an expected end to the Iran war.

Manufacturers are bracing for weaker conditions despite Donald Trump declaring a US-Iran peace deal the industry hopes will lead to lower fuel and energy costs.

Beloved craft retailer Lincraft will close the remainder of its bricks and mortar stores, citing changing customer behaviour and low-cost overseas competition.

Financial advisers have raised concerns about divorced couples’ rights to negatively gear investment properties.

The 14,000 residents of a Texas town wonder what the historic initial public offering might mean for them.

The Reserve Bank is unanimously expected to leave interest rates on hold but whether the next move is up or down remains uncertain.

AARON PATRICK: Cloaking tax increases as economic reform isn’t going to make Australians better off when average incomes have barely moved since 2012.

America’s closest allies have been blocked from Anthropic’s Mythos.

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.

Aussie stocks are surging on news the US and Iran have reached a truce that could end the Persian Gulf energy crisis and cap the impact on global inflation.

Q+A: Being declared bankrupt is life-changing. It’s true, some assets held under certain trust arrangements can’t be seized. But could you hide money you may have left from creditors by sticking it in super?