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Resources Minister Madeleine King says with China dominating between 70 and 90 per cent of the sector, Australia needs to get in the rare earths fight.

Hundreds of Meta employees will be made redundant as the company attempts to streamline its operations.

Labor’s revamped tranche of Nature Positive 2.0 legislation is hanging in the balance with both the Coalition and Greens attacking the proposed changes.

Optus has announced two of its senior executives will be stepping down as the telco giant continues to face backlash over its recent triple-0 outage.

AARON PATRICK: A working mother’s win against Westpac shows just how far the pendulum has swung against employers.

BHP has not ruled out joining forces with Rio Tinto, or another Pilbara iron ore player, to confront its biggest customer flexing its market muscle.

A Reserve Bank report says Australia’s push to become a global force in critical minerals may take far longer than expected, despite a major new deal with the US.

BHP’s boss is warning high energy prices are crippling Australia’s competitiveness, saying the country is at risk of being left behind by its rivals in the global race for investment. 

Apple’s Vision Pro just met its match — and it’s half the price.

Elon Musk has shrugged off another quarter of tumbling profits to tell investors to focus on his vision of self-driving, robotaxis and artificially intelligent Optimus robots that can replace surgeons.

STEPHEN JOHNSON: As China’s economic growth slows, Guinea’s Simandou iron ore could put downward pressure on prices, hurting Australian tax revenue.

US President Donald Trump has demanded Russia accept an immediate ceasefire, slapping the warring nation with major oil sanctions set to ‘degrade the Kremlin’.

Meta will lay off about 600 employees within its artificial intelligence unit as the company looks to reduce layers and operate more nimbly.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Two narratives — China as cheater and China as colossus — are simplistic reactions to something far more complex. Yet their popularity reveals something deeper about the American psyche.

High school and university students need to take advantage of a ‘unique opportunity’ that could help them land a job almost anywhere, according to billionaire serial entrepreneur and investor Mark Cuban.