A climate researcher asked: "Why would they allow further seismic survey if, as we understand, there's no new offshore petroleum permits?"

Mineral sands group commits to the country's first refinery, boosted by a $749m loan from the federal government to counter China's dominance of the processing of rare earths

Under the proposal, Pendal's shareholders will get one Perpetual share for every 7.5 Pendal shares, along with A$1.67 in cash, taking the offer price to A$6.23 per share

ATN was widely expected as the likely winner of an auction for Axicom's assets, given its existing footprint and potential synergies in adding towers

Bullock is an assistant governor at the Reserve Bank of Australia responsible for the bank's financial stability and has an oversight of the payments system.

That gave it the third-largest share of the central bank's reserves. US dollar reserves fell to 80.34% of the total from 86.03% a year earlier

Uranium prices, which plunged after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, have surged in the past year as more nuclear power stations are set to be built globally

The equity capital raise will be conducted via a rights issue and redeemable shares raising NZ$1.8 billion, NZ$850 million of which will be used to repay outstanding debt

Lawsuit claims Star engaged in "misleading or deceptive conduct" over six years up to March 2022 over its systems, controls, operations and regulatory risks

The economy is forecast to expand by a robust 4.5% this financial year, up from the 3.75% tipped in December, as net overseas migration surges

Bill Gates-backed Heliogen has secured funding from top Australian energy producer Woodside for a trial of its concentrated-solar-power tech ahead of a planned push into Australia

Australia will back two new freight terminals as part of the Melbourne Intermodal plan to send more goods by rail, setting out a plan that could ease differences with the state government