Daniel Newell

Mineral Resources is still months away from announcing a new board chair to replace James McClements after a tax scandal and a series or corporate governance disasters forced his decision to exit.

Australia’s property market is headed back towards more normalised levels but a widely-tipped interest rate cut from the Reserve Bank will continue to support strong demand from homebuyers.

A pause in escalating trade tensions between the US and its neighbours was not enough to reverse Monday’s massive losses on the Australian stock market, as President Donald Trump prepares to slap a hefty new tariff on Chinese imports.

Terry Holohan was due to return as CEO this week after taking time away following his release by Mali’s ruling military junta who held him captive for almost two weeks over a tax dispute.

Gina Rinehart has topped up her stake in Lynas Rare Earths to nearly $500 million after her surprise appearance on the miner’s register early last year.

Shorts at work? The strict domain of the middle-aged man clinging to memories of a simpler time or an office fashion trend on the brink of a long-awaited comeback?

Wesfarmers will top up its war chest with the $770 million sale of its industrial gases business to a subsidiary of Japan’s Nippon Sanso.

Woodside Energy has engineered an asset swap with fellow oil and gas giant Chevron that chief executive Meg O’Neill says will streamline the company’s portfolio and open it up to further growth opportunities.

Self-funded retirees have been handed an early Christmas present — the cost of funding their life after work is actually falling following years of inflation-fuelled misery. 

ANZ will bring in an international banking heavyweight to succeed outgoing chief executive Shayne Elliott when he leaves the big four lender mid-next year.