14 h. ago ASX slips for a third day as tech stocks fall, gold miners advance

Gold miners bolstered the Australian sharemarket on Wednesday, but their gains weren’t enough to offset losses by interest-rate sensitive sectors such as technology.

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15 h. ago True North sharpens copper exploration strategy in Queensland

True North Copper has identified a bevy of iron-oxide-copper-gold targets across its consolidated Chumvale province in northwest Queensland.

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15 h. ago Strickland boosts Serbian play with maiden 1.2Moz Gradina gold resource

Strickland Metals has unveiled an impressive 1.2 million-ounce maiden Gradina gold resource in Serbia, lifting its Rogozna project to 8.6 million gold-equivalent ounces.

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21 h. ago Gold miners hold up ASX; Wall Street drifts ahead of Fed’s rate call

Gold miners led the Australian sharemarket slightly higher on Wednesday morning after US stocks were treading water overnight.

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27 h. ago As a baby fleeing Africa, Victoria nearly drowned. Now she’s aiming for a gold medal

From fitness to mental-health ritual, swimming is a national pastime. And for many, a dip has helped them overcome adversity.

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37 h. ago Richo’s sins are washed as the Love Boat, Gold Coast and other scandals fade into the mist

The great and the good assembled to farewell Graham Richardson, honoured for his singular talent in wielding political influence.

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42 h. ago From AI to Bitcoin: These five trends will dominate markets in 2026

Gold and silver will keep their lustre, but can Bitcoin become their digital equivalent?

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46 h. ago Alcoa butts heads with mines department over Darling Ranges exploration plans

Bauxite miner Alcoa’s plans to drill more than 100,000 holes a year as it explores the Darling Ranges have raised the hackle of WA’s mining department.

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5 d. ago ASX Runners of the Week: Phoslock, Black Horse, DGR & African Gold

The Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is Phoslock Environmental Technologies, after it flicked the switch on its Chinese water treatment factory after four long years.

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5 d. ago West Wits opens South Africa’s first new gold mine in 15 years

West Wits Mining has opened its Qala Shallows underground mine west of Johannesburg, marking the first new underground gold mine development in South Africa in 15 years.

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5 d. ago ‘Conflict bait’: How MPs are turning tedious hearings into social media gold

Senators are seeing massive spikes in social media views and followers as they mimic the combative style of US congresspeople.

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5 d. ago ASX recovers on tech strength despite rate cut hopes dissipating

Tech and gold companies have lifted the Australian market out of an early loss following a positive lead from Wall Street.

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6 d. ago Man allegedly behind airport gun firing jailed over train station attacks

Nicholas Teplin has been sentenced for a peak-hour rampage at Central Station, as more details emerged about a scuffle with police at Sydney Airport’s domestic terminal.

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6 d. ago Pacgold gears up new South Australian mine for first gold pour

Pacgold Limited is about to restart its newly acquired White Dam gold mine in South Australia, ahead of a drill program and pregnant leach solutions set to flow.

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7 d. ago Aureka jags more visible gold with bonanza grades in Victoria

Aureka Limited has revealed fresh bonanza-grade assays at its flagship Irvine gold project in Victoria, confirming visible gold hits, running up to 85.8g/t.

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8 d. ago Changing Track documentary chronicles Aussie paralympian cyclists in their quest for gold

A new documentary called Changing Track documents three Australian paralympians and their quest for gold.

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8 d. ago Trump wants to ‘drill, baby, drill’. This Australian giant is happy to help

Oil and gas giant Woodside is expanding in the US under its American chief executive. Over brunch in New York, Meg O’Neill explains why she thinks the climate conversation has fundamentally changed.

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9 d. ago She won gold medals and broke records in 2025. But this Aussie high jumper’s year just got better

Bruce McAvaney’s outstanding lifetime of work, and Nicola Olyslagers’ outstanding year, has delivered the Australians two of World Athletics’ highest accolades.

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1 week ago ‘Nice to be back’: Piastri lands early blow in Qatar as F1 title chase ramps up

Oscar Piastri has grabbed a crucial pole for the sprint at the Qatar Grand Prix – the race where he must thrive or give up any hope of winning the world title – and declared: “Nice to be back!”

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1 week ago Gateway ramps up drilling near Wiluna as gold nuggets point the way

Gateway Mining is accelerating exploration across its WA gold portfolio, with a second diamond drill rig now on site at its Yandal gold project, 85 kilometres northeast of Wiluna.

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