September
‘The kingmaker seat’: The former Uber exec tasked with taking on the teals
Returning to Australia after almost a decade as an executive with Uber in Asia, Liberal candidate for Curtin Tom White says the ride-share giant helped shape his free market approach to politics.
- Tom Rabe
Jose was priced out of his inner-city home. So were 16,000 others
KPMG data shows rising costs are squeezing out much-needed workers from Sydney and Melbourne’s most sought-after suburbs.
- Campbell Kwan
Chris Ellison asks R U OK?
The mining boss at MinRes told workers of sweeping roster changes. At least there could be free ice-cream.
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- Mark Di Stefano
Chris Ellison’s private chopper goes dark
Chris Ellison’s getting a lot of unwanted attention at the “shittiest time”.
- Updated
- Mark Di Stefano
PM’s secret dinner at mining HQ
Anthony Albanese dined with Chris Ellison and Meg O’Neill on Sunday after the former won a charity prize.
- Mark Di Stefano
Nev Power buys private jet operator
Those still keen on emulating the billionaire class have long made use of charter flights. For which Perth offers plenty of options.
- Myriam Robin
- Opinion
- Opinion
Why Albanese is talking big in WA
The Albanese cabinet is trying to prop up its electoral standing in Western Australia with the promise of new jobs and economic opportunities. The resources sector is highly sceptical of Labor’s agenda.
- Jennifer Hewett
August
Billionaire Chris Ellison seeks new private chopper pilot
The Mineral Resources chief is under pressure from tanking lithium prices, plummeting share prices and a mountain of debt. And if that isn’t enough, he’s now got to find a new pilot.
- Mark Di Stefano
Dreaming of a tree change? You might be too late
Housing approval numbers in many regional areas went backwards in the past financial year, while capital cities fared a lot better, official data shows.
- Larry Schlesinger
Video emerges of Seven’s sexy Santa dancers
The scantily clad dancing group were brought on stage during a Seven West Media staff meeting at 11:15am last week.
- Mark Di Stefano
- Opinion
- Building Bad
How to remake the CFMEU culture of confrontation
Only deeper, durable changes will stop the law-breaking construction union’s self-reinforcing behaviour re-emerging after three years of administration.
- Peter Richards
- Opinion
- Aviation
Why flight delays remain a ‘regrettable reality’ for many Australians
Transport Minister Catherine King promises fixes for airline customers failed by delays, cancellations and sky-high fares – just not quickly.
- Jennifer Hewett
Why this start-up thinks it can succeed where Uber failed
Drive Mate says it has had a 39 per cent increase in vehicles listed to rent on its platform since news broke of Uber’s plan to close its car sharing service.
- Paul Smith
Stokes’ woke regime comes with sexy surprise
Seven West Media’s recent issues haven’t stopped a salacious lunchtime performance.
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- Mark Di Stefano
- Exclusive
- Luxury property
Paul Holmes à Court sells two Perth homes for $24m
Winemaker and cattle baron Paul Holmes à Court and wife Zara have sold their second home in Perth’s salubrious Peppermint Grove for $14.5m.
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- Bonnie Campbell
The two Perth mall deals that have revived the retail market
The Claremont Quarter sale brings the dollar amount of Perth malls transacted this week to $627 million.
- Campbell Kwan
‘Everything up in the air’: Higgins won’t front Reynolds defamation trial
Former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins won’t take the witness stand in a high-profile defamation trial in Perth amid new concerns about her health.
- Tom Rabe
Billionaire fisherman faces barramundi wipeout
Mineral Resources boss Chris Ellison’s private company, Wild Barra Fisheries, faces uncertain future under plans to ban gill nets in the NT and Queensland.
- Brad Thompson
Cars, building materials held up ‘for weeks’ in WA port strike
Unions are warning a looming 48-hour strike at Western Australia’s largest container port could only be the beginning of ongoing industrial action.
- Tom Rabe
- Exclusive
- Shipping
Union walk-off to close WA port
Western Australia’s largest container port is expected to grind to a halt on Sunday as a small group of key workers walk off the job over a pay dispute.
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- Tom Rabe