Energy sector hits ASX. BHP shares drop 5pc in London after China tells major steelmakers to halt purchases of new BHP shipments. Follow live.

Readers’ letters on Labor’s spending spree, Optus’ Triple Zero meltdown, electric vehicles and the road-user tax, and the need to lift LNG exports John Kehoe writes how budget experts have observed ...

If politicians wait too long for high take-up rates of EVs before starting a road user levy, the political resistance against reform will be much more intense.

The Queensland government’s inquiry into the CFMEU and corruption in the building industry has opened with a warning intimidation of witnesses will not be tolerated.

Donald Trump posted photos from within the White House as shutdown becomes inevitable; PM “concerned” by reports of China’s BHP ban. Follow live.

Rio Tinto, which has been locking in cleaner power contracts for the Boyne aluminium smelter, said no decision had been taken on the final closure date.

Joseph Ziller has recruited former Northcape Capital global equities portfolio manager Wendy Herringer to join his firm after inking a deal with Perennial. His fund has pumped out 40 per cent returns.

If the Eagers chief executive and his new business partner were trying to sell cars on Wednesday, we reckon they would have cleared the showroom floor.

ANZ CEO Nuno Matos is expected to announce that the bank’s “ANZ Plus” project, which has cost around $1.6 billion, will be dramatically scaled back in favour of keeping legacy technology systems ...

Cbus, the $105-billion industry superannuation fund, says it has settled its dispute with MUFG Retirement Solutions over delays in processing death benefit and insurance claims to the families of ...

PLS has re-taken the title as the ASX’s most shorted stock as traders bet the rally in lithium stocks has run too far.

The proposed changes would impose more red tape on listed companies and distort the foundations of Australian company law.