The one age at which you will pay more tax than any other

If you are in your early 40s, you are not imagining it – you really are paying more tax than anyone else in the country.

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Australia’s economic slowdown is just beginning, economists warn, as recession risks rise

Australia’s economic slowdown is just beginning, economists warn, as interest rate rises and cost-of-living pressures weigh on households.

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WA resources stump up regional house construction

Funding for hundreds of new homes in regional towns across Western Australia has been given a boost with a $170 million contribution from the State’s resources sector.

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Shares in BHP, Rio Tinto, Fortescue and MinRes tumble on surging Simandou shipments

The big four ASX-listed iron ore stocks collectively lost about $16 billion on Thursday after the “Pilbara killer” mine in Africa beat expectations.

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Iron ore giants start to feel the heat of higher exports from ‘Pilbara killer’ Simandou mine in Guinea

Surging exports from the giant “Pilbara killer” iron ore mine in Guinea have spooked investors in WA’s powerhouse producers of the steel-making ingredient

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Snowy Hydro boss concedes mega-project may miss its 2028 deadline

Snowy Hydro has conceded it may miss its 2028 deadline for finishing the Snowy 2.0 project and revealed its “disappointing” Italian contractor Webuild could suffer losses depending on the size of a major budget blowout.

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WA’s world-leading resources sector continues to drive economy

Media release WA’s world-leading resources sector maintains record employment levels in 2025.

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Routine farming operations ‘criminalised’ by new EPBC green tape

Routine farming operations have been criminalised by federal environmental law changes, say farmers, who are demanding Environ­ment Minister Murray Watt intervene to avoid a hit to ­farm productivity and food ­security.

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Envy politics ignores where the tax money comes from

Discipline needed for governments to spend like they had to earn it

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Rival unions clash over BHP pay deal one leader branded a ‘pile of snot’

Unions are threatening to shut down BHP’s only iron ore export port in what shapes as a dire blow to the Australian economy.

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