OPINION: Australia’s next alliance contribution won’t just be military, it will be industrial.
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Peter De Leo-led Lycopodium has continued its longstanding working partnership with Endeavour Mining, after booking another major engineering and procurement contract.
His daughter, Thea Burke, said Peter Manning died on Monday morning at Sydney’s Royal Prince Alfred Hospital after an illness.
The state’s brick shortage has resulted in a $4 million government agreement with Brickworks to restart a kiln facility in Cardup, which was mothballed three years ago.
Interest rates are now at their highest point in almost 15 years and could surge further after the Reserve Bank of Australia hiked the official cash rate to 4.6 per cent.
The investigation into the missing cocaine drug exhibit at the Suva High Court is now focusing on the handling and management of exhibits kept at the High Court Registry. Forensic testing conducted on the remaining drug exhibits has returned negative results, according to Police. In a statement this afternoon, the Fiji Police Force say the exhibits had been tampered with. The investigation is now concentrating on individuals directly charged with the management of exhibits at the High Court Registry as authorities work to establish how the tampering occurred and what led to the disappearance of the missing exhibit. A person…
The state government has appointed Crothers Construction to build a new primary school in Perth’s north, awarding the company a $48 million contract.
Fiji’s three sugar mills are recording better sugar recovery and reduced downtime in several areas during the 2026 crushing season. Minister for Agriculture, Waterways and Sugar Industry Tomasi Tunabuna told Parliament that Fiji Sugar Corporation’s figures up to September 21 show improvements compared with the same period last year. The tonnes of cane required to produce one tonne of sugar, known as the TCTS ratio, improved across all three mills. Lautoka recorded a drop from 16.0 to 11.4, Rarawai from 13.9 to 11.3, and Labasa from 11.0 to 9.1, indicating improved sugar recovery. Inside mill stoppages also declined at Lautoka…
Deterra Royalties has added a third core asset to its business, acquiring a royalty over the planned Santa Cruz copper project in Arizona for $US74 million ($A105 million).
Perenti has secured a wide range of drilling contracts across its portfolio, along with a major underground-based deal with Endeavour Mining.