The Australian wine industry has not had a happy few years. A decade-long drought in South Australia was relieved by a wet winter this year but the industry is still running out of water... more
Rio Tinto, one of the world's leading miners, has agreed to pay an undisclosed percentage of iron ore sales to traditional landowners in Western Australia clearing the way for its expansion plans... more
London-listed mining giant Rio Tinto shows the damage of the cyclones and flooding that hit Australia in the first three months of the year, with lower metal production figures... more
Ian Bell Ashes diary: As much as being a game of technique and talent, cricket is now very much a physical sport and you have to be able to stand up, especially on hot days... more
England left for Australia charged with the serious business of trying to win the Ashes Down Under for the first time in 23 years but it seems some of the squad have been playing for laughs... more
High school teacher who told her class to plan an attack that would kill as many innocent people as possible was not promoting terrorism, officials say... more
Stocks in Australia’s mining giants rise as government plans for a tax on their profits are thrown into doubt after the country’s election brings a hung parliament... more
The family of an Aboriginal elder who died of heat stroke in a prison van in 122F heat will be given $3.2 million Australian dollars (£1.8million) compensation. Prison officers were unaware the air conditioning had broken. Western Australia attorney-general Christian Porter said the payment was "to show contrition".... more
Australia’s competition watchdog sets a deadline of July 22 to review a proposed $116 billion iron ore joint venture between BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto... more
Rio Tinto declared it would resume the expansion of the world's biggest diamond mine next year as global demand for jewellery begins to recover from the recession... more
British mining giant BHP Billiton has pressed the button on a sale of its giant white elephant Ravensthorpe nickel mine for an auction that could fetch up to $1 billion (£604 million), reports said ... more
Justin Langer became the highest-scoring Australian batsman in first-class cricket at Worcester today when he overhauled Sir Donald Bradman's career total of 28,067 runs... more
Energy: Oil and gas producer Woodside Petroleum insists it will not be forced into asset sales, and believes it can raise funds of up to $1.7 billion from the debt markets... more
Mining: London-listed mining giant BHP Billiton is following rival Rio Tinto with a big round of job cuts — 6000 — as demand for resources stalls... more
Mining: London-listed mining giant BHP Billiton is following rival Rio Tinto with a big round of job cuts — 6000 — as demand for resources stalls... more
Halifax owner HBOS is in exclusive talks to sell its Australian business BankWest to the country’s biggest mortgage provider for about £800 million... more
Energy: Oil and gas producer Woodside Petroleum, 34%-owned by Royal Dutch Shell, says a planned Australian carbon-trading scheme will more than double its operating costs on most projects... more
Mining: Uranium producers including mining giant BHP Billiton are set to benefit from a change of government in the resource-rich state of Western Australia... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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