Beaconsfield mine survivor Todd Russell dies aged 54

The Senate voted Monday to advance a major bipartisan bill that aims to speed up the construction of energy and other infrastructure projects — clearing a key hurdle toward the measure becoming law. The vote was 73-25, teeing up likely Senate passage in the weeks ahead. Sen. Mike Rounds (S.D.) was the only GOP no...

The private equity firm that until last week controlled David Jones has tapped Joe Hockey’s lobby shop to manage elected officials on Macquarie Street and in Canberra.

Miners Brant Webb and Todd Russell, who has died aged 54, were trapped by a rockfall at a gold mine at Beaconsfield in 2006.

An investigation into Megaspeed, a Singapore company that was buying advanced Nvidia A.I. chips, was transferred to the Justice Department after a top Nvidia executive reached out to Commerce Department officials.

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang had told him he did not know a woman at the centre of espionage allegations was a suspected Chinese spy, and that he believed the technology executive’s account. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said he had spoken to Huang earlier in the day, as the chipmaker faces scrutiny over whether its founder was targeted by a foreign intelligence operation. “I asked him that question. Did you have any idea...

Trump made the announcement as his own close relationship with Jensen Huang came under renewed scrutiny.

President Trump on Monday said he would not approve new wind turbines despite his support for a permitting reform bill that seeks to ease the passage of all forms of energy, including wind. Trump told reporters during a press briefing Monday that he was “behind” the bipartisan Senate legislation “100 percent.” But, asked if he...

Six children have now been charged over an assault on a 13-year-old boy in Ellenbrook last weekend that was filmed and posted online. It happens all the time.

Goods used by public education entities, including those mandated by Indigenous organizations, will be also be eligible for relief.

President Trump on Monday announced a special envoy for manufacturing in a post to Truth Social. “I am proud to announce that David MacNeil, the GREAT American entrepreneur and founder of WeatherTech, will be the Special Envoy for Manufacturing!” Trump said in his Monday afternoon post. “David has built an incredible American company that makes...

Growing bipartisan pressure is mounting in the US Congress on Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang over his ties to a businesswoman suspected by US intelligence officials of working for Beijing’s intelligence services, with lawmakers from both parties demanding to know whether US national security was compromised. Chinese authorities have dismissed the spying allegations. The controversy escalated over the weekend when Nvidia’s board announced an independent investigation after Huang admitted he...