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  1. Mining giant fires top executive after sexual harassment probe

    The Andrew Forrest-backed miner has sacked a manager at the centre of a months-long sexual harassment and bullying investigation.

  2. Locksley gears up for major NSW copper-gold drilling push

    Locksley Resources established a field base at its vast 1000-square-kilometre Greater Tottenham copper-gold project in NSW, advancing plans for a 15,500m drilling blitz.

  3. 'Imagine siding with the tech bros': Pocock proposes new levy on big players

    Speaking at the National Press Club, the ACT senator outlined his vision for a political system beyond the major parties.

  4. The Orionid meteor shower peaks this week. Here's when Australians should look up

    The Orionids return this week, though experts say their glory days were over 2,500 years ago.

  5. Red Metal scales up leach tests at QLD rare earths monster

    Red Metal is putting its monster Sybella rare earths resource to the processing test, kicking off six-metre column leach trials to prove whether it can develop a cheap, heap leaching QLD operation.

  6. Premier Ben Carroll admits driving off without paying for fuel after servo alerts police

    Victoria's Premier Ben Carroll has admitted driving away from a petrol station without paying for fuel.

  7. The nearly impossible job of picking up when the peculiar become pathological

    It is labour-intensive and, in reality, like trying to stop a river with a tea-strainer. How police try to identify the obsessed who have the potential to become violent.

  8. Business owner claims $100,000 is the new 'poverty line' for Australian families amid soaring living costs: 'You have to live in a car'

    A six-figure salary was once a ticket to a comfortable life in Australia. Now, a businessman claims $100,000 a year is barely enough to keep a family from poverty.

  9. Aussie cop issues a warning to drivers who use Waze to dodge speed cameras and police

    An Aussie cop has issued a warning to drivers using Waze.

  10. First look at how Maidstone street could be redeveloped into car-free restaurant quarter

    The first designs for how a town centre street could be redeveloped into a car-free restaurant and cultural quarter have been unveiled.