Businesses are stepping up their calls for the tax office to rethink its policy change to stop accepting credit card payments in response to the ban on surcharges.

Platina Resources has kicked off a 3200m aircore drilling program at its Mt McKenna gold project in WA’s hot Laverton district, chasing earlier high-grade intercepts.

Forrestania Resources has defined a maiden 223,300-ounce gold resource at its Tampia project near Merredin in WA, bolstering its new Westonia hub-and-spoke processing strategy.

Auric Mining has locked in its WA Union Jack acquisition for $9.5m in cash and shares, lifting the company’s global resource by 51% to 301,000 mine-ready gold ounces.

Dalaroo Metals soared 106% to close at 15.5c after jagging high-grade gold in Côte d’Ivoire, landing 18m at 7.31g/t gold and a broad hit of 23m at 2.14g/t from surface.

The US sharemarket goes up and up, but it’s not a broad-based bull run. In fact, it comes down to two tech stars that are stemming the tide for investors.

The Australian sharemarket dithered in Wednesday’s session, in contrast to Wall Street’s record-setting rally, as local traders tiptoed around rising bond yields and oil prices.

A battle has erupted over plans to let grid operators mount EV chargers on their power poles – and bill non-EV drivers for the cost.

Our use of interest rates to control inflation is yet another respect in which our economic system is biased against the young.

Popular online clothing retailer ASOS said basic personal information may have been accessed in a cyberattack after customers received a threatening phone alert.