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Life in Oslo was eye-opening.

My summer in Norway left me sad for Australia’s future

In the month I spend there, I learn that Norway is a country where the perks of clever policy abound. But it’s who pays for these perks that is so exasperating.

  • Lucianne Tonti

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Incoming Rio Tinto chief executive Simon Trott (left), outgoing Rio boss Jakob Stausholm, US President Donald Trump, BHP chief executive Mike Henry and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum in the Oval Office.

Australia’s two biggest miners meet Trump over controversial copper plan

The US president has weighed in on the latest development in a fight that has been going on for years.

  • Nick Toscano
Adani had taken the Queensland government to court in a bid to end a royalties dispute.

LNP trumpets Adani mine investment but remains coy on royalty deal

The Crisafulli government has touted an end to “hostilities” with the owner of the Carmichael coal mine amid a promised $50m expansion.

  • Matt Dennien
BHP, the largest Australian mining company, earns most of its money from digging up iron ore in WA and selling it to China.

BHP profits take a hit as prices fall for Australia’s mining exports

Prices for shipments of Australian iron ore and coal have tumbled on softer demand in China, while Donald Trump’s trade wars continue casting a cloud over the outlook.

  • Nick Toscano
RBA Governor Michele Bullock attempts to get attention back on interest rates at her Tuesday press conference that was ultimately dominated by questions over productivity.

What the RBA governor’s struggle to get a room to focus on rates says about the economy

For three days, two dozen people will debate ways to lift the nation’s living standards as productivity growth remains sluggish. Failure cannot be an option.

  • Shane Wright
A broken welcome sign in Kalgoorlie.

Why Australia’s gold towns could turn into ghost towns

The mining industry’s annual Diggers and Dealers gabfest in Kalgoorlie has highlighted a key problem that could put the brakes on gold miners looking to cash in on record prices.

  • Jacob Shteyman
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Senex, headed by CEO Ian Davies, has given the ACCC recent bidding data for 229 petajoules of new gas that showed buyers would have secured prices in the “low to mid-teens”.

Resources department paid $187k to industry figure for 25 days’ work

The arrangement with Ian Davies, who led a gas producer owned by Gina Rinehart, was revealed during parliamentary estimates – along with a donation to the LNP in his name.

  • Matt Dennien and Marissa Calligeros

Broken Hill crisis response requires rethink

There is no known safe level of lead in blood, especially for children.

  • The Herald's View
Atlas Pearce plays in his front yard in South Broken Hill, as mother Darcy watches on.

The housing crisis leaving children crawling in poison

Darcy Pearce and her two toddlers were forced out of their rental when the local health service identified concerning levels of lead in her daughter’s blood.

  • Angus Thomson
China’s production of steel – much of it made from Australian iron ore – has been slowing.

Rio Tinto takes hit as Trump trade war casts cloud over miners

A slowdown in Chinese demand for steel has also weighed on Australia’s largest iron ore miner, as it delivers its smallest first-half profit in five years.

  • Nick Toscano