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ASX loses over $50bn in value as recession fears spook markets
The Australian sharemarket is on track to post its biggest weekly loss in two years following a wipeout on Wall Street, as worries about a fragile global economy roar back to the fore.
- by Stan Choe and Lachlan Abbott
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The Wrap: ASX extends slump as rates rally runs out of puff
The Australian sharemarket finished slightly lower, despite making early gains following the Fed’s biggest hike to interest rates since 1994.
- by Lachlan Abbott
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The Wrap: ASX extends losses ahead of US interest rate decision
The Australian sharemarket has fallen another 1.3 per cent with a looming US interest rate decision on the horizon.
- by Colin Kruger and Lachlan Abbott
Analysis
AFL mid-season report: Hawks take flight, Kangaroos flop, and the Lions roar
It’s the halfway mark of the 2022 AFL season, and time for a report card on just how your club is faring.
- by Jon Pierik, Andrew Wu, Lachlan Abbott, Peter Ryan and Damien Ractliffe
‘We have got to open up quickly’: Business leader Leigh Clifford warns of skills crisis
Former Qantas chairman and Rio Tinto chief executive Leigh Clifford has been made a companion of the Order of Australia. In receiving the honour, he added his voice to the many business leaders calling out for a boost to immigration.
- by Lachlan Abbott
Rio Tinto calls on renewables to power Queensland aluminium operations
Australia’s second-largest miner wants to run its three Queensland aluminium assets on wind and solar energy.
- by Lachlan Abbott and Nick Toscano
‘Deliberately misled’: Netball players ‘distressed’ and ‘devastated’ as grand final moved
The players’ association said the decision to move the grand final to WA late in the season without consultation was “shattering” and called for “a change of culture” at Netball Australia.
- by Lachlan Abbott and Roy Ward
AFL Briefing
Dees make five changes; From chicken shop to Eagles’ nest; Football family in mourning
Top mid-season draft pick Jai Culley said his two jobs in a supermarket and chicken shop helped him reach the AFL; team news for round 12; and the death of a football family patriarch.
- by Lachlan Abbott, Andrew Wu and Alexander Dabb
Every player picked in the 2022 mid-season AFL draft
All the picks from Wednesday night’s AFL mid-season draft.
- by Lachlan Abbott, Alexander Dabb and Claire Siracusa
Bombers backflip on football department review
Essendon has launched a review of its football department, with a focus on player development, coaching and recruitment after a disappointing first half of the season.
- by Lachlan Abbott
AFL Briefing
Why ex-Bombers captain loved Parish’s on-field argument; Dees to regain premiership stars
Brendon Goddard says Darcy Parish is not confrontational by nature, which made his strong words at quarter-time all the more impressive.
- by Lachlan Abbott, Jon Pierik and Alexander Dabb