Jessica joined Business News in August 2019 after completing an internship with Adelaide-based online publication The Lead. She covers a variety of topics at Business News for both online and print, including junior mining, sport, health, and technology. Jessica completed a Bachelor of Media at the University of Adelaide in 2019, with a major in journalism, and a Bachelor of Commerce at Curtin University in 2014 (marketing and advertising). She is a former paralegal with national firm Galilee Solicitors.
A report on the WA Football Commission has criticised its boss Grant Dorrington and West Coast chief Trevor Nisbett, while also suggesting the AFL draft age should be higher.
Wesfarmers’ retail businesses have buoyed the group over the past four months, with online sales from Bunnings and Officeworks soaring as consumers spend more time at home.
Auroch Minerals has purchased a stake in a high-grade nickel project near Coolgardie, which it will jointly develop alongside private company Goldfellas.
Perth-based Carabiner will design $4 million worth of school projects, including a new kindergarten centre in Thornlie and a school upgrade in West Byford.
In the latest instalment of our WFH series, Business News examines whether remote working could create more opportunities for corporate interns and graduates.
Perth-based mining services company Western Plant Hire has been bought by two of its senior managers, with backing from private investors led by Peter Hutchinson.
Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting has grown its net profit to about $4 billion, while the group’s largest revenue earner repaid its entire debt over the financial year.
Brisbane-headquartered Senex Energy will exit South Australia’s Cooper Basin after more than 20 years, with its assets to be sold to Beach Energy for $87.5 million.
Takeover target Cardinal Resources has requested that its bidders be allowed to improve their proposals after having declared their $1 per share bids as ‘best and final’.
Russian miner Nordgold has extended its offer to buy Perth-based Cardinal Resources, one day after matching the off-market proposal from China’s Shandong Gold.
Russia’s Nordgold is not backing down in a takeover battle for Cardinal Resources, despite the Perth-based gold play in favour of a matching offer from Shandong Gold.
Russian mining giant Nordgold alleges its takeover target Cardinal Resources has acted deceptively towards shareholders, with the matter escalated to the Takeovers Panel.
A lower oil price has cut Woodside Petroleum’s revenue by about 40 per cent, but the company is studying to lift planned capacity of its Scarborough LNG project.
Gascoyne Resources has relisted on the ASX, following a $125 million recapitalisation that helped the embattled goldminer repay its creditors and continue mining operations.