ASX closes in the red as recession fears edge up

ASX closes in the red as recession fears edge up

The ASX limped to the finish line and Wall Street broke one of its longest winning streaks in two decades as pressure cranked higher from the bond market.

  • byJessica Yun

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The Australian companies that paid the most – and least – tax

The Australian companies that paid the most – and least – tax

Mining giants paid more income tax in 2021-22 than the rest of the country’s high-value companies combined,while airlines paid none as pandemic effects continued.

  • byRachel Clun
Rio Tinto lashes Wright mining dynasty for implying guilt in Rinehart stoush

Rio Tinto lashes Wright mining dynasty for implying guilt in Rinehart stoush

Rio Tinto has scolded the mining dynasty fighting for a slice of its Hope Downs iron ore hub for casting doubt over what it knew while inking a deal with billionaire Gina Rinehart.

  • byJesinta Burton
ATO claws back record $6.4 billion in multinational crackdown

ATO claws back record $6.4 billion in multinational crackdown

A $1 billion settlement with Rio Tinto underpinned the record windfall secured by the ATO’s tax avoidance taskforce.

  • byLisa Visentin andShane Wright
Rio looks to use old mines for solar power

Rio looks to use old mines for solar power

Australia’s largest iron ore exporter is considering using former mines in the Pilbara to host the solar power farms.

  • bySimon Johanson
Rio’s former first lady lashes ‘disconnected’ corporates over Voice support

Rio’s former first lady lashes ‘disconnected’ corporates over Voice support

The wife of the former Rio Tinto boss who oversaw the Juukan Gorge scandal has railed against “special privileges” for Indigenous Australians.

  • byNoel Towell andKishor Napier-Raman
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Rio Tinto’s former ‘First Lady’ lashes corporate Yes backers

Rio Tinto’s former ‘First Lady’ lashes corporate Yes backers

Muriel Demarcus,whose husband Jean-Sebastien Jacques resigned as Rio Tinto boss after the firm blew up sacred Indigenous sites,had little time for the Voice.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell
Traditional owners dispute Rio Tinto claim rock shelter OK after blast

Traditional owners dispute Rio Tinto claim rock shelter OK after blast

Rio Tinto boss Simon Trott told employees that the inside of the rock shelter was intact,but the body representing the traditional owners says they came to a different conclusion.

  • byPeter Milne
Qantas crisis puts social licence back on corporate agenda

Qantas crisis puts social licence back on corporate agenda

The royal commission into financial services and Rio Tinto’s Juukan Gorge disaster in 2020 have also made social licence an important benchmark for investors.

  • byMillie Muroi andClancy Yeates
Top emitters not funding net zero plans,warns Climate Action 100+

Top emitters not funding net zero plans,warns Climate Action 100+

Australia’s top carbon emitting companies are making progress towards transitioning to net zero emissions,but failing to back up their decarbonisation plans.

  • bySimon Johanson
Rio blast threatens Pilbara Indigenous heritage – again

Rio blast threatens Pilbara Indigenous heritage – again

Rio Tinto has apologised after iron ore blasting may have damaged a registered cultural heritage site,three years after the global Juukan Gorge scandal.

  • byPeter Milne