The Australian

The Australian is a prominent broadsheet newspaper that has been published across Australia from Monday to Saturday since July 14, 1964. The current editor-in-chief is Paul Whittaker, while John Lehmann serves as the editor, and Paul Kelly holds the position of editor-at-large. This newspaper is distributed nationwide in all states and territories and is recognized as the best-selling national newspaper in Australia, boasting a weekday circulation of 116,655 and a weekend circulation of 254,891. However, these numbers are lower than those of leading newspapers in Sydney (The Daily Telegraph), Melbourne (The Herald Sun), and Brisbane (The Courier-Mail). Its main competitors include the business-oriented Australian Financial Review and The Saturday Paper, which is popular on weekends.

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#9096

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#161

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PTR hits impressive HM mineralisation at Rosewood

5 days ago | theaustralian.com.au | Robert Gottliebsen |Liam Mendes |Joe Kelly |Noah Yim

The new intersections confirm continuity, grade and thicknessHM mineralisation now extends over an area exceeding 20km2 and remains open to the northFurther drilling is expected to commence later this weekSpecial Report: Drilling results from the remaining 63 aircore holes at Petratherm’s Rosewood heavy mineral prospect in South Australia’s northern Gawler Craton have expanded the mineralised zone, reinforcing consistency in grade and thickness.
Long Shortz: Sipa Resources

5 days ago | theaustralian.com.au | Robert Gottliebsen |Liam Mendes |Joe Kelly |Noah Yim

StockheadTylah Tully chats with Sipa Resources (ASX:SRI) managing director Andrew Muir about the all the auric activity going down at the company's collection of South Australian gold projects. While a lot of attention has been narrowed on the Goldfields of Western Australia, the overlooked territory in a tier-1 South Australian jurisdiction might be to Sipa's benefit as the company rolls its sleeves up for multiple drill campaigns throughout the remainder of 2025. Watch the video to learn more.
Telstra wins film prize but Aussie work lags globally

5 days ago | theaustralian.com.au | Danielle Long

Telstra has been recognised among some of the world’s best brands after its advertising campaigns scooped top awards at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Three recent campaigns from the telecommunications giant were recognised at the annual advertising awards festival, alongside global work for Apple, AXA, Budweiser, Dove and Vaseline.
ADX Austrian prospects host 29Bcf of gas

1 week ago | theaustralian.com.au | Megan Neil |Lydia Lynch |Ben Packham |James M Gerrard

Special Report: ADX Energy has progressed its shallow gas ambitions in Austria with the maturing of seven prospects with mean prospective resources totalling 29 billion cubic feet of gas to drill-ready status.
Gosford, Bathurst best bets, inside mail for Thursday, June 19, 2025

1 week ago | theaustralian.com.au | Adam Sherry |Rodger Shanahan |Lydia Lynch |Greg Brown

Racenet and The Daily Telegraph form analyst Adam Sherry provides his best bets and race-by-race analysis for Gosford as well as his top picks at Bathurst on Thursday. • PUNT LIKE A PRO: Become a Racenet iQ member and get expert tips – with fully transparent return on investment statistics – from Racenet’s team of professional punters at our Pro Tips section. SUBSCRIBE NOW!■ ■ ■ ■ ■BEST BETRace 4 No.1: GOLDEN STRAANDNice debut when runner-up at Wyong. Drawn ideally and can go one better.
StockTake: Lumos Diagnostics

1 week ago | theaustralian.com.au | Lydia Lynch |Peta Credlin |Eli Greenblat |James Kirby

StockheadStockhead’s Tylah Tully unpacks the latest from Lumos Diagnostics (ASX:LDX), who have enrolled its 500th patient in a CLIA waiver study for FebriDx, its rapid point-of-care diagnostic test to differentiate between bacterial and non-bacterial acute respiratory infections. The company has a funding partnership with the US government’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).
ITM on tail of Reynolds Range antimony

1 week ago | theaustralian.com.au | Megan Neil |Lydia Lynch |Ben Packham |James M Gerrard

ITM identifies up to 12.35g/t gold and 5.4% antimony in historical drillingResults add to project’s gold and antimony prospectivity with new structures emergingMapping and sampling planned ahead of drillingSpecial Report: iTech Minerals has identified gold and antimony in data from historical drilling and rock chips at Falchion prospect of its Reynolds Range project in the NT.
BTR to start underground mining at Fish

1 week ago | theaustralian.com.au | Anne Barrowclough |Lydia Lynch |Perry Williams |Yoni Bashan

Brightstar Resources is advancing underground development at its Fish gold mine within the Laverton hubOre from the mine will feed into the company’s Laverton hub ore purchase agreement with Genesis MineralsSurface drilling has also started to test for mineralisation under the current resource and planned miningSpecial Report: Brightstar Resources will soon add a second source of high-grade gold to the ore processed under its Laverton Hub ore purchase agreement (OPA) with Genesis Minerals.
Israel-Iran conflict: Donald Trump won't kill Ayatollah Ali Khamenei 'for now'

1 week ago | theaustralian.com.au | Lydia Lynch |Joe Kelly

LIVEWelcome to The Australian's rolling coverage of Israel's ongoing conflict with Iran as the two sides continue to fire missile barrages at each other.
FebriDx joins key GP antibiotic trial

1 week ago | theaustralian.com.au | Anne Barrowclough |Lydia Lynch |Janet Albrechtsen |Peter Jennings

Lumos’ FebriDx included in Australian trial aimed at reducing unnecessary antibiotic prescribing for respiratory infections in primary care FebriDx tests are part of a suite of interventions being assessed in University of Wollongong OPTIMA-GP trial First Australian study to use FebriDx rapid point-of-care test in a general practice primary care setting Special Report: Lumos Diagnostics’ rapid point-of-care diagnostic FebriDx will be used in an Australian university study aimed at reducing...