‘It’s madness’: Safety fears prompt calls to bring back buttons on car dashboards

The Sydney Morning Herald - Oct 22, 2026

Increasingly complex in-car touchscreen menus are unnecessarily distracting drivers, experts say, with calls to force manufacturers to redesign car controls.

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Locksley Resources established a field base at its vast 1000-square-kilometre Greater Tottenham copper-gold project in NSW, advancing plans for a 15,500m drilling blitz.

Red Metal scales up leach tests at QLD rare earths monster
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Red Metal scales up leach tests at QLD rare earths monster

Red Metal is putting its monster Sybella rare earths resource to the processing test, kicking off six-metre column leach trials to prove whether it can develop a cheap, heap leaching QLD operation.

Orbit strikes more massive sulphides in NSW’s Lachlan Fold
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Orbit strikes more massive sulphides in NSW’s Lachlan Fold

Orbit Resources has hit 11.8m of massive sulphides at its Lewis Ponds project in NSW, including 3.55m estimated at 50 of the precious sulphides, with assays pending.

Sarytogan reveals $190M Kazakh graphite plan spanning 50 years
Oct 21, 2026

Sarytogan reveals $190M Kazakh graphite plan spanning 50 years

Sarytogan Graphite’s definitive feasibility study has valued its 50,000tpa Kazakh graphite project at A$190M, with just A$115M in upfront capital earmarked for a 50-year operation.

Platina stakes claim on massive NT tin system
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Platina stakes claim on massive NT tin system

Platina Resources has applied for a vast NT tin tenement package, uncovering four intriguing magnetic targets that could hold the key to a decades-old geological mystery.

Could a 164-year-old Swiss giant quit Switzerland?
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Could a 164-year-old Swiss giant quit Switzerland?

With financial behemoth UBS and the Swiss government at loggerheads, an unthinkable scenario is being spoken about out loud.

Elon Musk’s $5 trillion monster: Tesla and SpaceX exploring the biggest merger in history
Oct 21, 2026

Elon Musk’s $5 trillion monster: Tesla and SpaceX exploring the biggest merger in history

Elon Musk says the companies have taken preliminary steps towards sealing what would rank as the largest corporate tie-up of all time.

Qatar Airways plans flights to western Sydney from late 2027
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The Gulf carrier will fly from Western Sydney International three times a week, making it the fifth foreign carrier to serve Australia’s newest airport.

Nobody wants to pay more tax, except me
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New ACTU president warns AI is automating entire jobs
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The newly elected president of the union peak body says more needs to be done about AI, and that businesses are falling short of their obligations.

‘We’re not afraid of risk’: Big Oil goes back to Iraq
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‘We’re not afraid of risk’: Big Oil goes back to Iraq

While the US and Iran fight, the world’s major oil corporations are heading into neighbouring Iraq to secure future oil supplies.

Mongolian gas prize beckons as TMK Energy clears discovery hurdle
Oct 20, 2026

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