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30+ min ago (596+ words) Venus Metals has urged shareholders to sit on their hands and ignore the noise after private company QGold launched an unsolicited, low-ball takeover bid for the Western Australian exploration company this week. The 17-cent cash offer, unveiled in a bidder's statement yesterday, landed with all the fizz of a flat beer - at a zero premium to the last closing price and, according to the company, nowhere near the value of what is really under Venus' bonnet. The bid, spearheaded by billionaire coalman Chris Wallin through his private QGold vehicle, is unconditional and will run until at least 16 January next year. Using Venus' own numbers, QGold's 17-cent bid pegs the entire company at roughly $33.3 million. However, once the balance sheet is fully unpacked, that figure begins to look a little opportunistic. First cab off the rank is a one per cent…...

30+ min ago (596+ words) Venus Metals has urged shareholders to sit on their hands and ignore the noise after private company QGold launched an unsolicited, low-ball takeover bid for the Western Australian exploration company this week. The 17-cent cash offer, unveiled in a bidder's statement yesterday, landed with all the fizz of a flat beer - at a zero premium to the last closing price and, according to the company, nowhere near the value of what is really under Venus' bonnet. The bid, spearheaded by billionaire coalman Chris Wallin through his private QGold vehicle, is unconditional and will run until at least 16 January next year. Using Venus' own numbers, QGold's 17-cent bid pegs the entire company at roughly $33.3 million. However, once the balance sheet is fully unpacked, that figure begins to look a little opportunistic. First cab off the rank is a one per cent…...

45+ min ago (598+ words) The bids have closed in the sale of Hollywood studio Warner Bros. We take a look at what each of the potential buyers - Netflix, Paramount and Comcast - have to gain....

47+ min ago (581+ words) Aguia Resources has appointed Tim Hosking as the company's new Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately, following the resignation of William Howe as Managing Director and CEO. The leadership change comes at a pivotal moment for the multi-commodity explorer, with its flagship phosphate operations in Brazil on track for first production in Q1 2026 and efforts intensifying to revive the company's gold assets in Colombia. Hosking, who joined Aguia as Brazil Country Manager in early 2024, has been the driving force behind key milestones at the company's Rio Grande do Sul phosphate projects. The milestones include securing a long-term lease with Grupo Dagoberto Barcelos to manufacture Pampafos fertiliser, locking in favourable financing from a Brazilian development bank, advancing mine planning at the Tres Estradas phosphate deposit and securing multiple offtake agreements. Recent field trials have confirmed Pampafos' agronomic performance, delivering yields over 8 tonnes per…...

55+ min ago (58+ words) Georgia Campion is a reporter for Countryman. Originally from Melbourne, Georgia has called WA home since 2011. She began her journalism career in 2023 at the Albany Advertiser before making the move to Countryman in May 2025. Georgia now writes about politics, news, livestock, grain, and court. She loves to travel, photography, and knows too much useless trivia....

1+ hour, 1+ min ago (29+ words) Should he retain his own titles, Jai Opetaia will fly to Los Angeles and confront the new WBC champion in an attempt to finally lock in a unification bout....

1+ hour, 3+ min ago (58+ words) Bob Garnant has worked as a journalist with the Countryman since 2008. He previously held a stud stock advertising and advertorial position with the agricultural paper since 1998, in photography and report writing of stud promotions and sales. Since he was given an editorial role, his work maintains stud sales reporting intertwined with livestock and wool industry news....

1+ hour, 5+ min ago (253+ words) China's Shenzhou-22 mission has blasted off as the nation looks to plug safety risks to its crewed spaceflight program and space station after a vessel was damaged in orbit. The Shenzhou-22 spacecraft took off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China at 12.11pm local time (3.11pm AEDT) on Monday, according to a livestream on state-owned broadcaster CCTV. The spacecraft will travel to China's permanently inhabited Tiangong space station, where three astronauts currently reside with no flightworthy vessel that could return them to earth in the event of an emergency. On November 5, the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft was meant to return a trio of Chinese astronauts back to earth but was deemed unfit to fly after sustaining suspected debris damage while docked at Tiangong. This forced China's space authorities to deploy the only remaining flightworthy vessel, the Shenzhou-21, which had just arrived at…...

1+ hour, 7+ min ago (417+ words) Little Creatures officially opened its doors at Elizabeth Quay on Tuesday morning, bringing one of WA's most iconic brewing names to the Perth CBD. Three years in the making, the venue at Nine The Esplanade precinct promises world-class design while incorporating a uniquely WA character. The Three Pound Group, which has venues throughout Perth including The Elford, The Reveley, Good Company and The Camfield, has joined with Australasian group Lion to bring the project to life. Three Pound Group general manager Tim McLernon said the venue had its own character, with a fresh CBD-friendly take designed to suit a corporate crowd but without losing Little Creatures' soul. "We didn't want to recreate Fremantle," he said. "That venue has its own character. We've created something with the Little Creatures DNA, but definitely a more corporate, CBD version." Mr McLernon said the…...