The Australian sharemarket was back in the green, powered by the real estate and consumer sectors, amid hopes geopolitical risks are abating after Israel and Hezbollah reached a ceasefire.

Critica has unleashed a suite of big assay numbers that look set to turbo-charge its highly anticipated maiden clay rare earths resource in WA.

Macquarie has signed onto Empire Energy’s vision to be the first to develop gas from the NT’s onshore Beetaloo basin with a $65m debt funding package.

The veteran retailer has slammed Australia’s legal system, and said people won’t stop shopping at Harvey Norman as it fights allegations of misleading customers.

Javelin Minerals has kicked off drilling at its Coogee gold-copper project near Kambalda where it is looking to test a curious magnetic anomaly near an old open pit.