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• Live: ANZ's new CEO, ASX slips despite record Wall St close

  08-12-2024 21:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Wall Street ended the week with another record close, but the ASX didn't follow suit with subdued trading ahead of tomorrow's RBA rates decision. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• Western Renewables Link passes planning hurdle as cost review ordered

  15-09-2026 10:33 via abc.net.au
  
  The Victorian premier orders a cost assessment of the controversial Western Renewables Link hours after the planning minister approves its environment effects statement. 
  
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• Breaking: Aussie fashion brand Cue Clothing falls into receivership

  15-09-2026 10:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Sydney-based fashion business Cue Clothing Co, which operates Cue and its sister brand Veronika Maine, has entered receivership.
  
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• Aussie fashion brand Cue Clothing falls into receivership

  15-09-2026 10:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Sydney-based fashion business Cue Clothing Co, which operates Cue and its sister brand Veronika Maine, has entered receivership.
  
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• Oil price could surge to $US150 as war engulfs major Middle East supply routes

  15-09-2026 08:51 via abc.net.au
  
  The war front expanding in the US-Iran conflict has extended beyond the Strait of Hormuz into the Red Sea. With no sign of de-escalation, there is a higher risk of war pushing oil prices towards $US150 per barrel, even higher than the level it reached during the global financial crisis in 2008.
  
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• Analysts warn 'uncontrolled demand destruction' may be needed to tame oil price

  15-09-2026 08:51 via abc.net.au
  
  With no sign of de-escalation, there is a higher risk the expanding Iran war will push oil prices even higher than the level it reached during the global financial crisis in 2008.
  
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• Analysts warn of 'uncontrolled demand destruction' as oil forecast to hit record high

  15-09-2026 08:51 via abc.net.au
  
  With no sign of de-escalation, there is a higher risk the expanding Iran war will push oil prices even higher than the level it reached during the global financial crisis in 2008.
  
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• Biosecurity concerns trigger Vietnam fruit import pause

  15-09-2026 07:44 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian government suspends pomelo imports just months after market access was first granted.
  
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• Rubber mask helps to track cattle methane emissions in real time

  15-09-2026 07:19 via abc.net.au
  
  A wearable mask that tracks the methane output of individual cattle in real time promises to help quantify the livestock sector's contribution to national emissions.
  
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• Tasmania falls to last in latest CommBank economic report

  15-09-2026 06:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Tasmania ranks last in CommBank's State of the States economic report, a significant decline from four years ago when it repeatedly topped the ranking. 
  
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• Tasmania comes last in latest CommBank economic rankings

  15-09-2026 06:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Tasmania ranks last in CommBank's State of the States economic report, a significant decline from four years ago when it repeatedly topped the ranking. 
  
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• Embattled caravan manufacturer collapses into administration

  15-09-2026 06:49 via abc.net.au
  
  Sunshine Coast-based Australian Off Road has called in administrators after the company went dark last week, leaving hundreds of customers and suppliers in limbo.
  
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• Breaking: Embattled caravan manufacturer collapses into administration

  15-09-2026 06:49 via abc.net.au
  
  Sunshine Coast-based Australian Off Road has called in administrators after the company went dark last week, leaving hundreds of customers and suppliers in limbo.
  
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• Emmys 2026 key moments: Widow's Bay takes six awards and Hacks star makes history

  15-09-2026 05:47 via abc.net.au
  
  Widow's Bay takes home six awards for its "weird show" at the 78th Emmys. Here's what else you may have missed. 
  
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• Whyalla's steelmaking gap could last years as potential job losses mount

  15-09-2026 05:20 via abc.net.au
  
  A resumption of steelmaking in Whyalla could be several years away, following the announcement that hundreds of jobs will go because of the demise of the blast furnace.
  
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• Worker hit by vehicle after pipe blast in underground mine

  15-09-2026 03:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Queensland's independent mining regulator has issued a safety alert after a man was critically injured at a mine.
  
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• Riverland men casting aside tools and tractors to work in disability

  15-09-2026 00:30 via abc.net.au
  
  When Brody Thompson finished school, he initially struggled to find a sense of professional purpose until someone suggested he try support work. 
  
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• Safety concerns plague Matilda Bay ferry plan

  14-09-2026 23:42 via abc.net.au
  
  An analysis by the WA government finds the scenic and popular Matilda Bay, in Perth's western suburbs, is the safest location for a ferry terminal, just as another commissioned report by an advocacy group says it would put water users at serious risk.
  
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• Row over plan for ferry terminal at Perth's Matilda Bay deepens

  14-09-2026 23:42 via abc.net.au
  
  A WA government-commissioned analysis finds the scenic and popular Matilda Bay is the safest spot for a ferry terminal, as another report prompted an advocacy group says it would put Swan River users at serious risk.
  
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• Row over location of ferry terminal on Perth's Swan River deepens

  14-09-2026 23:42 via abc.net.au
  
  An analysis by the WA government finds the scenic and popular Matilda Bay is the safest location for a ferry terminal, just as another report commissioned by an advocacy group says it would put water users at serious risk.
  
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• Apple growers fear economic and biosecurity wipeout as US eyes market

  14-09-2026 22:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian growers are raising biosecurity concerns as the United States steps closer to exporting apples to the Australian market. 
  
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• Whyalla steelworkers 'stubbornly determined' to keep plant going

  14-09-2026 22:04 via abc.net.au
  
  The blast furnace closure has not come as a surprise to locals — workers have been pushing against the odds to get the aging plant back online since April. Now, they're considering what the future holds.
  
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• Data centre company lodges appeal against 'unreasonable' restricted generator use

  14-09-2026 21:54 via abc.net.au
  
  An energy-hungry data centre that received recent council approval to have diesel generators as backup power is now appealing against the "unreasonable" conditions on how they can be used.
  
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• The RBA says Aussies are 'furious' about inflation. Many are angrier with the bank

  14-09-2026 20:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Some of the main drivers of high inflation are supply issues caused by the US-Iran war and American tech giants spending huge amounts on AI, which are not problems a rate hike will solve.
  
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• Prominent pork industry identity charged over alleged multi-million-dollar fraud

  14-09-2026 10:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Darren and Cameron Wilson have been charged over allegations they kept millions in sales off the books of a business for personal use between 2017 and 2026.
  
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• Major private hospital operator to be divided up following financial collapse

  14-09-2026 09:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's second-largest private hospital operator will be divided between a consortium after it went into receivership last year.
  
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• Healthscope to be split following financial collapse, receivers announce

  14-09-2026 09:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's second-largest private hospital operator will be divided between a consortium after it went into receivership last year.
  
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• Major caravan manufacturer shuts leaving customers in the dark

  14-09-2026 08:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Sunshine Coast's Australian Off Road campers ceased operating late last week, with customers saying they have been unable to make contact with the company.
  
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• New report lays bare public housing 'failures' in WA's far north

  14-09-2026 06:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Almost 70 per cent of public housing tenants in Western Australia's remote Kimberley region are waiting on urgent repairs, research has found.
  
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• World's largest battery-electric ship arrives in new home

  14-09-2026 04:23 via abc.net.au
  
  The arrival of Hull 096 in Uruguay marks the end of a years-long journey to build and deliver the world’s largest battery-electric vehicle.
  
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