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• Forrest letter ramps up plastics pitch

  20-01-2025 09:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Andrew Forrest has accused the world’s plastic producers of derailing a global push for a binding treaty on pollution, in a recent letter obtained by Business News.
  
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• At Close of Business podcast January 20 2025

  20-01-2025 08:47 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Sam Jones and Tom Zaunmayr discuss Capel's push to become an agribusiness precinct.
  
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• $49m City Beach development lobbed

  20-01-2025 08:46 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A retirement village operator and boutique property developer have partnered on a $49 million joint development in City Beach to minimise costs and construction time.
  
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• Predictive buoyed by ESIA approval

  20-01-2025 08:45 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Gold exploration company Predictive Discovery has received a massive boost, with its Guinea-based Bankan gold project receiving a key government endorsement.
  
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• AMPOL, Costco fuel drivers hit the brakes

  20-01-2025 08:35 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Members of the Transport Workers Union will walk off the job this week in a move set to disrupt fuel deliveries to major service stations.
  
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• VRX excited by Arrowsmith progression

  20-01-2025 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  VRX Silica has booked a series of non-binding offtake term sheets in relation to the supply of silica sand foundry products from its Arrowsmith North project.
  
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• Alcoa welcomes $2bn aluminium tax credit

  20-01-2025 07:44 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Major Western Australian alumina producer Alcoa has welcomed a $2 billion federal production credit package for aluminium smelters, highlighting flow-on effects for local operations.
  
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• 'Renovate or detonate': The house selling for almost $700,000

  20-01-2025 07:41 via abc.net.au
  
  To renovate or detonate is the question being asked of potential buyers for a home in Brisbane's north-western suburbs listed for almost $700,000.
  
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• Former NAB worker among trio sentenced trying to defraud bank of millions

  20-01-2025 07:38 via abc.net.au
  
  The three offenders pleaded not guilty to a total of 19 charges and were allowed to leave court while reports are prepared into whether home detention rather than jail time is appropriate.
   
  
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• First equity stakes for AFG

  20-01-2025 07:20 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australian Finance Group has announced its first two equity investments in broker businesses following its November move to offer its networks growth-enabling finance.
  
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• Fair work case against BHP set to test Same Job, Same Pay laws

  20-01-2025 07:10 via abc.net.au
  
  The application by the Mining and Energy Union (MEU) seeks to boost the pay of 1,600 BHP labour hire workers across three Queensland mines. 
  
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• IGO warns of Kwinana refinery impairment

  20-01-2025 07:04 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Critical minerals miner IGO is preparing to mark a “substantial” impairment against its troubled Kwinana lithium refinery amid weak market conditions for the battery ingredient.
  
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• Teal enters race for Moore

  20-01-2025 05:19 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The race for the traditionally Liberal seat of Moore is heating up, with a fourth candidate throwing his hat in the ring as a teal.
  
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• Barton enters race for Moore

  20-01-2025 05:19 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The race for the traditionally Liberal seat of Moore is heating up, with a fourth candidate throwing his hat in the ring as a teal.
  
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• Sage-led explorer finds Greenland rare earths

  20-01-2025 04:22 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A Tony Sage-backed explorer has uncovered high-grade rare earths during a maiden drilling program at its Greenland exploration play.
  
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• Larger garages planned in bid to curb on-street parking congestion in SA

  20-01-2025 04:06 via abc.net.au
  
  The South Australian government wants to increase the size of parking spaces in garages for new residential builds, but the opposition and industry groups say it will just make properties more expensive for buyers. 
  
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• Government seeks 'urgent intervention' amid psychiatrist resignation threats

  20-01-2025 04:02 via abc.net.au
  
  The NSW government says they will take the state's public sector psychiatrists to the Industrial Relations Commission over their mass threats to resign on Tuesday.
  
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• Openn exits external adminstration

  20-01-2025 03:34 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Claremont-based proptech Openn Negotiation have exited external administration and returned to the hands of directors.
  
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• Capel plans agribusiness precinct

  20-01-2025 03:23 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The South West shire has hatched a plan to attract a wide range of agricultural industries to the district
  
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• Government pledges $186m for sport facilities

  20-01-2025 02:39 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Pre-election commitments to the sport and recreation industry have continued, with premier Roger Cook pledging a $186 million infrastructure investment package.
  
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• Gold Road sets $36m Gilmour price tag

  20-01-2025 02:27 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Gold Road Resources has taken a step toward the development of its 100 per cent owned, high-grade Gilmour project, outlining a $36 million bill to establish the mine.
  
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• Rival AVJennings bid offered due diligence

  20-01-2025 01:12 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Residential homebuilder AVJennings has offered due diligence access to Singagore-based Ho Bee Land limited, following its bid for the company last week.
  
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• The average billionaire made $3.2 million a day in 2024, Oxfam finds

  20-01-2025 01:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Think you earn a decent salary? The latest inequality report from Oxfam found Australia's billionaires took home 1,300 times more than the average Aussie earner last year. 
  
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• Australian billionaires made $67,000 an hour last year, report finds

  20-01-2025 01:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Think you earn a decent salary? The latest inequality report from Oxfam found Australia's billionaires took home 1,300 times more than the average Aussie earner last year. 
  
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• Wall Street strong ahead of Trump inauguration

  20-01-2025 00:39 via businessnews.com.au
  
  US stocks rallied on Friday to close out a strong week on optimism over the health of the country's economy and path of interest rates.
  
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• BHP to demolish infamous Pilbara pub

  20-01-2025 00:24 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Mining giant BHP has applied to demolish Port Hedland’s Pier Hotel and is weighing up how to pay homage to the notorious watering hole.
  
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• Flat white price likely to skyrocket this year, no matter where you live

  19-01-2025 22:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Industry insiders say coffee lovers — even in regional Australia — are unlikely to escape paying more for their flat whites as cafes are forced to push up prices. 
  
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• Star warns investors of 'material uncertainty', ASX rises — as it happened

  19-01-2025 21:17 via abc.net.au
  
  Star Entertainment shares fell sharply as the casino operator continues to seek a financial lifeline, while the broader market headed higher. And Trump launches a meme coin ahead of his inauguration. Here's how the business day unfolded.
  
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• Live: Star warns investors of 'material uncertainty', ASX rises

  19-01-2025 21:17 via abc.net.au
  
  Star Entertainment shares fall in early trade as the casino operator continues to seek a financial lifeline, while the broader market heads higher. Trump launches a meme coin ahead of his inauguration. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• Live: ASX set to lift after Wall Street rally

  19-01-2025 21:17 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX  is poised to rise 0.3 per cent this morning after Wall Street ended the week with a strong rally. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• Young couples on a budget are turning to jewellery of the past

  19-01-2025 21:15 via abc.net.au
  
  For Brisbane couple Tom Morrey and Sarah O'Leary, an old brooch became the engagement ring of their dreams after the suggestion to repurpose a family heirloom.
  
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• Young couples are giving new life to old jewellery

  19-01-2025 21:15 via abc.net.au
  
  For Brisbane couple Tom Morrey and Sarah O'Leary, an old brooch became the engagement ring of their dreams after the suggestion to repurpose a family heirloom.
  
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• New jewellery is falling out of fashion for young couples

  19-01-2025 21:15 via abc.net.au
  
  For Brisbane couple Tom Morrey and Sarah O'Leary, an old brooch became the engagement ring of their dreams after the suggestion to repurpose a family heirloom.
  
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• Albanese government promises $2 billion for new 'green aluminium' sector

  19-01-2025 12:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Federal Labor will offer billions of dollars in production credits to support a new "green aluminium" sector, in a new election pitch.
   
  
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• Why retirees are sitting on their super rather than spending it

  19-01-2025 11:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government should intervene to help retirees spend their superannuation and avoid the savings system ending up as "a massive inheritance scheme", the Grattan Institute warns.  
  
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• Australians need government help to spend super: Grattan

  19-01-2025 11:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government should intervene to help retirees spend their superannuation and avoid the savings system ending up as "a massive inheritance scheme", the Grattan Institute warns.  
  
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• Australian retirees sitting on their super rather than spending it

  19-01-2025 11:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government should intervene to help retirees spend their superannuation and avoid the savings system ending up as "a massive inheritance scheme", the Grattan Institute warns.  
  
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• Public transport slashed to $2.80 flat fee under re-elected Labor government

  19-01-2025 06:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Public transport fares would drop to a flat fee of $2.80 for smart ride holders, under a one zone system WA Labor would roll out if re-elected. 
  
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• Is WA's electric vehicle charging network fit for purpose?

  19-01-2025 01:00 via abc.net.au
  
  WA's emerging EV charging system saw the state named one of "52 Places To Go This Year", but enthusiasts say the network is far from up to scratch.
  
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• Drownings at holiday hotspots raise calls for tourism marketing re-think

  18-01-2025 00:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Experts are calling for better education surrounding the perils of WA beaches to be included in tourism advertising.
  
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• Months on from the 3G shutdown, hundreds of Aussies can't make a call

  17-01-2025 21:40 via abc.net.au
  
  It has been more than 80 days since Telstra and Optus flicked the switch on the 3G mobile network. Hundreds of regional and remote Australians say they can no longer rely on the network and struggle to make calls.
  
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• Hundreds complain about failing mobile phone service since 3G switched off

  17-01-2025 21:40 via abc.net.au
  
  It has been more than 80 days since Telstra and Optus flicked the switch on the 3G mobile network. Hundreds of regional and remote Australians say they can no longer rely on the network and struggle to make calls.
  
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• Billionaire couple try to find out if landscape repair can turn a profit

  17-01-2025 20:12 via abc.net.au
  
  In the middle of Tasmania sits a 5,000-hectare property once used for sheep grazing. But when the sheep farmers left, an unlikely buyer moved in.
  
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• Billionaire couple focus their fortune on conservation — and profit

  17-01-2025 20:12 via abc.net.au
  
  In the middle of Tasmania sits a 5,000-hectare property once used for sheep grazing. But when the sheep farmers left, an unlikely buyer moved in.
  
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• 'We truly apologise': Pakistan's national airline says sorry over Eiffel Tower advert

  17-01-2025 13:25 via abc.net.au
  
  Pakistan's national airline has apologised for the advertisement, which is still online more than a week after it was first posted. 
  
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• HBF, Cimic legal dispute continues

  17-01-2025 08:50 via businessnews.com.au
  
  HBF’s legal action against the developers behind Kings Square, including Cimic Group and companies linked to Seven Network, continues in the state’s highest court.
  
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• Lynas lifts revenue, production hit

  17-01-2025 08:47 via businessnews.com.au
  
  An annual processing limit on Lynas Rare Earth’s Malaysian operations impacted production, but the Amanda Lacaze- steered company still lifted revenue for the last quarter.
  
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• Brown-Neaves grabs Yallingup getaway

  17-01-2025 08:45 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Property entrepreneur Garry Brown-Neaves has bought the home Steve Tobin built in Yallingup, paying $8.5 million for the eight hectare property.
  
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• At Close of Business podcast January 17 2025

  17-01-2025 08:37 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Subiaco Hospital development extension sought; Concerns over bottlenecks in key industrial precincts; and WA's grain king retakes his land.The regular interview portion of the podcast will resume from January 20.
  
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• Premier pledges $30 million to women's sport

  17-01-2025 08:33 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state government has pledged $30 million towards grassroots women’s sport across Western Australia, should it be re-elected on March 8.
  
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