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• Business confidence above pre-pandemic levels

  20-12-2021 22:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  WA business sentiment remains higher than pre-pandemic levels and the long-term average, but higher costs and supply chain issues will continue to dominate in 2022, CCIWA reveals.
  
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• 'The market is taking a hit': ASX set to fall after sharp Wall St sell-off

  20-12-2021 21:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares are likely to start the day slightly lower, despite global stocks and oil prices dropping sharply overnight over growing concerns about the spread of Omicron.
  
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• 'The market is taking a hit': ASX opens flat despite sharp Wall St sell-off

  20-12-2021 21:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares start the day fairly flat, shrugging off a steep decline on global stock markets and oil price slide overnight amid growing concerns about the spread of Omicron.
  
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• 'Not expected to derail the recovery': RBA upbeat on outlook while ASX edges slightly higher

  20-12-2021 21:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares edges slightly higher in afternoon trade, shrugging off a steep decline on global stock markets amid growing concerns about the spread of Omicron.
  
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• Global stocks and oil prices slide on Omicron fears, ASX set to slump

  20-12-2021 21:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares are likely to start the day lower, after global stocks and oil prices slumped overnight over growing concerns about the spread of Omicron.
  
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• ASX rallies late as US futures point to Wall St rebound; RBA remains optimistic despite Omicron

  20-12-2021 21:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares rally during the afternoon to post solid gains, as US share futures point to a positive session on Wall Street tonight.
  
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• Facebook may have had a shocker of a year — but that didn't hurt its bottom line

  20-12-2021 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Experts say this was Facebook's worst year for scandal and public opinion. Will it face any consequences?
  
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• Facebook in 2021: It was the worst of times, it was the most lucrative of times

  20-12-2021 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Experts say this was Facebook's worst year for scandal and public opinion. Will it face any consequences?
  
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• Can trees be farmed to create electricity? This man thinks it's only natural

  20-12-2021 20:46 via abc.net.au
  
  As Australia looks to cut emissions and move away from fossil fuels,  trials are assessing the potential for farming trees to produce power through bioenergy. 
  
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• Keep them separated: Why vegans and meat producers both want plant-based foods kept somewhere else

  20-12-2021 20:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Plant-based food producers may be forced to drop terms including 'beef' and 'sausage' — as well as any images of animals — from their packaging, according to the chair of a Senate inquiry into food labelling.
  
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• Fake meat inquiry may ask vegan food producers to drop labels like 'beef' from packaging

  20-12-2021 20:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Plant-based food producers may be forced to drop terms including 'beef' and 'sausage' — as well as any images of animals — from their packaging, according to the chair of a Senate inquiry into food labelling.
  
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• Aitken picked for Pearce

  20-12-2021 14:02 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Wanneroo councillor Linda Aitken has won a Monday night preselection to be the Liberal Party WA candidate in Pearce at the upcoming federal election.
  
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• WA's environment watchdog failed to properly assess Woodside's $16.5b Scarborough gas development, court told

  20-12-2021 10:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Western Australia's environment watchdog failed to properly assess the biggest oil and gas development to be built in Australia in a decade, the WA Supreme Court has been told. 
  
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• GenusPlus flags move to renewables

  20-12-2021 09:03 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Electrical services company GenusPlus is set to acquire a 50 per cent stake in hybrid energy solutions business Blue Tongue Energy.
  
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• ASX felled by Omicron to start Xmas week

  20-12-2021 08:18 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Investors found few gifts on the Australian market at the start of Christmas week as the prospect of reintroducing virus restrictions weighed on energy and bank shares.
  
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• Why did McGowan shuffle so many ministers?

  20-12-2021 08:17 via businessnews.com.au
  
  ANALYSIS: Aboriginal leader Kado Muir has publicly asked a question many people are asking privately: why did premier Mark McGowan make so many changes in Friday’s ministerial reshuffle?
  
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• Fortescue teams up with Lifeline

  20-12-2021 08:15 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Fortescue Metals Group has pledged $750,000 to provide training, professional development and support for telephone crisis supporters under a three-year partnership with Lifeline WA.
  
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• Province’s HyEnergy project given lead agency

  20-12-2021 07:48 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state government has awarded Province Resources’ green hydrogen project HyEnergy with lead agency status, lifting the group’s shares by more than 7 per cent.
  
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• Remote community goes almost five days without internet, leaving residents scrambling for food, fuel

  20-12-2021 07:47 via abc.net.au
  
  Residents of Maningrida went almost five days without mobile phone coverage before service was restored this afternoon, leaving residents struggling to buy essentials such as food and fuel.
  
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• Growing near-north trade ties

  20-12-2021 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  China’s trade dispute with Australia may grab the headlines, but there are growth opportunities elsewhere.
  
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• St Barbara to buy Bardoc for $157m

  20-12-2021 06:49 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Shares in Fremantle-based junior Bardoc Gold enjoyed a 13 per cent rise after revealing a takeover proposal from gold producer St Barbara valuing the company at $157 million.
  
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• Pilots 'encouraged to assess weather in flight', report finds

  20-12-2021 06:30 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian Transport Safety Bureau's final report into the 2018 light plane crash that claimed the life of pilot Nikita Walker found she probably experienced reduced visibility during a flight to collect passengers from Bathurst Harbour in Tasmania's south-west wilderness.
  
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• WA companies cop $456,000 WorkSafe fines

  20-12-2021 06:29 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Neerabup explorer Orbit Drilling and Bayswater engineering company B&Y Precision Engineering have been fined a combined $456,000 for a workplace death and injury by the state's workplace regulator.
  
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• Sleep apnoea going undiagnosed as current tests miss 'the full story', study finds

  20-12-2021 05:03 via abc.net.au
  
  A new sleep tracker reveals up to 50 per cent of people with mild or moderate sleep apnoea could be misdiagnosed under current clinical testing, researchers say.
  
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• Rio ushers in new chair

  20-12-2021 04:28 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Canadian Ambassador to China and McKinsey & Company mainstay Dominic Barton will take over as chair of Rio Tinto from May 2022, as the company navigates a post-Juukan Gorge era.
  
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• Perth tech syndicate partners with equity firm

  20-12-2021 04:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Emerging Perth gaming studio Ninja syndicate has partnered with private equity firm DashEx, to fund its new augmented reality game Supremacy.
  
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• Auction records smashed in pre-Christmas real estate frenzy

  20-12-2021 03:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia records its busiest ever month for auctions during a period when the real estate market is usually winding down for Christmas.
  
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• $16 billion meat export industry says Australia's reputation damaged by port strikes

  20-12-2021 02:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Strike action at Australian ports has affected the meat export industry, and industry wants it solved.
  
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• Australia to scale up urea manufacturing capability in 'short-term' fix to AdBlue shortage

  20-12-2021 02:25 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government and fertiliser manufacturer Incitec Pivot strike an agreement to significantly increase the local production of urea — a breakthrough in the AdBlue shortage crisis.
  
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• Australia to scale up the manufacturing of urea, used in diesel exhaust fuel AdBlue

  20-12-2021 02:25 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government and fertiliser manufacturer Incitec Pivot have struck an agreement to significantly increase the local production of urea, a breakthrough in the AdBlue shortage crisis.
  
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• Australia to scale up the manufacturing of urea, used in diesel exhaust fluid AdBlue

  20-12-2021 02:25 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government and fertiliser manufacturer Incitec Pivot strike an agreement to significantly increase the local production of urea, a breakthrough in the AdBlue shortage crisis.
  
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• Australia to scale up urea manufacturing

  20-12-2021 02:19 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia has struck a deal to increase the local manufacturing of urea, a key ingredient in diesel exhaust fluid AdBlue, amid a global shortage.
  
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• ASX opens lower, following broad losses on Wall Street amid Omicron fears

  20-12-2021 01:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares slide in early trade, following the losses on Wall Street as worries surrounding the Omicron coronavirus variant persist.
  
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• ASX falls following broad losses on Wall Street amid Omicron fears; China cuts benchmark loan rate

  20-12-2021 01:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares slide in afternoon trade, following the losses on Wall Street as worries surrounding the Omicron coronavirus variant persist.
  
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• ASX falls, following broad losses on Wall Street amid Omicron fears

  20-12-2021 01:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares slide in afternoon trade, following the losses on Wall Street as worries surrounding the Omicron coronavirus variant persist.
  
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• ASX falls as Megellan and CIMIC plunge; China cuts benchmark loan rate

  20-12-2021 01:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares slide on Monday, following the losses on Wall Street as worries surrounding the Omicron coronavirus variant persist, and amid a plunge in the share prices of two major companies.
  
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• Changing of the guard at IR firms

  20-12-2021 01:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  With multiple changes at the top of WA’s leading investor relations firms, we review their performance and strategies.
  
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