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• 'Echoes of the eastern states': WA braces for gas price pain as project targets exports

  02-02-2022 22:56 via abc.net.au
  
  Western Australia faces surging gas prices as a looming shortage of supplies coincides with exports from a major project linked to the state's biggest media mogul Kerry Stokes. 
  
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• We fact checked Angus Taylor on the carbon tax's effect on manufacturing jobs. Here's what we found

  02-02-2022 22:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction Angus Taylor says Labor's carbon tax was responsible for destroying one in eight manufacturing jobs. RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.
  
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• Fact check: Did Labor's carbon tax destroy one in eight manufacturing jobs?

  02-02-2022 22:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction Angus Taylor says Labor's carbon tax was responsible for destroying one in eight manufacturing jobs. RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.
  
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• Outdoor educators blast 'reactive' camp ban as schools return

  02-02-2022 22:07 via abc.net.au
  
  A temporary ban on school camps in Queensland could cost businesses hundreds of thousands of dollars and rob students of important developmental experiences, outdoor educators say.
  
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• ASX to open flat, Wall Street set for fourth-straight gain

  02-02-2022 21:17 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares are expected to open flat today, while Wall Street is poised for a fourth-straight gain.
  
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• ASX to open flat, tech earnings help Wall St gains; Westpac cash profit drops 20pc

  02-02-2022 21:17 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares are expected to open flat today, while Wall Street rises for a fourth-straight session after a turbulent start to the year.
  
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• ASX lower, Westpac jumps on cuts and profit beat, Facebook owner Meta plunges

  02-02-2022 21:17 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares inch lower after two straight sessions of gains, weighed down by technology stocks, while banking giant Westpac jumps after reporting first-quarter profit above estimates.
  
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• ASX lower, Westpac cash profit drops 20pc, Facebook owner Meta plunges

  02-02-2022 21:17 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares open lower, while Wall Street has risen for a fourth-straight session after a turbulent start to the year.
  
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• Perth CBD office vacancy rate dips to 15 per cent

  02-02-2022 18:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Industry experts say the 2 per cent drop in office vacancy reflects the growth of the state’s economy during COVID.
  
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• Graphite miner says $185 million loan will fast-track 'electric vehicle revolution'

  02-02-2022 10:22 via abc.net.au
  
  A mining company with plans to create a graphite project on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula says a conditional loan from the federal government will cover most of its initial costs at a time when materials for batteries are in growing demand.
  
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• Perth Airport takes terminals offline

  02-02-2022 09:05 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perth Airport has been forced to close some of its terminals temporarily in a bid to keep costs down as COVID-19 curbs domestic passenger numbers.
  
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• At Close of Business: Mark Beyer on private companies

  02-02-2022 09:04 via businessnews.com.au
  
  On today's episode of At Close of Business, senior editor Mark Beyer gives insight into new data revealing the size and scope of WA's biggest private companies.
  
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• New data shows how WA health care compares

  02-02-2022 09:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Emergency department waiting times are among the worst in the country, but elective surgery performance is on par, data released this week shows.
  
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• Rio hit by $2.2bn uranium rehab blowout

  02-02-2022 08:55 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Revised costs to rehabilitate the Ranger uranium mine in the Northern Territory’s Kakadu National Park could set Rio Tinto back at least $627 million more than first anticipated.
  
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• Govt grants $56m loan to EcoGraf

  02-02-2022 08:50 via businessnews.com.au
  
  West Perth-based EcoGraf is one of two graphite companies set to receive a major loan through the federal government’s $2 billion critical minerals initiative.
  
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• Govt grants $54m loan to EcoGraf

  02-02-2022 08:50 via businessnews.com.au
  
  West Perth-based EcoGraf is one of two graphite companies set to receive a major loan through the federal government’s $2 billion critical minerals initiative.
  
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• 3 Oceans withdraws Scarborough project, again

  02-02-2022 08:36 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Chinese developer 3 Oceans has withdrawn its development application for a skyscraper on Scarborough’s beachfront amid unrelenting community concern.
  
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• Work starts on $76m renewable project

  02-02-2022 08:15 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Indigenous contractor Cundaline has secured work on a major solar and battery project in the northern Goldfields to power BHP’s nickel mining operations.
  
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• Hospo industry calls for plan before it’s too late

  02-02-2022 08:13 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Hospitality heavyweights have signed an open letter to Premier Mark McGowan demanding consultation and a clear path forward as Omicron continues to spread at low levels through the community.
  
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• Hospitality sector calls for clarity over COVID-19 'plan'

  02-02-2022 08:13 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Hospitality heavyweights have signed an open letter to Premier Mark McGowan demanding consultation and a clear path forward as Omicron continues to spread at low levels through the community.
  
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• NRW in $600m contract extension

  02-02-2022 07:54 via businessnews.com.au
  
  NRW Holdings’ subsidiary Golding Contractors has extended an existing contract with SIMEC Mining for another three years.
  
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• Seven West, Nine listed as donors

  02-02-2022 07:37 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Seven West Media reported $26,250 in political donations in the year to June, most of which went to branches of the Liberal and National parties.
  
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• Aust shares untroubled by RBA rates talk

  02-02-2022 07:35 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A remark by Philip Lowe that rates could rise in 2022 has not troubled ASX investors, who kept a broad-based rally going throughout the day.
  
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• Clean-up of uranium mine in Kakadu could cost $2.2 billion

  02-02-2022 07:11 via abc.net.au
  
  The rehabilitation of a decommissioned uranium mine in Kakadu National Park could cost up to $1.2 billion more than expected and take two years longer than initially planned. 
  
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• Online vitriol prompts assessment rethink

  02-02-2022 07:10 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Anonymous online student surveys are delivering some unwelcome responses.
  
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• Packer's influence at Crown 'extinct', inquiry not about sympathy or punishment

  02-02-2022 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  James Packer’s lawyers claim his reign as an influential figure at Crown is well and truly over, as the Perth Casino Royal Commission prepares to deliver its findings.
  
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• Crown inquiry closes with claim Packer's role 'extinct'

  02-02-2022 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  James Packer’s lawyers claim his reign as an influential figure at Crown is over, as the Perth Casino Royal Commission prepares to deliver its findings.
  
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• Board shuffle at Artrage

  02-02-2022 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Artrage, the company behind Fringe World Festival, has appointed Hesperia’s Kyle Jeavons as chair to replace the long-serving Anthony Robinson.
  
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• Hastings locks in $140m for Yangibana

  02-02-2022 06:31 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Hastings Technology Metals has received federal government backing to the tune of $140 million to build its Yangibana rare earths project in Western Australia’s Gascoyne region.
  
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• Euroz Hartleys reports soft profit

  02-02-2022 06:31 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Euroz Hartleys Group has reported a $22.9 million net profit for the six months to December 2021, below the bumper result it achieved in the prior six months.
  
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• Mining industry must do more in wake of damning Rio Tinto sexual assault findings, WA Premier says

  02-02-2022 05:49 via abc.net.au
  
  Mark McGowan urges the mining industry to take action in the wake of a report commissioned by Rio Tinto that revealed widespread experiences of sexism, sexual harassment and assault.
  
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• 'The next big metal': Kalgoorlie's $500m refinery gets green light

  02-02-2022 05:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Mayor welcomes the construction of a rare earths refinery in the city, scheduled to begin production next year and expected to create about 120 jobs.
  
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• Strike up on major project win

  02-02-2022 04:32 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Federal government has awarded Strike Energy’s 1.4 million tonnes per annum urea development ‘major project’ status, sending shares up 11 per cent.
  
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• Water Corp selects Empired

  02-02-2022 04:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Empired, now a wholly owned subsidiary of Capgemini Australia, has won a $59 million IT services contract with Water Corporation.
  
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• Empired wins $59m Water Corp contract

  02-02-2022 04:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Empired, now a wholly owned subsidiary of Capgemini Australia, has won a $59 million IT services contract with Water Corporation.
  
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• Tattarang surges to hit $5bn revenue

  02-02-2022 03:49 via businessnews.com.au
  
  New data details the expansion of Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s private company, Tattarang.
  
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• WA records 17 new local cases, third dose blitz begins

  02-02-2022 03:35 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Western Australia has recorded 17 new local cases of COVID-19 overnight, as the state government launches its third dose vaccination blitz.
  
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• Reserve Bank says it will 'take time' before raising interest rates

  02-02-2022 02:47 via abc.net.au
  
  The Reserve Bank boss governor says policymakers are flying into uncharted economic territory, and the RBA will "take the time" to figure out what is going on before raising interest rates.
  
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• 'Interest rates will go up', 'people need buffers' warns Reserve Bank boss

  02-02-2022 02:47 via abc.net.au
  
  The Reserve Bank governor says policymakers are flying into uncharted economic territory, and the RBA will "take the time" to figure out what is going on before raising interest rates.
  
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• Mareeba council unhappy with decision not to build new Tablelands road

  02-02-2022 02:11 via abc.net.au
  
  Mareeba Shire Council says a decision to not build a new Kuranda Range link road will hold back economic growth for the region. 
  
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• Jobless rate may drop below 4 pct soon

  02-02-2022 02:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Scott Morrison wants to see the unemployment rate below four per cent in the second half of this year, but Employment Minister Stuart Robert says it could come sooner.
  
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• No place for bees in burnt, logged bush

  02-02-2022 01:16 via abc.net.au
  
  A beekeeper thinks bush management practices will mean there will be "no value for decades" in some Gippsland forests, which could slow an industry's growth.
  
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• Whoopi Goldberg apologises for saying Holocaust 'was not about race'

  02-02-2022 01:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Whoopi Goldberg issues an apology after facing a backlash for saying the Holocaust "was not about race".
  
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• Aged care, disability sectors buckle up

  02-02-2022 01:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The delayed opening of WA’s border has given organisations caring for vulnerable people additional time to prepare for challenges associated with a surge in COVID-19 cases.
  
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