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• What can we actually learn from the Coalition's nuclear power modelling?

  13-12-2024 22:43 via abc.net.au
  
  After months of speculation, the Coalition has released the projected costs for its nuclear policy. We spoke to energy experts about what we can and can't take from the modelling, and what it means for you.
  
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• Would you live in an apartment on top of a Westfield shopping centre?

  13-12-2024 21:18 via abc.net.au
  
  One of Australia's largest shopping centre operators is exploring whether it can build apartments on 42 of its shopping centres. But while some claim this could help the affordable housing crisis, others have reservations.
  
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• Would apartments on a shopping centre solve the housing crisis?

  13-12-2024 21:18 via abc.net.au
  
  One of Australia's largest shopping centre operators is exploring whether it can build apartments on 42 of its shopping centres. But while some claim this could help the affordable housing crisis, others have reservations.
  
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• This country thinks it makes some of the best wine, but won’t let anyone taste it

  13-12-2024 20:58 via abc.net.au
  
  Travel by cable car up to alpine vineyards so beautiful Prince wrote a song about them, in a place that keeps the best wines all to itself.
  
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• The country with the best wine that (almost) nobody gets to taste

  13-12-2024 20:58 via abc.net.au
  
  Travel by cable car up to alpine vineyards so beautiful Prince wrote a song about them, in a place that keeps the best wines all to itself.
  
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• Economists respond to minister insisting house prices shouldn't fall

  13-12-2024 20:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Last month, Housing Minister Clare O'Neil told triple j that the government wasn't trying to bring down house prices. The interview found a new life online this week, so we asked the experts what they think. 
  
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• WA environment minister effectively backs bauxite mine's expansion

  13-12-2024 10:58 via abc.net.au
  
  Reece Whitby's decision to overturn a number of proposed restrictions on South32's Worsley Alumina mine disappoints locals who banded together to oppose the project.
  
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• Rio approves $2.5bn expansion

  13-12-2024 08:47 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Mining heavyweight Rio Tinto is set to pour $2.5 billion into the expansion of its Rincon lithium project in Argentina as it builds on its battery metals portfolio.
  
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• At Close of Business podcast December 13 2024

  13-12-2024 08:46 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Sam Jones and Tom Zaunmayr discuss Aboriginal cultural heritage concerns.
  
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• Contractors win Alkimos work

  13-12-2024 08:40 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Early works on the $2.8 billion Alkimos Desalination Plant are delivering opportunities for local firms including Pipeline Technics, Georgiou Group and Steel Mains.
  
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• Private health set for reforms

  13-12-2024 08:11 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A slew of reforms to the private health sector, including expanding access for maternity cover, have been floated today as part of a push to make private hospitals more viable.
  
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• CBH profit dives 80 per cent

  13-12-2024 08:06 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A tough year for Australia’s largest co-operative has seen profit plunge on the back of a smaller harvest, slim grain margins and a large investment outlay.
  
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• Australian shares drop again, falling to four-week low

  13-12-2024 07:49 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The ASX200 dropped 0.4 per cent on Friday to finish the week down 1.5 per cent, the benchmark index's worst week since early August.
  
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• Arts needs political will, vision

  13-12-2024 07:07 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: The new 10 Year Vision for Arts and Culture is David Templeman's parting gift to WA's creative industries. But what does the ‘vision’ need to deliver to the sector, and is it likely to be delivered?
  
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• Predictable ride’s going to stop one day

  13-12-2024 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: Time is precious, and finite, so stop trying to control everything and enjoy yourself.
  
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• Know who you’re doing business with

  13-12-2024 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: Simple action could have prevented a multi-million dollar supplier fraud.
  
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• Architects win $8m Albany heritage project

  13-12-2024 06:57 via businessnews.com.au
  
  WA's largest regional architect firm has won a $8.3m lead contract to design a new heritage precinct around the Port of Albany’s pilot cottages.
  
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• Mark My Words December 13 2024

  13-12-2024 06:50 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss BGC, Perron Group, Mia Davies, North West Shelf extension, Worsley Alumina, population growth, the unemployment rate, and nuclear power.
  
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• Freo Dockers staff feel the love

  13-12-2024 06:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Fremantle Dockers Football Club's decision to shore up its core values has resulted in a high-performing, happy workforce, and recognition as Employer of the Year.
  
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• Cole retires from all board roles

  13-12-2024 05:44 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Company director Rob Cole has retired from all of his board roles, including as chair of Iluka Resources and Perth Airport, a month after health issues forced a leave of absence.
  
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• Cole departs Iluka over health

  13-12-2024 05:44 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Iluka Resources has announced its chairman, Robert Cole, has stepped down from the company, a month after health issues forced a leave of absence.
  
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• Aboriginal heritage tensions resurface

  13-12-2024 05:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Escalating costs and regulatory burdens are frustrating stakeholders in the wake of last year’s Aboriginal heritage laws bungle.
  
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• Trump's crypto venture partners with platform linked to Middle East militants

  13-12-2024 05:23 via abc.net.au
  
  Donald Trump and his new Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff's new crypto venture has partnered with a crypto platform authorities and experts say has been used by militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah.  
  
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• Barren Nicheliving entity wound up

  13-12-2024 05:20 via businessnews.com.au
  
  An assetless Nicheliving entity will be wound up by liquidators after directors Ronnie Michel-Elhaj and Paul Bitdorf moved to reclaim the other outfits.
  
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• South32 welcomes Worsley approvals

  13-12-2024 05:16 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Environment minister Reece Whitby has supported “extensive” changes to the conditions attached to a planned expansion of the Boddington bauxite mine in WA’s South West.
  
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• Independent to rival Zempilas, Tonkin

  13-12-2024 05:16 via businessnews.com.au
  
  City of Stirling councillor Lisa Thornton has been named as an independent candidate for Churchlands, a seat held by Christine Tonkin and eyed by Basil Zempilas.
  
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• Farmers deliver bumper crop in dry year

  13-12-2024 05:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Western Australia’s 2024 crop is expected to come in at more than 20 million tonnes, well above predictions made mid-year due to a lack of rain.
  
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• Dutton plan misses Collie cost

  13-12-2024 04:37 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Analysis: Collie’s omission from the modelling that guides the federal opposition’s $331 billion nuclear plan highlights the ‘otherness’ of the state’s electricity grid.
  
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• RBA preparing for all economic scenarios, including a rate hike

  13-12-2024 03:48 via abc.net.au
  
  The Reserve Bank has highlighted scenarios where it might consider both cutting and hiking interest rates. The RBA's chief economist Sarah Hunter used a speech to show how the bank deals with an uncertain macroeconomic environment.
  
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• State govt launches 10-year arts plan

  13-12-2024 03:37 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state government has revealed its long-awaited 10-year strategic plan for Western Australia’s arts and culture sector, backed by a $54 million funding package.
  
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• Squid Game arrives in Sydney as countdown to season 2 continues

  13-12-2024 03:33 via abc.net.au
  
  Sydney fans of the mega-hit series Squid Game can immerse themselves in a series of challenges inspired by the series from Saturday as the countdown continues to the season 2 premiere. 
  
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• APA pegs ground for Pilbara energy

  13-12-2024 03:09 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Energy infrastructure builder APA Group has laid claim to a land area larger than Perth to progress the rollout of its Pilbara renewable energy ambitions.
  
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• Forrest blasts billion-dollar nuclear bid

  13-12-2024 02:33 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Mining magnate Andrew Forrest has slammed the Coalition’s nuclear power plans as Peter Dutton unveiled the party’s proposal to save taxpayers $263 billion in energy costs.
  
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• Dutton outlines $331bn nuclear plan

  13-12-2024 02:19 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Federal opposition leader Peter Dutton claims a $331 billion plan to rollout nuclear energy across Australia will save taxpayers as much as $263 billion compared with renewables.
  
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• GPT to buy $482m Perron assets

  13-12-2024 02:04 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The real estate investment trust will acquire 50 per cent shares in Belmont Forum and Cockburn Gateway shopping centres, in the largest WA property transaction in three years.
  
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• Waalitj builds leadership potential

  13-12-2024 02:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Waalitj Foundation has won Not For Profit/Charity of the Year for improving opportunities for Indigenous Australians.
  
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• Wall Street closes lower as investors assess data

  13-12-2024 01:47 via businessnews.com.au
  
  US stocks finished down as investors weigh key economic data ahead of the Federal Reserve's next meeting.
  
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• Outback pubs fined $140k for thousands of alleged liquor licensing breaches

  13-12-2024 01:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Two pubs in far north Western Australia and their director have been fined for breaching liquor restrictions in Derby between 2019 and 2021. 
  
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