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• Police probe illegal campfire behind Otway bushfire

  08-01-2025 23:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Investigators are searching for those responsible for an unattended campfire that turned into a major blaze in Victoria's south-west.
  
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• Fire authorities find illegally lit campfires during total fire ban

  08-01-2025 23:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Tourists and campers are being warned not to light campfires on high fire danger days after several were allegedly lit last weekend.
  
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• Would you go on a beach resort holiday to North Korea?

  08-01-2025 21:48 via abc.net.au
  
  North Korea is set to open a long-awaited beachfront "tourist city" later this year as the "first big step" to developing the country's tourism industry.
  
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• 'One single, giant complex': North Korea to open 'tourist city' once taken over by homeless

  08-01-2025 21:48 via abc.net.au
  
  North Korea is set to open a long-awaited beachfront "tourist city" later this year as the "first big step" to developing the country's tourism industry.
  
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• Live: Black Friday boosts retail spending, Rio Tinto gets green light on Arcadium takeover

  08-01-2025 21:23 via abc.net.au
  
  The latest retail sales data shows a jump in spending during Black Friday sales. The ASX 200 opens lower, shares in Australian lithium producer leap after acquisition given the go-ahead. Follow the day's events and insights as they happen with our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog
  
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• Live: ASX to open lower following Wall Street, retail sales expected to rise

  08-01-2025 21:23 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market is set to open lower, a day after inflation data boosted hopes of a February interest rate cut. November retail sales figures are out late morning. Follow the day's events and insights as they happen with our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• Live: ASX opens lower ahead of retail sales data, rents flatline

  08-01-2025 21:23 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market has opened lower ahead of the release of retail sales data, which is expected to show a slight rise due to Black Friday sales. Follow the day's events and insights as they happen with our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog
  
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• ASX closes lower, retail spending jumps and Rio Tinto gets green light on Arcadium takeover — as it happened

  08-01-2025 21:23 via abc.net.au
  
  The Aussie share market closes lower on Thursday after a boost to retail sales for November. Shares in Australian lithium producer Arcadium leap after acquisition given go-ahead, and Star tumbles. 
  
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• Wicked tops wildfire-disrupted Screen Actors Guild nominations

  08-01-2025 20:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Aussie Cate Blanchett is among contenders for best TV actress, as Ariana Grande, Pamela Anderson, Timothée Chalamet also receive nods in the movie categories. 
  
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• Call for understanding as number of people sleeping rough in Adelaide rises

  08-01-2025 20:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Homelessness has been rising across the country along with the cost of everyday necessities such as housing, food and electricity. Mick is asking for more support and less judgement for those, like himself, who are trying to turn their luck around.
  
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• Vale Len Hitchen

  08-01-2025 09:19 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Former East Fremantle Football Club president, WA Tourism Commission chair and Fremantle Dockers board member Len Hitchen has died aged 90.
  
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• At Close of Business podcast January 8 2025

  08-01-2025 09:03 via businessnews.com.au
  
  ExxonMobil takes aim at Twiggy; ATSB heads to Rottnest crash; Minerva suddenly shuts Tammin Abattoir; Celsius amends $160 million apartment plan; and Regis posts record cash and bullion balance.
  
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• No Synergy hit from US CATL call

  08-01-2025 08:47 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Synergy’s contracts with the world’s largest battery maker CATL will not be impacted by a shock move from the United States Department of Defense to blacklist the Chinese company overnight.
  
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• Electric ferries to cost $15m each

  08-01-2025 08:45 via businessnews.com.au
  
  WA Labor's promised electric ferries would cost $15 million each, more than five times what the state government paid for the diesel vessel MV Tricia in 2018.
  
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• Spirit ferries $100m of 'local content' includes Finnish-built engines

  08-01-2025 07:45 via abc.net.au
  
  Finnish-built engines have joined the list of "local content" mandated in the fit-out of Tasmania's two new Spirit ferries.
  
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• Image remains optimistic about Atlas

  08-01-2025 07:36 via businessnews.com.au
  
  West Perth-based junior Image Resources remains optimistic about achieving its first production of heavy mineral concentrate by the end of March at its Atlas mineral sands project.
  
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• Australian shares rally after news of easing inflation

  08-01-2025 07:31 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The ASX200 hit a four-week high after a report of cooling inflation raised hopes for Australia's first interest rate cut in four years.
  
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• Artemis appoints Hanna as MD

  08-01-2025 06:26 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Gold-focused Artemis Resources has appointed Julian Hanna as its managing director, as the company plans extensive drilling at its Karratha gold project.
  
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• Exxon names Forrest in plastics legal spat

  08-01-2025 06:10 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The United States’ largest oil company claims Andrew Forrest damaged its reputation through his charity’s campaign against plastic polymers and Fortescue’s efforts to reduce fossil fuel use.
  
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• Third quarter of record revenue for Orthocell

  08-01-2025 05:56 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Murdoch-based regenerative medicine company Orthocell has posted its third consecutive quarter of record revenue, as it gears up for a final approval from the US FDA for its Remplir nerve product.
  
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• Perth’s GenusPlus in Tas network win

  08-01-2025 04:58 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Belmont-based GenusPlus Group has landed an initial $42 million head contractor role for stage one work on TasNetworks’ $950 million northern Tasmanian grid upgrade.
  
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• Changes to Celsius’ $160m plan approved

  08-01-2025 04:46 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The East Victoria Park developer plans to start construction of the nine-storey North Perth apartment project in mid-2025.
  
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• Inflation, jobs figures temper rate cut hopes

  08-01-2025 04:39 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia's trimmed mean inflation fell to 3.2 per cent in November, but jobs figures suggesting a tightening of the labour market have dashed hopes of a February rate cut.
  
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• Australians warned: Meta to stop muzzling false claims

  08-01-2025 04:05 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australians are likely to see more false content and abuse on their Facebook, Instagram and Threads feeds when Meta ditches fact-checking problematic posts.
  
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• Minerva shuts Tammin abattoir

  08-01-2025 03:58 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Brazilian agribusiness giant Minerva Foods has shut down the Tammin abattoir and has gone to ground about the future of the company’s operations in Australia.
  
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• Experts probe fatal Rottnest crash

  08-01-2025 03:49 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australian Transport Safety Bureau investigators will conduct a thorough investigation of the circumstances which led to a fatal plane crash at Thomson Bay in Rottnest yesterday.
  
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• West African hits upper end of guidance

  08-01-2025 03:34 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Burkina Faso-focused West African Resources hit the upper end of its 2024 full-year production guidance, following a strong fourth quarter.
  
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• Businesses plead for visitors as Halls Gap reopens after Grampians fire

  08-01-2025 02:12 via abc.net.au
  
  The popular tourist town has been closed for eighteen days as fire ripped through 76,000 thousand hectares of national park and farmland, costing businesses $1.9 million per day. 
  
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• Businesses plea for visitors as Halls Gap reopens after Grampians fire

  08-01-2025 02:12 via abc.net.au
  
  The popular tourist town has been closed for eighteen days as fire ripped through 76,000 thousand hectares of national park and farmland, costing businesses $1.9 million per day. 
  
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• Falling core inflation raises odds of RBA trimming rates in February

  08-01-2025 01:36 via abc.net.au
  
  A fall in the Reserve Bank's preferred measure of inflation has increased the odds of an interest rate cut in February.
  
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• Regis generates record balance

  08-01-2025 01:03 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Jim Beyer-led Regis Resources has secured a record cash and bullion balance, on the back of a solid December 2024 quarter.
  
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• PM begins unofficial election trail

  08-01-2025 00:41 via businessnews.com.au
  
  There is a lot at stake at the looming federal election, and the prime minister knows it.
  
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