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• Live: Aussie dollar nears 63 US cents, ASX to rise as tariff turbulence eases

  05-02-2025 22:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Shares in Google parent Alphabet fell on its AI funding pledge, and Nividia is up again as investors move on from the DeepSeek saga. 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: AUD nears 63 US cents, while Australian shares rise after tariff turbulence

  05-02-2025 22:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Shares in Google parent Alphabet fell on its AI funding pledge, and Nividia is up again as investors move on from the DeepSeek saga. 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 up more than 1pc, bank stocks surge after tariff turbulence

  05-02-2025 22:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares are on the rise, gaining momentum through the session. The major banks have led the rally, while News Corp shares have jumped on the company's latest result. 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 200 nears record high, bank stocks rally as tariff turbulence eases — as it happened

  05-02-2025 22:03 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market tracked its record high on Thursday, with News Corp and the major banks leading the gains. Here's how the trading day played out, with insights from our business reporters.
  
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• Perth’s CBD vacancy drops

  05-02-2025 22:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Property Council’s latest office market report shows a marginal improvement in Perth’s office vacancy figures.
  
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• Why you're unlikely to see COVID mentioned in film for a while

  05-02-2025 21:18 via abc.net.au
  
  It's been five years since COVID-19 swept across the globe. But for an event of its scale, the way the pandemic has been represented in culture — if at all — has varied wildly.
  
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• How the COVID pandemic has (or hasn't) been represented in culture

  05-02-2025 21:18 via abc.net.au
  
  It's been five years since COVID-19 swept across the globe. But for an event of its scale, the way the pandemic has been represented in culture — if at all — has varied wildly.
  
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• How street food in Australia went from roadside vendors to high-end restaurants

  05-02-2025 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Most Australians have tried street food. What can it teach us about our communities?
  
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• Food tourism brings in the big money, but what happens when it drives out locals?

  05-02-2025 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Most Australians have tried street food. What can it teach us about our communities?
  
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• Documents reveal dozens of serious incidents at silo collapse site

  05-02-2025 20:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Freedom of Information documents show 55 dangerous incidents and 31 serious injuries occurred at one of the Manildra Group's agribusiness sites between 2020 and 2024. 
   
  
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• Online searches are moving to AI, but speed comes with a cost

  05-02-2025 20:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Despite the energy innovations of artificial intelligence newcomer DeepSeek's models, AI power requirements as a whole are predicted to rise.
  
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• AI is growing exponentially. So too are its demands on energy

  05-02-2025 20:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Despite the energy innovations of artificial intelligence newcomer DeepSeek's models, AI power requirements as a whole are predicted to rise.
  
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• The Bank of Mum and Dad branches out from property to living expenses

  05-02-2025 20:19 via abc.net.au
  
  The typical way the so-called "Bank of Mum and Dad" is used appears to be shifting, according to new figures that show most of the cash passed from parents to children is being used on living expenses, rather than a home deposit.
  
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• Is helping their adult children 'the price baby boomers are paying'?

  05-02-2025 20:19 via abc.net.au
  
  The typical way the so-called "Bank of Mum and Dad" is used appears to be shifting, according to new figures that show most of the cash passed from parents to children is being used on living expenses, rather than a home deposit.
  
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• 'Bank of Mum and Dad' branches out from property to living expenses

  05-02-2025 20:19 via abc.net.au
  
  The typical way the so-called "Bank of Mum and Dad" is used appears to be shifting, according to new figures that show most of the cash passed from parents to children is being used on living expenses, rather than a home deposit.
  
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• Rise in teen entrepreneurs reshaping the future of work

  05-02-2025 20:14 via abc.net.au
  
  Driven by a desire for independence and meaningful work, young entrepreneurs are reshaping the business landscape with their tech-savvy approach, social consciousnesses and innovative spirit.
  
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• Inside the surge of young entrepreneurs reshaping Australia's business landscape

  05-02-2025 20:14 via abc.net.au
  
  Driven by a desire for independence and meaningful work, young entrepreneurs are reshaping the business landscape with their tech-savvy approach, social consciousnesses and innovative spirit.
  
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• Treasurer enlists big business to spur the post-inflation economic recovery

  05-02-2025 19:41 via abc.net.au
  
  Jim Chalmers has told business chiefs to turn away from "culture" wars and help Labor rebuild the economy after the inflation crisis.
  
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• Chalmers calls on big business to help usher in Australia's 'fourth economy'

  05-02-2025 19:41 via abc.net.au
  
  Jim Chalmers has told business chiefs to turn away from "culture" wars and help Labor rebuild the economy after the inflation crisis.
  
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• Fourth exit from Port Hedland council

  05-02-2025 09:26 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Former deputy mayor Tim Turner has resigned from Port Hedland’s trouble-plagued council, citing a lack of willingness to stay on in the role.
  
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• South32 climate expert joins Minderoo

  05-02-2025 09:19 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s Minderoo Foundation has tapped South32 sustainability expert Holly Buschman to lead its conservation push.
  
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• At Close of Business podcast February 5 2025

  05-02-2025 09:15 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Isabel Vieira and Liv Declerck discuss recent moves in WA's corporate finance sector.
  
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• Aussie shares bounce back from Trump tariff sell-off

  05-02-2025 09:14 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The local sharemarket has finished higher, bouncing back somewhat from Monday's selloff prompted by Donald Trump's nascent trade war.
  
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• 10 startups to watch in 2025

  05-02-2025 08:58 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The upside for these ventures is exciting. Business News reviews the class of 2021 and checks out an emerging crop.
  
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• BWP reports $157m half-year profit

  05-02-2025 08:35 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Bunnings’ property arm BWP Trust has reported a net profit of $157 million in the six months to December 31, up from the $53.2 million recorded for the same period last year.
  
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• Purple appoints new CEO

  05-02-2025 08:32 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Marketing and communications agency Purple has appointed Fran Lawrence as its new chief executive taking over the reins from Annette Ellis.
  
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• Rail workers plan more industrial action as commuters offered 'fare free day'

  05-02-2025 07:38 via abc.net.au
  
  The combined rail unions have announced two weeks of industrial action from Wednesday week due to the government's refusal to refund train fares to passengers impacted by last month's train disruptions, who are instead offering a free fare day.
  
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• Pensioner quarterly living costs fall for first time since 2020

  05-02-2025 07:22 via abc.net.au
  
  For the first time in nearly five years, pensioners are feeling a slight cost-of-living relief, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
  
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• PFAS in drinking water could cause 'catastrophic' situation in drought

  05-02-2025 07:14 via abc.net.au
  
  Mayors from regional NSW councils warn the presence of forever chemicals in their drinking water bores could force them to turn them off.
  
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• Hydrogen plant in doubt as SA premier refuses to commit to $600m project

  05-02-2025 07:08 via abc.net.au
  
  The SA government's $600 million hydrogen plant proposal has been plunged into doubt, with the premier indicating the money could be spent elsewhere in Whyalla if the owner of the city's steelworks does not invest in upgrading the site.
  
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• Wielding the AI assistant like a torch

  05-02-2025 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: My latest challenge creating code with AI offered useful insights that may be instructive for users in business.
  
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• AI powers smart glasses to ‘phygital’ view

  05-02-2025 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: Integration unlocks killer applications for the wearables, and helps to make them look less conspicuous.
  
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• Advisers ride gold’s M&A wave

  05-02-2025 06:39 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Business News’ corporate finance survey shines a light on the top financial and legal advisers in WA amid a surge in gold sector activity.
  
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• Food, medical supplies running low as floods spark panic buying in Queensland

  05-02-2025 06:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Supermarkets shelves are bare in some flood-stricken towns, but there is hope supply routes will reopen soon.
  
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• Food, medical supplies running as floods spark panic buying in Queensland

  05-02-2025 06:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Supermarkets shelves are bare in some flood-stricken towns, but there is hope supply routes will reopen soon.
  
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• Leadership transition for Canyon

  05-02-2025 06:22 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Beauxite-focused Canyon Resources has appointed Peter Secker as its new chief executive, effective from July 1.
  
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• PNG scores $570m Australian loan, pledges to block risky projects

  05-02-2025 05:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia has granted Papua New Guinea a $570 million loan with conditions for stricter foreign investment screening to curb risky projects and China's influence.
  
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• Opposition ramps up against controversial WA luxury beach development

  05-02-2025 05:42 via abc.net.au
  
  WA Liberal and Greens politicians have banded together to join residents in their fight to stop a hotel and 61 holiday homes being built along a pristine stretch of coastline.
  
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• Centuria office fund tightens loss

  05-02-2025 04:54 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The REIT has posted a $21.2 million loss in the first half of the financial year, down from $99.4 million in the prior corresponding period.
  
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• 'Easier way forward' flagged for energy projects in Tasmania under law change

  05-02-2025 04:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Large renewable energy projects would automatically be assessed as "major projects", away from councils, under a Liberal government plan to get them built faster.
  
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• Labor, Libs pledge education funding

  05-02-2025 04:35 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Both WA Labor and the Liberal Party WA have committed hundreds of millions of dollars into the education system, if successful in the state election in March.
  
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• Tech figure gifts $100k to WA Greens

  05-02-2025 03:36 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Tech entrepreneur Norman Pater has tipped $100,000 into the Greens WA’s electoral campaign, as the parties prepare for election formalities to kick off in earnest today.
  
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• Drinking-water alert for nine NSW suburbs after E.coli find

  05-02-2025 03:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Up to 40,000 people are affected by contamination in a major Central Coast water supply and supermarkets are quickly selling out of bottled water.
  
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• Drinking-water alert cancelled for nine NSW suburbs after E.coli find

  05-02-2025 03:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Up to 40,000 residents on the NSW Central Coast were told to boil drinking water, after E. coli was previously detected in a reservoir, but new testing has cleared the supply of contamination.
  
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• Boil water alert issued for nine NSW suburbs after E.coli detection

  05-02-2025 03:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Up to 40,000 people are affected by the contamination and supermarkets are quickly selling out of bottled water.
  
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• CCWA appeal against VRX project

  05-02-2025 02:59 via businessnews.com.au
  
  VRX Silica’s push to secure development approval at its Arrowsmith North silica sands project has potentially taken a turn.
  
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• Fahey to depart as WACA chair

  05-02-2025 02:46 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Western Australian Cricket Association has confirmed Gail McGowan will begin her tenure as chair from April 6.
  
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• Live: ABC managing director says 'step missing' in removal of Lattouf

  05-02-2025 02:03 via abc.net.au
  
  ABC managing director David Anderson says the process surrounding the decision to remove Antoinette Lattouf from her role presenting on ABC Radio Sydney should have been handled differently.
  
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• Live: ABC managing director giving evidence in Antoinette Lattouf case

  05-02-2025 02:03 via abc.net.au
  
  The national broadcaster opened its defence in the unlawful dismissal case brought by Antoinette Lattouf, who was taken off air during a short stint at ABC Radio Sydney in late 2023.
  
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• ABC not influenced by outside pressure in Lattouf case, lawyer argues

  05-02-2025 02:03 via abc.net.au
  
  The national broadcaster opened its defence in the unlawful dismissal case brought by Antoinette Lattouf, who was taken off air during a short stint at ABC Radio Sydney in late 2023.
  
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