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• Beloved Bendigo music venue saved by licensing backflip

  07-02-2025 23:57 via abc.net.au
  
  The owners of Bendigo's Trash Cult record and live music store feared the gig was up when a licensing error threatened to draw the curtains on their music venue.
  
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• Unassuming rural town makes top 10 list for Queensland house sales

  07-02-2025 22:55 via abc.net.au
  
  A satellite suburb in central Queensland is proving popular with investors, but locals fear the race to invest is eroding the heart of the community.
  
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• Charlize Theron in Canberra amid 'unprecedented' level of screen production activity

  07-02-2025 22:10 via abc.net.au
  
  There is an "unprecedented" level of filming activity across the Canberra region at the moment, with Hollywood stars Eric Bana, Charlize Theron and Taron Edgerton all in town.
  
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• How the LNP's four pillars of promises are tracking after 100 days in power

  07-02-2025 21:21 via abc.net.au
  
  The premier and his ministers and bureaucrats have been busy working through a raft of election pledges they promised to achieve within the government's first 100 days. Here's where things stand.
  
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• Better Man, Boy Swallows Universe dominate AACTA awards

  07-02-2025 12:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Michael Gracey's Robbie Williams biopic that swaps the star for a chimp has taken home the biggest film honour at this year's AACTA awards.
  
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• AACTA Awards 2025 winners list: Better Man, Boy Swallows Universe dominate awards

  07-02-2025 12:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Michael Gracey's Robbie Williams biopic that swaps the star for a chimp has taken home the biggest film honour at this year's AACTA awards.
  
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• Move to oust 'anti-everything' groups from planning process condemned

  07-02-2025 08:38 via abc.net.au
  
  The Tasmanian government says its proposed changes to planning laws will "prevent baseless objections" to developments from "well-funded activist groups and anti-everything organisations" — a move labelled by critics as "undemocratic".
  
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• Contractors mum on BP Kwinana fallout

  07-02-2025 08:36 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Contractors at BP’s now mothballed Kwinana biofuels facility have remained tight-lipped on the impact of the oil and gas giant’s decision which cost 200 jobs.
  
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• At Close of Business podcast February 7 2025

  07-02-2025 08:36 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Nadia Budihardjo and Claire Tyrrell discuss an industry push to address the proliferation of vacant buildings in Fremantle.
  
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• Leederville BTR project to cost $7m

  07-02-2025 08:15 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A vacant site in Leederville has been earmarked for a multi-million-dollar development, set to provide build-to-rent apartments for the area.
  
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• Aussie shares dip, ending volatile week on a quiet note

  07-02-2025 08:06 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The ASX200 has finished Friday down 0.1 per cent to close out the week slightly in the red after starting it with a big plunge.
  
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• GL1 control claims not sufficient, says umpire

  07-02-2025 07:50 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The takeovers umpire has likened Global Lithium Resources' boardroom brawl to shareholder activism rather than a covert attempt to take control of the critical minerals explorer.
  
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• Beware pitfalls on escalator of success

  07-02-2025 07:45 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: Success has many meanings, but for most of us it’s just about putting one foot in front of the other to get there.
  
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• Technology boost for PFL

  07-02-2025 07:43 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Every match across the Perth Football League will be filmed throughout the next two seasons, following a key partnership agreement.
  
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• Tesla to open Collie facility

  07-02-2025 07:41 via businessnews.com.au
  Collie will host one of Australia’s largest Tesla remanufacturing facilities after reaching an agreement with the WA government as part of the town's transition from coal to renewables.
  
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• Dollar weakness boosts WA's bottom line

  07-02-2025 07:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Outgoing under treasurer Michael Barnes has revealed a $2.7 billion revenue uptick in the state’s economic forward projections, driven by the flow-on effects of a weak Australian dollar. 
  
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• Long-vacant buildings hollow out Freo

  07-02-2025 07:29 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A proliferation of empty properties in the port city has prompted industry leaders to call for action.
  
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• Jetski dealership sinks into liquidation

  07-02-2025 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A Perth jetski and quad bike dealership has stumbled in liquidation, calling in experts Greg Prout and David Hurt from WA Insolvency Solutions to sift through its affairs.
  
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• Gnarabup resort draws 2,690 responses

  07-02-2025 06:54 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Controversy continues to plague Saracen Properties' proposed Gnarabup resort, with most of the 2,690 submissions to the environmental watchdog against the $118 million project.
  
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• Pies, policy, and the campaign starter’s gun

  07-02-2025 06:36 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: The writs have been served and the politicians are off and patting dogs and kissing babies as the race to lead the state officially began this week.
  
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• Mark My Words February 7 2025

  07-02-2025 06:11 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss BP and WA wind farms; Fortescue's mining deal; house prices; office vacancy rates; the state election; and a South West publication preview.
  
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• New desal plant for the Pilbara

  07-02-2025 05:52 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state government will begin building another desalination plant in the Pilbara by the end of the decade to ease pressure on the region’s aquifers.
  
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• One step closer for New World

  07-02-2025 04:37 via businessnews.com.au
  
  North American-focused New World Resources has taken another step towards its Antler copper project in the US being fully approved.
  
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• Calls for probe as NSW Forestry Corp revises years of logging data

  07-02-2025 04:21 via abc.net.au
  
  The corporation is under fire after correcting reports on native forest logging, retrospectively cutting volumes by almost 30 per cent over the past three years.
  
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• Agrimin scales back Mackay activities

  07-02-2025 03:29 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Eighteen days after its Mackay potash project received state environmental approval, Agrimin has announced a series of cost-saving measures.
  
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• ABC executive says he was unaware of Lattouf's race before she was taken off air

  07-02-2025 03:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Outgoing ABC chief content officer Chris Oliver-Taylor has claimed he didn't know radio presenter Antoinette Lattouf's race before her alleged unlawful termination, despite sending an email detailing her Lebanese background to the broadcaster's managing director, a court has heard.
  
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• ABC executive says he felt 'pressure from above' before Lattouf's radio exit

  07-02-2025 03:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Outgoing ABC chief content officer Chris Oliver-Taylor has claimed he didn't know radio presenter Antoinette Lattouf's race before her alleged unlawful termination, despite sending an email detailing her Lebanese background to the broadcaster's managing director, a court has heard.
  
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• Augusta properties sell for $13.5m

  07-02-2025 03:06 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A big chunk of central Augusta has been sold to an unknown buyer for almost $14 million, including land linked to the town’s waterfront pub.
  
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• Youth Focus in West Perth move

  07-02-2025 03:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The mental health charity is moving from its current Burswood office following its $10 million purchase of a property.
  
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• Fears lack of rentals could leave flood-displaced residents in hotels

  07-02-2025 02:58 via abc.net.au
  
  North Queensland's housing market was already tight before the floods, leaving industry experts worried about finding accommodation for people whose homes are damaged.
  
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• Land acquisition 'most stressful thing' ever encountered, owners say

  07-02-2025 02:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Hunter landowners in the path of transmission lines are angry about their treatment after their homes and land were deemed crucial to Australia's energy needs.
  
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• Home owners in path of energy transmission lines 'over-the-top angry'

  07-02-2025 02:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Hunter landowners in the path of transmission lines say they are living through the "most stressful experience" of their lives with their homes and land deemed crucial to Australia's energy needs.
  
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• No substitute for hitting the hustings

  07-02-2025 01:55 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: As misinformation and the digital world take over political discourse online, it is heartening to know the internet is still no match for good old-fashioned face time.
  
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• This WA flight route is the worst in Australia for delays

  07-02-2025 01:07 via abc.net.au
  
  Travellers call on airlines to fix delays that have left some people stranded for hours at Broome airport as the community worries about the impact on tourism.
   
  
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• Broome to Perth flights most delayed in the nation — again

  07-02-2025 01:07 via abc.net.au
  
  Travellers call on airlines to fix delays that have left some people stranded for hours at Broome airport as the community worries about the impact on tourism.
   
  
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• Domino's begins strategic review

  07-02-2025 01:04 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Domino’s Pizza has announced it will close 205 “loss making” stores – 172 of them in Japan – in a bid to improve the company’s profitability.
  
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• Wall Street closes mixed in choppy trading

  07-02-2025 00:44 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq ended higher overnight while the Dow closed lower after a choppy trading session.
  
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• Sex worker urges Sydneysiders to be proud of red light district

  07-02-2025 00:19 via abc.net.au
  
  While most of the work has moved from the streets to online, some sex workers say the world's oldest profession is important to Sydney's culture. 
  
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• Sex worker Charlie believes Sydney should be proud of its red light district

  07-02-2025 00:19 via abc.net.au
  
  While most of the work has moved from the streets to online, some sex workers say the world's oldest profession is important to Sydney's culture. 
  
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