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• A record shop with a twist: You'll only find female artists here

  28-02-2025 22:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Lauren was on a mission to listen to more music by women, and so a new record store was born — one where her three daughters could also work.
  
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• Star's financial woes cast doubt over future of its casinos

  28-02-2025 22:17 via abc.net.au
  
  Ensuring Brisbane's casino doesn't become an "eyesore without tenancies" should be a priority as further doubt is cast over the future of Star Entertainment, a business expert says. 
  
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• Brisbane casino at risk of becoming an 'eyesore' as Star flounders

  28-02-2025 22:17 via abc.net.au
  
  Ensuring Brisbane's casino doesn't become an "eyesore without tenancies" should be a priority as further doubt is cast over the future of Star Entertainment, a business expert says. 
  
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• 'The colour is coming': Fifty years of colour television in Australia

  28-02-2025 22:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Fifty years ago the first Australian television program was broadcast in colour, about 10 years after it had arrived in most countries around the world.
  
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• Australia first saw colour television 10 years late, but it arrived with a big bang

  28-02-2025 22:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Fifty years ago the first Australian television program was broadcast in colour, about 10 years after it had arrived in most countries around the world.
  
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• How Isla found her people in the mosh pit of a hardcore gig

  28-02-2025 21:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Isla Fae Cato thought coming out as transgender would mean abandoning her love of hardcore punk and mosh pits, but she was instead embraced by a community working hard to become more diverse and accepting.
  
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• Hardcore music scene mosh pits create safe space for women, queer fans

  28-02-2025 21:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Isla Fae Cato thought coming out as transgender would mean abandoning her love of hardcore music and mosh pits, but she was instead embraced by a community working hard to become more diverse and accepting.
  
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• Qatar Airways rejects child's disability harness 24 hours before flight

  28-02-2025 20:59 via abc.net.au
  
  A Melbourne family's distress during a recent travel experience has highlighted different airline approaches to disability seating on flights.
  
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• Family's flight ordeal puts airline disability rules in focus

  28-02-2025 20:59 via abc.net.au
  
  A Melbourne family's distress during a recent travel experience has highlighted different airline approaches to disability seating on flights.
  
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• Fears $1.5 billion transmission line cost blowout will increase bills

  28-02-2025 20:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Cost estimates for Australia's largest energy transmission project have blown out by almost 75 per cent, sparking fears of higher power bills. 
  
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• Labor to knock less than a cent off a mid-strength pint by freezing draught beer tax

  28-02-2025 12:30 via abc.net.au
  
  The government will pause the biannual indexation of the draught beer excise for two years, a modest change that has been welcomed by the hotel industry. 
  
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• Labor freezes indexation on draught beer excise

  28-02-2025 12:30 via abc.net.au
  
  The government will pause the biannual indexation of the draught beer excise for two years, a modest change that has been welcomed by the hotel industry. 
  
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• Allianz fined $13.5m for misleading consumers on travel insurance

  28-02-2025 11:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's corporate regulator wins a case it brought against Allianz and AWP Australia for misrepresenting the level of coverage they were able to offer to consumers.
  
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• Allianz fined $13.5 million for misleading consumers on travel insurance

  28-02-2025 11:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's corporate regulator wins a case it brought against Allianz and AWP Australia for misrepresenting the level of coverage they were able to offer to consumers.
  
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• 'Now less protective': Territory coordinator bill under fresh scrutiny

  28-02-2025 11:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Changes to the NT's controversial territory coordinator bill that would modify heritage laws and create new powers to enter private property, in a bid to fast-track economic development, have come under fresh scrutiny.
  
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• WA Labor accused of 'grubby deal' that could lead to fish extinction

  28-02-2025 09:25 via abc.net.au
  
  Peak fishing bodies are at odds with Labor's stance on mandatory catch reporting, which some say is an irresponsible bid to secure votes from recreational anglers.
   
  
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• NRW profits amid Whyalla collapse

  28-02-2025 08:53 via businessnews.com.au
  
  NRW Holdings has made no provisions on its debt recovery over the administration of Whyalla Steelworks, and recorded a profit of $58.4 million in its half year results.
  
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• Wine grape growers demand safeguards for industry in 'crisis'

  28-02-2025 08:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Farmers in Australia's largest wine grape regions are calling on the federal government to implement a mandatory code of conduct immediately to stop a mass exodus of growers.
  
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• At Close of Business podcast February 28 2025

  28-02-2025 08:40 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Tom Zaunmayr and Sam Jones discuss the WA Liberal Party's pick for Cottesloe.
  
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• Perth's Micromine sold for $1.3bn

  28-02-2025 08:28 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perth-based software firm Micromine, founded by local geologist Graeme Tuder, has been bought by global mining services company Weir for $1.3 billion.
  
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• No nickel woes for vanadium: Cook

  28-02-2025 08:11 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Premier Roger Cook has backed the state’s emerging vanadium sector to dodge the supply woes which have plagued Western Australian battery metal miners in recent years.
  
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• Prendiville flags Freo pod hotel

  28-02-2025 08:08 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Hospitality operator Patrick Prendiville has proposed to demolish a building on South Terrace for a four-storey pod hotel, expanding his Fremantle footprint.
  
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• Labor doubles down on project spend

  28-02-2025 08:07 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Rita Saffioti has defended the state government’s multi-billion-dollar investment in infrastructure at a time when the state was experiencing crippling skills shortages.
  
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• Australian shares hit eight-week low as slide continues

  28-02-2025 07:56 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The ASX200 has finished 1.2 per cent lower to make February its worst month in more than two years after US President Donald Trump's call on tariffs.
  
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• Ellison company lifts MinRes debt

  28-02-2025 07:51 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Mineral Resources has agreed to defer repayments on an interest-free $135 million loan to an ASX company led by chief executive Chris Ellison’s brother.
  
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• Lattouf says court case exposed 'rot and systemic racism at the ABC'

  28-02-2025 07:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Journalist Antoinette Lattouf says the "rot and the systemic racism at the ABC" has been exposed in her unlawful termination case against the national broadcaster as proceedings close.
  
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• Feds pledge $18m for WA roads, airports

  28-02-2025 07:15 via businessnews.com.au
  
  An $18 million federal government cash splash on WA roads and airports will enable upgrades to 21 high-priority railway level crossing locals, among other projects.
  
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• Succession need not be a courtroom drama

  28-02-2025 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: Handing over the family business is not an event, it’s a process. Getting the right advice is essential.
  
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• Gold mine expansion given federal approval

  28-02-2025 07:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government has approved the expansion of a mine in the New South Wales Central West that is expected to produce 1.6 million ounces of gold.
  
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• Crypto crash creeps closer

  28-02-2025 06:38 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: The Trump-infused stampede into cryptocurrencies opens the gate for the next financial crisis.
  
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• Mark My Words February 28 2025

  28-02-2025 06:32 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Mark Beyer and Jack McGinn discuss Talison's Greenbushes expansion; an Alcoa update; a mineral sands miner in administration; Satterley's Perth Hills project; BP; and a mag preview.
  
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• Victorian police officers back pay deal, ending industrial dispute

  28-02-2025 06:20 via abc.net.au
  
  A bitter police pay dispute in Victoria is set to come to an end, with officers and staff agreeing to a 20 per cent pay rise over four years.
  
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• Conservative news operator takes over 7 Tasmania, other television assets

  28-02-2025 05:52 via abc.net.au
  
  The company which has launched an Australian version of the US right-wing streaming channel Newsmax says its latest acquisition, which includes a raft of TV stations, will be run separately to that operation.
  
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• City plans East Perth site revival

  28-02-2025 05:12 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The City of Perth has proposed to prime a site along the Swan River, for sporting, residential and commercial developments which could exceed 16 storeys.
  
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• Perth hotel market outperforms nation

  28-02-2025 04:51 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The WA capital has outperformed other states in its hotel occupancy rates, which has translated to revenue gains.
  
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• Battery installers urge clarity on rebates

  28-02-2025 04:50 via businessnews.com.au
  
  WA Labor’s $387 million election promise to provide rebates for household battery installation has been cautiously welcomed by industry, who say cracks in the policy are already surfacing.
  
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• Joyce delivers snoozy earnings report

  28-02-2025 04:18 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The brand behind Bedshed experienced profit headwinds over FY25’s first half as hip pocket pain kept shoppers at bay.
  
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• PGA report submitted to police

  28-02-2025 03:53 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Administrators of the Pastoralist & Graziers Association of WA have requested police further investigate financial misconduct at the organisation.
  
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• National trucker buys WA company

  28-02-2025 03:52 via businessnews.com.au
  
  One of Australia’s largest trucking companies has boosted its toehold in Western Australia via the acquisition of a Donnybrook freight company and construction of a Perth logistics hub.
  
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• Bhagwan Marine boosts earnings

  28-02-2025 03:11 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Bhagwan Marine has reported strong growth in half-year revenue and earnings, in line with guidance released in December, and presented a positive outlook for the rest of the year.
  
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• West Coast Eagles total equity hits $113m

  28-02-2025 03:08 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Despite a reduced net surplus of $675,924 during 2024, the West Coast Eagles remained one of the most successful off-field national sporting organisations in Australia.
  
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• Expect egg shortage, high prices to last years, farmers tell shoppers

  28-02-2025 02:58 via abc.net.au
  
  Egg farmers and market analysts warn increased consumer demand and ongoing avian influenza issues are to blame for current egg shortages, which could continue for at least another three years.
  
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• Egg prices likely to remain high as shortage tipped to last for years

  28-02-2025 02:58 via abc.net.au
  
  Egg farmers and market analysts warn increased consumer demand and ongoing avian influenza issues are to blame for the current egg shortages, which could continue for at least another three years.
  
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• 'Bluey' fishing ban extended despite species listed as stable

  28-02-2025 02:12 via abc.net.au
  
  The ban on the eastern blue groper has been widely criticised for failing to address climate-related pressures, with the fisheries watchdog admitting 'limited numbers' were being harvested by anglers even before it was made illegal. 
  
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• Do you live in a high-risk area? Tell us how you've managed home insurance payments

  28-02-2025 02:09 via abc.net.au
  
  Calling all home owners in flood and bushfire-prone areas. We want to know how you're dealing with insurance payments.
  
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• Seats that have watchers on edge

  28-02-2025 02:07 via businessnews.com.au
  
  With only weeks until the WA election, a few key seats have political watchers licking their lips and locals trying to read the tea leaves.
  
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• Brewer lays out her Cottesloe agenda

  28-02-2025 01:47 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Liberal Party’s pick to represent the western suburbs, Sandra Brewer, has an ambitious long-term project in mind.
  
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• Temu wants to 'serve the world' but it can't sell to 280 million Indonesians

  28-02-2025 01:02 via abc.net.au
  
  It had a meteoric rise to become the most downloaded shopping app worldwide in 2024, but Temu's expansion plans hit roadblocks in some South-East Asian countries.
  
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• Wall St closes lower as Nvidia tumbles following report

  28-02-2025 00:38 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The S&P 500 and Nasdaq have ended sharply lower overnight, weighed down by a slump in chipmaker Nvidia after its quarterly report failed to rekindle Wall Street's AI rally.
  
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• FBI says North Korea stole $US1.5b in cryptocurrency

  28-02-2025 00:38 via abc.net.au
  
  A $US1.5 billion heist on leading cryptocurrency exchange Bybit is the work of North Korean state-sponsored hackers, according to the FBI.
  
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