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• Tempers flare in outback town as locals abandon only grocery store

  05-03-2025 22:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Empty shelves and rotting produce are among the complaints being levelled at a Goldfields shire over its management of an IGA grocery store.
  
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• Australian shares fall despite Wall Street optimism — as it happened

  05-03-2025 21:40 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX fell on Thursday, as several major companies traded without access to their latest dividend payments, while the Australian dollar moved higher overnight. Here's how the session unfolded on the ABC News markets blog. 
  
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• Investigation launched after live salmon sealed into tubs with dead fish

  05-03-2025 21:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Tasmanian salmon producer Huon Aquaculture launches a "full investigation" after video taken at one of its fish farms showed live salmon being siphoned out of a pen and sealed in tubs with piles of dead fish.
  
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• Fish farm 'extremely disappointed' after live salmon sealed in tub

  05-03-2025 21:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Tasmanian salmon producer Huon Aquaculture launches a "full investigation" after video taken at one of its fish farms showed live salmon being siphoned out of a pen and sealed in tubs with piles of dead fish.
  
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• Origin's coal-fired Eraring 'unreliable' and 'driving up energy bills,' says new report

  05-03-2025 21:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's coal-fired power stations are unreliable and driving up electricity prices, according to a new report out today, on the eve of a federal election campaign in which the viability of keeping coal plants going longer will be a key focus.
  
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• How outages at aging coal-fired power stations drive up energy bills

  05-03-2025 21:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's coal-fired power stations are unreliable and driving up electricity prices, according to a new report out today, on the eve of a federal election campaign in which the viability of keeping coal plants going longer will be a key focus.
  
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• 'Expensive, improbable': The case against extending coal-fired power

  05-03-2025 21:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's coal-fired power stations are unreliable and driving up electricity prices, according to a new report out today, on the eve of a federal election campaign in which the viability of keeping coal plants going longer will be a key focus.
  
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• Do we need a reset when it comes to diversity and inclusion at work?

  05-03-2025 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Workplaces in the US are witnessing a mass reversal of diversity, equity and inclusion programs following President Donald Trump's return to power. Could the same thing happen here in Australia?
  
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• As DEI programs are scaled back in the US, could it happen here in Australia?

  05-03-2025 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Workplaces in the US are witnessing a mass reversal of diversity, equity and inclusion programs following President Donald Trump's return to power. Could the same thing happen here in Australia?
  
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• New report shows how Australian life has changed over last 20 years

  05-03-2025 19:52 via abc.net.au
  
  The HILDA report is a body of work that has surveyed 9,000 Australian households every year, for the last 22 years. Here's what they say has changed.
  
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• Sheppard wins Minderoo arts award

  05-03-2025 12:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Novelist Holden Sheppard has won the Minderoo Artist Award for 2025, with eight other artists set to also benefit from the arts fund launched by Andrew and Nicola Forrest.
  
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• Pateman to depart Finbar

  05-03-2025 10:50 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Darren Pateman, who spent three decades at the ASX-listed developer, is stepping down as part of a leadership transition that puts three members of the Chan family in key roles.
  
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• Mining giant fined for unlawful works on NT sacred site over 13 years

  05-03-2025 09:36 via abc.net.au
  
  The company operating the Northern Territory's McArthur River Mine, one of the world's largest lead and zinc mines, has been convicted and fined for unlawful works on a sacred site spanning 13 years.
  
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• Massive Australian mine fined for illegally working on Aboriginal sacred site

  05-03-2025 09:36 via abc.net.au
  
  The company operating the Northern Territory's McArthur River Mine, one of the world's largest lead and zinc mines, has been convicted and fined for unlawful works on a sacred site spanning 13 years.
  
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• Marles unpacks submarine industry vision

  05-03-2025 08:37 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The federal government has issued a call to arms for defence-adjacent industries, highlighting the economic potential of the nation’s planned $30 billion investment in submarine capacity.
  
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• Australian shares slide again as trade war ramps up

  05-03-2025 08:35 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A trade war between the US and its three biggest trading partners is set to expand, sending jitters through markets as impacts and tit-for-tat paybacks unfold.
  
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• At Close of Business Podcast March 5 2025

  05-03-2025 08:21 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Nadia Budihardjo and Jack McGinn discuss the state of play in WA's oil and gas industry.
  
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• Tradie pleads guilty, fined $24k

  05-03-2025 08:07 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A Perth-based tradesman will fork out almost $25,000 in fines and compensation for accepting deposits but failing to do the work at multiple properties.
  
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• Mayors rally against street circuit

  05-03-2025 07:35 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Three Perth mayors have added their voices to opposition towards WA Labor’s election promise to build a $217 million racetrack at Burswood.
  
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• Brindabella Christian College enters voluntary adminstration

  05-03-2025 07:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Brindabella Christian College enters voluntary administration in the latest instalment of the Canberra private school's long-running financial struggles.
  
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• Brindabella Christian College enters voluntary administration

  05-03-2025 07:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Brindabella Christian College enters voluntary administration in the latest instalment of the Canberra private school's long-running financial struggles.
  
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• Niche role for home-grown EV

  05-03-2025 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A local auto manufacturer is driving change in the EV space.
  
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• Headwinds hinder investment pathway

  05-03-2025 06:45 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Some of Australia’s largest gas producers have warned they may invest elsewhere in light of ongoing delays in project approvals and social licence challenges.
  
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• Centre to back economic participation

  05-03-2025 06:44 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A new national centre will champion unlocking of cash-flush charitable trusts and back entrepreneurism for youth in its pitch to build economic opportunities for indigenous people.
  
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• Libs vow FIRB whitelist, red tape overhaul

  05-03-2025 04:57 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A Dutton government would overhaul the foreign investment review board, creating whitelist for investors from allied nations to access faster approvals, in a plan unveiled by Angus Taylor today.
  
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• Netball WA shifts to Wednesday timeslot

  05-03-2025 04:35 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Netball WA is hopeful a decision to shift the majority of its state league matches to the middle of the week will raise the competition’s profile.
  
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• AI race shifts up a gear

  05-03-2025 04:29 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: The arrival of DeepSeek makes clear AI will keep getting better and cheaper, and businesses need to adjust to take advantage.
  
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• Sodexo books Santos contract

  05-03-2025 04:11 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Oil and gas company Santos has awarded Sodexo a five-year contract to service its operations across the country, including on Varanus Island off the Pilbara coast.
  
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• Economy has passed low point: Deloitte

  05-03-2025 03:10 via businessnews.com.au
  
  New figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics show Australia has passed the lowest point of its economic cycle, according to Deloitte.
  
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• Blow for commuters as Southwest Metro opening delayed until 2026

  05-03-2025 02:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Industrial action has been blamed for the delay in converting the T3 Bankstown line, leaving commuters with the inconvenience of travelling on rail replacement buses for months longer than expected.
  
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• New technology helps discover gold near old mine in Whitsundays

  05-03-2025 02:39 via abc.net.au
  
  An old Queensland gold mine has been revived, but some residents are concerned about its environmental impact. 
  
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• Govt to fight NXT TEC legal claim

  05-03-2025 02:35 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The building technology company is suing the state government over three incomplete homes in Ellenbrook.
  
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• MinRes confident despite Fitch downgrade

  05-03-2025 02:23 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Embattled miner Mineral Resources has come to the defence of its balance sheet, after Fitch Ratings downgraded its credit rating to BB-, with a negative outlook.
  
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• Multi-million-dollar rescue deal for embattled WA cattle company stalls

  05-03-2025 02:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The $55 million sale of Yeeda Pastoral Company is up in the air as shareholders voice concerns in a Supreme Court trial.
  
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• Bailout of embattled WA cattle company in limbo amid court action

  05-03-2025 02:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The $55 million sale of Yeeda Pastoral Company is up in the air as shareholders voice concerns in a Supreme Court trial.
  
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• Breaking: Australia's economy exits 21-month per capita recession

  05-03-2025 01:51 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's economy rebounds in the December quarter, with the annual rate of growth lifting to 1.3 per cent.
  
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• Australia's economy exits 21-month per capita recession

  05-03-2025 01:51 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's economy rebounds in the December quarter, with the annual rate of growth lifting to 1.3 per cent.
  
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• Langoulant joins ACIL Allen

  05-03-2025 01:39 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Western Australia’s former general to the United Kingdom and Europe, John Langoulant, has joined economics and public policy advisory firm ACIL Allen in a Perth-based role.
  
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• IAG boss support as Cyclone Alfred nears

  05-03-2025 01:32 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Insurance Australia Group boss Nick Hawkins says the company is ready to support customers potentially impacted by Cyclone Alfred.
  
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• Seaside town fears wilderness lockout if renewables lease green lit

  05-03-2025 01:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Residents of a popular West Australian holiday town fear government plans to transfer land to the developer of a $15 billion green hydrogen project will see them lose access to treasured camping and fishing spots.
  
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• Seaside town fears wilderness lockout if green energy lease green lit

  05-03-2025 01:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Residents of a popular West Australian holiday town fear government plans to transfer land to the developer of a $15 billion green hydrogen project will see them lose access to treasured camping and fishing spots.
  
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• Multi-billion-dollar hydrogen project divides coastal WA town

  05-03-2025 01:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Residents of a popular West Australian holiday town fear government plans to transfer land to the developer of a $15 billion green hydrogen project will see them lose access to treasured camping and fishing spots.
  
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• Wall St stocks fall again overnight

  05-03-2025 00:40 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Stocks racked up more losses on Wall Street overnight as a trade war between the US and its key trading partners escalated, wiping out all the gains since Election Day for the S&P 500.
  
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