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• Synergy sought billion-dollar taxpayer bailout amid soaring transition costs

  06-03-2025 23:13 via abc.net.au
  
  In Western Australia, the costs of the energy transition in the world's biggest standalone grid are mounting quickly. It's pushing the state-owned utility to the brink.
  
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• Soaring energy transition costs pushing state-owned Synergy to the brink

  06-03-2025 23:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Western Australia's state-owned power provider is under such financial strain that the energy minister went to the government seeking a taxpayer-funded bailout valued at almost $1 billion.
  
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• Grape growers working in the dark as harvest gets underway in WA

  06-03-2025 23:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Night-time has become a hive of activity in parts of regional Western Australia as the annual wine grape harvest gets underway.
  
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• Stamp duty costs a growing issue for older downsizers

  06-03-2025 22:45 via abc.net.au
  
  Other governments including Victoria and the ACT have stamp duty exemptions for pensioners who meet certain criteria. Now some retirees in NSW wish similar exemptions were available to them.
   
  
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• Cost of stamp duty stops NSW pensioners from downsizing

  06-03-2025 22:45 via abc.net.au
  
  Other governments including Victoria and the ACT have stamp duty exemptions for pensioners who meet certain criteria. Now some retirees in NSW wish similar exemptions were available to them.
   
  
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• Trump postpones 25pc tariffs on some goods from Canada and Mexico

  06-03-2025 22:39 via abc.net.au
  
  The exemption, covering the two largest US trading partners, will expire on April 2.
  
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• Trump postpones 25pc tariffs on Canada and Mexico until April

  06-03-2025 22:39 via abc.net.au
  
  The exemption, covering the two largest US trading partners, will expire on April 2.
  
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• Star secures deal to sell, ASX tumbles — as it happened

  06-03-2025 21:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Star will sell its stake in the Brisbane Queen's Wharf development, its joint venture partners have confirmed, pulling it back from the brink of collapse. Australian shares fell to their lowest close in more than six months, wiping off about $50 billion in market value.
  
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• Live: Wall St tumbles with Nasdaq down more than 10pc from peak, ASX to drop

  06-03-2025 21:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares look set for sharp falls at the open. As Donald Trump delayed some tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods, fatigue at the policy whiplash hit US markets. Follow the latest updates in our live blog. 
  
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• Live: Wall St tumbles with Nasdaq down more than 10pc from peak, ASX drops

  06-03-2025 21:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares fall sharply at the open. As Donald Trump delayed some tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods, fatigue at the policy whiplash hit US markets. Follow the latest updates in our live blog. 
  
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• Live: Star secures deal to sell, ASX tumbles

  06-03-2025 21:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Star will sell its stake the Brisbane Queen's Wharf development, its joint venture partners have confirmed, pulling it back from the brink of collapse. The ASX drops below 8,000 points for first time in almost six months while the price of Bitcoin plummets. Follow the latest updates in our live blog.
  
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• Live: Star remains on brink of collapse, no deal to sell Brisbane casino yet

  06-03-2025 21:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Star Entertainment says it's been unable to reach a deal with Hong Kong investors on the sale of its Queen's Wharf stake. Australian shares fall sharply at the open after tariff fatigue hits US markets. Follow the latest updates in our live blog. 
  
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• Live: ASX to fall, Star Entertainment in focus, Wall Street tumbles as Trump delays tariffs

  06-03-2025 21:50 via abc.net.au
  
  A fall on Wall Street is likely to send Australian stocks lower, while the Australian Bureau of Statistics is set to release the January Household Spending Indicator at 11:30am AEDT. Follow the latest updates in our live blog.
  
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• More than 5,500 tonnes of dead salmon dumped amid Tasmania's largest-ever losses

  06-03-2025 21:18 via abc.net.au
  
  With Tasmania's salmon companies reeling from unprecedented losses due to disease and warm weather, the industry is told it will face investigation by the Environment Protection Authority.
  
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• How to prepare for Cyclone Alfred insurance claims

  06-03-2025 21:01 via abc.net.au
  
  There will likely be a flurry of insurance claims lodged after Cyclone Alfred, so here's what the experts recommend you do before, during and after the storm to make sure you're protected.  
  
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• How to give your cyclone insurance claims the best chance of being approved

  06-03-2025 21:01 via abc.net.au
  
  There will likely be a flurry of insurance claims lodged after Cyclone Alfred, so here's what the experts recommend you do before, during and after the storm to make sure you're protected.  
  
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• How to give cyclone insurance claims the best chance of being approved

  06-03-2025 21:01 via abc.net.au
  
  There will likely be a flurry of insurance claims lodged after Cyclone Alfred, so here's what the experts recommend you do before, during and after the storm to make sure you're protected.  
  
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• Perth IVF clinic data published on dark web

  06-03-2025 09:34 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Genea, the company which runs Hollywood Hospital’s fertility clinic, has confirmed patient data stolen in a cyber attack in February has been published on the dark web.
  
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• At Close of Business podcast March 6 2025

  06-03-2025 08:59 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Nadia Budihardjo and Claire Tyrrell discuss state political leaders' views on public transport.
  
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• Westbridge buys $45m NSW property

  06-03-2025 08:54 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Subiaco-based syndicator has acquired a large format retail centre in Wagga Wagga.
  
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• Santos, Apache in $133m tax dispute

  06-03-2025 08:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Santos has sued US-based Apache Finance, claiming the latter should have indemnified the oil and gas company more than $130 million in taxes and penalty payments.
  
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• ASX plumbs new low for the year in third straight fall

  06-03-2025 08:17 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australian shares have continued their downward trajectory as US protectionism escalates global tensions and drives market uncertainty.
  
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• Police plate scans go hands-free

  06-03-2025 08:12 via businessnews.com.au
  
  WA Police will have access to hands-free number plate recognition and alert technology via Apple CarPlay through a partnership with Motorola Solutions.
  
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• Stockland’s $142m Vasse build approved

  06-03-2025 07:03 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A development assessment panel has approved Stockland’s plan to build an independent living complex in the state’s South West, estimated to cost $142 million.
  
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• Approval for Stockland’s $142m Vasse build

  06-03-2025 07:03 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A development assessment panel has approved Stockland’s plan to build an independent living complex in the state’s South West, estimated to cost $142 million.
  
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• Libs win donation race, but Labor coffers ahead

  06-03-2025 06:47 via businessnews.com.au
  
  ANALYSIS: The Liberal Party has defeated WA Labor in the state election donation race, but the governing party’s wallet runs deeper than the money it has been gifted.
  
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• Transit key to development

  06-03-2025 06:43 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state’s political leaders have debated the implications of WA’s transport network for property development.
  
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• Politics: the art of the (im)possible

  06-03-2025 06:41 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: The opposition has little-to-no chance of winning this month’s state election, and that’s a message that won’t self-destruct in five seconds.
  
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• 'Cluster of epic proportions': Industrial manslaughter prosecution derailed

  06-03-2025 06:34 via abc.net.au
  
  An industrial manslaughter prosecution over the death of a Darwin construction worker in 2020 could be over before it begins after NT WorkSafe failed to turn over hundreds of documents.
  
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• Bleached reef like a frog in a pot

  06-03-2025 06:29 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: The rapid decline of Ningaloo Reef is bad for the environment and bad for business.
  
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• Rio Tinto to pour $2.8bn into Brockman

  06-03-2025 06:26 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Rio Tinto has announced a $US1.8 billion ($A2.8 billion) investment to extend its Brockman mine in the Pilbara, after receiving the green light for the project.
  
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• January trade data holds strong

  06-03-2025 04:41 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Tropical cyclones and iron ore disruptions on Australia’s west coast failed to put a real dampener on January’s export data, according to the ABS.
  
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• Feds define 'Australian business' for procurement

  06-03-2025 03:48 via businessnews.com.au
  
  An official definition of what constitutes an ‘Australian business’ for government procurement purposes has been introduced for the first time by the federal government.
  
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• Capricorn half-year net profit down $11.2m

  06-03-2025 03:09 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Cost increases have played a role in a reduced half-year net profit for goldminer Capricorn Metals.
  
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• 'Dirty uniforms': Families in Adelaide's south face water shortages

  06-03-2025 02:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Children are skipping school because families are running out of water to shower or wash uniforms, a South Australian mayor says amid record dry weather in the state. 
  
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• Dry dams leave SA farmers deciding to buy water or sell livestock

  06-03-2025 02:08 via abc.net.au
  
  South Australia's farmers are worried about water supplies for livestock as drought conditions cause dams to dry up across the state.
  
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• New names among WA’s largest station owners

  06-03-2025 01:43 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Business News has compiled a list of the state's largest pastoral leaseholders. It is a mix of rich-listers, cattle barons, family operations, miners, and indigenous enterprises
  
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• West African posts $246m full-year profit

  06-03-2025 01:34 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Goldminer West African Resources post a full-year net profit of $246 million in 2024, spurred on by strong production at its Sanbrado gold mine in Burkina Faso.
  
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• Wall St rises as markets eye easing of trade tensions

  06-03-2025 00:38 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Wall Street's main indexes finished higher in choppy trading overnight as investors cheered the likely easing of trade tensions between the US and major trading partners.
  
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