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• SA fisher says 'burning' water harming marine life and business

  20-03-2025 22:35 via abc.net.au
  
  Similar seawater quality problems to those that have been reported near Victor Harbor are threatening the livelihood of a fisher in the state's south-east.
  
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• Live: Supermarkets argue sector 'highly competitive' despite ACCC findings

  20-03-2025 22:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Coles and Woolworths are in focus after they responded to the ACCC's inquiry into supermarket pricing and competition. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.  
  
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• Live: Coles argues supermarkets 'highly competitive' while Woolworths calls sector 'very competitive' despite ACCC findings

  20-03-2025 22:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Coles and Woolworths are in focus after they responded to the ACCC's inquiry into supermarket pricing and competition. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.  
  
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• Live: Coles argues supermarkets 'highly competitive' despite ACCC findings

  20-03-2025 22:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Coles and Woolworths will be in focus as they respond to the ACCC's inquiry into supermarket pricing and competition. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• Coles and Woolworths shares surge after 'benign' report — as it happened

  20-03-2025 22:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Shares in Coles and Woolworths surged on Friday, after a report into the supermarket sector. Investors seemed to cheer the findings, with analysts describing it as a "relief rally" for the stocks.
  
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• Landlord says real estate agents 'culpable' in Victoria's housing crisis

  20-03-2025 21:22 via abc.net.au
  
  With rents rising, one landlord says the real estate industry needs to be scrutinised while the Real Estate Institute of Victoria proposes land tax reforms to help alleviate pressure on housing providers offering long-term leases.
  
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• Four in five Queenslanders yet to download digital ID despite $50m spend

  20-03-2025 20:51 via abc.net.au
  
  The minister responsible for customer service says he wants a new digital app that will make dealing with government services "seamless and quick".
  
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• 250km underground power transmission line plan for Victoria

  20-03-2025 20:31 via abc.net.au
  
  The company behind the proposed transmission project says it is more feasible and has more farmer support than two controversial projects.
  
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• 250km-long underground transmission line proposed for Victoria

  20-03-2025 20:31 via abc.net.au
  
  The company behind a proposed new underground transmission line for Victoria says if it were to go ahead, it would delay the need to build two controversial projects.
  
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• US tech giants lobby Trump to tackle Australian social media rules

  20-03-2025 20:07 via abc.net.au
  
  Silicon Valley, whose top executives have cultivated close relationships with Donald Trump, is now pushing him to pressure Australia to relax its regulations or risk retaliation. 
  
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• Tech titans ask Trump to take up fight against Australian regulation

  20-03-2025 20:07 via abc.net.au
  
  Silicon Valley, whose top executives have cultivated close relationships with Donald Trump, is now pushing him to pressure Australia to relax its regulations or risk retaliation. 
  
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• Woolies and Coles have 'limited incentive' to compete hard on price, ACCC finds

  20-03-2025 12:30 via abc.net.au
  
  The consumer watchdog's hotly anticipated report into Australian supermarkets concludes the two major players have so much power, they don't need to compete "vigorously", but the ACCC stopped short of declaring grocery prices excessive. 
  
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• Australian supermarkets among world's most profitable, with 'limited incentive' to compete

  20-03-2025 12:30 via abc.net.au
  
  The consumer watchdog finds Australia's supermarkets are more profitable than their global peers and the two majors don't need to compete "vigorously", but the ACCC stops short of declaring grocery prices excessive. 
  
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• Blackburne’s $200 million City Beach plan approved

  20-03-2025 10:47 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The $200 million proposal has been given the green light by the state’s peak planning body.
  
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• Rinehart wins Saudi exploration ground

  20-03-2025 10:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Mining magnate Gina Rinehart has set her sights on new exploration ground in Saudi Arabia as the Kingdom looks to lessen its oil dependency.
  
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• Mettam ‘respects new direction’ Liberal party wants to take

  20-03-2025 09:46 via businessnews.com.au
  
  WA Liberal leader Libby Mettam says it wasn’t a difficult decision to step down from her role, and confirmed she would seek to continue as the party’s deputy leader.
  
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• Hartman signals US market entry for RMs

  20-03-2025 09:08 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Tattarang chief executive says he is keen to continue to push the brand into international markets.
  
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• Hartman bullish on US market entry for RMs

  20-03-2025 09:08 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Tattarang chief executive says he is keen to continue to push the brand into international markets.
  
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• Financial stocks push Australian market to 11-day high

  20-03-2025 09:04 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Australian share market has resumed its uptrend after the US Federal Reserve left US rates unchanged as expected and shrugged-off tariff concerns.
  
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• WAPC chair Emma Cole eyes contentious City Beach build in first SDAU meet

  20-03-2025 09:01 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The new chair of the state’s peak planning body has Blackburne’s contentious $200 million City Beach project in her sights at her first significant development meeting.
  
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• Viburnum exit as Cleanaway buys Contract Resources for $377m

  20-03-2025 09:01 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perth fund manager Viburnum and its partners have inked a $377 million deal to sell a portfolio company to ASX-listed waste management major Cleanaway.
  
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• Cole mulls City Beach plan

  20-03-2025 09:01 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The new chair of the state’s peak planning body has Blackburne’s contentious $200 million City Beach project in her sights at her first significant development meeting.
  
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• At Close of Business podcast March 20 2025

  20-03-2025 08:59 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Sam Jones and Justin Fris discuss the state of play in the uranium sector.
  
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• Basil Zempilas confirms tilt for Liberal Party leadership

  20-03-2025 08:27 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Basil Zempilas has confirmed he will throw his hat in the ring for the Liberal Party of WA’s leadership after Libby Mettam stood down from the role.
  
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• Education department reviews school computer block on pro and anti-live export websites

  20-03-2025 08:08 via abc.net.au
  
  WA students and teachers say the 'Keep the Sheep' advocacy website, as well as the opposing campaign against live exports, could not be accessed from school computers.
  
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• ACCC won’t oppose Vocus’ $5.3bn TPG asset acquisition

  20-03-2025 07:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The competition watchdog will not oppose Vocus Group Limited’s proposed acquisition of TPG Telecom Limited’s fixed business and fibre network assets in a deal worth billion.
  
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• Adrian Fini, Peter Lee criticise Perth’s urban sprawl

  20-03-2025 07:24 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Property developer Adrian Fini and Hassell principal Peter Lee have criticised the urban sprawl and suburbia in Perth, during a discussion over design.
  
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• Fed govt cash splash for Australia's only silicon manufacturer

  20-03-2025 07:23 via businessnews.com.au
  
  WA’s green projects push has been underscored by a wave of federal government support, including funds for the country’s only silicon manufacturer to cut emissions.
  
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• Libby Mettam to stand down as WA Liberal leader

  20-03-2025 07:06 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Basil Zempilas is set to become the WA Liberal Party’s new leader as Libby Mettam reveals she will not seek re-election to the role following the party’s heavy election defeat.
  
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• Election analysis: Cautious conservatives will rue timidity

  20-03-2025 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: The Liberals did not bring enough firepower to the campaign in policy or personnel terms.
  
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• Huon salmon stripped of RSPCA approval after video scandal

  20-03-2025 06:09 via abc.net.au
  
  RSPCA Australia has withdrawn its certification from salmon farming giant Huon Aquaculture following the release of a video that shows live fish being dumped into bins.
  
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• The ACCC will soon deliver its verdict in supermarket duopoly report

  20-03-2025 05:55 via abc.net.au
  
  A long-awaited report into the market power of Australia's two major supermarkets — dubbed 'ColesWorth' — will soon be made public.
  
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• Do 'ColesWorth' have a duopoly? The ACCC will soon deliver its verdict

  20-03-2025 05:55 via abc.net.au
  
  A long-awaited report into the market power of Australia's two major supermarkets — dubbed 'ColesWorth' — will soon be made public.
  
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• NXT TEC, Di Ciano to replead in ANZ court dispute

  20-03-2025 04:55 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A dispute between NXT TEC and ANZ has continued, with a Supreme Court judge describing the building technology company’s pleadings as “embarrassing”.
  
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• WA has lowest unemployment, highest population growth in nation

  20-03-2025 04:49 via businessnews.com.au
  
  WA has led the way in national employment figures, with the lowest unemployment rate and the highest population growth in the country.Australia’s unemployment rate has remained steady at 4.1 per cent in February, with around 266,000 more people employed than the same time last year.
  
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• Uranium plays on target in the US as Aurora looks long-term

  20-03-2025 04:46 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Local uranium operators spoken to by Business News still hold out hope that WA will repeal the state’s mining ban.
  
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• Uranium plays on target in the US

  20-03-2025 04:46 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Local uranium operators spoken to by Business News still hold out hope that WA will repeal the state’s mining ban.
  
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• Greenpeace to pay $1 billion over oil pipeline protests, US jury finds

  20-03-2025 04:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Greenpeace must pay substantial damages for defamation and other claims brought by a oil pipeline company over the Standing Rock protests in 2016 and 2017.
  
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• Greenpeace must pay $1 billion in damages, could go bankrupt

  20-03-2025 04:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Greenpeace must pay substantial damages for defamation and other claims brought by a oil pipeline company over the Standing Rock protests in 2016 and 2017.
  
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• Mid West hydrogen project gains $814m

  20-03-2025 03:40 via businessnews.com.au
  
  An ambitious green hydrogen project north of Kalbarri has become the first recipient of the federal government’s Hydrogen Headstart Program, gaining backing of $814 million.
  
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• Mid West green hydrogen project gains $814m head start from fed govt

  20-03-2025 03:40 via businessnews.com.au
  
  An ambitious green hydrogen project north of Kalbarri has become the first recipient of the federal government’s Hydrogen Headstart Program, gaining backing of $814 million.
  
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• Truffle producer with Claremont move

  20-03-2025 03:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Manjimup Artisan Truffles has purchased a warehouse in Claremont, as the business expands.
  
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• Childcare giant's former chair Jenny Hutson has criminal charges dropped

  20-03-2025 02:30 via abc.net.au
  
  The corporate watchdog's case against the former chairwoman of Australia's biggest share market-listed childcare operator has collapsed.
  
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• Charges dropped against ex-chair of childcare giant

  20-03-2025 02:30 via abc.net.au
  
  The corporate watchdog's case against the former chairwoman of Australia's biggest share market-listed childcare operator has collapsed.
  
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• Water management under scrutiny

  20-03-2025 02:26 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: News reports have raised serious questions about the state government’s commitment to sustainable water management.
  
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• 'Unacceptable' Bruce Highway flooding repeat frustrates north Queenslanders

  20-03-2025 02:09 via abc.net.au
  
  As north Queenslanders cope with the second flood in as many months, frustrations are growing over yet another closure of the Bruce Highway. 
  
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• Residents angry over lack of flood warning and third highway closure

  20-03-2025 02:09 via abc.net.au
  
  As North Queenslanders cope with the second flood in as many months, frustrations are growing over yet another closure of the Bruce Highway. 
  
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• Labor and Coalition vow PBS will not be bargained over in US trade war

  20-03-2025 02:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton say the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, a cornerstone of Australia's health system, will never be a negotiating chip in US President Donald Trump's ongoing tariff campaign.
  
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• Mark Creasy rejects last-minute pitch from Gold Valley for CZR Resources

  20-03-2025 01:59 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Iron ore minnow Gold Valley Group has made a last-minute bid to snatch Mark Creasy’s CZR Resources from the clutches of Fenix Resources for a premium price.
  
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• Creasy rejects last-ditch Gold Valley pitch

  20-03-2025 01:59 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Iron ore minnow Gold Valley Group has made a last-minute bid to snatch Mark Creasy’s CZR Resources from the clutches of Fenix Resources for a premium price.
  
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