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• Coalition promises to relax home lending rules, against regulator's urging

  31-03-2025 23:08 via abc.net.au
  
  The financial regulator says household debt is already high and its "serviceability buffer" is appropriate. The Coalition says the high buffer is out of date and relaxing it would help more first home buyers into their own place. 
  
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• Perth home values up 75pc since COVID

  31-03-2025 23:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The latest data from CoreLogic shows that Perth’s growth has been the fastest nationally in the past five years, but has slowed more recently.
  
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• Kakadu National Park lease to be renewed ahead of Gunlom Falls reopening

  31-03-2025 22:52 via abc.net.au
  
  The Commonwealth and Kakadu traditional owners are set to sign a new agreement over the jointly-managed national park ahead of Gunlom Falls' long-anticipated reopening this dry season.
  
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• Live: Wall Street edges higher after worst month since 2022

  31-03-2025 22:35 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX looks set to rise after a recovery on Wall Street, ahead of the Reserve Bank's interest rate decision. It follows a volatile night for global markets, with heavy falls in Europe as traders await Trump's tariff reveal. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.  
  
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• Live: Reserve Bank to deliver interest rate decision

  31-03-2025 22:35 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX rises after a recovery on Wall Street, ahead of the Reserve Bank's interest rate decision. It follows a volatile night for global markets, with heavy falls in Europe as traders await Trump's tariff reveal. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.
  
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• Live: Aussie dollar, ASX remain higher as RBA stays on hold

  31-03-2025 22:35 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX rises after a recovery on Wall Street, as the Reserve Bank keeps interest rates steady. It follows a volatile night for global markets, with heavy falls in Europe as traders await Trump's tariff reveal. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.
  
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• ASX gains ground as RBA stays on hold

  31-03-2025 22:35 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX gained ground on Tuesday as the Reserve Bank kept interest rates steady. Catch up on the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.
  
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• Long-awaited SA freight route back on table ahead of federal election

  31-03-2025 22:27 via abc.net.au
  
  A freight bypass estimated to divert up to 420,000 trucks a year from congested Adelaide thoroughfares is back on the agenda following the federal budget.
  
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• Trump looms as election wildcard with Labor reluctant to buy tariff exemption

  31-03-2025 20:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian officials continue to talk to their American counterparts, but Labor is reluctant to pay a substantial price to win an exemption from fresh US tariffs.
  
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• Global shares slide as world braces for Trump's 'liberation day'

  31-03-2025 18:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Investment bank Goldman Sachs says there is now a 35 per cent chance of a recession in the US in the next year.
  
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• Global shares slide as world braces for Trump tariffs

  31-03-2025 18:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Investment bank Goldman Sachs says there is now a 35 per cent chance of a recession in the US in the next year.
  
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• Global shares dip as world braces for Trump tariffs

  31-03-2025 18:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Investment bank Goldman Sachs says there is now a 35 per cent chance of a recession in the US in the next year.
  
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• Property price rebound continues as rate cut boosts the mood

  31-03-2025 15:02 via abc.net.au
  
  After a brief downturn home prices have rebounded to new heights, but analysts say growth is likely to be contained. Rents have also reached record highs but growth is expected to slow.
  
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• Home prices and rents reach record highs ahead of rates decision

  31-03-2025 15:02 via abc.net.au
  
  After a brief downturn home prices have rebounded to new heights, but analysts say growth is likely to be contained. Rents have also reached record highs but growth is expected to slow.
  
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• Talison's revenue, profit tumbles in lithium landslide

  31-03-2025 13:38 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Greenbushes may have clung on to an annual profit in FY24, but a subdued spodumene market led to a sharp downturn in mine operator Talison's latest financials.
  
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• Central Queensland coal mine shut down due to dangerous gas levels

  31-03-2025 12:15 via abc.net.au
  
  The Anglo American-owned Moranbah North in central Queensland has been safely evacuated after dangerous gas levels were detected.
  
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• Humich calls for Minister for CBD

  31-03-2025 09:50 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The property developer says the state government should put more emphasis on the city, and has criticised a lack of investment in Perth train station.
  
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• At Close of Business podcast March 31 2025

  31-03-2025 09:41 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Liv Declerck and Isabel Vieira discuss a Perth film studio's foray into virtual reality documentary making.
  
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• Scyne Advisory partners to start at FTI

  31-03-2025 09:33 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Consulting firm FTI is set for a boost this week when a group of partners that left Scyne Advisory last year commence at their new employer.
  
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• Major projects, defence focus in WA public sector overhaul

  31-03-2025 09:25 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state government has established an AUKUS-focused defence industries department and shifted energy into a diversification agency under its post-election changes to the public sector.
  
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• Alarm over tariffs sends Australian shares $42bn lower

  31-03-2025 09:16 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Australian share market has sold off as incoming tariffs ratchet-up fears of a US recession and deepen investor concerns about global growth.
  
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• Commercial centres in Woodvale, Casuarina to cost $75m

  31-03-2025 09:10 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Details of two multi-million-dollar neighbourhood centres have been published as the proposals progress in the state government’s planning pathway.
  
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• RBA tipped to keep rates on hold, CBA says inflation fight ‘won’

  31-03-2025 08:47 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Word on the street is that the RBA will keep interest rates on hold at tomorrow’s meeting, but another cut could be on the cards in late May.
  
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• Bob Brown Foundation launches legal challenge against PM's 'rushed' salmon bill

  31-03-2025 08:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's law changes to guarantee the future of farmed salmon in Macquarie Harbour are facing counter moves, with the Bob Brown Foundation launching a legal challenge in the Federal Court.
  
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• Austral Fisheries 2024 result nets 26pc rise in earnings

  31-03-2025 08:23 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perth-based Austral Fisheries has seen its earnings jump more than 26 per cent on the back of a healthy rise in revenue to almost $163 million.
  
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• Austral Fisheries 2024 result nets 26% rise in earnings

  31-03-2025 08:23 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perth-based Austral Fisheries has seen its earnings jump more than 26 per cent on the back of a healthy rise in revenue to almost $163 million.
  
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• Opinion: Forget the suit, this guy’s got no clothes

  31-03-2025 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: Keen to avoid global market chaos caused by US policies, financial managers are acting collectively and re-allocating funds.
  
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• Woolies sells Australind land for $3m

  31-03-2025 07:12 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The supermarket giant had owned the three-hectare property for at least a decade.
  
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• Southern Cross Electrical Engineering acquires Force Fire Holdings for $53m

  31-03-2025 06:21 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perth-based Southern Cross Electrical Engineering has enhanced its portfolio, following the acquisition of a Sydney-based company.
  
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• SCEE acquires Force Fire Holdings, expected to generate $106m in additional revenue during FY25

  31-03-2025 06:21 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perth-based Southern Cross Electrical Engineering has enhanced its portfolio, following the acquisition of a Sydney-based company.
  
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• PM will 'consult widely' on nature positive

  31-03-2025 06:12 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Anthony Albanese has confirmed, if re-elected, he would revamp controversial nature positive laws, introducing an independent environment watchdog and overhauling approvals processes.
  
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• Albanese promises to ‘consult widely’ on nature positive

  31-03-2025 06:12 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Anthony Albanese has confirmed, if re-elected, he would revamp controversial nature positive laws, introducing an independent environment watchdog and overhauling approvals processes.
  
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• Chinese-linked investors complete Northern Minerals shares sell-off

  31-03-2025 06:09 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Investors with Chinese connections have fulfilled the federal government's order to sell their shares in rare earths junior Northern Minerals.
  
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• Adriatic Metals boss Laura Tyler keen for additional improvement

  31-03-2025 05:31 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Adriatic Metals boss Laura Tyler said the company is keen to further build on its performance, despite achieving a series of notable outcomes in recent months.
  
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• Adriatic boss keen for additional improvement as it moves towards first commercial production

  31-03-2025 05:31 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Adriatic Metals boss Laura Tyler said the company is keen to further build on its performance, despite achieving a series of notable outcomes in recent months.
  
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• One of the country's largest gold mines fined $350k for air pollution

  31-03-2025 05:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Newmont Corporation, owner of the Cadia mine at Orange in New South Wales, is convicted of exceeding dust regulations on five occasions between 2021 and 2023.
  
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• White Spark Pictures docos virtually sell themselves

  31-03-2025 05:25 via businessnews.com.au
  
  White Spark Pictures produces unique virtual reality documentary experiences.
  
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• Health minister to investigate price gouging by private insurers

  31-03-2025 04:56 via abc.net.au
  
  The Department of Health has been told to investigate price gouging practices by health insurers after one fund ignored a warning from the Health minister to stop exploiting a loophole to increase prices above the government-approved cap.
  
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• Health Minister orders urgent investigation of HCF price hike

  31-03-2025 04:56 via abc.net.au
  
  The Department of Health has been told to investigate price gouging practices by health insurers after one fund ignored a warning from the Health minister to stop exploiting a loophole to increase prices above the government-approved cap.
  
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• Strike formalises Macquarie deal, breaks ground at South Erregulla

  31-03-2025 04:35 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Macquarie package exposes Strike to another $217 million in funding as it breaks ground on the South Erregulla gas station.
  
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• Ben Roberts-Smith seeking to reopen failed defamation case over recording

  31-03-2025 04:01 via abc.net.au
  
  The war veteran has been awaiting a decision in the appeal for more than a year, after the Federal Court previously found the publisher had proven, to the civil standard, allegations he was involved in four murders in Afghanistan and an allegation of bullying.
  
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• Elite cricket nations add to Perth's sport smorgasbord, as both India and England to head west

  31-03-2025 03:57 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perth's all-round sporting enthusiasts have been given yet another serving of sporting excellence to their growing feast this year.
  
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• Federal Labor pledges $200m for St John of God Midland hospital

  31-03-2025 03:34 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pledged $200 million towards the expansion of St John of God hospital in Midland, if Labor is re-elected in the federal election.
  
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• Corporate regulators crack down on ASX CHESS failures

  31-03-2025 03:26 via businessnews.com.au
  
  ASX regulators have put the microscope on the local bourse’s CHESS system following settlement failures late last year.
  
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• POSCO's Port Hedland iron plant a linchpin for Port Hedland's future

  31-03-2025 03:16 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A proposed $4.4 billion iron processing plant could strengthen the business case of other major Pilbara projects.
  
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• POSCO’s Port Hedland iron plant a linchpin for Pilbara’s future

  31-03-2025 03:16 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A proposed $4.4 billion iron processing plant could strengthen the business case of other major Pilbara projects.
  
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• WA Liberals pick Sandra Brewer as shadow treasurer

  31-03-2025 02:35 via businessnews.com.au
  
  First-term MP Sandra Brewer will take on the responsibility of holding the WA government’s spending to account as the state’s shadow treasurer.
  
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• Gold Road full-year profit rises by $22m

  31-03-2025 02:22 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A few days after pouring cold water on a $3.3 billion bid from Gruyere joint venture partner Gold Fields, Gold Road Resources has announced its 2024 full-year result.
  
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• Wall Street tumbles as fresh data fuels inflation fear

  31-03-2025 01:40 via businessnews.com.au
  
  It was a challenging end to the week for US stocks.
  
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• Mount Gambier is tipped to boom, but leaders say infrastructure is lacking

  31-03-2025 01:13 via abc.net.au
  
  More than 18,000 people are expected to move to SA's Limestone Coast in the next 25 years, but local leaders say a mountain of work needs to be done. 
  
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