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• What motivates some young women to become sugar babies?

  15-05-2025 23:00 via abc.net.au
  
  In the 'sugar dating' world, attractive young women date rich older men to facilitate the kind of romance you pay for. But things can go wrong when sex mixes with money, wealth and power.
  
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• What life is like as a sugar baby who dates older men

  15-05-2025 23:00 via abc.net.au
  
  In the 'sugar dating' world, attractive young women date rich older men to facilitate the kind of romance you pay for. But things can go wrong when sex mixes with money, wealth and power.
  
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• 'My heart sank': Forest home to endangered gliders pegged to be logged

  15-05-2025 21:42 via abc.net.au
  
  Three hours north of Brisbane, a group of greater gliders is living in a section of the St Mary State Forest set to be logged, despite them being a protected species.
  
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• Why $1 million is far from an all-access pass to the housing market

  15-05-2025 16:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Research from Cotality shows the portion of dwellings valued at $1 million or more has risen from just below 10 per cent in April 2015, to more than 34 per cent a decade later.
  
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• Trump says India has offered 'no tariffs' on US goods in trade negotiations

  15-05-2025 15:44 via abc.net.au
  
  The US President made the claim while also criticising tech giant Apple's decision to invest in India, following the implementation of his tariff regime.
  
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• PM promises stronger ties with Indonesia, dodging doubts about Russia

  15-05-2025 13:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese urges Australian businesses to show greater "ambition" when dealing with the emerging South-East Asian economy. 
  
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• State govt opens consultation on controversial Burswood project

  15-05-2025 10:11 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state government has opened the consultation gates on the controversial Burswood motorsport and entertainment precinct, bringing in a key government official for the job.
  
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• Capricorn CEO resigns after charge dismissed

  15-05-2025 09:48 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Capricorn Metals chief executive Paul Criddle has resigned from the company, after an assault charge against him was dismissed in court.
  
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• Zorzi Group founding family members in property dispute

  15-05-2025 09:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The founding family of Zorzi Group have sued a Perth entity over a Melbourne property, in a dispute related to the collapsed builder’s parent company Western Alliance.
  
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• Australian shares edge higher after shaky start

  15-05-2025 09:19 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Australian share market has overcome an early dip to notch its seventh straight session of gains.
  
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• De Grey alum to chair billionaire-backed gold spin-off

  15-05-2025 09:17 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Former De Grey Mining chair Simon Lill will lead the board of a gold-focused spin-off from Gina Rinehart-backed Delta Lithium, to be listed as Ballard Mining.
  
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• Rugby league secures early win in WA

  15-05-2025 09:12 via businessnews.com.au
  
  ANALYSIS: Australian Rugby League Commission chair Peter V’landys and NRL powerbrokers secured an early triumph on Thursday.
  
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• At Close of Business podcast May 15 2025

  15-05-2025 09:10 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Kathy Skantzos and Claire Tyrrell discuss environmental offsets within the property sector.
  
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• Gore to depart Peet

  15-05-2025 08:57 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Mr Gore will step down as chief executive at the land development company in July, following two decades at the business.
  
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• Brendan Gore to depart Peet

  15-05-2025 08:57 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Brendan Gore will step down as chief executive at the land development company in July, following two decades at the business.
  
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• Decmil awarded $80m in infrastructure contracts

  15-05-2025 08:52 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Macmahon subsidiary Decmil Group has been awarded two contracts, worth a total of $80 million, over work in Western Australia and the east coast.
  
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• Cook presses Albo over Woodside call

  15-05-2025 08:47 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Premier Roger Cook has urged recently re-elected prime minister Anthony Albanese to address Woodside Energy’s North West Shelf extension request quickly, following a series of delays.
  
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• Westfield Booragoon $792m upgrade delay granted

  15-05-2025 08:38 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Scentre Group has successfully sought a four-year delay to redevelop the shopping centre, pushing the project out further.
  
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• Rate cut likely next week despite strong jobs growth

  15-05-2025 08:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Australian Bureau of Statistics has reported surprisingly strong jobs growth in the month of April while the country’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was steady at 4.1 per cent.
  
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• Review: Hit after hit after hit at Vasse Felix

  15-05-2025 08:16 via businessnews.com.au
  
  REVIEW: The 2021 Tom Cullity marks 50 years of cabernet sauvignon winemaking at Vasse Felix.
  
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• Opinion: Niche connections a 1990s redux

  15-05-2025 08:12 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: AI is causing an unexpected shift towards authenticity, community and exclusivity online.
  
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• Flexibility needed on enviro offsets

  15-05-2025 07:50 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Environmental offsets have become increasingly difficult for property developers.
  
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• Chemists may be 'misleading' shoppers using bright coloured tags, research finds

  15-05-2025 07:41 via abc.net.au
  
  Shoppers seeking the best prices at major Australian chemists find colourful specials tags confusing, causing them to think they are saving more money than they really are, new research reveals.
  
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• Clive Palmer’s Mineralogy sues CITIC to revive $5bn low-grade ore claim

  15-05-2025 06:25 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Clive Palmer’s Mineralogy has launched another action against Chinese miner CITIC, in hopes to revive its claim for a $5 billion loss over royalties on low-grade ore.
  
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• TasNetworks not equipped to handle 2024 storm event, review finds

  15-05-2025 05:27 via abc.net.au
  
  A review into how TasNetworks responded to widespread power outages during an extreme weather event last year recommends it be more proactive and transparent in how it communicates with customers.
  
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• New iron ore exporter at Port of Bunbury

  15-05-2025 04:47 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Southern Ports is diversifying its export trade commodities, via its partnership with Gold Valley.
  
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• RAC sells insurance arm to IAG for $1.35bn

  15-05-2025 04:23 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The RAC has become the latest state-based motoring group to sell its insurance business, with Sydney-based IAG paying $1.35 billion for the WA business.
  
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• Anthony De Ceglie appointed CEO of Perth Bears

  15-05-2025 04:15 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Media boss Anthony De Ceglie will return to WA to run the new Perth Bears rugby league franchise, going head-to-head with the AFL interests of his former employer Seven West Media.
  
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• RACWA sells insurance operations to Sydney-based IAG in $1.3B deal

  15-05-2025 04:14 via abc.net.au
  
  RACWA has announced a 20-year agreement with multinational insurance company Insurance Australia Group, handing over its entire insurance underwriting business.
  
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• RACWA announces $1.3b sale but tells customers 'no change to your policy'

  15-05-2025 04:14 via abc.net.au
  
  RACWA has announced a 20-year agreement with insurance company Insurance Australia Group, handing over its entire insurance underwriting business.
  
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• Employment surges in April and unemployment rate holds steady

  15-05-2025 03:34 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's unemployment rate held steady in April as 89,000 people found employment — much stronger jobs growth than had been forecast.
  
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• Breaking: Employment surges in April and unemployment rate holds steady

  15-05-2025 03:34 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's unemployment rate held steady in April as 89,000 people found employment — much stronger jobs growth than had been forecast.
  
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• Webuild to pick up $1.8bn hospital job

  15-05-2025 03:27 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Italian-headquartered construction giant is preparing to build the Women’s and Babies Hospital following Roberts Co's financial distress.
  
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• Northern Star adds millions of KCGM ounces

  15-05-2025 02:47 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Northern Star Resources added 7.2 million gold ounces to the mineral resource of its flagship Kalgoorlie asset last year, after mine depletion, in a boost to the life of a Goldfields icon.
  
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• Chinese demand pushes global EV sales to new highs in 2024

  15-05-2025 02:30 via abc.net.au
  
  The headline numbers show another strong year of electric vehicle sales, but the growth is highly concentrated in China and emerging markets in South-East Asia and Latin America.
  
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• NRW concerned by proposed SA legislation

  15-05-2025 02:17 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Mining services contractor NRW Holdings has expressed concern surrounding proposed legislation by the South Australian government, in relation to the recent collapse of the Whyalla steelworks.
  
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• Wall St flat as investors focus on trade, await data

  15-05-2025 01:44 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The S&P 500 closed slightly higher overnight.
  
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• Trade wars and AI drive demand for critical mineral unearthed in WA

  15-05-2025 01:03 via abc.net.au
  
  As the world faces an AI revolution, demand for gallium — used to make "lightning speed" computer chips — is expected to skyrocket. 
  
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• What happens to a small town when the power goes out for 24 hours

  15-05-2025 00:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Business owners are urged to review their policies after a blackout that took 26,000 properties offline in March. Just one of 70 surveyed traders says their insurance has covered the losses.
  
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• Hefty cost for business after Yorke Peninsula's 24-hour blackout

  15-05-2025 00:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Business owners are urged to review their policies after a blackout that took 26,000 properties offline. Just one of 70 surveyed traders says their insurance has covered the losses.
  
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• Hefty cost for business after York Peninsula's 24-hour blackout

  15-05-2025 00:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Business owners are urged to review their policies after a blackout that took 26,000 properties offline. Just one of 70 surveyed traders says their insurance has covered the losses.
  
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