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• About 10,000 cars stolen or broken into in Melbourne each year

  04-06-2026 06:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Victoria has higher vehicle insurance claims over stolen cars than all other mainland states combined, new data from the Insurance Council of Australia reveals.
  
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• Lynas picks COO as interim boss

  04-06-2026 10:07 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Lynas Rare Earths has appointed chief operating officer Pol Le Roux as interim chief executive while it continues its search for a permanent successor to Amanda Lacaze.
  
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• At Close of Business podcast June 4 2026

  04-06-2026 09:54 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Jack McGinn speaks to Ella Loneragan about the state's biggest Indigenous businesses and their growth.
  
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• RBA not concerned about stagflation or wage-price spiral

  04-06-2026 09:49 via abc.net.au
  
  RBA governor Michele Bullock says she is not concerned about stagflation or a wage-price spiral
  
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• Tax changes won't deliver productivity or GDP boost

  04-06-2026 09:43 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Changes to negative gearing, capital gains tax and trusts have not raised Treasury's assumption that productivity will grow at 1.2 per cent in the medium term.
  
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• Investors flee to safety as business confidence wanes

  04-06-2026 09:39 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia's share market is on track for a negative week as US-Iran tensions and wobbles in the US tech narrative weigh on an already grim growth outlook.
  
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• Hot spot for Australian bull semen as China market re-opens

  04-06-2026 09:39 via abc.net.au
  
  After a five year break, livestock farmers in China will use Australian genetics to produce premium beef for traditional dining and hot pot markets.
  
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• Aviation journalist Geoffrey Thomas dies aged 74

  04-06-2026 09:27 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Veteran aviation journalist and writer for Business News Geoffrey Thomas has passed away in Perth at the age of 74.
  
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• Momentous moments, significant gains

  04-06-2026 09:24 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state's biggest Indigenous businesses have gone from strength to strength, but there is more to the story when it comes to growth.
  
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• Education Minister Tony Buti dodges uni merger talks, stresses standards

  04-06-2026 09:08 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Education Minister Tony Buti has cautioned against universities lowering their standards while remaining tight-lipped on potential mergers.
  
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• BHP commits $160m to Port Hedland school, pool and housing

  04-06-2026 08:39 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Major upgrades to Port Hedland's high school, a new aquatic centre, and housing for key workers have been underpinned by a record community investment from BHP.
  
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• Analysis: Tertiary education sector faces ongoing cyber risk

  04-06-2026 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  ANALYSIS: The auditor general's warning to WA's universities and TAFEs could serve as a wake-up call to bolster security controls, if not already under way amid recent cyber-attacks.
  
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• EPA clashes with Greens on need for real-time tracking of salmon antibiotic use

  04-06-2026 07:51 via abc.net.au
  
  The director of Tasmania's Environment Protection Authority rejects calls to release real-time information on the amount of antibiotics used by salmon producers, despite the companies already providing that information to other government bodies.
  
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• Frontier taps investors for $110m

  04-06-2026 07:36 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Frontier Energy executive chair Jamie Cullen says the company's $110 million capital raise is a pivotal achievement for the company.
  
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• Opinion: Taxing risk-takers counterproductive

  04-06-2026 07:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: Belting the aspirational is a mistake, not reform.
  
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• Mark Crees to lead Arts and Culture Trust

  04-06-2026 06:55 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A NSW creative industries leader will head the cultural venue operator after the trust's first independent chief executive, Janis Carren, left for VenuesWest.
  
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• Fewer cars stolen across Australia — except in Victoria

  04-06-2026 06:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Victoria has higher vehicle insurance claims over stolen cars than all other mainland states combined, new data from the Insurance Council of Australia reveals.
  
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• Judge blasts ex-senator Rod Culleton’s bid to scrap $205k debt to Lester Group

  04-06-2026 05:33 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A Federal Court judge has slammed former senator Rod Culleton's bid to reconsider his $200,000 debt to a Lester Group entity.
  
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• WA economy still outpacing nation

  04-06-2026 05:25 via businessnews.com.au
  
  In the face of a national slowdown in economic growth, Western Australia's domestic economy is remaining stubbornly strong, growing at 3.2 per cent across the year to the March quarter.
  
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• Bulk-billing policy hurting regional GPs

  04-06-2026 04:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The federal government has been urged to review its policy settings around medical practice bulk-billing as regional clinics in WA struggle to remain viable.
  
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• Meta hits out at Labor's plan to make tech giants pay for news

  04-06-2026 04:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Tech giant Meta criticises the Australian government's plan to make social media companies pay for news, calling it a "grossly unfair" and "discriminatory tax".
  
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• Cost-of-living pressure 'entrenching disadvantage' in the NT

  04-06-2026 04:06 via abc.net.au
  
  The NT has the second highest average rent in the country, with households having to set aside more of their weekly wages to cover essential costs.
  
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• Far South Coast breaks records in oyster growing turnaround

  04-06-2026 04:05 via abc.net.au
  
  While oyster growers have had a tough time recently, one lake on the NSW Far South Coast is bucking the trend and setting new records along the way.
  
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• Post-Eagles Simpson opens up on leadership

  04-06-2026 03:28 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Former West Coast Eagles senior coach Adam Simpson has provided insight into key leadership and cultural traits which have served him well in business and Australian Rules Football for more than 30 years.
  
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• Housing slowdown sharper than Treasury forecast: CBA

  04-06-2026 01:57 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Reserve Bank officials will respond to economic growth figures and a home price slowdown as they front a parliamentary hearing on Thursday.
  
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• PM says Australia has 'ideological disagreement' with US after it reveals anti-slavery tariff

  04-06-2026 01:46 via abc.net.au
  
  The planned new tariff is to be slapped on dozens of countries that have allegedly failed to take action to prevent slavery and forced labour. 
  
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• Water security concerns as magnetite miner seeks extension

  04-06-2026 01:29 via abc.net.au
  
  As a major miner seeks approval to extend its magnetite ore operations in regional Western Australia to 2048, shires are increasingly concerned about ensuring there's enough groundwater to go around. 
  
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• Concerns raised as mining companies take local groundwater leaving towns 'vulnerable'

  04-06-2026 01:29 via abc.net.au
  
  As a major miner seeks approval to extend its magnetite ore operations in regional Western Australia to 2048, shires are increasingly concerned about ensuring there's enough groundwater to go around. 
  
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• Wall St ends lower as Mideast tensions escalate

  04-06-2026 01:13 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Wall Street stocks pulled back from record highs ‌as flaring tensions in the Middle East and rising crude prices stoked inflation jitters and convinced investors to take some profits.
  
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• UN envoy intervenes in Woodside gas plant challenge

  04-06-2026 00:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The independent expert has urged Australia to "make sure that things are done properly", while Woodside pushed back against her involvement.
  
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