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• ACCC launches inquiry into food labelling claims after Four Corners investigation

  07-08-2026 09:23 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's consumer watchdog has launched an inquiry into allegations of misleading consumer conduct after a major Four Corners investigation examining food fraud.
  
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• ASX’s worst week since April; financial stocks dip, miners down

  14-08-2026 09:34 via smh.com.au
  
  Investors take money off the table amid softer commodity prices and earnings uncertainty.
  
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• At Close of Business Podcast August 14 2026

  14-08-2026 09:27 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Tom Zaunmayr speaks with Nadia Budihardjo about a company looking to branch out into building nuclear-capable professional emergency response teams.
  
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• Banks and miners drag market to worst week in months

  14-08-2026 09:20 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia's share market has posted its worst week since April as investors take money off the table amid softer commodity prices and earnings uncertainty.
  
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• Trump is steering America towards a financial crisis

  14-08-2026 09:15 via smh.com.au
  
  Donald Trump could trigger a disaster as markets lose faith in Washington’s economic management.
  
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• Grange claims it was misled in Northern Star blue

  14-08-2026 08:50 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Tasmanian miner Grange Resources claims it was misled when it sold a WA Goldfields royalty claimed by a subsidiary of Northern Star Resources.
  
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• ASX Runners of the Week: Accent, Liberty, King River & Aus Mines

  14-08-2026 08:49 via smh.com.au
  
  The Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is Accent Resources, which rocketed 5233 per cent in a curious case of trading madness, with its market cap ballooning to over $300 million on just hot air.
  
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• Two Cottesloe homes to sell for $23m

  14-08-2026 08:46 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Homes in the western suburbs of Perth continue to sell at a rapid pace, with one Cottesloe mansion set to sell for $11.75 million and another selling for $11 million.
  
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• Training for a nuclear workforce

  14-08-2026 07:58 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Parabellum International has expanded into defence industries with an eye to building nuclear-capable professional emergency response teams.
  
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• BNK locks in new exec team as SME focus develops

  14-08-2026 07:56 via smh.com.au
  
  BNK Banking Corporation has appointed Steve Kinsella and Judith Newman as its CEO and CFO respectively, locking in the interim leadership team that has steered its branchless bank strategy since April.
  
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• Golden opportunity to balance boards

  14-08-2026 07:55 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: Recent reports find little progress has been achieved on cultural diversity in the boardroom.
  
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• Royal Show cuts poultry competition over bird-flu concerns

  14-08-2026 07:21 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Royal Agricultural Society of WA has moved to cancel the Perth Royal Show's poultry competition over concerns it could become a bird flu super-spreader event.
  
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• Breaking: Angry WA premier lashes 'east-coast clowns' on explosive GST report

  14-08-2026 07:03 via abc.net.au
  
  An angry Roger Cook has lashed who he calls 'east-coast clowns' over an explosive proposed shake-up of the GST carve-up.
  
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• Angry WA premier lashes 'east-coast clowns' on explosive GST report

  14-08-2026 07:03 via abc.net.au
  
  An angry Roger Cook has lashed who he calls 'east-coast clowns' over an explosive proposed shake-up of the GST carve-up.
  
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• Perth cannot and will not attract skilled workers if they cannot afford to live here

  14-08-2026 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: WA is competing for skilled workers, but competitive salaries and opportunities will not be enough if they cannot afford to establish a life here.
  
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• Has KPMG made ex-auditor Eileen Hoggett the $1.5m 'fall guy' for its wider scandal?

  14-08-2026 06:25 via abc.net.au
  
  In the wake of the KPMG audit leak scandal, executives from Macquarie, Westpac, Optus and Dexus cast doubt on their faith in the auditor. KPMG current and former executives have also been quizzed about a whistleblower's revelations that the firm used confidential client data to win corporate contracts.
  
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• Firms raise doubts about KPMG's integrity

  14-08-2026 06:25 via abc.net.au
  
  In the wake of the KPMG audit leak scandal, executives from Macquarie, Westpac, Optus and Dexus cast doubt on their faith in the auditor. KPMG current and former executives have also been quizzed about a whistleblower's revelations that the firm used confidential client data to win corporate contracts.
  
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• Ex-KPMG executives grilled over firm's conduct

  14-08-2026 06:25 via abc.net.au
  
  In the wake of the KPMG audit leak scandal, executives from Macquarie, Westpac, Optus and Dexus cast doubt on their faith in the auditor. KPMG current and former executives have also been quizzed about a whistleblower's revelations that the firm used confidential client data to win corporate contracts.
  
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• Doubt cast over KPMG's 'integrity' in wake of audit leaks scandal

  14-08-2026 06:25 via abc.net.au
  
  In the wake of the KPMG audit leak scandal, executives from Macquarie, Westpac, Optus and Dexus cast doubt on their faith in the auditor. 
  
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• Ex-Woodside director Melinda Cilento joins Reserve Bank board

  14-08-2026 06:07 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Former Woodside Energy director Melinda Cilento has been appointed to the Reserve Bank of Australia's Monetary Policy Board, adding further WA resources experience to the rate-setting panel.
  
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• Ex-colleague of Alan Jones breaks down over alleged unwanted kiss

  14-08-2026 06:06 via abc.net.au
  
  The man, known as Complainant C, is accusing Mr Jones of indecently assaulting him on eight different occasions when the pair worked together in 2008.
  
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• Alleged sexual touching left complainant 'squirming', Jones trial hears

  14-08-2026 06:06 via abc.net.au
  
  The man, known as Complainant C, is accusing Mr Jones of indecently assaulting him on eight different occasions when the pair worked together in 2008.
  
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• Frost, poor rain ends talk of another bumper crop for WA farmers

  14-08-2026 06:01 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Optimism for another bumper crop is fading as dry weather and frost impacts parts of Western Australia's grain belt.
  
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• Landmark review says GST plan costly and unfair

  14-08-2026 06:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The Productivity Commission finds the WA GST deal is a "costly mistake" that has led to "perverse" outcomes, and recommends it be scrapped.
  
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• NRW lands $130m in contracts

  14-08-2026 05:53 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Belmont-based NRW Holdings has continued its working relationship with Stockland Development in Queensland.
  
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• Landmarc to transform West Perth asset

  14-08-2026 05:40 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Nedlands-based developer has bought a Colin Street building for $4.88 million, with a view to converting it to luxury apartments.
  
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• ECU flags hydrogen breakthrough in Pilbara iron

  14-08-2026 05:37 via businessnews.com.au
  
  WA iron deposits could soon power a clean energy breakthrough, according to new research from Edith Cowan University.
  
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• Equus shares surge on Alcoa gas deal

  14-08-2026 05:20 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Equus Energy has executed a decade-long gas supply deal with project backer Alcoa, making the state's largest domestic gas user its foundation customer.
  
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• CBH welcomes new locomotives in time for 2026 grain harvest

  14-08-2026 05:13 via businessnews.com.au
  
  New locomotives ready to take to WA's freight rail network are equipped with “world-leading” lighting and will play a key role in delivering the state's bumper crops to market.
  
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• WA dual-threat Accelerate’s gold and emerging manganese muscle

  14-08-2026 05:10 via smh.com.au
  
  Accelerate Resources is turning heads with a dual-commodity strategy, pairing its Kalgoorlie gold assets with a high-grade manganese discovery in the Pilbara.
  
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