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• Apartment supply tipped to grow

  19-02-2025 04:53 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Leading economist Tim Lawless says conditions are improving for growth in medium and high-density housing in Perth, but more could be done to incentivise supply.
  
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• Kimberley cattle station sells for $15m

  15-06-2026 07:31 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A 183,000-hectare privately-owned station in the west Kimberley has sold for a reported $15 million.
  
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• Hancock backs SpaceX IPO with $1.5

  15-06-2026 07:09 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Mining giant Hancock Prospecting has invested over $1 billion in SpaceX as part of its blockbuster IPO, which officially debuted on the Nasdaq this week as the largest capital raise in history.
  
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• Desal pipeline reaches halfway

  15-06-2026 06:02 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The pipeline for the planned $2.8 billion desalination plant at Alkimos has reached a milestone in its construction from the Water Corporation's Wanneroo reservoir to the coast.
  
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• RE:GROUP books work at Element 25’s Pilbara project

  15-06-2026 05:07 via businessnews.com.au
  
  RE:GROUP has secured work valued at more than $400 million through contracts awarded by existing collaborator Element 25.
  
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• 'Potentially still a future': Liberty Bell Bay smelter given another reprieve

  15-06-2026 05:04 via abc.net.au
  
  The administrator for the mothballed manganese smelter is continuing to engage with the consortium designated as its preferred buyer, the ABC understands.
  
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• BREAKING: Liberty Bell Bay smelter given another reprieve

  15-06-2026 05:04 via abc.net.au
  
  The administrator for the mothballed manganese smelter is continuing to engage with the consortium designated as its preferred buyer, the ABC understands.
  
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• Reserve Bank meets with rates tipped to stay on hold

  15-06-2026 04:58 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Borrowers can finally expect relief from quickfire interest rate rises with the Reserve Bank poised to maintain the status quo for the first time in 2026.
  
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• AI demand pushes Vocus to quadruple Perth-Adelaide data link

  15-06-2026 04:29 via businessnews.com.au
  
  In a move to keep up with surging AI demand, communications giant Vocus has quadrupled the capacity of its Perth to Adelaide optical fibre route—all without digging a single ditch.
  
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• 'Lives in danger' as SA Bureau of Meteorology wave buoy fails yet again

  15-06-2026 04:15 via abc.net.au
  
  The wave buoy off Kangaroo Island is the only such device operated by the Bureau of Meteorology in South Australia and is relied upon by professional divers and fishers. 
  
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• Gold ticks for Ora Banda, Minerals 260

  15-06-2026 03:48 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Ora Banda Mining and Tim Goyder-chaired Minerals 260 have each taken development steps at their WA gold projects, amid a sustained period of strong prices for the metal.
  
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• Perth Symphony Orchestra reveals new chair

  15-06-2026 03:40 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A leadership transition coincides with Perth Symphony Orchestra's strongest financial result in years.
  
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• SCEE books $150m contract haul, launches $165m raise

  15-06-2026 03:13 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Southern Cross Electrical Engineering has secured a $150 million contract haul, bolstered its earnings guidance and launched plans to tap investors for $165 million.
  
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• Woodside brushes off $60b Exxon rumour

  15-06-2026 02:48 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Woodside Energy has issued a brief, two-line statement dismissing media speculation it is in $60 billion takeover talks with ExxonMobil.
  
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• 'We've been wanting a deal': Australia backs Iran peace

  15-06-2026 02:44 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia has welcomed the US president's announcement of a deal to end the war in Iran and reopen a critical trading waterway after months of fighting and numerous false starts in negotiations.
  
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• Woollahra Group turns recycled Sodexo soap into remote community hygiene hit

  15-06-2026 02:24 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A partnership between Woollahra Group and Sodexo is improving access to good hygiene in remote Pilbara communities.
  
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• Australian bourse operator admits to misleading market

  15-06-2026 01:49 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Australian Securities Exchange will pay a $20.5 million penalty to the corporate watchdog after admitting to misleading the market.
  
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• Wall St ends higher as SpaceX's market debut dominates

  15-06-2026 01:45 via businessnews.com.au
  
  US stocks ended higher on Friday as investors held out hope for a peace deal between Iran and the United States and as SpaceX shares surged in their debut, ‌making it Wall Street's biggest public listing in history.
  
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• Property tycoon Alan Bond's former island getaway to anchor mining logistics hub

  15-06-2026 01:02 via abc.net.au
  
  A Kimberley iron ore mine with idyllic views across a tropical sea will close after 70 years of operation as a new phase begins for offshore oil and gas.
  
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• Picturesque islands in WA's north set to become transport hubs after $20m sale

  15-06-2026 01:02 via abc.net.au
  
  A Kimberley iron ore mine with idyllic views across a tropical sea will close after 70 years of operation as a new phase begins for offshore oil and gas.
  
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• Concerns new BHP agreement 'locks in' basin water extraction

  14-06-2026 22:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Environmentalists and First Nations groups say a new mining agreement with BHP does not do enough to end water extraction from the Great Artesian Basin. But the SA government says the agreement imposes stricter environmental regulation.
  
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• Singapore-based AI company to become Tasmania's largest power user

  14-06-2026 21:09 via abc.net.au
  
  Artificial intelligence company Firmus Technologies will become Tasmania's biggest power user if its ambitions to establish three "AI factories" in the state come to fruition.
  
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• AI company set to become Tasmania's largest power user

  14-06-2026 21:09 via abc.net.au
  
  Artificial intelligence company Firmus Technologies will become Tasmania's biggest power user if its ambitions to establish three "AI factories" in the state come to fruition.
  
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• AI company set to become Tasmania's biggest power user

  14-06-2026 21:09 via abc.net.au
  
  Artificial intelligence company Firmus Technologies will become Tasmania's biggest power user if its ambitions to establish three "AI factories" in the state come to fruition.
  
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• Trump criticises Netanyahu after Israeli strikes on Beirut derail Iran peace deal

  14-06-2026 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  US President Donald Trump maintains the deal to end the conflict between the US and Iran will be signed despite Iran challenging the timeline, as he tells Israel not to carry out further attacks on Lebanon. 
  
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• Locals affected by Ireland's AI data centre boom share 'cautionary tales'

  14-06-2026 20:59 via abc.net.au
  
  As Australia and other countries embark on a new wave of AI-driven data centre development, locals in Ireland share how the runaway growth of the facilities can affect everyday life.
  
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• Ireland is a data centre 'cautionary tale'. This is the impact on locals

  14-06-2026 20:59 via abc.net.au
  
  As Australia and other countries embark on a new wave of AI-driven data centre development, locals in Ireland share how the runaway growth of the facilities can affect everyday life.
  
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• Multi-billion-dollar economic policy undermined by 'black cladding'

  14-06-2026 20:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Almost $15 billion has been spent over a decade via the federal government's Indigenous Procurement Policy, but critics say it's failed to make a significant difference to Indigenous people due to the practice of "black cladding".
  
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• Travellers owed $4.3 million as dream holidays shattered

  14-06-2026 20:49 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian travellers who collectively lost millions after a travel agency collapsed are calling for an overhaul of consumer protections in the sector.
   
  
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• Dream holidays shattered in $4.3 million travel agency collapse

  14-06-2026 20:49 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian travellers who collectively lost millions after a travel agency collapsed are calling for an overhaul of consumer protections in the sector. 
   
  
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