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• Approval for Chemist Warehouse and Sigma merger

  07-11-2024 02:11 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The competition watchdog has approved the $8.8 billion merger of pharmacy businesses Chemist Warehouse and Sigma Health, after deciding it won't hamper consumer choice.
  
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• GreenX taps investors for $13.6m

  28-01-2026 04:00 via businessnews.com.au
  European-focused developer GreenX Metals has announced plans to raise $13.6 million, in order to further development activities across its assets.
  
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• US contractor buys two Aust firms

  28-01-2026 03:51 via businessnews.com.au
  US outfit Osmose Utilities Services has completed two Australian acquisitions, with the vendors including Perth investor Tim Moore and members of the Figliomeni family.
  
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• French giant acquires Perth geotech firm

  28-01-2026 03:43 via businessnews.com.au
  One of Australia's most successful geospatial tech firms has joined French Space Agency subsidiary CLS Group after more than 30 years of operating independently.
  
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• New CME boss Aaron Morey puts misinformation, competition in his sights

  28-01-2026 03:26 via businessnews.com.au
  The chief flagbearer for WA's resources sector faces tricky geopolitics abroad and policy and perception tests at home.
  
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• Sydney's worst hotspots for microplastic pollution revealed

  28-01-2026 03:09 via abc.net.au
  
  Microplastic pollution on Sydney's beaches and harbour shorelines has tripled in the last three years according to a new report, much of it from sources of "preventable losses".
  
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• Woodside hits record as CEO call looms

  28-01-2026 02:48 via businessnews.com.au
  Woodside Energy beat its own production guidance its final calendar year under the leadership of recently departed chief executive Meg O'Neill.
  
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• Greatland’s revenue climbs despite sales dip

  28-01-2026 02:44 via businessnews.com.au
  Greatland lifted its quarterly revenue on stronger gold and copper prices, offsetting lower sales as the miner closed its first full year at Telfer.
  
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• Nationals head set to face leadership challenge

  28-01-2026 01:57 via businessnews.com.au
  David Littleproud will face a challenge for the leadership of the Nationals when parliament resumes.
  
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• Hotter-than-forecast inflation leaves RBA 'primed' to hike rates

  28-01-2026 01:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Inflation rose at the end of 2025, picking up more than forecast. The Consumer Price Index rose 3.8 per cent annually in December, up from 3.4 per cent in the year to November, adding to rate hike expectations.
  
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• Breaking: Inflation hotter than forecast at end of 2025

  28-01-2026 01:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Inflation rose at the end of 2025, picking up more than forecast. The Consumer Price Index rose 3.8 per cent annually in December, up from 3.4 per cent in the year to November, adding to rate hike expectations.
  
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• Wall Street sets a record while the US dollar's value slides again

  28-01-2026 01:04 via businessnews.com.au
  Wall Street ticked to a record on Tuesday, as stocks zigzagged following mixed profit reports from UnitedHealth, General Motors and other big companies.
  
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• Scallop fishers throw catch overboard as Queensland trawling ban extended

  27-01-2026 21:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Fishing for scallops in inshore waters from Townsville to Hervey Bay was banned in 2021. While the catch will resume in the north, the southern fishery critical to the industry remains off limits. 
  
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• ICAC investigating allegations of $5m bribe offered to councillors

  27-01-2026 20:29 via abc.net.au
  
  The New South Wales corruption watchdog is examining allegations fugitive property developer Jean Nassif sought to bribe members of a former Parramatta council.
  
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• Australia's largest city is running out of landfill. It's causing a trash war

  27-01-2026 20:16 via abc.net.au
  
  A proposal to build an incinerator in the regional town of Parkes could see 700,000 tonnes of Sydney's red bin rubbish transported there every year, and it has locals divided about the long-term health risks and environmental impacts. 
  
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• Smelter told slag reuse could pose 'significant' land use issues

  27-01-2026 19:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Liberty Bell Bay is considering how to use a manganese by-product, after concerns were raised by Tasmania's Environment Protection Authority.
  
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• Smelter told slag re-use could pose 'significant' land use issues

  27-01-2026 19:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Liberty Bell Bay is considering how to use a manganese by-product, after concerns were raised by Tasmania's Environment Protection Authority.
  
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• Lord Mayor refers leaking of report to CCC

  27-01-2026 09:39 via businessnews.com.au
  Elected on a platform of transparency, city lord mayor Bruce Reynolds is angry about a leaked report highlighting council problems.
  
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• Lord Mayor complains about leaked report

  27-01-2026 09:39 via businessnews.com.au
  Ratepayers have their say at city council meeting.
  
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• At Close of Business podcast January 27 2026

  27-01-2026 08:42 via businessnews.com.au
  Mark Beyer and Nadia Budihardjo discuss Westview Group, and its plans to build a major steel mill.
  
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• Bunnings sells Morley site for $19.5m

  27-01-2026 08:38 via businessnews.com.au
  A local investor has purchased the former Bunnings site, which sprawls across almost two hectares.
  
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• Manganese developer Element 25 extends $30m funding deal

  27-01-2026 08:30 via businessnews.com.au
  Manganese developer Element 25 has extended its $30 million funding deal with Acuity Capital Investment Management for the next three years.
  
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• Aussie shares leap to three-month high after holiday

  27-01-2026 08:07 via businessnews.com.au
  The Australian share market has rallied to a three-month high after its holiday break, led by the iron ore giants even as gold and silver soared further into uncharted territory.
  
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• European Lithium moves into titanium with $49m acquistion

  27-01-2026 07:48 via businessnews.com.au
  Tony Sage-led European Lithium will move into the titanium space after agreeing to acquire all issued capital in Velta Holding, a US-based company with manufacturing and mining assets in Ukraine.
  
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• Opinion: Power solutions, sharing benefits

  27-01-2026 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  OPINION: A renewables-driven sovereign wealth fund could fuel regional revitalisation.
  
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• Opinion: Campaigner tracks US tanker take-out

  27-01-2026 06:30 via businessnews.com.au
  OPINION: Questions are being raised as to whether US ship seizures benefit efforts to stop Russia's “blood oil” from entering Australia.
  
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• Abalone trafficking charges against Indigenous men dropped

  27-01-2026 06:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Seven Aboriginal men from the NSW South Coast, accused of illegally trafficking thousands of blacklip abalone, walk free after police prosecutors withdraw all charges. 
  
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• WA leaders recognised in Australia Day honours

  27-01-2026 06:12 via businessnews.com.au
  Aboriginal businessman Frank Micthell is among the almost 100 Western Australians recognised for their contributions in the Australia Day 2026 honours list.
  
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• SIMPEC awarded $20m mining contract

  27-01-2026 06:00 via businessnews.com.au
  WestStar Industrial's subsidiary SIMPEC has booked its second significant construction-based contract this month.
  
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• Hillarys marine attraction AQWA in $13m upgrade plan

  27-01-2026 05:45 via businessnews.com.au
  A multi-million-dollar redevelopment of a coastal tourism attraction is on the cards, to cater for growing visitation numbers.
  
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