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• As a contentious infrastructure project gathers steam, small pockets of Melbourne are being changed forever

  23-06-2024 21:21 via abc.net.au
  
  While the Victorian government's contentious and expensive Suburban Rail Loop continues to spark fierce political debate, the project seeking to connect the city's major rail lines is becoming a reality on the ground.
  
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• Qoria shareholders back $1.67b Aura merger

  02-07-2026 08:59 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Shareholders of Qoria Limited, the ASX-listed school cybersecurity software company founded in Perth, have backed a US firm's billion-dollar takeover of the company.
  
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• Woodside's O'Neill exits board

  02-07-2026 08:50 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Woodside Energy director Tony O'Neill has resigned after two years on the company's board.
  
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• Lactalis fined over Ferguson Valley brand milk label

  02-07-2026 08:42 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A dairy company had to pay almost $60,000 after the consumer watchdog issued notices for mislabelling its milk products, including one from Western Australia.
  
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• Opinion: Tax changes aimed at risk takers

  02-07-2026 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: The government may discover that using a sledgehammer to crack a nut can have undesirable consequences.
  
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• Opinion: Elliott elevates challenge for Michael Chaney

  02-07-2026 07:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: Michael Chaney and the board of Northern Star are pushing back as a US corporate raider raises the stakes.
  
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• WA Museum’s Warriors display called ‘most successful yet’

  02-07-2026 06:41 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Terracotta Warriors exhibit has been labelled the museum's most successful display yet, as questions swirl around the state government's spending on arts and culture events.
  
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• Australia ranks third-highest for median wealth globally, UBS data shows

  02-07-2026 06:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia holds the third-highest median wealth globally at $306,074, pipped at the post by Luxembourg and Belgium.
  
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• NDIS fraud 'gaps remain open' as integrity report handed down

  02-07-2026 06:25 via abc.net.au
  
  A Labor-led parliamentary inquiry into fraud in the NDIS has made 12 recommendations to improve the integrity of the scheme.
  
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• Government moves to shore up fertiliser supply with $160m plant loan

  02-07-2026 06:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Ryowa Group has received a loan for its outback Queensland Phosphate Hill asset as the federal and state governments move to ramp up domestic fertiliser production capability.
  
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• Sentinel strikes $26m Capricorn deal

  02-07-2026 05:31 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Capricorn Metals has sold its Big Springs gold project in Nevada to Mark Williams-chaired Sentinel Metals, in a cash and scrip deal worth up to $26 million.
  
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• Planning reforms target outer suburbs

  02-07-2026 05:19 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The planning minister says recent changes to R Codes to allow for greater subdivisions are not aimed at the western suburbs.
  
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• Thousands more Perth properties to be subdivided under major shake-up

  02-07-2026 05:07 via abc.net.au
  
  Major planning changes will allow more Perth home owners to subdivide their properties in a bid to boost housing supply as the city continues to fall short of its infill target.
  
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• Parkeston support in Kal power plan

  02-07-2026 04:35 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state government could use privately-owned Parkeston power plant near Kalgoorlie to support the city's grid, three years after knocking back a bid by its owners to do just that.
  
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• IMG to acquire UK security firm for $346m

  02-07-2026 04:08 via businessnews.com.au
  
  East Perth-based security firm Intelligent Monitoring Group will acquire one of the UK's largest residential security companies in a deal worth over $340 million.
  
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• Super scams First Guardian, Shield cause compensation cost blowout

  02-07-2026 04:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The First Guardian and Shield super disasters, and Dixon Advisory fallout, is causing a cost blowout in the taxpayer-funded scheme that is designed to compensate victims of financial misconduct. 
  
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• Financial misconduct compensation scheme faces $170m cost blowout

  02-07-2026 04:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The First Guardian and Shield super disasters, and Dixon Advisory fallout, is causing a cost blowout in the taxpayer-funded scheme that is designed to compensate victims of financial misconduct. 
  
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• Tourism WA's managing director steps down

  02-07-2026 03:53 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Tourism WA's managing director Anneke Brown has resigned after 18 months in the role.
  
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• Tourism WA managing director Anneke Brown steps down

  02-07-2026 03:53 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Tourism WA's managing director Anneke Brown has resigned after 18 months in the role.
  
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• 'Less water than one restaurant': AI data centre company responds to concerns

  02-07-2026 03:44 via abc.net.au
  
  One of three AI factories planned for northern Tasmania would be quieter than a library to the nearest resident, Firmus co-CEO Oliver Curtis says, as the company moves to assuage community concerns around power use, water and noise.
  
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• Facing public backlash, Firmus moves to calm concerns about its AI factories

  02-07-2026 03:44 via abc.net.au
  
  One of three AI factories planned for northern Tasmania would be quieter than a library to the nearest resident, Firmus co-CEO Oliver Curtis says, as the company moves to assuage community concerns around power use, water and noise.
  
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• More than 50 state forestry jobs axed as koala national park looms

  02-07-2026 03:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Concerns about the sustainability of the New South Wales timber industry are growing as work continues to establish the Great Koala National Park.
  
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• More than 30 state forestry jobs axed as koala national park looms

  02-07-2026 03:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Concerns about the sustainability of the New South Wales timber industry are growing as work continues to establish the Great Koala National Park.
  
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• Lester Blades transitions to new owners with MBO

  02-07-2026 03:06 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The founders of local executive search firm Lester Blades have sold their 24-year-old business via a management buyout by two current partners.
  
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• Northern Star unveils Tonkin, Chaney successors

  02-07-2026 03:04 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Northern Star Resources has announced new leaders to succeed Stuart Tonkin and Michael Chaney, but detail in the terms has left the door ajar to a potential buyer.
  
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• Wastewater upgrade for industry

  02-07-2026 02:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  An $81 million upgrade to the Kwinana Wastewater Reclamation Plant has arrived right on time.
  
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• Renewable.bio plans $300m biorefinery in Esperance

  02-07-2026 02:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The new project is in addition to Renewable.bio's existing refining proposal in Esperance
  
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• Wall Street closes lower as tech shares slip

  02-07-2026 01:59 via businessnews.com.au
  
  US stocks have finished slightly lower with falling technology shares, but gains in Meta Platforms provided some support along ‌with comments from Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh that inflation risks had eased recently.
  
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• ASX edges up while shoe retailer Betts shuts stores — as it happened

  01-07-2026 23:34 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX ends up following a sea of red on Wall Street. 
  
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• As main street shops vanish, could they help solve housing shortages?

  01-07-2026 22:00 via abc.net.au
  
  As businesses shut up shop in regional main streets, the government is weighing up whether they could help solve the housing crisis.
  
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