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• ASX to fall, Wall Street slips from record high ahead of Biden's stimulus speech

  14-01-2021 21:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares are likely to open lower, as Wall Street retreated from its highest levels ever ahead of president-elect Joe Biden's pandemic relief plan to jump-start a struggling US economy.
  
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• Morrison rejects Labor's US ties criticism

  20-01-2021 09:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Scott Morrison has hit back at Labor's accusation he damaged Australia's alliance with the United States through being too close to Donald Trump.
  
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• Aust shares higher before Biden era begins

  20-01-2021 08:46 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Investors have enjoyed gains of 0.41 per cent after the ASX closed higher, helped by market giant BHP raising iron ore production targets and US stimulus expectations.
  
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• WA companies win in battery boom

  20-01-2021 08:42 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A fast-growing EV market has benefited companies like Talga Group and EcoGraf, amid reports suggesting even more demand for battery graphite products in 2021.
  
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• InfraBuild wins $12m Metronet contract

  20-01-2021 08:42 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Steel manufacturer InfraBuild is the latest company to be awarded a Metronet-associated contract, supplying steel parts for the construction of new railway lines.
  
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• Government extends Sculpture by the Sea funding

  20-01-2021 08:37 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Cottesloe Beach will become an open-air art gallery again in March, after Tourism WA extended Sculpture by the Sea’s funding for the next three years.
  
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• Kirkup, McGowan lock horns on tent city

  20-01-2021 08:33 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Opposition leader Zak Kirkup has called on Premier Mark McGowan to visit Fremantle's homeless tent city; but Mr McGowan has urged organisers to help agencies house vulnerable people.
  
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• Labor reports $4m haul

  20-01-2021 08:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  WA Labor amassed a significant fundraising advantage this past financial year as unions, law firms and sitting members opened their wallets to fill the party’s coffers.
  
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• CBH pivots to Mexico, Saudi Arabia for barley exports

  20-01-2021 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  CBH Group has announced its first malt barley shipment to Mexico as it focuses on new markets after trade tensions with China escalated last year.
  
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• Brokers upbeat on raisings

  20-01-2021 07:16 via businessnews.com.au
  
  For the second year running, Macquarie Capital and Canaccord Genuity have topped Business News’ league table for capital raisings.
  
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• M&A deals shift the dial

  20-01-2021 07:14 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Several Perth companies executed value-creating mergers & acquisitions last year, none more so than Pilbara Minerals.
  
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• Advisers enjoy strong flow of listings

  20-01-2021 07:14 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A post-pandemic bounce back in initial public offerings could indicate confidence among WA investors.
  
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• Gen Alpha on a screen near you

  20-01-2021 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  This generation is expected to not only be the longest-living cohort but also the wealthiest and the most technology infused.
  
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• Bold plan to turn biomass into energy 'stuck at proof of concept'

  20-01-2021 06:51 via abc.net.au
  
  An innovative project to turn biomass from invasive plant species in western New South Wales into energy is on the cusp of proving it will work on a large scale. But for the moment it's stuck at a critical stage.
  
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• 47,000 Queenslanders join class action against firms accused of pushing up power prices

  20-01-2021 06:41 via abc.net.au
  
  The law firm leading a major class action involving more than 47,000 people is looking for more people to register for reimbursement as it alleges two of the state's biggest power players artificially created a lack of supply to drive up prices.
  
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• Banks pressure customers to make unrealistic lump sums as loan deferrals end

  20-01-2021 06:34 via abc.net.au
  
  As a pause on home loan repayments begins to lift, banks are asking customers to make large lump sums or add $1,000 a month to their repayments to clear up what they owe in arrears.
  
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• People's Choice Credit Union customers angered by outages and slow online banking

  20-01-2021 06:09 via abc.net.au
  
  A system upgrade is being blamed for leaving about 375,000 Australians without access to their online bank accounts.
  
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• Multiplex selected for $256m Joondalup project

  20-01-2021 06:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Multiplex has been awarded the Early Contractor Involvement tender for the second stage of the Joondalup Health Campus Development.
  
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• GenusPlus wins $23m in contracts

  20-01-2021 06:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Contracts totalling $23 million in combined value have been awarded to Belmont-based GenusPlus Group according to their latest market update.
  
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• Tattarang in $25m nickel deal

  20-01-2021 05:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Andrew Forrest’s Tattarang has struck its third Canadian deal, this time to develop a nickel project in Quebec under a $25.4 million agreement with Orford Mining Corporation.
  
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• Agency Group administration on hold

  20-01-2021 05:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Real estate firm The Agency Group Australia has taken its fight to stop the company from being placed in administration to the federal court.
  
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• New owners at Morries

  20-01-2021 04:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Dave Astbury has sold Margaret River venue Morries to the restaurant’s front of house manager Petra Ek and its chef Dean Hulston.
  
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• 'Tell us your ideas': South Australia's recycling industry bolstered by up to $45m

  20-01-2021 03:51 via abc.net.au
  
  South Australia's "circular economy" of recycled waste is set to receive a $45 million infrastructure injection following a joint announcement by the Federal and State governments today.
  
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• Contractors compete for Metronet builds

  20-01-2021 03:49 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Six preferred bidders have been announced for three Metronet projects, including consortiums led by Downer EDI and Laing O’Rourke for the $481 million Byford rail extension.
  
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• BHP raises iron ore forecast, flags coal hit

  20-01-2021 03:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  BHP has raised its iron ore expectations for the first half of the financial year, following record production in the Pilbara and a restart of its Brazilian operations.
  
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• Australian barley finds a new home in Mexico after China ban

  20-01-2021 02:48 via abc.net.au
  
  Despite the trade tensions with China and the massive tariff imposed on barley exports there, there are some good signs for grain growers on international markets.
  
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• Buyers splurge on top homes

  20-01-2021 02:12 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The pandemic did little to deter some of Perth’s most prominent business leaders from opening their wallets for luxury homes.
  
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• Difficult finding Aussie farm workers: PM

  20-01-2021 02:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Prime Minister Scott Morrison has lamented the difficulty in attracting local workers to address critical labour shortages on farms.
  
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• Hotel sector a tale of two markets

  20-01-2021 01:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  While Perth’s CBD hotels are struggling, many accommodation providers around WA are faring well, if they can find enough staff.
  
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• Back from holidays and on a tour of the outback, PM toasts 'resilient' drought survivors

  20-01-2021 00:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Scott Morrison's first agenda item after his summer holiday was not a return to dealing with the coronavirus crisis from the confines of Parliament House, but a tour of outback communities.
  
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