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• Augustus restarts drilling at high-grade WA Eastern Goldfields target

  27-10-2026 05:00 via Sydney Morning Herald - Business
  
  Augustus Minerals has restarted RC drilling at its Music Well gold project near Leonora to test its St Patrick’s Well prospect, where rock chip sampling gave up grades up to 30.4g/t gold.
  
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• Orbit Resources uncovers 1km magnetic target in NSW

  27-10-2026 06:20 via Sydney Morning Herald - Business
  
  Orbit Resources has unveiled a 1km magnetic target at its Lewis Ponds project in NSW, along strike from Cousin Jack, pointing to the potential for new sulphide mineralisation.
  
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• APA moots biggest WA gas plant to power grid, agribusiness park

  27-10-2026 06:19 via Business News - Latest Headlines
  Western Australia's largest gas-fired power station could be built near Mandurah to power the grid and a major agribusiness precinct next door.
  
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• Cease and desist! ABC demands One Nation stop casting Bluey in its cartoons

  27-10-2026 06:14 via Sydney Morning Herald - Business
  
  ABC boss Hugh Marks says the depiction of Bluey is a “shocking use of Australia’s most loved character.”
  
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• After days of delay, state regulators confirm probe into methane leak at Chevron

  27-10-2026 06:09 via Latest business news
  
  Dispelling its initial uncertainty, the WA government has confirmed an investigation is underway into repeated large methane emissions from Chevron's Gorgon gas complex.
  
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• Community opposes proposed data centre near dark sky reserve

  27-10-2026 05:53 via Latest business news
  
  The South Australian town of Tungkillo fears its rolling hill landscape, which is part of Australia's first dark sky reserve, is at risk of being tarnished if a proposed hyper-scale data centre goes ahead. 
  
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• PGA flags Europe free trade agreement concerns

  27-10-2026 05:43 via Business News - Latest Headlines
  
  European sustainability rules could burden agribusinesses with extra costs without delivering benefits promised under a free trade deal, the PGA of WA has warned
  
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• Perseus shares down following quarterly update

  27-10-2026 05:30 via Business News - Latest Headlines
  
  Despite “production plans exceeded” during the first quarter of FY27, shares in Perseus Mining dipped slightly early on Tuesday.
  
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• Coles worker sacked after restraining suspected thief to receive $6500

  27-10-2026 05:03 via Sydney Morning Herald - Business
  
  The fair work umpire has ordered Coles to pay a man $6500 after he was sacked for breaching workplace policy by trying to stop two suspected thieves at a neighbouring Liquorland store.
  
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• Chevron to supply gas to South32’s Worsley Alumina

  27-10-2026 05:00 via Business News - Latest Headlines
  
  Chevron and South32 have signed a five-year deal for gas supply to the latter's Worsley Alumina operations.
  
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• PLC Resources satellite survey lights up WA Murchison gold

  27-10-2026 04:40 via Sydney Morning Herald - Business
  
  PLC Resources has generated a suite of ranked gold targets at its project near Meekatharra in WA, with some showing spectral signatures similar to a nearby producing gold mine.
  
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• Lacour Energy submits $2bn Wheatbelt wind farm to EPA

  27-10-2026 04:40 via Business News - Latest Headlines
  
  Plans for a 92-turbine wind farm in the southern Wheatbelt have been lodged with the state's environmental watchdog.
  
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• Huge gas-fired power station plan quietly revealed amid renewables fanfare

  27-10-2026 04:39 via Latest business news
  
  WA's environmental watchdog releases for public comment a plan for a mega gas-fired power plant on the same day the state government trumpets an ambitious plan to almost double renewable energy generation.
  
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• D-day for David Jones: Department store’s future to be decided by Christmas

  27-10-2026 04:21 via Sydney Morning Herald - Business
  
  The private equity owners of the 188-year-old retailer are hoping to strike a deal with landlords and suppliers sooner rather than later.
  
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• ASX ticks higher as miners gain; Banks fall, the Star soars

  27-10-2026 04:19 via Sydney Morning Herald - Business
  
  The Australian sharemarket had a muted start but swung higher in early afternoon trading, thanks to gains by the mining heavyweights.
  
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• King praises revamped critical minerals strategy

  27-10-2026 04:00 via Business News - Latest Headlines
  
  Australia's updated critical minerals strategy will place greater emphasis on processing and refining, according to Federal resources minister Madeleine King.
  
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• Dome co-founder Patria Jafferies teases business ‘bucket list’

  27-10-2026 03:53 via Business News - Latest Headlines
  
  One of the founders of Dome Café Group has teased a ‘big' new venture while recounting an eclectic journey to a crowd of Perth businesspeople.
  
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• New laws give ADF powers to down drones, fast-track AUKUS testing

  27-10-2026 03:51 via Business News - Latest Headlines
  
  The Australian Defence Force will be granted legal authority to take down rogue drones over sensitive military bases under sweeping legislative reforms introduced to federal parliament today.
  
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• Zenith fills in blanks on 600m WA gold corridor

  27-10-2026 02:39 via Sydney Morning Herald - Business
  
  Zenith Minerals hit gold in 83% of holes across a 600m gap at its WA Dulcie project, opening the door to a maiden resource alongside its existing 675,000-ounce gold inventory.
  
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• Country towns turn to crops and co-ops to keep communities alive

  27-10-2026 02:39 via Business News - Latest Headlines
  
  MANY small farming towns in Western Australia's regions struggle to attract sufficient private or government investment to deliver the amenities residents and visitors desire.
  
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• Woodside walks away from Greater Sunrise

  27-10-2026 02:35 via Business News - Latest Headlines
  
  Woodside Energy will walk away from the Greater Sunrise development project in Timor-Leste, striking a deal to sell its share to a state-owned entity for $US200 million.
  
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• ‘Bold, but sane’? The future of AI is riding on Anthropic’s float

  27-10-2026 02:21 via Sydney Morning Herald - Business
  
  The $US100 billion mega-IPO simply has to succeed. If it doesn’t, it will threaten the AI industry’s access to the trillions of dollars of new capital it needs over the next few years.
  
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• Former Rio Tinto chief tapped to lead Defence projects

  27-10-2026 02:20 via Business News - Latest Headlines
  
  Former Rio Tinto chief executive Kellie Parker has been chosen to lead the delivery of Australia's major defence projects, in hopes that her private sector experience can expedite lagging government delivery.
  
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• Ex-EPA chair’s Browse fears revealed

  27-10-2026 02:05 via Business News - Latest Headlines
  
  The former head of WA's EPA once warned Woodside Energy that even the best-case scenario for a past Browse development plan could have irreversible environmental consequences.
  
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• ASX wobbles despite gains on Wall Street; Banks fall, the Star soars

  27-10-2026 01:32 via Sydney Morning Herald - Business
  
  The Australian sharemarket had a muted start to trading on Tuesday, despite a strong lead from Wall Street which had been buoyed by the IPO filing of Anthropic.
  
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• ASX wobbles despite Anthropic gains on Wall Street; Banks fall, miners rise

  27-10-2026 00:38 via Sydney Morning Herald - Business
  
  The Australian sharemarket had a muted start to trading on Tuesday, despite a strong lead from Wall Street which had been buoyed by the IPO filing of Anthropic.
  
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• Equities higher, Anthropic's IPO filing buoys AI stocks

  27-10-2026 00:23 via Business News - Latest Headlines
  
  US stocks have closed higher with ‌the S&P 500 and Nasdaq coming off consecutive weekly declines, as Anthropic's IPO filing helped boost sentiment in AI-related stocks in a week filled with a host of market ‌catalysts.
  
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• Outback mining jobs are on the rise with no workers to fill them

  26-10-2026 23:30 via Latest business news
  
  Multiple mining operations are set to restart in outback Queensland but, with a national shortage of skilled workers, companies fear production will suffer. 
  
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• Outback mining jobs are on the rise, with no workers to fill them

  26-10-2026 23:30 via Latest business news
  
  A number of mining operations are set to restart in outback Queensland but, with a national shortage of skilled workers, companies fear production will suffer. 
  
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• Former ABC News chief’s payout revealed

  26-10-2026 22:55 via Sydney Morning Herald - Business
  
  Former ABC News director Justin Stevens was given a $353,000 payout when he abruptly exited the public broadcaster in May.
  
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