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• Coca-Cola pours $40m into Kewdale plant

  13-10-2026 06:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has completed a $39.7 million overhaul of its Kewdale facility, lifting canning capacity by more than 40 per cent just ahead of peak summer demand.
  
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• Deloitte's university merger document under attack

  14-10-2026 07:05 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The opposition has accused the Cook government of relying on a report containing errors and “AI slop” to prosecute the case for merging three WA universities into one.
  
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• Pilbara native title groups sign energy MOU

  14-10-2026 07:04 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Two major native title groups have struck an agreement designed to support renewable energy projects in the central Pilbara, with BHP a likely beneficiary.
  
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• Rex grounds two routes 10 months after $60m rescue package

  14-10-2026 07:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Less than a year after Rex was sold with the aid of a federal government rescue package, the embattled airline has suspended services to Orange and Port Macquarie.
  
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• 2GB’s Ben Fordham to interview Ben Roberts-Smith ahead of war crime trial

  14-10-2026 06:37 via smh.com.au
  
  The radio station has nabbed its big fish, with an interview with the disgraced commando now waiting for an opportune day to go live.
  
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• 2GB’s Ben Fordham interviews Ben Roberts-Smith ahead of war crimes trial

  14-10-2026 06:37 via smh.com.au
  
  The radio station has nabbed its big fish, with an interview with the disgraced commando now waiting for an opportune day to go live.
  
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• Moonlight eyes 662,000 gold ounces in Queensland treasure hunt

  14-10-2026 06:31 via smh.com.au
  
  Moonlight Resources has tabled a near-surface exploration target of up to 662,000oz gold across three prospects at its Qld Clermont project, prompting a 13,000m drilling program.
  
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• Government says perpetrators of financial abuse will be pursued in court

  14-10-2026 06:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Perpetrators of financial abuse who use the tax and social security systems to create debts as a form of coercive control could soon be held liable.
  
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• Rio Tinto eyes $7b capital release, iron ore sales up

  14-10-2026 06:16 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Rio ‌Tinto says it's on track to release about $7.2 billion in capital by the end of 2026, ‌after strong mine performance helped lift third quarter iron ore sales from its Pilbara operations above market expectations.
  
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• Chevron liable for union’s allowance during strike, court rules

  14-10-2026 06:10 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Federal Court has found oil and gas giant Chevron liable to pay transport allowance to workers who took part in strikes at its projects off the Pilbara coast.
  
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• PLC Resources calls in satellites for WA gold chase

  14-10-2026 05:56 via smh.com.au
  
  PLC Resources will harness satellite surveys at its Abbotts gold project in WA to map gold-related alteration and structures, sharpening gold target discovery.
  
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• Opposition moves to block Irwin, Leeuwin sale

  14-10-2026 05:50 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Controversial plans to sell off the Irwin and Leeuwin barracks could be blocked under changes being pushed by the Coalition.
  
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• Austal extends Hanwha due diligence as US negotiations advance

  14-10-2026 05:39 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Austal has extended the due diligence period for South Korea's Hanwha as negotiations progress over the proposed billion-dollar acquisition of its American business.
  
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• Corval pairs with Scarcity Partners

  14-10-2026 04:46 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The property fund, founded by Andrew Roberts, Rob Rayner and Kerr Bray, has sold a stake in the business to Scarcity.
  
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• Conflicting advice left prospector stranded on outback tenement

  14-10-2026 04:40 via abc.net.au
  
  A prospector receives a three-month permit to retrieve and secure his equipment after years of conflicting advice forced him to break the law to leave his outback tenement.
  
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• Global hackers target WA in foiled $320m heist

  14-10-2026 04:33 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Western Australia's multi-billion-dollar defence boom has painted a target on the state's critical infrastructure, according to experts, leaving it directly in the crosshairs of global cyber syndicates and foreign agencies.
  
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• Failed caravan company AOR allegedly traded insolvent since 2023

  14-10-2026 04:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Administrators for Australian Off Road caravans say the company owes creditors, including customers, $14 million.
  
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• Training facility optimism, Glory CEO talks standards

  14-10-2026 04:15 via businessnews.com.au
  
  On a night where Perth Glory officially kicked off its 30th anniversary celebrations, two key club personnel provided key updates regarding the club's future.
  
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• Glory unveils facility plans, demands accountability

  14-10-2026 04:15 via businessnews.com.au
  
  On a night where Perth Glory officially kicked off its 30th anniversary celebrations, two key club personnel provided key updates regarding the club's future.
  
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• Reassessment of billion-dollar silver mine sparks tractor protest

  14-10-2026 04:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Opponents of a proposed billion-dollar silver and lead mine drive tractors through Mudgee as the Independent Planning Commission begins reassessing the project.
  
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• City of Perth appoints Garry Hunt as temporary CEO

  14-10-2026 03:59 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Garry Hunt will stand in as chief executive of the City of Perth for 12 months, replacing Michelle Reynolds after her surprise sacking last month.
  
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• IAG sweetens RAC Insurance deal

  14-10-2026 03:54 via businessnews.com.au
  
  IAG has offered to sell part of its existing WA business and make insurance available in the north of the state as it seeks regulatory approval for its purchase of RAC Insurance.
  
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• Aureka jags gold 725m beyond Victorian resource boundary

  14-10-2026 03:37 via smh.com.au
  
  Aureka Ltd has extended its Irvine gold project in Victoria, hitting two high-grade zones 725m north of its existing 398,000-ounce resource in a first-pass scout hole.
  
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• Federal Court sets aside minister’s $1.1b Regis block

  14-10-2026 03:12 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Federal Court has set aside a 2024 ministerial decision to block the construction of a tailings dam at Regis Resources' billion-dollar McPhillamys gold project in NSW.
  
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• Trump’s America and Wall Street are in a dangerous spiral

  14-10-2026 03:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Governments and Wall Street titans are borrowing at record rates. The ramifications could be catastrophic.
  
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• Court overturns heritage order that stalled $1b NSW gold mine

  14-10-2026 02:20 via abc.net.au
  
  The Federal Court rules that a Commonwealth decision that blocked a NSW gold mine was "made without authority". 
  
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• Court dumps Plibersek heritage decision that halted $1b goldmine

  14-10-2026 02:20 via abc.net.au
  
  The Federal Court rules that a Commonwealth decision that blocked a NSW goldmine was "made without authority". 
  
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• Court dumps Plibersek heritage decision that halted $1b gold mine

  14-10-2026 02:20 via abc.net.au
  
  The Federal Court rules that a Commonwealth decision that blocked a NSW gold mine was "made without authority". 
  
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• 'A lot of emotion:' First round of redundancies to hit Whyalla steelworks

  14-10-2026 02:17 via abc.net.au
  
  More than 250 Whyalla steelworks employees have accepted redundancies but those wanting to stay are facing an anxious wait. 
  
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• Law firm HFW adds two partners

  14-10-2026 02:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Two former partners of global law firm HFW have returned to its specialist shipping practice after spending the past five years at rival firm Squire Patton Boggs.
  
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