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• Freight rail a constant business dilemma

  13-02-2025 04:29 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state of WA’s freight rail network is a major bugbear for business, deputy premier Rita Saffioti says, as the state government begins negotiations to buy it back.
  
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• Qantas axes Alice Springs-Melbourne route amid high cost, falling demand

  25-06-2026 10:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Qantas has axed its direct Alice Springs-Melbourne route after "many decades", and will also restrict flights between Darwin and Singapore to the peak tourist season.
  
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• SA nurses and midwives offered 16 per cent pay rise under new deal

  25-06-2026 10:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Nurses and midwives in South Australia would receive a 16 per cent pay rise by mid-2028 under a new deal endorsed by their union and the state government.
  
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• At Close of Business podcast June 25 2026

  25-06-2026 09:52 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Tom Zaunmayr and Nadia Budihardjo talk about Indigenous art centres across the state.
  
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• Carey hits out at city over ‘AI’ plan

  25-06-2026 09:47 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The planning minister has accused the City of Perth of inaction over improving its streets.
  
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• Aussie shares fall as US dollar surges, oil retreats

  25-06-2026 09:47 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Australian bourse has slipped, with a sell-off in precious metals, oil and other commodities dragging down resource companies as the US dollar surges and more ships pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
  
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• Ritchie Bros expands WA footprint, adding $11m Midland site

  25-06-2026 09:46 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The global equipment auctioneer has added to its footprint in WA, completing the takeover of a local company's Midland headquarters in an $11 million sale.
  
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• Green light for $21m social housing in East Fremantle

  25-06-2026 09:41 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Foundation Housing and H-U have cleared a planning hurdle to add dozens of social housing dwellings to East Fremantle, after a $21 million plan was approved.
  
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• Queer club launches action against Perth Bears

  25-06-2026 09:07 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Queer club Bears Perth has lodged a formal objection to Perth's new National Rugby League club registering the name Perth Bears in a case that could force a rethink for the rugby league startup.
  
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• Satterley Property Group’s profit more than doubles

  25-06-2026 08:48 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Nigel Satterley says his various companies are forecast to generate profit before tax of around $260 million annually, requiring Satterley Property Group to lodge financials publicly for the first time since 2019.
  
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• AREH to start life as 1GW green hub, hydrogen plant

  25-06-2026 08:46 via businessnews.com.au
  
  One of Australia's largest planned renewable energy projects will begin life as a 1-gigawatt wind and solar farm feeding power to a future Port Hedland hydrogen site.
  
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• Latest electric bus joins Transperth fleet

  25-06-2026 08:04 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The first electric articulated bus in the world has rolled off the production line at Volgren's manufacturing facility in Malaga.
  
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• Electric 'bendy' bus a world first

  25-06-2026 08:04 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The first electric articulated bus in the world has rolled off the production line at Volgren's manufacturing facility in Malaga.
  
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• Opinion: Fired-up about prescribed burns

  25-06-2026 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: The passionate debate about prescribed burning is getting greater traction in the city.
  
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• Cairns mayor admits misconduct for sharing confidential information

  25-06-2026 07:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Amy Eden says she accepts a tribunal's findings of misconduct against her for twice leaking confidential information to a journalist. But she has defended her decision to shut down councillors' questions about her admission in the council chamber. 
  
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• Review: Authenticity in a bottle at LS Merchants

  25-06-2026 07:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  REVIEW: A Margaret River winemaker is applying techniques that push beyond traditional winemaking boundaries.
  
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• Blackfox moves on $36m Maddington warehouse

  25-06-2026 07:12 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A company linked to Primewest co-founder David Schwartz has purchased a fully-leased industrial facility from property fund CapPru.
  
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• Nicheliving-linked entity pushes for court-ordered winding up

  25-06-2026 07:01 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A Nicheliving-linked entity has pushed for a court-ordered winding up of its operations, claiming its director Ronnie Michel-Elhaj continued to incur debts.
  
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• Otranto pitches Fortescue's energy to Pilbara competitors

  25-06-2026 06:48 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Fortescue has ramped up its pitch to sign fellow miners on to its power grid as the race heats up for green energy proponents to make deals with the region's industrial giants.
  
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• Power price rise on the way for Tasmanians on the grid

  25-06-2026 06:34 via abc.net.au
  
  Tasmanian households and businesses with the state-owned electricity retailer will be paying more for power, after a price rise was approved by the economic regulator.
  
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• Woodside boss lauds ‘courage’ in gas tax call

  25-06-2026 06:16 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Woodside chief executive Liz Westcott has praised the “courage” of federal politicians for resisting a mooted 25 per cent gas export tax, in a speech at Parliament House in Canberra.
  
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• Premier responds to naming flats after BRS

  25-06-2026 06:04 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Premier Roger Cook says the decision of mining billionaire Gina Rinehart to name apartments for homeless veterans after accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith is a matter for her and her company.
  
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• BRS apartments Rinehart's business, says Cook

  25-06-2026 06:04 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Premier Roger Cook says the decision of mining billionaire Gina Rinehart to name apartments for homeless veterans after accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith is a matter for her and her company.
  
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• Coastal town braces for economic pain as mine closure to cost 100 jobs

  25-06-2026 05:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Mineral Resources's decision to close the Lucky Bay Garnet Mine will see 110 jobs lost in and around Kalbarri. 
  
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• Councils bar thirsty renewable energy zone from accessing town water

  25-06-2026 05:25 via abc.net.au
  
  Rural NSW councils already under water restrictions are drawing a line in the sand regarding supplying water to Renewable Energy Zone projects.
  
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• The highs and lows of Karl Stefanovic's 20 years with the Today show

  25-06-2026 05:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Today show host Karl Stefanovic is reportedly leaving Channel Nine after a more than 20-year career at the network that was filled with highs and lows.
  
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• How Karl Stefanovic went from Today show glory to 'Joe Bogan'

  25-06-2026 05:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Today show host Karl Stefanovic is reportedly leaving Channel Nine after a more than 20-year career at the network that was filled with highs and lows.
  
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• Big battery boom means fewer transmission lines will be needed

  25-06-2026 05:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Home batteries hit 600,000 as households play big role in energy transition, but building transmission projects remains "critical", according to the latest AEMO energy plan.
  
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• EPA boost for Ramelius plan

  25-06-2026 04:44 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state's Environmental Protection Authority has waved through Ramelius Resources' plans to mine it Roe project, clearing the way for early works to begin this year.
  
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• Unemployment rate falls to 4.4 per cent in May

  25-06-2026 04:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia's unemployment rate fell back to 4.4 per cent after a surprise jump the month earlier, leaving the door open to more interest rate hikes.
  
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