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• Genesis buys ‘global relevance’ in $5.6b deal: Finlayson

  14-07-2026 05:27 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Genesis Minerals executive chairman Raleigh Finlayson says his company's acquisition of Vault Minerals will make it a globally relevant goldminer.
  
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• Rio Tinto reports Pilbara record, monitors Strait of Hormuz

  15-07-2026 04:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Higher diesel prices lifted unit costs across Rio Tinto's expansive Pilbara operations, although the miner reported no material disruption to production across its core commodities.
  
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• Liberals to preference One Nation high up in Secret Harbour

  15-07-2026 04:06 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Liberal leader Basil Zempilas has confirmed his party will preference One Nation as high as second on how-to-vote cards at the Secret Harbour by-election on August 29.
  
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• Fortescue buys Port Hedland homes from Tattarang for executives

  15-07-2026 03:47 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Andrew Forrest's Fortescue has purchased five properties in an affluent area of Port Hedland for $4.9 million from him and his former partner Nicola's private investment group.
  
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• Fortescue buys Port Hedland homes from Tattarang

  15-07-2026 03:47 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Andrew Forrest's Fortescue has purchased five properties in an affluent area of Port Hedland for $4.9 million from him and his former partner Nicola's private investment group.
  
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• Truck driver's sacking for $100k ice cream bungle was fair, finds commission

  15-07-2026 03:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The Fair Work Commission rules a trucking company was within its rights to fire a driver after he set the temperature of his trailer full of ice cream more than 20 degrees too warm.
  
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• Truck driver loses unfair dismissal case after $100k ice cream bungle

  15-07-2026 03:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The Fair Work Commission rules a trucking company was within its rights to fire a driver after he set the temperature of his trailer full of ice cream more than 20 degrees too warm.
  
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• ACCC warns AI could lift insurance costs in risk-prone areas

  15-07-2026 02:25 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The ACCC says artificial intelligence could make insurance in the natural disaster-prone areas even more expensive as it wraps up its five-year reporting mission on premiums.
  
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• AI blueprint looms as PM examines 'lessons from abroad'

  15-07-2026 02:17 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Anthony Albanese will bring "national leadership" to the rollout of artificial intelligence, promising to establish an office of AI within his department.
  
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• S&P 500, Nasdaq end up on cool inflation, bank earnings

  15-07-2026 02:04 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq advanced as solid big bank results and a cooler-than-expected inflation report boosted ‌risk appetite amid rising Middle East tensions.
  
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• Perth dealmakers defy volatility

  15-07-2026 02:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  There has been a combined $14.7b in local M&A activity during the past half-year despite geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty.
  
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• Tasmanian government proposes buying Boag's Brewery site

  15-07-2026 00:20 via abc.net.au
  
  The Tasmanian government wants to buy Launceston's Boag's Brewery site and says it has "in-principle" support from the Japanese parent company to explore the idea.
  
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• Bali-based businessman's death leaves Australians chasing trail of lost money

  14-07-2026 23:09 via abc.net.au
  
  Cameron Hughes, 39, died in a Balinese immigration detention centre last week under yet-to-be-confirmed circumstances. The ABC can reveal the Perth businessman left behind hundreds of thousands of dollars in unfinished business, with dozens of customers potentially out of pocket.
  
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• Bali-based businessman's death leaves Australians chasing money

  14-07-2026 23:09 via abc.net.au
  
  Cameron Hughes, 39, died in a Balinese immigration detention centre last week under yet-to-be-confirmed circumstances. The ABC can reveal the Perth businessman left behind hundreds of thousands of dollars in unfinished business, with dozens of customers potentially out of pocket.
  
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• Tourists turn away from NT as Kakadu travellers greeted by closure signs

  14-07-2026 23:01 via abc.net.au
  
  It is known as the jewel in the Northern Territory's tourism crown, but visitors to Kakadu National Park are being greeted by closure signs blocking roads to key waterfall sites.
  
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• 'Not good enough': NT tourism in 'repair mode' over Kakadu waterfall closures

  14-07-2026 23:01 via abc.net.au
  
  It is known as the jewel in the Northern Territory's tourism crown, but visitors to Kakadu National Park are being greeted by closure signs blocking roads to key waterfall sites.
  
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• New owner of Rushy Lagoon reveals plans for Tasmania's largest farm

  14-07-2026 22:26 via abc.net.au
  
  The buyer of Tasmania's largest farm says in addition to the pine plantation it has planned for the property, it's also considering cropping and leasing out parts of the farm for grazing, tourism and mountain biking.
  
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• New owner of Rushy Lagoon outlines plans for pine, cattle and tourism

  14-07-2026 22:26 via abc.net.au
  
  The buyer of Tasmania's largest farm says in addition to the pine plantation it has planned for the property, it's also considering cropping and leasing out parts of the farm for grazing, tourism and mountain biking.
  
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• Telstra under growing pressure over outage compensation

  14-07-2026 20:42 via abc.net.au
  
  Telstra is assessing outage compensation claims, but consumer advocates say the process is cumbersome and puts the onus back on customers rather than the telco at fault.
  
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• Telstra slammed for putting 'burden of proof on consumers' for compensation

  14-07-2026 20:42 via abc.net.au
  
  Telstra is assessing outage compensation claims, but consumer advocates say the process is cumbersome and puts the onus back on customers rather than the telco at fault.
  
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• Australia's highest-paid chief executives revealed

  14-07-2026 20:42 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's highest-paid executive collected a salary nearly 500 times that of the country's full-time average worker.
  
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• Australia's highest paid CEO revealed

  14-07-2026 20:42 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's highest-paid executive collected a salary nearly 500 times that of the country's full-time average worker.
  
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• Australia's highest paid CEO makes 500 times the average salary

  14-07-2026 20:42 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's highest-paid executive collected a salary nearly 500 times that of the country's full-time average worker.
  
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• Batteries now cheaper than gas for peak demand power supply

  14-07-2026 20:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Falling battery costs and a data centre-fuelled dash for gas have overturned decades of accepted wisdom: gas is no longer the cheapest way to meet peak power demand.
  
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• Batteries charge ahead as data centres fuel gas turbine costs: CSIRO

  14-07-2026 20:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Falling battery costs and a data centre-fuelled dash for gas have overturned decades of accepted wisdom: gas is no longer the cheapest way to meet peak power demand.
  
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• Revelations about Bill Gates's ties to Epstein prompts charity investor to exit

  14-07-2026 17:18 via abc.net.au
  
  The American investor will end his longtime donations to the Microsoft co-founder's non-profit. 
  
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• Buffett severs donations to Gates Foundation following Epstein revelations

  14-07-2026 17:18 via abc.net.au
  
  The American investor will end his longtime donations to the Microsoft co-founder's non-profit. 
  
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• Anthony Albanese maps out AI future with new national framework

  14-07-2026 14:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Labor will develop a new national framework in response to artificial intelligence as it seeks to address the technology’s growing economic and social impacts.
  
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• Victorian teachers set to strike again following deadlocked negotiations

  14-07-2026 11:55 via abc.net.au
  
  A fresh statewide strike by Victorian public school teachers will he held next week, after negotiations with the Victorian government reached an impasse.
  
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• Breaking: Victorian teachers set to strike again following deadlocked negotiations

  14-07-2026 11:55 via abc.net.au
  
  A fresh statewide strike by Victorian public school teachers will he held next week, after negotiations with the Victorian government reached an impasse.
  
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