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• Housing market seeing 'rapid deterioration' as downturn deepens

  02-08-2026 16:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's housing downturn is spreading across the country, with the latest property price data showing previously resilient markets that had recently set record-high prices are now experiencing a decline in values.
  
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• Bali Ha'i cover-up claims

  04-08-2026 10:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Prosecutor claims alleged thief Colin Beeck tried keep pay rise under wraps.
  
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• Tree says press conference gag 'not ideal'

  04-08-2026 09:56 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Premier Roger Cook and Georgia Tree, Labor's candidate for the Secret Harbour by-election, have spent a second day dealing with the fallout from a bungled press conference on the weekend.
  
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• Hastings weighs in on Wyloo sale

  04-08-2026 09:56 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Hastings Technology Metals boss Vince Catania says Wyloo's plan to exit the Yangibana joint venture is a positive for his ASX-listed rare earths company.
  
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• City of Perth’s new Culture and Arts Advisory Group members revealed

  04-08-2026 09:55 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The City of Perth has announced the new members of its Culture and Arts Advisory Group, including West Australian Opera's Carolyn Chard.
  
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• At Close of Business podcast August 4 2026

  04-08-2026 09:46 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Claire Tyrrell speaks to Ella Loneragan about developers' appetite for government land in the western suburbs.
  
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• Australian shares surge as banks, miners charge higher

  04-08-2026 09:45 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia's share market is narrowing on its record high as easing oil prices and confidence in a strong earnings season for heavily weighted sectors bolster risk sentiment.
  
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• AVL, Alcoa explore vanadium battery storage rollout

  04-08-2026 09:33 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australian Vanadium and Alcoa Australia are working together to evaluate the potential rollout of vanadium flow battery technology at the miner's WA alumina refineries.
  
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• Arnott's workers strike over hourly pay rises worth less than a packet of biscuits

  04-08-2026 09:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Arnott's workers in Adelaide have walked off the job over a pay dispute, with their union saying previous pay rises have equated to less than $1 per hour — not enough to buy a packet of biscuits.
  
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• Aboriginal Lands Trust, Yued Aboriginal Corporation sign 100-year Mogumber lease

  04-08-2026 09:06 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Yued Aboriginal Corporation has acquired leasehold rights over 4,200 hectares of bush and farmland in Mogumber held by the Aboriginal Lands Trust.
  
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• Court lifts injunction on Fitness Cartel gym in dispute with Perth Day Hospital

  04-08-2026 09:01 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A WA court has lifted a ban on a gym operation, against the wishes of Perth Day Hospital which alleged the 24-hour business impacted the $16 million premises.
  
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• Devwest wins four weeks to deal with tax office liquidation push

  04-08-2026 09:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Devwest has beaten a Federal Court push for it to be immediately liquidated, giving the battling developer another four weeks to deal with a $380,000-plus claim from the Australian Taxation Office.
  
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• GL1 receives key approval for Manna

  04-08-2026 08:45 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Global Lithium Resources has taken another step towards a positive final investment decision at its Manna lithium project in the Eastern Goldfields.
  
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• Centuria’s office fund steady in WA

  04-08-2026 08:43 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The property fund's FY26 office REIT results show a modest uptick in the value of its Perth assets.
  
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• Salmon farm releasing nutrients, but EPA says it's not causing algae

  04-08-2026 08:29 via abc.net.au
  
  The waters around Tassal's Long Bay fish farm near Port Arthur have signs of excess nutrients — including nuisance algae and seagrass loss. But the EPA has questioned if the fish farm is responsible, and extended its licence for two years.
  
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• Tom Holland and Zendaya become most bankable box office couple in Hollywood

  04-08-2026 08:25 via abc.net.au
  
  Real-life Hollywood couple Tom Holland and Zendaya are celebrating simultaneous box office success stories in Spider-Man: Brand New Day and The Odyssey – smash hit movies they both star in.
  
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• AMU optimistic about Lo Herma progression

  04-08-2026 08:15 via businessnews.com.au
  
  American Uranium chief executive Bruce Lane says the company's Lo Herma project in the US is heading in the right direction.
  
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• Mine's ex-bosses forced into bankruptcy over allegedly misappropriated funds

  04-08-2026 08:08 via abc.net.au
  
  The former bosses of Hellyer mine, in Tasmania's north-west, have been ordered to repay a combined $8.5 million in allegedly misappropriated funds after failing to set aside a bankruptcy ruling in the federal court.
  
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• Opinion: New wave takes on tech monoculture

  04-08-2026 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: A growing global movement of fashionable, subversive and inclusive tech is emerging.
  
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• Sacked for fighting crime, Wendy 'The Enforcer' wins bottle-o job back

  04-08-2026 07:44 via abc.net.au
  
  A Tasmanian bottle shop worker who earned the nickname The Enforcer after she used a roller door to deter would-be thieves was sacked by her employer, BWS. But now, Wendy is back in business.
  
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• Household spending increases in June, powered by EV sales

  04-08-2026 07:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian household spending rose for a second month in June as consumers splashed out on electric vehicles amid rising fuel costs.
  
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• Opinion: Measure of a minister is what remains

  04-08-2026 07:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: Paul Papalia brought genuine experience and passion to his role in the defence community.
  
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• Unions to hold Hedland BHP strike despite 'productive' Fair Work meeting

  04-08-2026 07:20 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Three unions involved in ongoing negotiations with BHP over conditions at its Port Hedland operations have confimed 48-hours of planned strike action will go ahead, despite a "productive" meeting with Fair Work and BHP today.
  
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• Green light for Costco’s $80m warehouse in Alkimos

  04-08-2026 06:29 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Costco has cleared a planning hurdle to build its next warehouse in Perth's north, estimated to cost $80 million.
  
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• Govt moves spark development options

  04-08-2026 06:19 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Surplus government land in the western suburbs is attracting developers' attention.
  
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• Swan Taxis complete U-turn with $2m profit

  04-08-2026 06:14 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state's largest taxi operator, Swan Taxis, has completed a multi-year financial turnaround, bouncing back from heavily multi-million-dollar losses to record a $2 million profit for the year.
  
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• Infinity to consider options for Spanish project

  04-08-2026 04:45 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Infinity Metals shares fell by more than 10 per cent on Tuesday, following a hurdle relating to its San Jose lithium project in Spain.
  
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• Infinity Metals hit with regulatory hurdle

  04-08-2026 04:45 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Infinity Metals shares fell by more than 10 per cent on Tuesday after being hit with another hurdle at its San Jose lithium project in Spain.
  
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• Beau Waters appointed to lead Wen family's Hawaiian

  04-08-2026 04:22 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Major family office Hawaiian has appointed former footballer Beau Waters as chief executive, filling the recent vacancy left by Richard Kilbane's unexpected departure due to a health scare.
  
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• Alan Jones told 17yo 'there are no rules' at his home, court hears

  04-08-2026 04:18 via abc.net.au
  
  A man accusing Alan Jones of indecently assaulting him has detailed in court a night at the broadcaster's farm, where he said Mr Jones demanded he have a shower and come out wearing "a robe and nothing else".
  
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