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• KPMG chair, audit partners to leave amid whistleblower fallout

  23-06-2026 03:15 via abc.net.au
  
  KPMG chair Martin Sheppard and two audit partners are leaving the accounting and consulting giant in the wake of a scandal over misuse of confidential client information and the alleged mistreatment of a whistleblower.
  
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• KPMG chairman, partners to exit scandal-tainted firm

  23-06-2026 06:47 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The chairman of KPMG Australia is stepping down and two partners are leaving the firm after a bruising parliamentary hearing and allegations of wrongdoing at the major consultancy.
  
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• Green light for $22m North Freo apartments

  23-06-2026 05:45 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A multi-storey apartment block, estimated to cost $22 million, is set to be built next to the lot Victor Goh is selling to Edge Visionary Living.
  
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• Music mogul Clive Davis dies at 94 leaving behind powerful imprint on industry

  23-06-2026 04:11 via abc.net.au
  
  Clive Davis, the influential music industry mogul who fostered the careers of superstars such as Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen and Alicia Keys, has died. He was 94.
  
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• Iluka inks $220m offtake deal with mystery car maker

  23-06-2026 03:50 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Iluka has locked in an offtake deal with an undisclosed global car manufacturer, tipped to generate $220 million in revenue, as it unlocks its $1.65 billion loan from the federal government.
  
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• Slow burn on prescriptive practices

  23-06-2026 03:49 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Fuel-reduction strategies in the state's South West continue to be questioned from a variety of perspectives.
  
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• Nose landing gear failure could have caused fatal plane crash, ATSB says

  23-06-2026 03:42 via abc.net.au
  
  A plane crash that killed two people and injured several others in Adelaide earlier this year could have been caused by a failure in the plane's nose landing gear, an ongoing investigation has found.
  
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• Woodside, Alcoa strike domestic gas deal

  23-06-2026 03:37 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Woodside Energy has struck an agreement to supply Alcoa with 31.1 petajoules of domestic gas over four years, from 2027 through to 2030.
  
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• Victorian farm fined for not meeting free-range standards

  23-06-2026 03:19 via abc.net.au
  
  Doreen Egg admits it sold eggs labelled as "free range" despite its hens not having access to an outdoor range, as required under Free Range Egg Labelling Information Standard.
  
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• 'They've been caught out': KPMG fallout continues with resignations

  23-06-2026 03:15 via abc.net.au
  
  KPMG chair Martin Sheppard and two audit partners are leaving the accounting and consulting giant in the wake of a scandal over misuse of confidential client information and the alleged mistreatment of a whistleblower.
  
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• Breaking: KPMG chair resigns amid whistleblower fallout

  23-06-2026 03:15 via abc.net.au
  
  KPMG chair Martin Sheppard and two audit partners are leaving the accounting and consulting giant in the wake of a scandal over misuse of confidential client information and the alleged mistreatment of a whistleblower.
  
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• Tax changes to be passed after Greens NDIS deal

  23-06-2026 03:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Contentious tax reforms are set to become law after the Greens agreed to support Labor's legislation through the Senate in return for extending an inquiry into separate NDIS changes.
  
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• High cost of living fuels record regional migration, report says

  23-06-2026 02:33 via abc.net.au
  
  The rate at which capital city dwellers are moving the regions is at its highest level on record, which  the report's author says shows the trend is more than a post-COVID blip.
  
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• Dwayne Mallard: why companies should look to native title leaders to fill board roles

  23-06-2026 02:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Wajarri-Nanda-Yamatji man Dwayne Mallard isn't big on what's implied by the word ‘leadership'. He prefers 'stewardship'
  
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• Wall Street ends mixed as investors focus on Iran talks

  23-06-2026 01:47 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The S&P 500 and ‌the Nasdaq have closed down, dragged by declines in the megacap technology stocks including Alphabet.
  
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• Union launches bid to save Boag's brewery from closure

  23-06-2026 00:58 via abc.net.au
  
  The United Workers Union has launched a petition calling on Boag's parent company Lion Australia to sell rather than close its Launceston brewery. The union has also written to Premier Jeremy Rockliff urging him to intervene.
  
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• Residents worried about dramatic increase to Menindee Lakes water release

  22-06-2026 23:34 via abc.net.au
  
  Residents living along the Darling River are worried the decision to double water releases from the Menindee Lakes will remove the system's drought reserve. But authorities say it will help rebuild populations of Murray cod downstream.
  
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• Calls to upgrade 'sketchy' Sturt Highway freight route

  22-06-2026 22:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Eight councils are calling for urgent safety upgrades to the popular freight and travel route spanning three states.
  
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• Logging company gives new answer to parliament over logs sent to Victoria

  22-06-2026 22:45 via abc.net.au
  
  Sustainable Timber Tasmania has corrected the record after earlier stating that all logs from public native forests are processed in Tasmania.
  
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• Inspired by volcanoes, this new technology could affect billions of people

  22-06-2026 20:42 via abc.net.au
  
  Private companies want to reflect the Sun to cool the planet. But scientists fear the geoengineering technology could disrupt monsoon rains, on which a billion people depend.
  
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• Can reflecting the Sun buy time for net zero? A startup has raised $US75m to try

  22-06-2026 20:42 via abc.net.au
  
  Private companies want to reflect the Sun to cool the planet. But scientists fear the geoengineering technology could disrupt monsoon rains a billion people depend on.
  
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• Scammers are paying Meta to spread fake ABC News articles

  22-06-2026 20:39 via abc.net.au
  
  A $350 million scam is targeting Australians using AI-generated images of ABC journalists and politicians.
  
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• Perfect dupes of ABC articles are fuelling an industrial-scale scam

  22-06-2026 20:39 via abc.net.au
  
  A $350 million scam is targeting Australians using AI-generated images of ABC journalists and politicians.
  
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• Energy outlook improves, more needed: AEMO

  22-06-2026 18:01 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state's near-term electricity outlook has improved year-on-year, with the main electricity grid to remain in surplus until 2029-30 according to new modelling.
  
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• New prison plan by year's end

  22-06-2026 10:06 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state government has confirmed a $2.3 million business case for a new prison in Perth is being finalised.
  
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• At Close of Business podcast June 22 2026

  22-06-2026 10:04 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Sam Jones and Tom Zaunmayr talk about the recent Indigenous Business publication.
  
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• Perenti expands further into US market with $275m contract

  22-06-2026 10:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perenti's underground mining services division has secured its second project in the United States after being awarded a $275 million contract by Barrick Mining Corporation.
  
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• Aussie shares edge lower as WiseTech leads IT sell-off

  22-06-2026 09:56 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia's share market has had a bland session as investors weighed progress in US-Iran peace talks, while the local IT sector was hit by a significant stock plunge.
  
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• Belgians win $50m dredging contract as govt tries to prevent port nightmare

  22-06-2026 09:50 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Belgian maritime engineering group Jan De Nul has won a $50 million contract to help the state government prevent mayhem at Port Hedland.
  
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• Ex-Cambridge mayor Keri Shannon appeals standards panel case

  22-06-2026 09:49 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Former Town of Cambridge mayor Keri Shannon has taken her case against a standards panel to the state's highest court.
  
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