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• Last year's COVID-19 lockdowns briefly improved air quality

  04-09-2021 02:15 via abc.net.au
  
  There was a short, sharp drop in emissions of air pollutants last year amid lockdown measures and related travel restrictions, the UN weather agency says. 
  
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• Shell enters WA gas retail

  20-08-2026 11:16 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Shell will expand its gas retail business into Western Australia, targeting industrial business and commercial customers in the state.
  
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• Driver waits for compensation after new EV suddenly stops on freeway

  20-08-2026 10:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Customers left in the lurch when a Chinese electric vehicle giant terminated its exclusive agreement with an Australian company now have more certainty, but it's been a hard for many.
  
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• Project on ex-Dingo pub site in Fremantle hits planning snag

  20-08-2026 09:50 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A $7 million project on the failed Dingo pub site in Fremantle has hit a hurdle, with the landowners escalating a planning dispute to the state's Supreme Court.
  
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• At Close of Business Podcast August 20 2026

  20-08-2026 09:42 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Jack McGinn and Ella Loneragan discuss the balancing act that's key to advocacy work.
  
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• ABN Group secures $33m Canning Vale social housing project

  20-08-2026 09:39 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state and federal governments have selected ABN Group to build a 50-dwelling build-to-rent project in Canning Vale for $32.97 million.
  
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• Evergrande founder sentenced to life in prison by Chinese court

  20-08-2026 09:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Hui Ka Yan, who had faced eight charges including misuse of funds and illegally taking public deposits, pleaded guilty in April, following China Evergrande's collapse five years ago after a quarter of a century in operation.
  
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• Shares break losing streak but banking slump continues

  20-08-2026 09:18 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia's share market has snapped a six-session losing streak, buoyed by strong miners, tech and health care stocks as banks continue to fall.
  
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• Broken Hill Gold blows White Dam hunt wide open in SA

  20-08-2026 09:18 via smh.com.au
  
  Broken Hill Gold, formerly PacGold, has blown its White Dam hunt wide open in SA after its Icebreaker target sparked a gold-copper push targeting more than 50 prospects.
  
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• ASX finishes higher after jobs data, led by gold miners and tech stocks

  20-08-2026 08:54 via smh.com.au
  
  The Australian sharemarket ticked higher in Thursday’s session after a report showed the nation’s unemployment rate unexpectedly rose in July, tempering expectations for more interest rate hikes by the Reserve Bank.
  
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• McLaren lands standout 4.96% heavy mineral average in WA Eucla Basin

  20-08-2026 08:39 via smh.com.au
  
  McLaren Minerals continues to impress, with 179 new drillholes at its Eucla Basin titanium project averaging a hefty 4.96% heavy minerals at 15.8-metre depths from surface.
  
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• New exclusion zones for adult entertainment venues in Adelaide's CBD

  20-08-2026 08:28 via abc.net.au
  
  New adult entertainment services including sex shops will be banned from operating in prominent locations across the Adelaide CBD and North Adelaide, but existing venues will be able to remain.
  
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• State government announces WA Football review

  20-08-2026 08:06 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state government has announced a review of WA Football, ahead of a new 10-year funding agreement which begins in November next year.
  
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• APA puts call out to hyperscale data centres

  20-08-2026 08:03 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Energy giant APA Group is positioning its WA landholdings as prime real estate for power-hungry hyperscale data centres, pitching microgrid solutions backed by renewables and gas-fired firming to ease mounting pressure on local networks.
  
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• Review: The evolution of a NZ pinot noir

  20-08-2026 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  REVIEW: Character, finesse and complexity are abundant in the pinot noir offering from Felton Road.
  
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• Did CBA boss Matt Comyn’s marriage breakdown meet the public interest test?

  20-08-2026 07:45 via smh.com.au
  
  The Cult of Comyn. He has been likened to the business equivalent of Taylor Swift.
  
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• Opinion: The ingredient always comes first

  20-08-2026 07:29 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: Coming home after a period travelling and eating overseas has a way of sharpening how you see things.
  
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• Bookstores pull Heeney’s children’s book from sale

  20-08-2026 07:03 via smh.com.au
  
  The Swans star has published two children’s books in his Little Isaac Footy Fever series, and a third was due to come out in November.
  
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• Medallion raises $60m for Ravensthorpe ramp-up

  20-08-2026 06:43 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Gold and copper developer Medallion Metals has rattled the tin for $60 million to help fund the ramp-up of its Ravensthorpe project's development through to production.
  
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• Viking supercharges tungsten feed grade with Nevada sorting trials

  20-08-2026 06:42 via smh.com.au
  
  Viking Mines’ ore sorting tests on its US tungsten project have yielded up to 4.1 times the feed grade, with assays confirming grades as high as 1.91 per cent tungsten trioxide.
  
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• Publication of Isaac Heeney’s next children’s book paused as Nike stands down Swans

  20-08-2026 06:32 via smh.com.au
  
  The Swans star has published two children’s books in his Little Isaac Footy Fever series, and a third was due to come out in November.
  
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• YouTube offers creators millions to not work with Netflix

  20-08-2026 06:31 via smh.com.au
  
  The video-sharing platform is trying to stop Netflix’s pursuit of its biggest stars. Creators who do sign deals with Netflix face consequences.
  
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• Emeco net profit up 5pc

  20-08-2026 06:15 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Aside from posting a series of gains in FY26, Emeco Holdings has announced an on-market buy-back of up to 10 per cent of its shares.
  
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• Lawyer says 'beef' behind alleged victim's complaint against Alan Jones

  20-08-2026 06:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Alan Jones's defence lawyers have accused one of the veteran broadcaster's alleged assault victims of confiding in two men who "hated" Mr Jones as part of a workplace "beef" at commercial radio station 2GB.
  
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• Fortescue defends not standing down key executive accused of sexual harassment

  20-08-2026 05:57 via smh.com.au
  
  An independent legal firm is investigating the claims, but the company says there were 29 cases of sexual harassment or discrimination last year, and 11 workers were dismissed.
  
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• Vicinity’s profit up, Galleria set for November opening

  20-08-2026 05:48 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The shopping centre giant has delivered its FY26 results, with a 39 per cent increase in profit to $1.39 billion.
  
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• Nationals MP suspended from parliament again

  20-08-2026 05:34 via businessnews.com.au
  
  High drama in Western Australia's parliament involving claims of antisemitism has seen firebrand Nationals MP Lachlan Hunter suspended from the legislative assembly.
  
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• Balance key on advocacy tightrope

  20-08-2026 05:33 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The art of advocacy remains critical to business progress in WA.
  
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• Residents forced off mains gas to get money to switch to bottles

  20-08-2026 05:19 via abc.net.au
  
  After months of uncertainty, the WA government announces a transition package for the thousands of residents and businesses impacted by gas supplier ATCO's decision to walk away from a regional city's mains gas network.
  
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• Augustus takes fresh angle on gold hotspot near Leonora in WA

  20-08-2026 05:19 via smh.com.au
  
  Augustus Minerals will target a new high-grade gold theory at its Clifton East prospect when it launches a new drilling blitz at its Music Well project, north of Leonora in WA.
  
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