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• New desal plant for the Pilbara

  07-02-2025 05:52 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state government will begin building another desalination plant in the Pilbara by the end of the decade to ease pressure on the region’s aquifers.
  
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• PBS dispute could see MS patients pay $33k a year for crucial drugs

  07-07-2026 20:35 via abc.net.au
  
  The latest PBS stoush with drugmakers means thousands of people with MS are at risk of being forced to pay $33,000 a year for lifesaving medication.
  
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• China-connected Northern Minerals shareholders defy disposal orders

  07-07-2026 09:50 via businessnews.com.au
  
  China-connected shareholders in rare earths hopeful Northern Minerals have defied a government order to divest their stakes, sending the developer's share price sliding.
  
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• Serenitas in $30m Vasse land grab from Stockland

  07-07-2026 09:47 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The over 50s land lease community operator has purchased more than 14 hectares of land in the South West from ASX-listed residential developer Stockland for $30 million.
  
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• At Close of Business podcast July 7 2026

  07-07-2026 09:41 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Mark Beyer and Sam Jones discuss the growth of developer-owned, in-house construction companies.
  
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• Construction firms seek an edge

  07-07-2026 09:33 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The growth of developer-owned in-house construction companies and the formation of new joint ventures are reshaping the sector.
  
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• Building regulator moves to cut ‘phoenixing’

  07-07-2026 09:21 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state government has moved to curb “phoenixing” by banning building companies that have been linked to financial mismanagement, in light of a recent tribunal decision.
  
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• Local shares dip, miners slump as Hormuz tensions flare

  07-07-2026 09:14 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia's share market has resumed its decline after a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz was hit by a projectile, testing a fragile truce between the US and Iran.
  
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• Silverleaf buys $19m Darwin asset

  07-07-2026 09:13 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The property, on the city's eastern waterfront, represents Silverleaf's first Darwin acquisition.
  
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• Lynas inks $50m deal for Malaysian magnet factory

  07-07-2026 09:02 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Lynas Rare Earths has struck a $50 million deal with South Korean manufacturer JS Link for the development of a rare earth magnet factory near its Malaysian processing hub.
  
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• Austral pips Larvotto with $80m Hammer bid

  07-07-2026 08:38 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Austral Resources has submitted an $80 million bid to acquire Hammer Metals, adding some $25 million to the offer made by Larvotto Resources for Hammer in June.
  
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• Allen Caratti case drags on

  07-07-2026 08:38 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Commonwealth's dispute with Allen Caratti over charges of financial deception continues in court, with the property developer calling in former attorney-general Christian Porter as his lawyer.
  
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• Court approves Qoria merger

  07-07-2026 08:14 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A merger between Perth cyber safety software developer Qoria and Boston-based Aura Consolidated Group has received the green light from the Federal Court of Australia.
  
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• Opinion: Hasten slowly in judging Aukus shift

  07-07-2026 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: The revised Aukus submarine agreement has supporters and detractors, but the truth is somewhere in the middle.
  
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• Opinion: Risks and rewards of open Chinese AI

  07-07-2026 07:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: Some of the hype surrounding the danger posed by artificial intelligence models can be overblown.
  
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• Green light for $1b battery, solar farm in Womarden

  07-07-2026 07:25 via businessnews.com.au
  
  An assessment panel has approved a $1 billion solar farm and battery system to be built in the state's Mid West.
  
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• The Qantas text that looks like a scam, but could be worth hundreds

  07-07-2026 06:28 via abc.net.au
  
  More than one million Qantas customers are being notified they may be eligible for access to a multi-million-dollar settlement. 
  
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• Qantas customers warned not to delete email about $105m settlement

  07-07-2026 06:28 via abc.net.au
  
  More than 1 million Qantas customers are being notified they may be eligible for access to a multi-million-dollar settlement. 
  
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• Qantas customers urged to check for $105m settlement notice

  07-07-2026 06:28 via abc.net.au
  
  More than 1 million Qantas customers are being notified they may be eligible for access to a multi-million-dollar settlement. 
  
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• Widow not told of husband's death on FIFO swing until 14 hours later

  07-07-2026 05:53 via abc.net.au
  
  A Perth widow says she has been kept in the dark about the circumstances leading to the death of her husband as he worked on an offshore gas plant.
  
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• Widow 'disregarded' as she fights for answers over FIFO husband's death

  07-07-2026 05:53 via abc.net.au
  
  A Perth widow says she has been kept in the dark about the circumstances leading to the death of her husband as he worked on an offshore gas plant more than 18 months ago. 
  
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• Wayfinder $11.5m winery expands capacity

  07-07-2026 05:44 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Cowaramup winemaker has obtained approval to accommodate more patrons and run more events, at its off-grid winery.
  
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• Fishers buoyed as algal bloom-related whiting ban lifted early

  07-07-2026 05:38 via abc.net.au
  
  A temporary ban on recreational catches of King George whiting along parts of the SA coast is lifted earlier than scheduled, in a move that fishers say will benefit the whole sector.
  
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• Ochre founder Joanne Pellew convicted

  07-07-2026 05:19 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The founder of WA labour hire company Ochre Workforce Solutions is facing years in prison after being convicted of several offences following an ASIC investigation.
  
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• Brightwater Care Group acquires Ramsay’s Attadale hospital

  07-07-2026 03:45 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The aged care and disability support provider has taken over ASX-listed Ramsay Health Care's Attadale Rehabilitation Hospital, with plans to transform the asset by adding 39 aged care beds.
  
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• Richard White resigns as WiseTech chair but will remain with firm

  07-07-2026 03:40 via abc.net.au
  
  The billionaire founder of WiseTech Global said he was stepping down as the company's chair after "recent personal media attention" created an "unnecessary distraction" from the business. 
  
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• Longest stretch of weak growth since 1990s forecast

  07-07-2026 03:39 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia's economy is set to grow below two per cent for the longest period since the early 1990s, exposing a malaise long masked by population growth, a report has warned.
  
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• Company pledges $500m for net zero mill to resurrect 'steel city'

  07-07-2026 02:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Once dubbed Australia's "steel city", steel production wound down in Newcastle in 1999 when BHP closed its plant. Now, an Australian company says it will build a new steel plant, powered only by electricity. 
  
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• Microsoft workers in Australia to be caught up in 4,800 global job cuts

  07-07-2026 02:14 via abc.net.au
  
  ABC News understands Microsoft Australia staff will be impacted by the tech giant's latest round of lay-offs. Microsoft will cut about 2.1 per cent of its global workforce.
  
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• Council abandons road train safety restrictions amid criticism from farmers

  07-07-2026 02:05 via abc.net.au
  
  A North Queensland council abandons plans to restrict road trains from using five key freight routes after criticism from farmers.
  
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