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• New members for State Administrative Tribunal

  17-07-2023 09:46 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state government has appointed three new full-time members to the State Administrative Tribunal to help with the growing workload, which was described as a "substantial increase".
  
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• Brewer introduces Parliamentary Budget Office bill

  14-10-2026 10:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Shadow Treasurer Sandra Brewer has introduced legislation to establish an independent Parliamentary Budget Office in WA, taking direct aim at escalating project costs and off-budget spending by the state government.
  
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• Contractor trio win $655m power infrastructure package

  14-10-2026 09:55 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A trio of contractors have secured another stage of the state government's major electricity transmission infrastructure project valued at $655 million.
  
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• Slumping bank stocks weigh on Australian shares

  14-10-2026 09:40 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australian shares have dipped following a sharp sell-off in the major banks, after disappointing earnings from their US counterparts highlighted the challenging backdrop for financial institutions.
  
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• CCI defends taxpayer spending on major events

  14-10-2026 09:40 via businessnews.com.au
  
  An expert panel has weighed into the delicate balance of attracting major sporting events to WA, factoring in maximising taxpayer money benefit and accessibility issues.
  
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• At Close of Business podcast October 14 2026

  14-10-2026 09:40 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Ella Loneragan and Isabel Vieira discuss the recent property interest and investments in Bullsbrook.
  
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• Pope's AI adviser warns Australia's copyright changes risk 'new form of colonialism'

  14-10-2026 09:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Father Paolo Benanti is a Franciscan friar but he's also a key adviser to the Vatican on AI and he has a warning for Australia on the actions of AI companies.
  
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• WA government delays implementation of new phosphine limits

  14-10-2026 09:34 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Farmers and agribusinesses will have an extra three years to adapt to tighter national exposure limits to phosphine.
  
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• Liquidators celebrate $1m-plus deal as Blumenthal probe dropped

  14-10-2026 09:18 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Melodiol announces settlement deal, drops Blumenthal examination attempts.
  
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• BHP to cut Pilbara iron ore mine jobs

  14-10-2026 08:57 via businessnews.com.au
  
  BHP is cutting jobs at its Pilbara iron ore mines as the company advances its autonomous haul truck roll out.
  
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• AI could deliver $45b boost to GDP, mining lobbyist estimates

  14-10-2026 08:37 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The adoption of artificial intelligence could boost Australia's GDP by at least $45 billion by 2030 through increased productivity, the Minerals Council of Australia has estimated.
  
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• WA demand high for US firm's desalination tech

  14-10-2026 08:25 via businessnews.com.au
  
  An American company using Perth to develop a carbon-capturing desalination plant has identified “enormous” demand for its product in Western Australia.
  
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• JERA lifts Wheatstone LNG stake

  14-10-2026 08:18 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Japanese energy giant JERA has substantially increased its stake in the Wheatstone LNG project off WA, by buying a peer out of a subsidiary joint venture.
  
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• Atlassian engineer claims his ADHD should save him from the chop

  14-10-2026 08:09 via smh.com.au
  
  The Federal Court has ruled against the man who wanted to stop the company from putting him on a performance-management plan, saying he had not provided any medical evidence.
  
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• Banks weigh down ASX after US earnings spook markets

  14-10-2026 08:02 via smh.com.au
  
  Australian shares have dipped following a sharp sell-off in the major banks, after disappointing earnings from their US counterparts highlighted the challenging backdrop for financial institutions.
  
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• Opinion: Developing tertiary harmonisation

  14-10-2026 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  ANALYSIS: The government is spruiking its VET-university pathway reform.
  
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• Gas reservation scheme flawed despite tweaks: industry

  14-10-2026 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The federal government has been accused of failing to remedy flaws in its gas reservation scheme amid claims it will undermine investment and weaken competition.
  
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• Rare earths company could be nationalised as China-linked investors fail to divest

  14-10-2026 07:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Resources Minister Madeleine King has left open the door to nationalising a Perth-based critical minerals company as several China-linked investors are defying federal government orders to divest from it.
  
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• Libs,Labor want more certainty for WA on gas policy

  14-10-2026 07:54 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Both the Liberal and Labor parties agree about the need for more certainty about the federal gas reservation plan.
  
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• Larvotto rolls out first antimony shipment from NSW Hillgrove

  14-10-2026 07:48 via smh.com.au
  
  Larvotto Resources has shipped its first antimony concentrate from the Hillgrove mine, triggering first revenue and marking its transition from explorer to producer.
  
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• Mining giant BHP to cut hundreds of jobs at iron ore mines

  14-10-2026 07:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Mining giant BHP has confirmed job cuts at its iron ore operations in Western Australia.
  
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• Breaking: Mining giant BHP to cut hundreds of jobs at iron ore mines

  14-10-2026 07:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Mining giant BHP has confirmed job cuts at its iron ore operations in Western Australia.
  
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• Forcing gas producers to sell to Australia won't 'crash' prices, King says

  14-10-2026 07:34 via abc.net.au
  
  Burned once before on energy bill promises, the resources minister won't say what new gas reservation laws will do to wholesale gas prices, but promises they will cause downward pressure without crashing the market.
  
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• Opinion: Campus life has left the building

  14-10-2026 07:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: Universities need to act to restore the student experience.
  
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• TMK Energy steps on gas with fresh Mongolian drilling

  14-10-2026 07:27 via smh.com.au
  
  TMK Energy has kicked off a drilling and re-completion program at its Mongolian Gurvantes XXXV gas project to boost production from existing pilot wells.
  
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• Dianella Plaza set for $35m redevelopment stage

  14-10-2026 07:26 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Dianella Plaza is one step closer to redevelopment after an assessment panel approved the first stage of works, estimated to cost $35 million.
  
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• Deloitte's university merger document under attack

  14-10-2026 07:05 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The opposition has accused the Cook government of relying on a report containing errors and “AI slop” to prosecute the case for merging three WA universities into one.
  
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• Pilbara native title groups sign energy MOU

  14-10-2026 07:04 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Two major native title groups have struck an agreement designed to support renewable energy projects in the central Pilbara, with BHP a likely beneficiary.
  
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• Rex grounds two routes 10 months after $60m rescue package

  14-10-2026 07:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Less than a year after Rex was sold with the aid of a federal government rescue package, the embattled airline has suspended services to Orange and Port Macquarie.
  
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• 2GB’s Ben Fordham to interview Ben Roberts-Smith ahead of war crime trial

  14-10-2026 06:37 via smh.com.au
  
  The radio station has nabbed its big fish, with an interview with the disgraced commando now waiting for an opportune day to go live.
  
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