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• Notre Dame cyber incident cost university $6.4 million

  19-08-2026 09:50 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A cyber incident that locked students and staff out of key systems at the University of Notre Dame and exposed 62 gigabytes of data cost the university $6.4 million, according to its latest annual report.
  
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• Planners knock back controversial plan for new Bunnings store

  19-08-2026 10:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Planning authorities decline a fiercely contested multimillion-dollar plan for Bunnings to build a new store 10km from its existing premises in Bunbury.
  
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• Planners knock back controversial plan for new Bunnings megastore

  19-08-2026 10:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Planning authorities decline a fiercely contested multimillion-dollar plan for Bunnings to build a new store 10km from its existing premises in Bunbury.
  
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• Bunnings’ move from Bunbury to Dalyellup knocked back

  19-08-2026 09:58 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A $40 million proposal to relocate Bunnings from Bunbury to Dalyellup has been knocked back by planning authorities, with a number of objections, including from builders Summit Homes, Scott Park and Dale Alcock Homes.
  
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• Ex-DRA Global boss Andrew Naude loses court bid to inspect privileged emails

  19-08-2026 09:55 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Former DRA Global chief executive Andrew Naude has failed to access privileged documents in his legal fight against the mining services company.
  
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• Aussie shares fall for sixth day as confidence wavers

  19-08-2026 09:37 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia's share market has fallen for a sixth-straight session, as high oil prices and global bond market worries weigh on investor confidence.
  
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• Energy formula drives WA along data highway

  19-08-2026 09:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  From AI factories in the Kimberley to metropolitan campuses, WA has become part of the data domain.
  
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• Iluka in the red with $24m half-year loss

  19-08-2026 09:07 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Rare earths refinery developer and mineral sands miner Iluka Resources has posted a $24 million half-year loss amid lower synthetic rutile sales.
  
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• Tassie growers spitting chips over Simplot spud contract

  19-08-2026 09:02 via abc.net.au
  
  It's crunch time for Tasmanian potato growers in a contract dispute with US French fry giant, Simplot.
  
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• At Close of Business podcast August 19 2026

  19-08-2026 08:57 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Sam Jones speaks to Justin Fris about Business News' recent communications and cyber feature.
  
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• Asara divests project stake

  19-08-2026 08:44 via businessnews.com.au
  
  West Perth-based Asara Resources has filed documents to offload its 74.79 per cent stake in the Paguanta copper-silver-lead-zinc project.
  
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• Auditor-general tables report on WA Health’s ‘poor controls’ over $1b payments

  19-08-2026 08:36 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state's auditor-general has slammed WA Health for poor management over almost $1 billion of payments, tabling a report to parliament.
  
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• Five charts that explain what’s really happening with housing

  19-08-2026 08:04 via smh.com.au
  
  The May budget upended demand for mortgages, but that isn’t the whole story in a market that has been running hot for years.
  
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• Opinion: Games business delivers returns

  19-08-2026 08:01 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: The Glasgow games have thrown down the gauntlet to other nations considering hosting the event.
  
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• Full-year records aplenty for SCEE

  19-08-2026 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Despite a bumper FY26, Southern Cross Electrical Engineering boss Graeme Dunn has reiterated to shareholders that the company will not rest on its laurels.
  
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• Opinion: The executive price of uni mergers

  19-08-2026 07:59 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: The cost of executive payouts must be considered before any merger is approved.
  
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• Retailers on the ropes as consumers all but close their wallets

  19-08-2026 07:50 via smh.com.au
  
  The shareholder jury has spoken: the discretionary retail sector is in an unambiguous slump.
  
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• The billionaire brat pack can’t stop whinging. They’re only embarrassing themselves

  19-08-2026 07:30 via smh.com.au
  
  From Gina Rinehart to Lauren Bezos, Elon Musk to Mark Zuckerberg, the super wealthy appear to have everything but the one thing they truly want.
  
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• The billionaire brat pack can’t stop whingeing. They’re only embarrassing themselves

  19-08-2026 07:30 via smh.com.au
  
  From Gina Rinehart to Lauren Bezos, Elon Musk to Mark Zuckerberg, the super wealthy appear to have everything but the one thing they truly want.
  
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• Coalition vows to scrap VNI West transmission project in Victoria

  19-08-2026 07:25 via abc.net.au
  
  The Victorian Liberal and National parties will scrap the controversial VNI West transmission project if the Coalition wins the state election in November.
  
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• DXN inks $4.1m Melbourne Airport edge data centre deal

  19-08-2026 06:32 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Modular data centre company DXN Limited has inked a $4.1 million deal to install an edge data centre at Melbourne Airport.
  
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• Telstra suspends Swans players from brand ambassador program

  19-08-2026 06:25 via smh.com.au
  
  The telco said it was “deeply concerned” by the allegations and would make final decisions on its sponsorships once the police investigation was complete.
  
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• Green light for $28m Cockburn shopping centre

  19-08-2026 06:20 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The rapidly growing suburb is set for another neighbourhood centre following approval of the project from planning authorities.
  
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• Wyatt deals with suggestion he 'sold out'

  19-08-2026 05:35 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Woodside, Rio Tinto, Crown and West Coast Eagles board member Ben Wyatt has told a business audience how he deals with accusations he had “sold out” his Aboriginal heritage by joining corporate Australia.
  
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• Viking lights up visual tungsten in drilling at historic Nevada mine

  19-08-2026 05:23 via smh.com.au
  
  Viking Mines has hit multiple wide zones of visual tungsten mineralisation in drilling from its Linka project in Nevada, the first drilling at the project in 40 years.
  
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• 'Liar loans' leave property market open to criminal exploitation

  19-08-2026 05:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Hundreds of millions of dollars worth of property, largely in Sydney, has been bought by people who have submitted fake incomes statements and other fraudulent documents to support their borrowing.
  
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• Home loan fraud uncovered at 10 major banks

  19-08-2026 05:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Hundreds of millions of dollars worth of property, largely in Sydney, has been bought by people who have submitted fake incomes statements and other fraudulent documents to support their borrowing.
  
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• Public sector leads wage growth for sixth consecutive quarter

  19-08-2026 04:57 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Public sector wage growth has outpaced the private sector for the sixth consecutive quarter.
  
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• Lycopodium posts $40.2m net profit

  19-08-2026 04:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Lycopodium shares rose by more than 10 per cent early on Wednesday to a new company high, following the release of their FY26 results.
  
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• ‘The office is primary’: Real estate boss defends end of hybrid work

  19-08-2026 04:25 via smh.com.au
  
  The global company with 1200 Australian staff will move from expecting office attendance three days a week to five days a week as a default.
  
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