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• NSW inquest told how exploding lithium-ion batteries turned deadly

  15-12-2025 05:36 via abc.net.au
  
  A NSW inquest has been told exploding lithium-ion batteries caused volatile fires killing three people in separate blazes within minutes.
  
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• 'Legal phoenixing' wipes millions in business debt but leaves staff out of pocket

  21-12-2025 20:01 via abc.net.au
  
  A digital marketing agency run by a former AFL star has wiped its millions in debt through an insolvency process, only to open under a new ABN days later. Former staff were left without a job and almost $450,000 in unpaid entitlements, but it's within the bounds of the law and leaves taxpayers footing the bill.
  
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• As a building company collapses, clients want to know 'where the money went'

  21-12-2025 19:45 via abc.net.au
  
  Since 2017, Melbourne building boss Mike Harris has overseen four company collapses. Left behind are clients who have lost their life savings and staff who couldn't pay their mortgages.
  
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• Trawling companies launch legal action over WA demersal fishing ban

  21-12-2025 00:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Two seafood companies that conduct trawling in WA's Pilbara region launch legal action in the WA Supreme Court against the state government's new demersal fishing restrictions.
  
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• Paraplegic engineer becomes the first wheelchair user to blast into space

  21-12-2025 00:16 via abc.net.au
  
  The flight was just 10 minutes but the capsule still managed to soar 105 kilometres up, skimming into space.
  
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• Residents on mining grids not afforded same discounts as rest of WA

  20-12-2025 23:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Residents in small Pilbara towns with power grids run by mining companies are excluded from home battery rebate schemes.
  
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• After a million kilometres, stock agent retires LandCruiser 4WD

  20-12-2025 22:32 via abc.net.au
  
  A Victorian stock agent's four-wheel drive LandCruiser has reached a rare milestone, as experts say Australians are keeping their cars longer than ever.
  
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• 'Dead zones' prompt tour operator to fund marine study

  20-12-2025 22:14 via abc.net.au
  
  For more than two decades, Rob Pennicott has taken tourists to see the D'Entrecasteaux Channel. But what he describes as "dead zones" have him so worried that he is funding a study to find what is going wrong.
  
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• Retirement dreams shattered after paying $84k for a never-built house

  20-12-2025 22:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Multiple people are speaking out about their experience paying too much to a building company for work never delivered.
  
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• Retirement dream shattered after Lorraine paid $80k for a home she never got

  20-12-2025 22:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Multiple people are speaking out about their experience paying too much to a building company for work never delivered.
  
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• Mail sorting on vacant block leaves residents getting bills weeks late

  20-12-2025 21:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Residents of a popular north Queensland suburb say they are receiving bills and overdue notices on the same day.
  
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• 'I didn't agree to it': Rise of automatic tipping sparks backlash

  20-12-2025 21:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia’s tipping culture is in the spotlight, following reports more businesses are adding automatic tips to diners’ bills in response to rising operating costs.
  
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• Early Christmas gift for recreational fishers as some restrictions ease

  20-12-2025 21:23 via abc.net.au
  
  Some recreational fishing restrictions initially put in place to protect fish stocks impacted by South Australia's algal bloom have now been eased.
  
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• Vanuatu turns 'grief into purpose' as it remembers earthquake dead

  20-12-2025 06:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Tourists are returning to Vanuatu a year on from a major catastrophe. But many demolished buildings are yet to be rebuilt and some locals are frustrated with the pace of repairs.
  
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• Investors target high rental yields in booming Darwin housing market

  20-12-2025 00:51 via abc.net.au
  
  First home buyers are being priced out of the Darwin property market by interstate investors looking to cash in on high rental yields, with many properties sold without even being listed. 
  
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• Foodbank looks to Carnarvon to help increase food security across state

  20-12-2025 00:23 via abc.net.au
  
  Carnarvon's fresh produce could help Western Australia's food insecurity crisis, but there is concern not enough is being done to address the issue locally first.
  
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• Dreams shattered as 140 Zone RV caravan customers' worst fears realised

  19-12-2025 22:31 via abc.net.au
  
  About 140 customers of Zone RV have been told they will not be receiving their caravans after the company collapsed.
  
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• Business News signs off for 2025

  19-12-2025 10:00 via businessnews.com.au
  The Business News would like to thank you for your support during 2025 and wish you a Merry Christmas and a safe and happy New Year.
  
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• At Close of Business podcast December 19 2025

  19-12-2025 08:30 via businessnews.com.au
  Jack McGinn speaks to Nadia Budihardjo about the challenges industrial operators face at the outer fringes of WA's main electric network.
  
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• Shares snap three-week win streak despite final sprint

  19-12-2025 07:51 via businessnews.com.au
  Australia's share market has clawed back some losses but still snapped a three-week winning streak as energy stocks had their worst week since April.
  
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• Creditors vote in favor to sell Bedford to NDIS disability provider

  19-12-2025 07:51 via abc.net.au
  
  Creditors have voted to support the sale of Bedford to NDIS provider The Disability Trust, which would guarantee the jobs of 1,100 workers.
  
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• Chamber of Arts and Culture WA scraps plan, releases optimistic vision

  19-12-2025 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  The Chamber of Arts and Culture Western Australia has reworked its strategic plan two years early, after a year filled with turbulent change.
  
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• All smiles for My Implant Dentist

  19-12-2025 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  The South Perth-based company is the Medium Business of the Year category winner at the 2025 WA Business Awards.
  
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• Opinion: Heading to ’26 with confidence

  19-12-2025 06:30 via businessnews.com.au
  It has been a positive year for the top 10 startups identified in February.
  
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• Opinion: Ghost Shark causes ripples

  19-12-2025 06:00 via businessnews.com.au
  OPINION: Rumblings continue about the decision to support a US-based company over local alternatives.
  
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• Leederville Oval in line for big upgrade

  19-12-2025 05:00 via businessnews.com.au
  Leederville-located Sullivan Logistics Stadium appears on course to become a minimum 20,000 seat capacity venue, in a bid to attract more major Australian Rules Football events to WA.
  
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• Grappling with gridlock on the fringe

  19-12-2025 04:57 via businessnews.com.au
  Industrial operators on the outer fringes of WA's main power network are weighing up their options as competition for electricity rages.
  
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• Mosman Park with top selling homes of 2025

  19-12-2025 04:54 via businessnews.com.au
  WA's wealthiest, including Tim Goyder and Nicola Forrest, have been busy buying and selling homes in 2025.
  
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• Mark My Words December 19 2025

  19-12-2025 04:21 via businessnews.com.au
  Mark Pownall, Tom Zaunmayr and Isabel Vieira discuss Woodside boss Meg O'Neill's move to BP, the biggest mining deals. commercial property transactions and agricultural deals of 2025.
  
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• Financial services firm RM Capital, SMSF Club penalised $925k

  19-12-2025 04:20 via businessnews.com.au
  RM Capital Pty Ltd and its authorised representative have been penalised $925,000 over what the corporate watchdog has labelled a systemic failure to uphold consumer protection safeguards.
  
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