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• One Nation MP delivers pointed first speech

  22-10-2026 10:16 via Business News - Latest Headlines
  
  The first One Nation MP elected to the Western Australian parliament's Legislative Assembly, Luke Herdegen, has delivered a stinging critique of conventional politics in his maiden speech.
  
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• Poland fails in bid to call senior Liberals

  22-10-2026 15:15 via Business News - Latest Headlines
  
  Businessman Greg Poland has failed in a bid to call three former senior WA Liberal Party figures as witnesses in his Supreme Court defamation action.
  
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• Chalmers says investors feel good about Australia despite gloom at home

  22-10-2026 13:30 via Latest business news
  
  Treasurer Jim Chalmers hails positive news for business investment, despite domestic gloom over inflation and productivity.
  
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• Snowy 2.0 to cost 12 times more than initial budget with further delays

  22-10-2026 13:00 via Latest business news
  
  Australia's biggest renewable energy project, which has faced financial and timeline challenges since its inception, could now cost $25 billion and is expected to be delivered in late 2029. 
  
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• ‘Incredibly disappointing’: Snowy 2.0 cost blows out to $25b in biggest setback yet

  22-10-2026 13:00 via Sydney Morning Herald - Business
  
  The cost of the Commonwealth government’s Snowy 2.0 mega-project has exploded from an estimated $6 billion to $25 billion.
  
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• Betts founding family lobs $13m rescue deal

  22-10-2026 12:05 via Business News - Latest Headlines
  
  The founding family behind the 134-year-old shoe brand Betts, together with external investors, has tabled a $13 million deal to save the retailer in a move backed by the administrator.
  
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• Orthocell shares fall following quarterly update

  22-10-2026 10:45 via Business News - Latest Headlines
  
  Shares in Orthocell closed trade on Thursday down 13 per cent to 52.5 cents, its lowest price in just over two years.
  
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• Affordable home scheme went from 'blessing' to 'disaster', buyers say

  22-10-2026 10:37 via Latest business news
  
  Buyers of properties in this Canberra suburb say they have been left stranded as they grapple with incomplete works while locked in contractual disputes with the builder.
  
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• Hotel operator signs deal for SKS $60m CBD hotel

  22-10-2026 09:46 via Business News - Latest Headlines
  
  IHG Hotels & Resorts has agreed to operate a new CBD hotel, which is being converted from an office building.
  
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• Aussie shares dip as metals prices drag miners into red

  22-10-2026 09:35 via Business News - Latest Headlines
  
  Australia's share market has lost ground, led by a slump in mining stocks as interest rate worries and AI uncertainty impacted gold and copper prices.
  
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• At Close of Business podcast October 22 2026

  22-10-2026 09:19 via Business News - Latest Headlines
  
  Sam Jones and Nadia Budihardjo discuss the Global Citizen conference, held in Perth this week.
  
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• Arafura chair says rare earths sell-off ‘temporary’

  22-10-2026 09:10 via Business News - Latest Headlines
  
  Arafura Rare Earths' outgoing chair says its non-Asia-priced offtake deals will challenge opaque pricing mechanisms that have historically undermined Western production.
  
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• ASX retreats as energy shares slump; Nick Scali tanks; Westpac axes jobs

  22-10-2026 09:01 via Sydney Morning Herald - Business
  
  The Australian sharemarket declined on Thursday, as shares in furniture retailer Nick Scali plummeted after a profit warning.
  
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• Pantoro guidance on course, fuel costs rising

  22-10-2026 08:55 via Business News - Latest Headlines
  
  Paul Cmrlec-led Pantoro Gold says while it remains on course to meet annual guidance, fuel prices continue to rise beyond budgeted levels.
  
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• KPMG cops extended ban as it seeks redemption

  22-10-2026 08:30 via Business News - Latest Headlines
  
  The federal government has extended its ban on scandal-plagued consulting firm KPMG until March next year as the operator seeks to rescue its tarnished reputation.
  
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• If you feel like everything’s falling apart, you’re probably right

  22-10-2026 08:30 via Sydney Morning Herald - Business
  
  Trump’s erratic White House, Putin’s aggression, China’s mercantilism, globe-affecting wars, rising debt levels and skyrocketing costs of living – it’s one toxic global cocktail.
  
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• Opinion: Common sense needed from Main Roads

  22-10-2026 08:00 via Business News - Latest Headlines
  
  OPINION: The state's highway business needs to read the room instead of stifling the will of communities in regional WA.
  
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• Zenith bid goes unconditional as Forrestania builds WA gold stockpile

  22-10-2026 07:44 via Sydney Morning Herald - Business
  
  Forrestania Resources has declared its Zenith Minerals takeover bid unconditional, clearing the decks for a bigger WA gold business as it snaps up 400,000 tonnes of ore feed from Star Minerals.
  
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• Aurora Labs inks maiden US sale in expansion

  22-10-2026 07:40 via Business News - Latest Headlines
  Perth-based 3D-printed propulsion system developer Aurora Labs Limited has inked a maiden US sales deal for three of its AU4 turbojets, marking the company's first foray into North America.
  
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• KPMG ban on government work extended after 'serious ethical failings'

  22-10-2026 07:35 via Latest business news
  
  The federal government extends its ban on KPMG bidding for new government work until at least the end of February, following allegations its audit partners misused client data then mishandled a whistleblower's complaint.
  
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• Analysis: Promotion progress dimmed by departures

  22-10-2026 07:30 via Business News - Latest Headlines
  ANALYSIS: Australian businesses have spent years trying to get more women into management. The latest evidence suggests that effort is working.
  
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• New Northern Star boss weighs in on Hemi, Gold Fields bid

  22-10-2026 07:29 via Business News - Latest Headlines
  
  Three weeks in, new Northern Star Resources chief executive Suresh Vadnagra is on a learning mission around the potential and challenges facing the business he leads.
  
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• Della Bona family buys Blackburne’s ex-HQ in West Perth

  22-10-2026 07:21 via Business News - Latest Headlines
  The family behind WA Limestone has purchased prominent developer Blackburne's former West Perth headquarters for $11.5 million.
  
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• China iron ore stoush puts Australian mines in the firing line

  22-10-2026 06:59 via Sydney Morning Herald - Business
  
  One of Australia’s biggest mining companies warns deadlocked price talks with Beijing over iron ore prices may force production cuts by the year’s end.
  
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• Kuniko goes deep to light up NSW polymetallic riches

  22-10-2026 06:21 via Sydney Morning Herald - Business
  
  Kuniko has deployed a downhole electromagnetic probe at its Commonwealth-Silica Hill project in NSW, hunting extensions to its recent ultra-high-grade gold-silver discovery.
  
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• Capricorn Space to double satellite antenna network after demand surge

  22-10-2026 06:20 via Business News - Latest Headlines
  Capricorn Space says demand for services from its satellite ground station near Mingenew has grown so rapidly that the company will now double its footprint.
  
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• Complaints about a home relocation business grow

  22-10-2026 06:08 via Business News - Latest Headlines
  Nationals' leader Shane Love has pleaded for stronger action to be taken against the man behind a West Australian house relocation business, which he says has cost customers more than $6 million.
  
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• ‘It’s madness’: Safety fears prompt calls to bring back buttons on car dashboards

  22-10-2026 06:04 via Sydney Morning Herald - Business
  
  Increasingly complex in-car touchscreen menus are unnecessarily distracting drivers, experts say, with calls to force manufacturers to redesign car controls.
  
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• Amplia uncovers new clue in pancreatic cancer drug trial

  22-10-2026 06:04 via Sydney Morning Herald - Business
  
  Amplia Therapeutics has advanced its cancer drug narmafotinib across four trials, with data suggesting it may work independently of common tumour-causing KRAS gene mutations.
  
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• AIC maintains guidance despite lower quarter

  22-10-2026 05:50 via Business News - Latest Headlines
  Queensland-focused AIC Mines has reaffirmed its FY27 annual production guidance despite disruptions during the September 2026 quarter.
  
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