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• Perth’s CBD vacancy drops

  05-02-2025 22:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Property Council’s latest office market report shows a marginal improvement in Perth’s office vacancy figures.
  
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• Smelter closure devastates Tasmanian community

  16-07-2026 08:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's only manganese smelter is ceasing operations, leaving more than 200 employees without work in northern Tasmania.
  
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• Argenica partner with Curtin to study stroke drugs' impact on concussion

  16-07-2026 08:28 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Curtin University research has found Argenica's flagship stroke drug, which protects brain tissue from dying immediately after a stroke, can also significantly reduce the impacts of concussion.
  
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• Analysis: Winners and losers as tax changes hit homes

  16-07-2026 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  ANALYSIS: WA won't escape the housing market's price adjustment in the wake of the government's CGT changes.
  
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• Coles fights watchdog on Kalgoorlie store block

  16-07-2026 07:31 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Coles will challenge the competition watchdog before a tribunal in a test of Australia's tough new merger laws, after the commission torpedoed its plan for a second store in Kalgoorlie.
  
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• Ora Banda flags reduced FY27 production guidance

  16-07-2026 07:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Despite generating a record quarter of gold production during its June 2026 quarter, Subiaco-based Ora Banda Mining has flagged a reduced FY27 annual guidance.
  
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• Opinion: Colin Barnett journey follows state’s growth

  16-07-2026 07:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: Former premier was at the centre of many key moments in WA's most recent period of development.
  
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• Deloitte report puts WA parks' economic value at $2.4 billion

  16-07-2026 07:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Some $2.4 billion was pumped into the economy by WA's conservation state and 20,000 people employed, according to a new report released by the state government.
  
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• Miners lead renewables power push

  16-07-2026 07:11 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Stalled efforts to supply energy into the local grid highlight the changing relationship between miners and the power they need.
  
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• Vale Lang Coppin

  16-07-2026 06:33 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Pilbara cattleman Lang Coppin was a well-known pastoral identity and likely holds the title as WA's longest serving councillor
  
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• Group including sawmillers calls for end to Tasmania's old-growth logging

  16-07-2026 06:24 via abc.net.au
  
  A coalition of conservationists, artists and forest industry figures wants an end to old-growth logging in Tasmania but major environmental groups have distanced themselves from the "shared vision statement", saying it does not go far enough.
  
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• Panel approves $11.3m Kewdale logistics hub

  16-07-2026 06:06 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A logistics centre in Belmont's Kewdale industrial area has been approved after planners struck a late compromise on lot amalgamation, sustainability requirements and height controls.
  
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• Hesperia expands Kewdale logistics hub

  16-07-2026 06:06 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A logistics centre in Belmont's Kewdale industrial area has been approved after planners struck a late compromise on lot amalgamation, sustainability requirements and height controls.
  
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• 19-year coal mine extension would save 1,500 jobs, hearing told

  16-07-2026 05:49 via abc.net.au
  
  A proposed extension to a major NSW coal mine has been slammed by climate activists, despite strong support from the local community.
  
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• Talga secures offtake LOI with Japanese firm

  16-07-2026 05:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Mark Thompson-led Talga Group has continued its offtake agreement push, securing its second non-binding letter of intent with a Japanese firm in the space of 10 days.
  
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• Labor's Secret Harbour candidate in Karnup station hot seat

  16-07-2026 05:28 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Standing just a metre in front of Premier Roger Cook, the Labor candidate in the by-election race for Secret Harbour has vented the frustrations of residents over his government's failure to build a train station at Karnup.
  
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• WA health clinics caught up in data breach, medical records exposed

  16-07-2026 05:01 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Patients from health clinics in Rockingham, Joondalup and Armadale may have had their data, including consultation notes, compromised as part of a cyber attack on Partnered Health.
  
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• Countdown to BHP strike sparks fighting words

  16-07-2026 04:38 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Both sides of the industrial argument have come out firing ahead of Thursday's first Pilbara mining strike in 26 years.
  
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• Fleetwood in $20m Karratha village purchase

  16-07-2026 04:01 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Fleetwood is set to become the largest FIFO accommodation provider in Karratha after agreeing to purchase the 2,169-bed Red Dog Village from Bechtel in a deal worth $20 million.
  
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• You'll now be able to spot an AI-generated song on Spotify

  16-07-2026 03:58 via abc.net.au
  
  Streaming giant Spotify has stopped short of expunging artificially generated music from its platform, but it is making it easier for listeners to work out that they are listening to tracks produced using AI.
  
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• Spotify is making AI music easier to detect

  16-07-2026 03:58 via abc.net.au
  
  Streaming giant Spotify has stopped short of expunging artificially generated music from its platform, but it is making it easier for listeners to work out that they are listening to tracks produced using AI.
  
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• Firmus outlines plans for 'very large' AI factory at River Murray town

  16-07-2026 03:51 via abc.net.au
  
  An AI company says its proposed South Australia projects have the potential to create hundreds of jobs, but residents of one River Murray town say they want to know more about the potential impacts.
  
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• Community meets over plans for large 'AI factory' at River Murray town

  16-07-2026 03:51 via abc.net.au
  
  An AI company says its proposed projects have the potential to create hundreds of jobs in South Australia, but residents of one River Murray town say they want to know more about the potential impacts.
   
  
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• BHP workers to strike as mining giant hits record production

  16-07-2026 03:48 via abc.net.au
  
  As hundreds of BHP workers prepare to down tools in a landmark strike, the miner has revealed its highest-ever levels of iron ore production.
  
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• Breaking: Australia's only manganese smelter to close immediately

  16-07-2026 03:04 via abc.net.au
  
  The Liberty Bell Bay manganese smelter in northern Tasmania will close immediately after administrators failed to find a buyer for the former GFG Alliance asset.
  
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• Australia's only manganese smelter to close immediately

  16-07-2026 03:04 via abc.net.au
  
  The Liberty Bell Bay manganese smelter in northern Tasmania will close immediately after administrators failed to find a buyer for the former GFG Alliance asset.
  
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• Home sellers shy away from auctions as demand dips

  16-07-2026 02:57 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Low auction clearance rates are just part of the housing downturn story, as more vendors give up on auctions altogether in favour of private sales.
  
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• BHP approves $1.3bn for Minister's North iron ore project

  16-07-2026 02:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  BHP will spend nearly $1.3 billion bringing a new iron ore project online in the Pilbara, with first ore expected by mid-2029.
  
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• BHP approves $1.3b for Minister's North iron ore project

  16-07-2026 02:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  BHP will spend nearly $1.3 billion bringing a new iron ore project online in the Pilbara, with first ore expected by mid-2029.
  
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• Corporate regulators told not to hinder nation's growth

  16-07-2026 02:08 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Corporate regulators ASIC and APRA have been directed to prioritise economic growth and productivity, in new guidance provided by Treasurer Jim Chalmers.
  
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