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• Promising play by independent theatre

  13-08-2026 09:51 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Live performance hub The Blue Room Theatre builds for the future.
  
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• Royal Show cuts poultry competition over bird-flu concerns

  14-08-2026 07:21 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Royal Agricultural Society of WA has moved to cancel the Perth Royal Show's poultry competition over concerns it could become a bird flu super-spreader event.
  
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• Breaking: Angry WA premier lashes 'east-coast clowns' on explosive GST report

  14-08-2026 07:03 via abc.net.au
  
  An angry Roger Cook has lashed who he calls 'east-coast clowns' over an explosive proposed shake-up of the GST carve-up.
  
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• Perth cannot and will not attract skilled workers if they cannot afford to live here

  14-08-2026 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: WA is competing for skilled workers, but competitive salaries and opportunities will not be enough if they cannot afford to establish a life here.
  
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• Doubt cast over KPMG's 'integrity' in wake of audit leaks scandal

  14-08-2026 06:25 via abc.net.au
  
  In the wake of the KPMG audit leak scandal, executives from Macquarie, Westpac, Optus and Dexus cast doubt on their faith in the auditor. 
  
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• Ex-Woodside director Melinda Cilento joins Reserve Bank board

  14-08-2026 06:07 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Former Woodside Energy director Melinda Cilento has been appointed to the Reserve Bank of Australia's Monetary Policy Board, adding further WA resources experience to the rate-setting panel.
  
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• Ex-colleague of Alan Jones breaks down over alleged unwanted kiss

  14-08-2026 06:06 via abc.net.au
  
  The man, known as Complainant C, is accusing Mr Jones of indecently assaulting him on eight different occasions when the pair worked together in 2008.
  
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• Alleged sexual touching left complainant 'squirming', Jones trial hears

  14-08-2026 06:06 via abc.net.au
  
  The man, known as Complainant C, is accusing Mr Jones of indecently assaulting him on eight different occasions when the pair worked together in 2008.
  
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• Frost, poor rain ends talk of another bumper crop for WA farmers

  14-08-2026 06:01 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Optimism for another bumper crop is fading as dry weather and frost impacts parts of Western Australia's grain belt.
  
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• Landmark review says GST plan costly and unfair

  14-08-2026 06:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The Productivity Commission finds the WA GST deal is a "costly mistake" that has led to "perverse" outcomes, and recommends it be scrapped.
  
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• Landmarc to transform West Perth asset

  14-08-2026 05:40 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Nedlands-based developer has bought a Colin Street building for $4.88 million, with a view to converting it to luxury apartments.
  
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• ECU flags hydrogen breakthrough in Pilbara iron

  14-08-2026 05:37 via businessnews.com.au
  
  WA iron deposits could soon power a clean energy breakthrough, according to new research from Edith Cowan University.
  
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• Equus shares surge on Alcoa gas deal

  14-08-2026 05:20 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Equus Energy has executed a decade-long gas supply deal with project backer Alcoa, making the state's largest domestic gas user its foundation customer.
  
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• CBH welcomes new locomotives in time for 2026 grain harvest

  14-08-2026 05:13 via businessnews.com.au
  
  New locomotives ready to take to WA's freight rail network are equipped with “world-leading” lighting and will play a key role in delivering the state's bumper crops to market.
  
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• WA dual-threat Accelerate’s gold and emerging manganese muscle

  14-08-2026 05:10 via smh.com.au
  
  Accelerate Resources is turning heads with a dual-commodity strategy, pairing its Kalgoorlie gold assets with a high-grade manganese discovery in the Pilbara.
  
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• Accelerate Resources opens second front with rich WA manganese play

  14-08-2026 05:10 via smh.com.au
  
  Accelerate Resources is turning heads with a dual-commodity strategy, pairing its Kalgoorlie gold assets with a high-grade manganese discovery in the Pilbara.
  
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• Kuniko drilling flags NSW resource growth

  14-08-2026 05:05 via smh.com.au
  
  Kuniko’s drilling has extended its Silica Hill silver-gold system in NSW by 100m. The new holes hit visible sulphides up-dip and down-dip of a previous bonanza hit, flagging potential for resource growth.
  
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• Big crowd, atmosphere tipped for NBL1 West deciders

  14-08-2026 04:45 via businessnews.com.au
  
  From Geraldton in the Mid West to Rockingham in Perth's southern suburbs, all roads lead to RAC Arena on Saturday night.
  
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• Mt Bold spillway opens for first time since 2022 after record deluge

  14-08-2026 04:33 via abc.net.au
  
  SA Water has today opened four spillway gates at Mt Bold Reservoir after its storage levels jumped from 69 per cent to 95 per cent in a matter of days.
  
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• Asbestos in 320 tonnes of rubbish allegedly dumped near waterway

  14-08-2026 04:28 via abc.net.au
  
  The NSW Environment Protection Authority finds asbestos among rubbish allegedly dumped by a Clarence Valley skip-bin operator near a "sensitive waterway". 
  
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• Mark My Words August 14 2026

  14-08-2026 03:11 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Mark Pownall is joined by Isabel Vieira, Nadia Budihardjo and Claire Tyrrell to talk about the big events of the week in WA business and politics. In this edition, they discuss Northern Star, Michael Fotios, South West dairies, Laurence Escalante, Post Newspapers, Hesperia, Lend Lease and Shenton Quarter.
  
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• Research uncovers what determines flavour of Australian chocolate

  14-08-2026 03:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Researchers find that the location where cocoa beans are fermented can have a big influence on chocolate flavour, unlocking the potential to market chocolate by region, like wine.
  
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• ASX declines as miners slump; QBE falls

  14-08-2026 02:59 via smh.com.au
  
  The Australian sharemarket has retreated at the open despite Wall Street rising to an all-time high following the latest sign that US inflation is easing.
  
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• Former RBA governor’s damning $700m question for KPMG

  14-08-2026 02:56 via smh.com.au
  
  Former RBA governor and Macquarie chairman Glenn Stevens has appeared before a parliamentary inquiry into KPMG’s whistleblower scandal.
  
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• Albanese says Trump giving 'consideration' to tariff exemption after phone call

  14-08-2026 02:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Anthony Albanese says he has urged Donald Trump to consider giving Australia a full exemption from Washington's sweeping tariffs, or "at the very least no increase" from the old 10 per cent rate.
  
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• Albanese says Trump considering tariff exemption after phone call

  14-08-2026 02:18 via abc.net.au
  
  The prime minister says he has urged Donald Trump to consider giving Australia a full exemption from Washington's sweeping tariffs, or "at the very least no increase" from the old 10 per cent rate.
  
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• ASX slides lower in early trade; Wall Street hits record

  14-08-2026 02:11 via smh.com.au
  
  The Australian sharemarket has retreated at the open despite Wall Street rising to an all-time high following the latest sign that US inflation is easing while stocks also got a lift from falling oil prices.
  
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• Victorian Coalition says it would not accelerate end of coal power

  14-08-2026 01:44 via abc.net.au
  
  The Coalition pledges not to accelerate the end of coal-powered energy in Victoria should it win the November state election.
  
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• PM demands 'immediate' airport issues reporting after Sydney 'delay'

  14-08-2026 01:44 via abc.net.au
  
  A third safety issue on the tarmac at Sydney Airport in recent weeks prompted the nation's air safety boss question why investigators were not notified for four days about another incident on Sunday.
  
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• Air safety boss 'trying to understand' Sydney Airport incident reporting delay

  14-08-2026 01:44 via abc.net.au
  
  A third safety issue on the tarmac at Sydney Airport in recent weeks prompted the nation's air safety boss question why investigators were not notified for four days about another incident on Sunday.
  
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