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• 'Snowball effect' hitting as companies react to rates rise, growing costs

  02-10-2026 05:28 via abc.net.au
  
  After multiple interest rate rises, regional business owners are being forced to choose between absorbing the costs or passing it onto their customers.
  
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• Fishers warn snapper, kingfish prices could soar under proposed catch limits

  02-10-2026 23:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Fishers and seafood retailers say proposed NSW limits designed to rebuild snapper and yellowtail kingfish stocks will send prices soaring.
  
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• One Nation makes election promise to revive Victoria's timber sector

  02-10-2026 23:16 via abc.net.au
  
  One Nation has promised to resume native timber logging in Victoria if it wins the state election, but the party would not say if it has costed the policy. 
  
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• Qld government rejects petition to change stop signs to give way

  02-10-2026 23:07 via abc.net.au
  
  The petition argued "requiring vehicles to come to a complete stop is almost always of no safety significance".
  
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• Is a 'fantasy' now driving Australia's power reliability outlook?

  02-10-2026 21:51 via abc.net.au
  
  Historically, forecasting power reliability was a sober task. Experts say Australia is now counting on projects that will never be built.
  
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• G7 to release 100 million barrels of oil in bid to curb soaring prices

  02-10-2026 21:50 via abc.net.au
  
  The announcement from French President Emmanuel Macron came after US President Donald Trump ramped up pressure on Europe to release reserves.
  
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• Not OK, Boomers? The repercussions of a generation on its way out

  02-10-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Baby Boomers, who entered the world in an optimistic postwar birth rate explosion, are heading into their 80s and starting to exit the world.
  
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• Healthcare workers killed in Ledcourt triple-fatal had a 'bright' future in Australia

  02-10-2026 12:11 via abc.net.au
  
  Regional Victorian couple who died in a multi-vehicle crash are remembered as "loving" and "caring" people.
  
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• Techteryx brings Aria hunt to WA

  02-10-2026 09:45 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Crypto currency operator Techteryx has won a WA Supreme Court application for documents from a Subiaco-based wheat exporter as it pursues trader Aria Commodities around the world.
  
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• At Close of Business podcast October 2 2026

  02-10-2026 09:17 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Isabel Vieira and Ella Loneragan discuss the Motivation Foundation's next steps in WA.
  
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• Synergy submits $2b solar farm, battery plan in Warradarge wind farm area

  02-10-2026 09:15 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Synergy has submitted its proposal for a solar farm and battery, valued at about $2 billion, as part of its Warradarge wind farm precinct.
  
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• Kimberley remote communities to benefit from $37m water plant

  02-10-2026 09:15 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Kimberley's Dampier Peninsula is set to benefit from a $37 million state government funding injection to shore up drinking water supplies for remote communities.
  
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• Commodity Ag to lease old Katanning sheep saleyard for grain receival site

  02-10-2026 09:13 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A former livestock saleyard on Katanning's urban fringe has been leased to Commodity Ag to use as a grain receival site.
  
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• Australian shares limp ahead to end four-week losing streak

  02-10-2026 09:06 via smh.com.au
  
  Investor confidence remains shaky as inflation, interest rates and a challenging earnings environment loom.
  
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• Aussie shares limp ahead to end four week loss streak

  02-10-2026 09:05 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australian shares have scraped through to end a four-week losing streak, but investor confidence remains shaky as inflation, interest rates and a challenging earnings environment loom.
  
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• Atmos signs off on WA wind farm

  02-10-2026 08:39 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Atmos Renewables will build its Parron Maam Marang wind farm, becoming the second state-backed renewable project to reach the milestone this week.
  
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• New rescue bids for Betts after deal falls through

  02-10-2026 08:31 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Two potential rescue bids have emerged for troubled shoe retailer Betts after it was put back on the market when a deal to pull the business out of administration fell through.
  
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• Big Hits: Solstice Minerals, Kantra Copper and Brazilian Rare Earths

  02-10-2026 08:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Bulls N’ Bears Big Hits looks at notable drill intercepts reported to the ASX last week, led by Solstice Minerals in WA, with runners-up Kantra Copper and Brazilian Rare Earths.
  
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• Govt mulls crackdown on migration lawyers

  02-10-2026 08:15 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The federal government is mulling a crackdown on lawyers it considers are subverting the nation's migration system.
  
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• ‘Seize the moment’: Sophie Howe’s call to WA on 2050 Commission

  02-10-2026 07:56 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The world's first “future generations commissioner” has given Western Australia a series of recommendations surrounding the creation of the 2050 Commission in a new Forrest Research Foundation report.
  
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• Opinion: Bright future for fibres, food and gold

  02-10-2026 07:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: Strong prices for gold and ag commodities have taken some of the focus from iron ore.
  
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• The Iran war is making Australia’s gas industry richer

  02-10-2026 07:23 via smh.com.au
  
  Soaring LNG prices are set to reverse a forecast revenue slump, delivering an unexpected $23 billion boost to the nation’s biggest gas exporters.
  
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• ASX Runners of the Week: Dateline, Mamba, Image Resources & BOA

  02-10-2026 07:19 via smh.com.au
  
  The Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Dateline Resources, which more than doubled after the US Government intervened in a legal stoush to restart its Californian gold and rare earths project.
  
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• Opinion: Australia punching above its weight

  02-10-2026 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: Producing the most does not mean supplying the world.
  
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• Private lender, Ricky Hirsch’s FTD escalate costs claim in WA Supreme Court

  02-10-2026 06:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Supreme Court of WA has given a Victoria-based lender and Ricky Hirsch's Fulfil the Dream four weeks to apply for securities of costs against each other.
  
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• ANZ drops KPMG from audit job as accounting body fails to land a hit

  02-10-2026 05:56 via smh.com.au
  
  KPMG has already cut hundreds of staff after it botched the handling of a whistleblower scandal, which has led to the departure of another major client.
  
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• Qld government takes data centre approvals from councils to avoid 'inconsistency'

  02-10-2026 05:37 via abc.net.au
  
  The Queensland government will take the planning and assessment of data centre applications away from local councils under a system set to be rolled out in coming weeks.
  
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• WA makes final appeal to save GST deal

  02-10-2026 05:25 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state government has issued a stern final appeal to the Productivity Commission to protect WA's landmark 2018 GST agreement, cautioning that proposed changes could strip up to $6 billion from the state's economy each year.
  
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• Mark My Words October 2 2026

  02-10-2026 05:11 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Mark Pownall is joined by Gary Adshead, Claire Tyrell and Isabel Vieira to talk about the big events of the week in WA business and politics. In this edition they discuss contaminated land, Land Forces conference, rate hikes, house prices, new development approvals, Woodside's sponsorship, Northern Star, Lynas, and Liontown.
  
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• Building pathways to employment

  02-10-2026 05:06 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Motivation Foundation has opened a specialist school for disengaged young people.
  
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