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• Urea shortages could bring trucks to a halt

  03-12-2021 08:43 via businessnews.com.au
  
  WA’s peak trucking body has warned half of the state’s heavy vehicle fleet could be brought to a standstill in a matter of weeks, amid a global shortage of high-grade urea.
  
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• Critical adds golden string to Canadian lithium bow

  19-08-2026 04:13 via smh.com.au
  
  Critical Resources has added a gold target to its Mavis Lake lithium project in Canada, staking ground over a historic 9.17g/t gold drill hit.
  
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• Consumer watchdog bares teeth at dodgy digital sellers

  19-08-2026 03:50 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The national consumer watchdog has vowed to take action against businesses that "optimise" false or manipulative practices through social media and online marketplaces.
  
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• China’s breakneck plan to safeguard its future

  19-08-2026 03:35 via smh.com.au
  
  China has radically reshaped the world of transport and energy. Now it is using the same playbook to try to take control of the world’s food supply.
  
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• ASX dips in early trade after slump in AI stocks sends down Wall Street

  19-08-2026 02:22 via smh.com.au
  
  The Australian sharemarket has opened lower amid a flurry of corporate results, as a selloff in chipmakers and growing anxiety about the stalemate in the Iran war sent stocks lower on Wall Street overnight.
  
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• Summit bullish on modular

  19-08-2026 02:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The home builder has spent about $17 million on the build method in recent years and doubled the capacity of its modular facility.
  
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• Rabobank finds strong case for WA canola crushing industry

  19-08-2026 02:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Western Australia would be the best place in the nation to build Australian canola processing capacity, according to fresh research from Rabobank.
  
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• Fortescue produces first hot metal from Pilbara green iron project

  19-08-2026 01:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Hot metal has been produced for the first time in two decades in the Pilbara at Fortescue's Christmas Creek site.
  
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• Tech sell off drags Wall St down as bond yields climb

  19-08-2026 01:13 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Wall Street's main indices have closed lower, with semiconductors ‌leading technology declines as Middle East uncertainty pushed bond yields to multiyear peaks, feeding concerns about borrowing costs and inflation.
  
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• ASX set to dip, Wall Street slumps as AI stocks fall

  18-08-2026 21:19 via smh.com.au
  
  Wall Street is pulling further from its all-time high as AI stocks get back to sinking.
  
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• Tasmania inquiry to weigh costs, benefits of new AI data centres

  18-08-2026 21:18 via abc.net.au
  
  With communities around the world grappling with the spread of AI data centres, the Tasmanian Greens have set up an inquiry to examine "what, if any, economic benefit" they will bring to the state.
  
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• Inquiry to examine 'what, if any' benefits data centres will bring

  18-08-2026 21:18 via abc.net.au
  
  With communities around the world grappling with the spread of AI data centres, the Tasmanian Greens have set up an inquiry to examine "what, if any, economic benefit" they will bring to the state.
  
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• It’s my job to raise a topic which neither side of politics will mention

  18-08-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  These days no one mentions the budget deficit. But they should.
  
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• It’s my job to raise a topic neither side of politics will mention

  18-08-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  These days no one mentions the budget deficit. But they should.
  
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• Insurers are using your race and religion to set prices. Is it discriminatory?

  18-08-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Legal experts warn insurers using data about the race, religion and grocery habits of suburbs where their customers live could breach discriminations laws.
  
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• 'It was devastating': Superannuation lost to dodgy switching schemes

  18-08-2026 16:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Unlicensed telemarketers who cold call and make unsolicited approaches to consumers to convince them to switch their super will be banned under long-awaited reforms.
  
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• Government to crack down on super switching schemes

  18-08-2026 16:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Unlicensed telemarketers that cold call and make unsolicited approaches to consumers to convince them to switch their super will be banned under long-awaited reforms.
  
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• Zenith wins Northern Endeavour decomissioning contract

  18-08-2026 15:56 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Scottish company Zenith Energy Group has been appointed lead contractor for phase 2 of the $1 billion-plus Northern Endeavour decommissioning program off WA's northern coast.
  
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• Sick of AI slop? So are the tech giants

  18-08-2026 11:29 via smh.com.au
  
  Silicon Valley wants to take out the trash: Swamped by low-quality content first made possible by their own AI tools, Google, Spotify, LinkedIn and others are trying to dig themselves out of their digital sewage pile.
  
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• Queensland Rail reaches deal with train controllers

  18-08-2026 11:05 via abc.net.au
  
  The Fair Work Commission has overseen bargaining negotiations since May, after six enterprise agreements between Queensland Rail and seven unions expired earlier this year.
  
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• Construction worker confronted by men linked to bikie gang, CFMEU inquiry hears

  18-08-2026 09:51 via abc.net.au
  
  Queensland's CFMEU inquiry has heard three Melbourne men linked to the Comancheros bikie gang flew to Brisbane before one allegedly threatened a construction worker at a major government project.
  
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• Aussie shares flat as health stocks, BHP limit losses

  18-08-2026 09:50 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia's share market has ended the session slightly lower, despite outsized gains in BHP and healthcare stocks ultimately shielding broader market weakness.
  
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• Signals across the Pacific

  18-08-2026 09:48 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: Australia must not shrink from developing closer relationships with its Pacific neighbours.
  
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• Ichthys deal buys peace, raises stakes

  18-08-2026 09:44 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: Industrial action on major resources projects will reset the baseline for every negotiation.
  
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• Cloughs snap up $8m Eagle Bay home

  18-08-2026 09:44 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Former chairman of Clough, Jock Clough, and his partner Kate have purchased an $8 million South West mansion overlooking Eagle Bay, while putting their Yallingup home up for sale.
  
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• BHP reports 113 sexual harassment cases in 12 months

  18-08-2026 09:39 via smh.com.au
  
  The harassment included indecent touching and stalking, while more than two dozen staff were racially abused across BHP’s global operations.
  
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• Macquarie advising Rio Tinto on Mt Cattlin sale

  18-08-2026 09:32 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Macquarie Capital is advising Rio Tinto on the sale of its mothballed Mt Cattlin spodumene mine, the last WA lithium operation still on care and maintenance.
  
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• ASX finishes flat as BHP, CSL rally, big four banks decline

  18-08-2026 09:11 via smh.com.au
  
  The Australian sharemarket was lacking a clear overall direction as jumps by heavyweights BHP and CSL following their profit results offset falls in banking, gold and consumer stocks.
  
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• Kimberley Metals Group buys $13m Perth office

  18-08-2026 09:07 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Adelaide Terrace building has changed hands for the first time in close to two decades.
  
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• At Close of Business podcast August 18 2026

  18-08-2026 09:06 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Justin Fris speaks to Sam Jones about how WA may miss out on benefits from the federal government's recent uranium export deal with India.
  
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