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• Wesfarmers, SQM approve $1.4b Mt Holland expansion

  22-07-2026 03:14 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Wesfarmers and its Chilean joint venture partner have greenlit a $1.4 billion investment to double spodumene production at the Mt Holland lithium operation.
  
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• Woman wins $24k after being fired from ex-husband’s nightclub over explicit photo

  24-08-2026 09:59 via smh.com.au
  
  A bookkeeper who worked for a nightclub majority-owned by her ex-husband has won compensation for unfair dismissal after being fired over misconduct.
  
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• WhiteRock Lithium soars on ASX debut

  24-08-2026 09:48 via businessnews.com.au
  
  WhiteRock Lithium's shares have surged on its debut on the Australian Securities Exchange, marking the first Western Australian-domiciled lithium listing in two years.
  
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• Killi appoints Halliday as MD

  24-08-2026 09:47 via businessnews.com.au
  
  West Perth-based explorer Killi Resources has appointed Hamish Halliday as its managing director, effective immediately.
  
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• Perth modular home builder's sudden closure shocks customers

  24-08-2026 09:45 via abc.net.au
  
  A Perth modular home manufacturer has blindsided its customers by announcing its sudden closure and takeover by a new firm.
  
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• ASX hits higher note; mining stocks up; banks, insurers sold off

  24-08-2026 09:35 via smh.com.au
  
  Australia’s share market has started the new week higher, as BHP and the materials sector hit record highs.
  
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• At Close of Business podcast August 24 2026

  24-08-2026 09:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Sam Jones speaks to Nadia Budihardjo about why experts have flagged subsea cables as one of Australia's biggest vulnerabilities.
  
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• Aussie shares advance as mining stocks hit record highs

  24-08-2026 09:23 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia's share market has started the new week higher, as BHP and the materials sector hit record highs, while banks and insurers sold off.
  
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• Flow Water Services acquired by UK giant

  24-08-2026 09:17 via businessnews.com.au
  
  WA water infrastructure specialist Flow Water Services has been acquired by global equipment and critical services provider Centurion Group, in a move both parties hope will accelerate its expansion across the state's resources, agriculture and industrial sectors.
  
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• Faults expose larger cable issue

  24-08-2026 09:15 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Experts are warning subsea cables have become one of the nation's largest vulnerabilities.
  
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• Orbit drilling set to grow 1.7Moz NSW polymetallic resource

  24-08-2026 08:55 via smh.com.au
  
  Orbit Resources is drilling again at its 1.7Moz gold equivalent Lewis Ponds project in NSW, after new assays hit mineralisation beyond the existing resource.
  
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• Trump's 300,000 tonne beef import plan cops backlash

  24-08-2026 08:34 via abc.net.au
  
  Beef prices are on the rise in the United States, but President Donald Trump's plan to reduce them faces backlash from US cattle ranchers.
  
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• Beetaloo taps infrastructure giant for 750km NT gas pipeline push

  24-08-2026 08:17 via smh.com.au
  
  Beetaloo Energy Australia has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with AGIG to plan a 750km pipeline linking its gas with its Beetaloo Digital hub near Darwin.
  
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• Accelerate punches into 47g/t gold near Kalgoorlie

  24-08-2026 08:06 via smh.com.au
  
  Accelerate Resources has hit bonanza gold near Kalgoorlie, with drilling returning 11m at 4.65g/t gold from 25m, including a 1-metre hit grading a hefty 46.93g/t.
  
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• WA’s oldest and largest dairy back on the market

  24-08-2026 08:01 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Insolvency practitioners have put historic Western Australian dairy Brownes on the market after its Chinese shareholder gave the go-ahead for a formal sales process.
  
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• Opinion: Farm repairs face digital future

  24-08-2026 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: Technology may provide an answer for farmers wanting machinery parts.
  
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• Lender’s row with FTD’s Ricky Hirsch escalates to WA Supreme Court

  24-08-2026 07:45 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A lender's legal action against Ricky Hirsch will be transferred to the state's highest court after the FTD founder's counterclaim for loss hit the $1 million mark.
  
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• GR to raise $110m, net profit hits $39m

  24-08-2026 07:45 via businessnews.com.au
  
  GR Engineering Services boss Tony Patrizi says the company will maintain an open mind regarding potential acquisition opportunities moving forward.
  
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• KPMG’s sackings are just the start of the fallout for the firm

  24-08-2026 07:41 via smh.com.au
  
  Monday’s sackings were concentrated in the firm’s consulting division, but the scandal originated with senior staff in the auditing section.
  
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• AI tokens getting cheaper but businesses paying more than ever

  24-08-2026 07:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Businesses have effectively installed a new utility pipe into their operations, and are only now discovering what it costs to keep the tap running, against how little water is coming out.
  
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• AI costs are rising for Australian businesses. Does it compute?

  24-08-2026 07:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Businesses have effectively installed a new utility pipe into their operations, and are only now discovering what it costs to keep the tap running, against how little water is coming out.
  
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• Opinion: AI cost challenge for local science

  24-08-2026 07:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: Maintaining the status quo will not be enough for WA to remain relevant in the supercomputer stakes.
  
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• Former radio host says he saw 'nothing that worried' him at Alan Jones lunch

  24-08-2026 07:29 via abc.net.au
  
  A former 2GB host and producer has told a court he did not see anything worrying at a lunch where a junior colleague accused Alan Jones of touching his crotch.
  
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• Ex-radio host says Alan Jones had arm around man who alleges indecent assault

  24-08-2026 07:29 via abc.net.au
  
  A former 2GB host and producer has told a court he did not see anything worrying at a lunch where a junior colleague accused Alan Jones of touching his crotch.
  
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• Mess of its own making: KPMG sacrifices staff to limit financial damage

  24-08-2026 07:25 via smh.com.au
  
  The purge is just the start of a multi-year fallout for the business.
  
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• King River gears up for fresh assault on historic WA gold targets

  24-08-2026 07:17 via smh.com.au
  
  King River Resources has launched a Murchison exploration blitz at Mindoolah in WA, with magnetics and soil sampling ahead of a major drilling campaign locked in for October.
  
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• Henderson precinct finalised, cost not revealed

  24-08-2026 06:55 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Nuclear-powered submarine sustainment operations will sit in the middle of the Henderson precinct, flanked by non-defence operations, under finalised site plans presented by the Prime Minister in Perth today.
  
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• Business leaders urge governments to act as smelter power deadline looms

  24-08-2026 06:48 via abc.net.au
  
  With just one week until Rio Tinto's deadline for a power deal for its Bell Bay Aluminium smelter, business and community leaders are calling on the state and federal governments to act to secure the smelter's future.
  
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• Kaiser airborne survey homes in on rich Victorian goldfield

  24-08-2026 06:26 via smh.com.au
  
  Kaiser Reef has wrapped up a key geophysical survey at its historic Maldon gold project, aiming to define new drill targets in the rich Victorian goldfield.
  
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• Macmahon lands $485m Telfer extension

  24-08-2026 05:45 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Macmahon Holdings has extended its presence at Greatland Gold's Telfer mine in the Pilbara, after securing a three-and-a-half-year contract extension.
  
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