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• Working to eliminate modern slavery

  13-09-2021 03:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Investors, consumers, and activists are pressuring big businesses to ensure the ethical security of their supply chains, but the first round of modern slavery statements shows varying degrees of compliance.
  
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• First-home buyer affordability no longer just a Sydney problem

  25-02-2026 14:14 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian dream of home ownership is becoming an increasingly unrealistic goal for young Australians, new research from Domain has found, with repayments on an entry-level house now averaging almost half a couple's combined income.  
  
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• Saffioti in GST scrap after alleged meeting miss

  25-02-2026 09:00 via businessnews.com.au
  A war of words has erupted between Treasurer Rita Saffioti and her opposition number Sandra Brewer, over a request for a briefing on WA's GST retention fight.
  
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• City of Perth council to vote on $280k bill for governance issues

  25-02-2026 08:47 via businessnews.com.au
  City of Perth councillors are set to vote on spending $280,000 to implement workplace recommendations tonight, continuing a meeting that ran for more than four hours on Tuesday.
  
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• WiseTech to slash 2,000 jobs as AI ends era of 'manually writing code'

  25-02-2026 08:20 via abc.net.au
  
  The company says almost one third of staff across 40 countries would be affected by the redundancies as a move towards AI sees a reshaping of its workforce. 
  
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• Aussie shares top records as results support mega moves

  25-02-2026 07:49 via businessnews.com.au
  Australia's share market has broken multiple records as earnings season delivers more outsized company-level moves for bigger players, while mining stocks remain hot assets.
  
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• Farm owner fined over shearer death in the Wheatbelt

  25-02-2026 07:45 via businessnews.com.au
  A Western Australian farm owner has been fined $22,000 over the death of a shearer who was caught in a decades-old wool press.
  
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• Yindjibarndi Energy seeks renewable project customers

  25-02-2026 07:24 via businessnews.com.au
  Yindjibarndi Energy Corporation has launched an expression of interest process for customers wanting to buy renewable energy or access its planned transmission network in the Pilbara.
  
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• At Close of Business podcast February 25 2026

  25-02-2026 07:22 via businessnews.com.au
  Elisha Newell talks to Mark Pownall about WA's biggest and most profitable private businesses.
  
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• Fenix Resources' profit rockets as mines ramp up

  25-02-2026 07:19 via businessnews.com.au
  Fenix Resources' profit has jumped more than 400 per cent as the Mid West iron ore miner gets its projects operating at full capacity.
  
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• DUG will fight Shell US court bill

  25-02-2026 07:19 via businessnews.com.au
  WA high-performance computing company DUG will fight a hefty legal bill lobbed at it by a Texas court, after it was found to have breached a supplier contract with a Shell subsidiary.
  
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• Opinion: Gas up for energy insurance role

  25-02-2026 06:57 via businessnews.com.au
  OPINION: The flexibility of gas cements its value as a transitional energy source.
  
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• Wesbeam strength goes against the grain

  25-02-2026 06:48 via businessnews.com.au
  Timber products group has survived an adverse manufacturing environment in WA.
  
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• Overland Group commits $65m to upgrade South West abattoir

  25-02-2026 06:47 via businessnews.com.au
  Overland Group will undertake a $65 million expansion of its abattoir near Bunbury to help meet demand for sheep meat processing.
  
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• Centuria operating profit up 7pc

  25-02-2026 06:42 via businessnews.com.au
  The property fund has updated its earnings guidance following a $54.6 million operating profit.
  
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• Opinion: Third option a job-ready no-brainer

  25-02-2026 06:39 via businessnews.com.au
  OPINION: Students, universities, employers and the workforce more generally stand to benefit from degree apprenticeships.
  
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• Duratec profit up 3.5pc, despite small dlip in revenue

  25-02-2026 06:21 via businessnews.com.au
  Duratec boss Chris Oates says he is confident the engineering firm is ideally placed heading into the second half of FY26.
  
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• WA population to hit 4 million by 2043 prompting housing warning

  25-02-2026 06:19 via abc.net.au
  
  Four million people are tipped to live in Western Australia by 2043 according to a new report which warns the boom could be derailed by a housing shortage. 
  
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• Wittenoom cleanup case poses $1.5b risk to WA budget

  25-02-2026 06:14 via businessnews.com.au
  Prominent lawyer Peter Gordon has vowed to bring decades of indecision to an end as he launches a $1.5 billion case to clean up Wittenoom against the WA government.
  
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• Hancock dominates tighter field

  25-02-2026 05:36 via businessnews.com.au
  Mining still leads WA's private business rankings, but the list is quietly rewriting itself.
  
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• Macallum New Energy joins the ASX

  25-02-2026 05:21 via businessnews.com.au
  Macallum made its ASX debut on Wednesday morning, valued at $28 million.
  
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• Inflation higher than expected for January

  25-02-2026 04:35 via businessnews.com.au
  The first inflation data post-Federal government energy subsidy has revealed a 16-month-high underlying inflation reading, but experts still expect just one more cash rate rise this year.
  
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• Inflation again ticks up, sparking rate fears

  25-02-2026 04:35 via businessnews.com.au
  The first inflation data post-Federal government energy subsidy has revealed a 16-month-high underlying inflation reading, but experts still expect just one more cash rate rise this year.
  
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• Flats boss Eddie Kamil loses battle over consumer warnings

  25-02-2026 04:30 via businessnews.com.au
  Perth City Apartment Hotel boss Eddie Kamil has lost a legal battle with WA Consumer Protection Commissioner Trish Blake.
  
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• Kaine urges US to aid Australia in critical minerals processing

  25-02-2026 02:52 via businessnews.com.au
  US Senator Tim Kaine has pressed the Department of Defence on what it's doing to help Australia process critical minerals, and called for more support move away form Chinese processing.
  
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• Fleetwood shares down following half-year update

  25-02-2026 02:52 via businessnews.com.au
  Shares in Fleetwood fell by more than 20 per cent early on Wednesday, despite posting a first-half net profit after tax of $8.6 million.
  
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• Inflation slightly hotter than expected, keeping rate hike on table

  25-02-2026 02:49 via abc.net.au
  
  Headline inflation was 3.8 per cent in January, which was unchanged from December, but underlying inflation increased slightly. Both numbers were higher than expected.
  
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• Inflation in January slightly hotter than expected

  25-02-2026 02:49 via abc.net.au
  
  Headline inflation was 3.8 per cent in January, which was unchanged from December, but underlying inflation increased slightly. Both numbers were higher than expected.
  
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• Breaking: Inflation in January slightly hotter than expected

  25-02-2026 02:49 via abc.net.au
  
  Headline inflation was 3.8 per cent in January, which was unchanged from December, but underlying inflation increased slightly. Both numbers were higher than expected.
  
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• Woolworths shares surge as food sales and profit beat expectations

  25-02-2026 02:42 via abc.net.au
  
  Woolworths shareholders will receive an interim dividend of 45 cents per shares, up from the same time a year ago.
  
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