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A $500 million accommodation plan in the Pilbara gets the green light from the regional Development Assessment Panel and will now go to the Town of Port Hedland for approval. Source link

A solid full year result from Westpac propelled banks higher and the ASX to a positive close despite miners being sold off.   Source link

The nation has not yet embraced the idea that housing needs to be more affordable, or that it’s the most important economic and social issue facing the country. Source link

An international program in which researchers collaborate with the fishing industry is generating a dataset that will change global weather forecasting. Source link

Experts say cost of living pressures, and the ability to make money quickly, is behind a surge in copper thefts which are leaving highways and sporting fields in the dark. Source link

ASX futures point higher but a tech-induced sell-off sends US markets lower. Amazon shares rise more than 10 per cent in after hours trade on the back of its quarterly results. Follow live. Source link

The NSW premier has warned farmers they may face compulsory land acquisition if they cannot reach a compromise with Santos on a multi-billion-dollar project at Narrabri. Source link

Going off the electricity grid has been transformative for Mudgee’s Lowe Wines, which had been struggling with high power bills and supply shortages for years. Source link

Microsoft says it is rolling out a fix to address an outage of its Azure cloud portal which left users unable to access Office 365, Minecraft and other services. Source link

The Acacia system was switched off at Royal Darwin Hospital’s emergency department in January 2024 after it became a threat to patient safety. Source link