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Taiwan suspends some liquefied natural gas purchases from Papua New Guinea as part of an escalating diplomatic dispute over the future of its representative office in Port Moresby. Source link

Headline inflation was lower than expected in June, and some economists say the Reserve Bank is now unlikely to lift interest rates next month. Source link

A north-west Tasmanian waste management company says it has a $700,000 per year problem, and council ratepayers are picking up the tab. Source link

The Hunter Transmission Project will see more than 100 kilometres of large transmission lines built from the NSW Upper Hunter to Lake Macquarie, with the route amended to minimise impacts to private landholders and an endangered frog. Source link

Australia’s biggest gold miner is being asked to carry a bigger load to resolve decades of power capacity and reliability woes on what WA Energy Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson has described as the “largest and most isolated grid in the world”.  Source link

Maurice Blackburn Lawyers has been handling a $120 million payout that Qantas agreed to pay its illegally sacked workers in 2024, with a judge rebuking the delayed compensation. Source link

Experts say a new refinery would still need to use imported oil and question how it would be competitive. Source link

The ASX rallies after annual inflation eased back to 3.8 per cent in June, according to the ABS. Follow the day’s events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. Source link

Jenolan, Oberon and Lithgow businesses cling on after Sydneysiders stop visiting due to the failure of a convict-built bridge and closure of the Great Western Highway. Source link

The “non-market sector” is not the same thing as “the public sector” or “the government”, it’s worth knowing the difference. Source link