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Valerina Changarathil reports on a wide range of news and issues relating to businesses in South Australia across start-ups, technology developers, biotechs, mining and energy companies, agriculture and food, and tourism.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NEWSWIRE PHOTOS June 20 2022: A general view of people walking past the Australian Stock Exchange in Sydney ahead of the budget announcement. Picture NCA Newswire/ Gaye Gerard.

ASX 200 hits eight-day high; WiseTech’s new record

Nine’s change of guard as Mike Sneesby leaves at the end of September. Brickworks flags $123.5m impairment on weak markets. Qantas ex-boss Joyce paid millions more. ACCC gives banks, AusPost, supermarkets nod for cash-in-transit contingency planning.

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Woodside Energy Macedon Gas Treatment PlantJ Onslow. Picture: Woodside Energy

ASX 200 down on energy, bank falls; MinRes surges

MinRes jumps on Onslow nod, flags $300m in cost savings. RBA official warns on ‘hot’ jobs market. ASX chair exits amid investor pressure. REA’s £5.6bn Rightmove bid. Newmont’s $US475m sale to Forrest-backed group. Oil price dive weighs on Woodside.

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ASX 200 rises; CBA, Macquarie surpass records

Plibersek approval for Stokes-backed BCI’s Mardie project. Steadfast slumps on response to allegations. Tassie salmon may raise a stink at Coles AGM. Jim Chalmers considers ‘next steps’ on RBA reforms.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JULY 18, 2024: The Board at the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) in Sydney. Picture: NewsWire / John Appleyard

ASX 200 falls, led by energy, consumer stocks; Premier dives

Premier Investments flags lower earnings, sacked Smiggle boss Cheston denies ‘serious misconduct’. Hotel Property Investments rejects $718m bid by Charter Hall Retail, Hostplus. Westpac CEO successor named. Steadfast in a trading halt. Star results awaited.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos March 6, 2024: Generics from the ASX in Sydney today. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Swift

ASX 200 lifts as CBA, Macquarie test new peaks

CBA hits all-time intraday high. Macquarie up 2.3pc on the day. First Super’s CFMEU-linked co-chair steps down after APRA action. Pacific Smiles CEO Andrew Vidler resigns.

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ASX ends higher on tech, property, banks as energy stocks hit

RBA governor says higher rates not off the table. Data centre operator NextDC’s top gainer after AirTrunk sale. Coronado dives on guidance. Downgrades add to oil price woes for ex-div Woodside and Santos. Apollo selldown hit for Challenger.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA : NewsWire Photos- AUGUST 07 2024. A view of the digital boards at the Australian Stock Exchange at the ASX in Sydney with the US market causing havoc on the Australian Economy. Picture: NewsWire /Gaye Gerard

ASX 200 falls; GDP data shows sluggish economy; Cettire tanks

Australia stuck in ‘weak productivity, high cost malaise’. Sale of Orora Packaging Solutions to US group resets core focus. Cettire cops beating after founder’s $15.8m buy-in. Oil price plunge weighs on Woodside, Santos.

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CANBERRA, Australia - NewsWire Photos - August 30, 2024: Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director Shayne Elliott appears before the House Standing Committee on Economics at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

ASX rises; ANZ reviews alcohol policy amid ‘massive changes’

ANZ CEO Shayne Elliott tells parliament a ban on staff drinking alcohol during work hours is ‘entirely reasonable’, after its conduct scandal. Star halts as NSW casino regulator looks at licence. Ramsay and Harvey Norman fall.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 06: TV camera people record electronic boards displaying stock information at the Australian Securities Exchange, operated by ASX Ltd. on August 06, 2024 in Sydney, Australia. The markets are closely attuned to the RBA's next rates decision, with inflation persisting even as rates have been elevated for an extended time after the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)

ASX 200 ends 0.3pc lower with energy, consumer-exposed stocks hit

WATCH LIVE: Westpac CEO Peter King speaking during parliamentary Q&A. CBA boss vows to continue lending to gas projects. Ellison’s fortunes hit in MinRes dive. Qantas, South32 flag buybacks as profits fall. Cettire down on profit slump.

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TOPSHOT - A television station broadcasts US Federal Reserve Chair Chair Jerome Powell speaking in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York on August 23, 2024. Powell said on August 23 that the "time has come" for the US to start cutting interest rates, adding that his "confidence has grown" that the battle against inflation is on track. "The time has come for policy to adjust," he said in a keynote speech at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium in Wyoming, according to prepared remarks. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

ASX trims losses on CPI beat; Tabcorp tanks

RBA hike not ruled out as inflation remains sticky at 3.5 per cent. Controlling shareholder Rio to back ERA’s $880m discounted raise. Special dividend boosts Woolworths. Tabcorp’s worse than expected loss, CEO-elect Gill McLachlan’s ‘reality’ check weighs.

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