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Amber PlumDeputy Business Editor

Amber Plum has been Deputy Business Editor at The Australian since 2018, after joining the masthead in 2016. She was previously a European correspondent and deputy editor at Business Spectator.

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Dollar steady below US76c

Investors are waiting for RBA minutes after the greenback’s strength put a lid on Aussie gains.

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Greg Hunt held a press conference in Townsville on June 13, 2016 after announcing $1 billion to protect the Great Barrier Reef. Picture: Adam Taylor

Start-ups hail Hunt appointment

Greg Hunt’s appointment to the innovation portfolio reconfirms it as a government priority, industry says.

David Swan

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Stocks extend winning run

The local market has clocked up its eighth straight session of gains, hitting a new 11-month peak.

Markets

Oil prices steady despite Turkey

Markets have dismissed worries of oil supply disruptions from the attempted coup in Turkey.

Markets

This photo illustration taken in Tokyo on July 13, 2016 shows the Pokemon official site through a Japanese internet website announcing the latest information for

Nikkei’s best week since 2009

Tokyo stocks surged 9.2pc this week, leading Asian gains, as Nintendo went through the roof.

Markets

Stocks end week 3.8pc higher

The local market has extended its run of positive sessions to a seventh day.

Daniel Palmer

Markets

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Dollar edges back from 10-wk high

The local unit has edged back in late afternoon after touching a fresh 10-week high.

James Glynn

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A currency trader watches monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, July 4, 2016. Asian stocks rose Monday following Wall Street's gains as expectations increased that central banks might ease monetary policy following Britain's vote to leave the European Union. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Asian stocks rally pauses

Regional sharemarkets halted their week-long rally ahead of the Bank of England’s rates announcement.

Dominique Fong

Markets

Dollar defiant in late trade

The local unit has edged up despite new speculation over interest rates.

James Glynn

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Stocks hit 2016 closing high

The local market’s sixth straight session in the black has lifted it to a new closing high for the year.

Daniel Palmer

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