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Australian retail turnover sees 1.2% growth in June 2025
Retail Insight Network
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July 31, 2025
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has reported a 1.2% increase in retail turnover for June 2025, seasonally adjusted. This rise follows a 0.5% increase in May and a stable April. ABS business statistics head Robert Ewing attributed the...
Never mind company tax — reform proposal reveals Australia’s real inflation cause
Crikey
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August 1, 2025
A big rise in large corporations raking in profits by abusing their market power is impacting inflation, as shown by modelling buried in the Productivity Commission’s tax reform proposal. Productivity Commission chair Danielle Wood and Treasurer...
Product Tanker Causes Protest in Australia as it Likely has Russian Oil
The Maritime Executive
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The issue of intermediaries in the oil supply chain surfaced in Australia this week as a tanker arrived from India, likely with Russian oil. It is leading to calls to close loopholes in the sanctions, which so far have focused on direct Russia...
Donald Trump delivers good news for Australia - as he makes a bombshell tariff announcement
Daily Mail
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July 31, 2025
By CAMERON CARPENTER and STEPHEN JOHNSON Published: 19:26 EDT, 31 July 2025 | Updated: 20:35 EDT, 31 July 2025 Australia has dodged a hit from Donald Trump's trade war - avoiding higher 'reciprocal' tariffs under his executive order. That means...
Baxter Healthcare – Building supply resilience for Australian healthcare
Manufacturers’ Monthly
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July 31, 2025
Tens of millions of bags of IV fluids are used each year across Australia and New Zealand. Images: Baxter Healthcare Brendan Cummins of Baxter Healthcare outlines how local manufacturing, digital innovation, and empowered teams are key to building...
The world’s biggest iron ore windfall is fading for Australia, with no clear successor
The West Australian
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July 31, 2025
Flying deep into the heart of Western Australia, Rio Tinto Group executives, politicians and media step off a chartered jet into a Pilbara airport, little more than a sunbaked shed with metal detectors. Cameras roll. Smiles flash. They are here...
News Australia launches ‘All Screens for All Australians’
Mediaweek
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July 31, 2025
Share Tweet Share Email News Australia has rolled out a new unified video advertising package called All Screens for All Australians, designed to connect brands with audiences across mobile, tablet, desktop and connected TV (CTV). This launch...
Crowded House Are Swapping Arenas for Small Rooms on Their New Australian Tour
Tone Deaf
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July 31, 2025
After playing to packed arenas across the country last year, Crowded House are taking things down a notch in 2025… on purpose. The beloved band will perform in a series of atmospheric venues around the country, offering fans a rare opportunity to...
Huge problem with buying cars in Australia
Townsville Bulletin
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August 1, 2025
A test drive is like a first date isn’t it? You’ve seen something that you might like. Maybe on the motoring equivalent of Tinder. You’ve done a bit of research or backgrounding and you’re willing to roll the dice. You just have no idea how it is...
H1 Report Reveals NP Digital Australia Secured Eight New Clients
B&T
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July 31, 2025
NP Digital Australia, part of the globally renowned performance marketing agency founded by Neil Patel, has recorded its most successful half-year to date in 2025, adding eight new clients and expanding its footprint across key verticals. New...
Digital banking satisfaction in Australia outpaces the world
Australian Broker
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July 31, 2025
The report shows that 99.3% of all customer-bank interactions in Australia now take place through digital channels – an increase from 99.1% the previous year and part of a 70% surge in digital interactions since 2019. When choosing a banking...
Quest Software boosts Australian channel strategy with new leaders
SecurityBrief
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July 31, 2025
Quest Software has announced new leadership appointments to strengthen its channel partner strategy across Australia, signalling an increased commitment to the country's enterprise sector and its partner ecosystem. Maureen Perrelli has been...
Australia’s role in the emerging geostrategic order
Geopolitical Intelligence Services
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July 31, 2025
Canberra faces fresh geopolitical challenges, and must balance alliances, economics and security in an era of new rising powers. March 8: A Royal Australian Navy flag flying aboard the HMAS Sydney during Navy Open Day in Sydney, Australia. The...
Australian Dollar Holds Ground Following Release Of Retail Sales, China’s PMI Data
myMotherLode - California
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Wednesday, July 30, 2025 11:50 PM EDT Image Source: Unsplash The Australian Dollar maintains its position as Retail Sales climbed 1.2% MoM in June, compared to the expected 0.4% increase. China’s NBS Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index fell...
1 Canadian Consumer Stock That’s My Recession-Proof Pick
The Motley Fool Canada
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July 31, 2025
Whether the stock market is surging or swinging sideways, I like to anchor part of my portfolio in some fundamentally strong stocks that deliver the essentials. For example, businesses that keep people coming back, not because they want to, but...
Australia Shares Close Higher as Consumer and Real Estate Stocks Lift S&P/ASX 200
Kalkine Media
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July 31, 2025
Highlights:,Polynovo (ASX:PNV) led gains in the healthcare segment,Platinum Asset Management (ASX:PTM) and Pilbara Minerals (ASX:PLS) advanced,Appen (ASX:APX) and IGO (ASX:IGO) among the day's laggards,Australian shares ended the session with...
Invita named by NutriLeads as the exclusive distributor in New Zealand and Australia for Benicaros
Nutritional Outlook
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Invita was named in a recent press release from NutriLeads to be the new exclusive distributor of Benicaros, a prebiotic used with food, beverage, and dietary supplement applications. The new agreement is specific to Australia and New Zealand....
Australia Shares End Higher as Consumer Stocks and REITs Lift A200 ASX Index
Kalkine Media
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July 31, 2025
Highlights,Consumer-focused and property-linked sectors lead gains on the bourse,Polynovo (ASX:PNV) and Pilbara Minerals (ASX:PLS) rise during session,Appen (ASX:APX) and IGO (ASX:IGO) among key laggards,Australian shares finished the session in...
Australian shares fall on Powell’s remarks, trade deal concerns
Business Recorder
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July 31, 2025
Australian shares slipped on Thursday, led by mining stocks, as appetite for risk assets declined after U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell doused hopes of an interest rate cut, and the deadline for a trade deal with the United States loomed....
Australia is significantly falling behind in global AI race, warns billionaire Scott Farquhar
The Times of India
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Australia risks losing its competitive edge in the global artificial intelligence (AI) race unless urgent action is taken, warned Atlassian co-founder and billionaire tech entrepreneur Scott Farquhar. Speaking at the National Press Club, Farquhar...