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      <title><![CDATA[ Special Report: Election 2010 ]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Special Report: Top of the order ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Wesfarmers chair Bob Every is one of Australia's leading company directors. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ UBS backs $750m wind farm ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ This weekend marks the official launch of the state's biggest wind farm project, three months after the $750 million development changed hands. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Fremantle gearing up for ISAF 2011 ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ THE organising committee behind the ISAF 2011 World Sailing Championships to be held in Fremantle next December is expecting an event three times the size of the 1986-87 America's Cup defence that will deliver a $41 million windfall to the port city from ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Skill Hire paves way for apprentices ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Albany-BASED training provider Skill Hire has become the country's largest employer of bricklaying apprentices, with 130 bricklaying apprentices on its books. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Tax call lifts lid on gas price debate ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ WESTERN Australia's biggest gas consumers have demanded a tax break for suppliers selling gas on the domestic market in a bid to combat soaring prices. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Job losses loom in international education ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ A significant downturn in the international education sector has put about 2,500 Western Australian jobs within the industry at risk, according to the International Education Association of Australia. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Superannuation funds investing ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Superannuation funds are playing a pivotal role in some of the most interesting infrastructure developments in WA. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Wild and Naked with Pickled plans ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ A succession of poor reviews have refocused Greer and Lorna Marns in their quest for consistency. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Property valuers point to 2011 recovery ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ RESIDENTIAL and commercial valuers are looking towards next year for a recovery in the property sector, as the industry endures criticism that overly optimistic valuations contributed to the global financial crisis. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Price hike for CBD parking ]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[ We deserve the policies we are getting ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Some people just don't realise how lucky they are, and their misplaced sense of entitlement is irksome. ]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[ Some people just don't realise how lucky they are, and their misplaced sense of entitlement is irksome. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Perth falling behind in high-rise builds ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ PERTH'S residential high-rise construction market remains flat, lagging behind other states where the sector shows more promise for recovery than other parts of the construction industry, new research says. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Time to pick up the baton and lead ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Through the campaign so far and during the debate, neither Tony Abbott nor Julia Gillard is showing the type of leadership required to inspire voters at the upcoming poll. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Shopping centres poised for expansion ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ PLANNING policy changes due to be released this month will give shopping centre owners in Perth the impetus to invest in centre expansions, an area which has been constrained for over ten years, according to the Shopping Centre Council of Australia. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Japan makes early move on WA gas ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ JAPANESE gas customers have moved to protect their long-term access to gas from Woodside's Pluto and Browse LNG projects amid increasing competition from rival Korean and Chinese customers. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Commodity constraints to drive prices ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Iluka Resources has had some good news of late, but many may have missed it. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Tinelli's Louve for the city ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ CHRISTIAN Tinelli, business partner and son of hospitality veteran Umberto Tinelli, is poised to launch a French-themed cocktail bar and cafe in the city. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Big tax change looms for small business ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ A low-key tax ruling will have dramatic implications for thousands of small business owners. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ AnaeCo gets approval but not funds ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ PERTH company AnaeCo has passed a regulatory milestone for construction of an expanded waste treatment facility at Shenton Park, but getting funding for the $35 million project is proving more challenging. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Rudd's on track for the job of a lifetime ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Kevin Rudd's overtures to the UN since he was deposed as PM come as no surprise. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Info kiosks for tourists ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ A FORMER IT specialist and coffee business franchisor has introduced interactive touch screen information kiosks into Western Australia's hotels, to help visitors access the state's tourism offerings. ]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[ INFORMAL discussions have begun on the possible development of a major oil containment and capture system for use in Australia in the event of a catastrophic oil spill like that in the Gulf of Mexico. ]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[ AQUACULTURE commercialisation group Lobster Harvest is hoping to stimulate more local interest in its $4 million fund raising after announcing a big tie-up with listed Singaporean player Oceanus Group. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Timely action on regional development ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ New advisory bodies and policy frameworks are being developed to manage regional development in WA. ]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[ IRON ore miner Grange Resources has disposed of two non-core assets so it can focus on its main business in Western Australia and Tasmania. ]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[ THE competition watchdog has upheld a decision not to allow five car rental companies the ability to collectively bargain with Westralia Airport Corporation over licence renewal terms at Perth Airport. ]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[ ONE of the most significant infrastructure projects at Fremantle Harbour since it opened in 1897, the $43 million reconstruction of Berth 10 at North Quay, is operational. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Korean giant takes stake in Sandfire ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ SOUTH Korean copper smelting giant LS-Nikko Copper will take a 12.5 per cent stake in minerals explorer Sandfire Resources via a $93.9 million share placement. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Farm groups at odds on CBH ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ WESTERN Australia's two peak farming organisations have taken opposing sides in the debate over the governance of grain handling and marketing cooperative CBH Group. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Lenders still keen on SME business ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ AS the SME sector continues to claim the finance available to it is dwindling, Western Australia's big banks have pledged their commitment to servicing small businesses, with both Commonwealth and NAB entering debate during the past week over which is mor ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ When time's not on your side ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ INTANGIBLE as it may be, time is a commodity, a valued item or input when building and running a business. Equally, though, time, and particularly a lack of it, can prove to be an obstacle. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ WAAPA of a sponsorship challenge ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ AS an arts education institute, the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts at Edith Cowan University is widely recognised for its elite courses and well-credentialed alumni. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Smooth seas ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Fremantle legend John Longley is living proof that with a little passion and determination, anything can, and will, happen. ]]></description>
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