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      <title><![CDATA[ Special Report: Corporate finance review ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Our five-page annual review of takeovers, 
capital raisings and stock market floats 
finds a brightening outlook. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Mansell to chair new cancer institute ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ AS legal fights go, the long-running battle between the University of WA, former staff member Dr Bruce Gray, and the company he founded, Sirtex Medical, is bigger and nastier than most, but one piece of good news has unfolded. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Budget battleground in credibility fight ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ When the economy is the issue, the fight is over how to pay for promises. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ New lead role for planning department ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ PREMIER Colin Barnett has announced changes to the planning process that will establish the Department of Planning as the lead agency in major redevelopment projects, including the Perth waterfront and Northbridge Link. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Govt to clear way for Macedon gas project ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ THE state government has pledged to fast-track new gas specification legislation that is critical for development of BHP Billiton's $1 billion Macedon domestic gas project. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Banks: innovation or regulation? ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Our banks' performance shows that the market gets it right most of the time. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Here's cheers to Steves ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name ... 
Russell Quinn reports. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ New UWA Shenton Park hurdle ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ THE University of Western Australia has vowed to press ahead with its contentious development of bushland at Shenton Park, despite suffering another setback last week. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Grain transport outcome on track ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ THE drawn-out debate surrounding Western Australia's ageing grain transport rail network may have finally reached a workable solution. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Cover design wins US award ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ WA Business News has won another award in competition against its business publishing peers in the US. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Silent approach serves advisers poorly ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ A small group of financial advisers has given the industry a bad name. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Shopping centres welcome policy shift ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ A MAJOR barrier to expansion in Perth's retail sector has been lifted with the release of the state government's draft 'activity centres policy', according to the peak industry council. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ TRADE OPPORTUNITIES ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ The Western Australian Trade Opportunities Service is operated by the International Trade Centre of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Calibre MD sets sights on growth ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ GOOD help, so the saying goes, is hard to find. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Rudd shows interventionist streak ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ A clearer picture of what the Rudd government hopes to achieve is starting to emerge. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Business win in Northam ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ A SMALL business in Northam has had a court win over the local council, in the process providing some clarity about the type and scale of business that can operate from a residential property. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Major players missing their opportunity ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ There's something missing in the 'debate' over retail trading hours. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 2:30:26 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Expat tax-take change to shake-up business ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ LOCAL engineering firms are already planning to cut the number of expatriates employed at their overseas operations due to new tax laws that will significantly increase the annual tax bill of Australians working overseas. ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 2:30:27 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Approvals overhaul sought ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ THE Minerals Council of Australia and the Australian Petroleum Production &amp;amp; Exploration Association have seized on a review of key federal government environmental legislation to step up their campaign for reforms to the approvals process. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Plan B to buy $240m book ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ LISTED Perth-based financial planning firm Plan B Group Holdings is finalising the purchase of Aspire Finance's $240 million mortgage book in its second transaction of the calendar year. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Grant boost for giving ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ EFFORTS to improve Western Australia's record as a home of philanthropists have taken a big step forward with a group seeking to change the state's giving culture winning a $36,700 Lotterywest grant. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Fusion helps make the memories last ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ INTERNATIONAL industry groups have commended a Duncraig-based publishing firm's efforts to simplify the production of high school yearbooks. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Lutton on firm ground-PROFILE : Matthew Lutton- ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Theatre director Matthew Lutton's star is on the rise, and he's busier than ever ]]></description>
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