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      <title><![CDATA[ Special Report: 40under40 Commemorative ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ This weeks edition includes photographs of the winners at the awards. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Special Report: Battle stations ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Colin Barnett and Kevin Rudd are turning up the heat in the battle over states' rights. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Prepare for the end at the start: Rosser ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ AT first hearing, the book title sounds more like a view from a London boiler room or something spoken by an East End barrow boy than the thoughts of one of Western Australia's finest business exports. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Anketell Point part of new iron ore push ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Chinese demand for WA iron ore is driving new developments. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Perfect storm for smaller vineyards ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Numerous Margaret River vineyards and wineries have been sold recently or remain on the market as a &quot;perfect storm&quot; of damaging factors impose problems on the region's winemakers and producers. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ $120m for three new trucking depots ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ THREE trucking and logistics companies are gearing up for more growth in Western Australia by committing to build or lease major new facilities worth close to a combined $120 million. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Finding a federal-state balance ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Kevin Rudd's ambit reform plans and Colin Barnett's defence of WA's rights have taken federal-state relations to an uncomfortably low ebb. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ At a time of his choosing ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Umberto Tinelli is preparing to wind-up his career in the hospitality sector ... again. Russell Quinn reports. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Development wave at Leighton ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Multiplex Living and Mirvac are pursuing apartment developments at Leighton Beach. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Tinelli's final flourish ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ POPULAR Perth restaurateur and owner of JoJo's Caf&eacute;, Umberto Tinelli, plans to finish his 25-year career in hospitality and sell the Nedlands venue in the next nine months. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Ball in play a better option for the banks ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ A look at the banks' treatment of property developers has proved the value of corporate memory. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Faraway Bay up for sale ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ The owners of one of Western Australia's top tourist attractions have put their award-winning remote accommodation business up for sale so they can retire, but they don't want just anybody taking over. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Mismanagement writ large: Part II ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ The Liberals' centralist urges should be of concern to the true believers. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Property powers the economy ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ THE Western Australian property industry is the largest employer in the state, generating $9.4 billion in wages and salaries, but industry regulation is impeding further growth, according to new research by the Urban Development Institute of Australia. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Currency capers change the game for grapes ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ The stronger Australian dollar is bad news for a host of businesses. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Focus on dairy ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ What right-minded person would turn down numerous lucrative domestic and international contracts in order to sustain their recently acquired business? ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Business takes up climate change baton ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Climate change is an opportunity for Australian businesses, as the world moves towards a greener future. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Griffin process slows as sale adviser sought ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ EFFORTS to salvage Rick Stowe's failed Griffin coal and power businesses have slowed as administrators weigh up the appointment of advisers to manage the sales process. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Health reform targets states' cash crisis ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ BUSINESS has been cautiously supportive of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's National Health Reform Plan, the centrepiece of which is a takeover of majority responsibility for hospitals as well as other structural reforms to the health system. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Govt moves on franchises ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ FRANCHISES are gearing up for the most significant overhaul to the $128 billion sector since the introduction of the Franchising Code of Conduct in 1998, as the federal government moves to better protect the rights of franchisees. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Parker tops awards list ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ WHILE resources industry events tend to be male-dominated affairs, the tables were turned at the inaugural Women in Resources Awards this week. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Staff shifting ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Staff EMPLOYEES are likely to take advantage of the recovering economy and stronger jobs market to seek new work opportunities, a report released this week has found. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Datamotion duo gets hard word from Roget ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ IT specialist firm Datamotion Asia Pacific is preparing for a boardroom battle with shareholder Bob Roget, a Perth businessman with a colourful corporate history. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Concerns over local content ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ THE union representing professional engineers in Western Australia has stepped up its efforts to get more engineering design work for major resources projects undertaken locally. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Distance works for Comscentre ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ WITH hard work comes good fortune; at least that's what Ben Shipley and business partner Mike Dobbins have found since they established communications service and internet protocol systems provider, Comscentre, in 2002. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Master-servant perception irksome ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ THERE is considerable dissatisfaction in the not-for-profit sector concerning the delivery of government-funded human and community services, the Productivity Commission has found. ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Fiona's funding fight ]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ Over 20 years Fiona Stanley has shown an unwavering commitment to the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research. ]]></description>
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