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Invincible

The gold medal all of Australia was counting on — and the nation’s first of the Games — has been delivered at the Tokyo Olympics. The women’s 4x100m freestyle team did it again, smashing the world record to win the event for the third time in succession.

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Rinehart spends up big on TV ads

For every night of the Games other than the Opening and Closing ceremonies, Rinehart is running inspirational 90-second ads in prime time at the cost of millions of dollars. She is also running the same ads on Sky News.

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Success is sweet for WA dairies

WA dairy producers took home a suite of accolades at the 2021 Perth Royal Food Awards last week.

Milks, cheeses, yoghurts and other products hand-crafted in WA were among those crowned winners of the annual awards, hosted by the Royal Agricultural Society of WA.

Northcliffe’s Bannister Downs took home three trophies, winning the champion unflavoured milk gong for its Dairy Fresh Milk, champion flavoured milk for its Dairy Choc Cherry Delite, and champion cream for its Dairy Fresh Cream.

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WA’s iron clad help for NSW

Leading economists believe that without WA’s record iron ore trade the Federal Government would not have had the financial flexibility to support NSW to the tune of $500 million a week during its COVID-19 lockdown. AMP chief economist Shane Oliver said without high iron ore prices the Government would not have had the cash to help NSW as much as it had.
“The national income is given a boost by the iron ore boom and that is allowing the Federal Government to provide assistance to NSW, which then means incomes in NSW are protected and can bounce back more quickly,” he said.

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