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Adrian Black

Wesfarmers posts $1.5b first-half profit

Officeworks posted the highest sales growth of Wesfarmers' retail arms, at 4.7 per cent. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Wesfarmers will hand shareholders a healthy dividend after bargain hunters helped boost revenue at key retail assets Kmart and Bunnings.

The Perth-based company lifted its first-half profit almost three per cent to $1.47 billion, and declared an interim, fully-franked dividend of 95 cents, up from 91 cents last year.

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