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• Inflation spikes in Europe and oil rises again, ASX set to follow global markets down

  30-03-2022 23:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Instability and inflation are continuing to weigh on global markets, with the ASX 200 headed for its first trading day down in a week.
  
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• Inflation soars to almost 10pc in Spain and oil rises again; ASX to follow global markets down

  30-03-2022 23:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Instability and inflation are continuing to weigh on global markets, with the ASX 200 headed for its first trading day down in a week.
  
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• Global markets down as Spain's inflation hits almost 10pc; ASX up on mining boost

  30-03-2022 23:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Instability and inflation are continuing to weigh on global markets, but the Australian benchmark is defying that to hit a new 50-day high. 
  
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• EV battery manufacturer up 8pc on ASX as critical minerals get a boost

  30-03-2022 23:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Instability and inflation are continuing to weigh on global markets, but the Australian benchmark is defying that to hit a new 50-day high. 
  
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• EV battery manufacturer gains 9pc as critical minerals boosted, but ASX closes down

  30-03-2022 23:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Instability and inflation continue to weigh on global markets, with the Australian market finally coming down off a winning streak to follow sentiment down.
  
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• 'Under lock and key': Worried farmers on alert as record oil price fuels wave of diesel thefts

  30-03-2022 22:56 via abc.net.au
  
  Criminals turn to increasingly sophisticated and risky tactics to steal fuel from regional farms and businesses as desperation grows over the rocketing price of oil.
  
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• Payroll errors give NT public servants millions in overpayments, including one who received $93,000

  30-03-2022 22:43 via abc.net.au
  
  The Northern Territory Auditor-General says public servants received more than $3 million in overpayments last financial year, including one whose bank balance ballooned by $93,000 in a single payroll error.
  
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• Live: NSW Now: Authorities defend handling of latest flood emergency as recriminations begin

  30-03-2022 22:08 via abc.net.au
  
  MORNING BRIEFING: Questions are being raised about why northern NSW residents were not given more warning of evacuation after being told they could return home.
   
  
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• Regions tell Barnaby Joyce they need workers, houses, childcare before budgeted infrastructure

  30-03-2022 21:47 via abc.net.au
  
  After reluctantly signing the net zero carbon emissions pledge, the Nationals leader amassed a $20 billion regional war chest. But local mayors and voters want funding closer to home, as well as promised infrastructure.
  
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• Will this shiny metal lead Australia into a more sustainable future?

  30-03-2022 21:21 via abc.net.au
  
  As the country comes to terms with its role in climate change, Australia begins to harness its rich vanadium deposits for the first time. Here's why experts are so excited about it.
  
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• More rich households now qualify for paid parental leave, but women will still be the ones who stay home

  30-03-2022 20:48 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government's budget change falls short of calls for 26 weeks' paid parental leave with a "clear, use-it-or-lose-it" component to encourage more take-up by fathers, writes Nassim Khadem.
  
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• Few dads expected to take up the federal budget paid parental leave offer

  30-03-2022 20:48 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government's budget change falls short of calls for 26 weeks' paid parental leave with a "clear, use-it-or-lose-it" component to encourage more take-up by fathers, writes Nassim Khadem.
  
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• Miner Joseph Gutnick is promising to help bankroll a Tasmanian AFL team. But there's a catch

  30-03-2022 20:44 via abc.net.au
  
  The former president of the Melbourne Football Club says he will financially support an AFL team in the state he now calls home. However, it hinges on his plans for a lucrative mine in Tasmania's north-west becoming a reality.
  
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• 'Systemic, sustained and shameful': Senate inquiry calls for laws to stamp out wage theft

  30-03-2022 12:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Wage theft in Australia is systemic, sustained and shameful, according to a damning Senate inquiry's report. Workers are more likely to be ripped off in industries such hospitality, retail, horticulture, cleaning and at universities.
  
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• 'Suck it up ... it's been like this forever': Senate slams 'pervasive' wage theft, calls for change

  30-03-2022 12:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Wage theft in Australia is systemic, sustained and shameful, according to a damning Senate inquiry's report. Workers are more likely to be ripped off in industries such hospitality, retail, horticulture, cleaning and at universities.
  
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• Businesses welcome migration agreement to ease 'dystopian' worker shortages in the Pilbara

  30-03-2022 10:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Businesses in the Pilbara have been quick to welcome a new migration agreement that will help address "dystopian" skills shortages in the region. 
  
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• What do young Australians worry about? Too much, it seems

  30-03-2022 09:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Climate change and discrimination are the things young Australians are most concerned about, and they are on top of getting a job and buying their first home.
  
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• We fact checked Josh Frydenberg's budget speech. Here's what we found

  30-03-2022 09:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Budget speeches are prone to flourishes and embellishment, with treasurers attempting to present their government's record in the best light. With figures flying thick and fast, RMIT ABC Fact Check sorts fact from spin.
  
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• There's a trick treasurers use to seem like they spend more. Did you spot it in the budget speech?

  30-03-2022 09:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Budget speeches are prone to flourishes and embellishment, with treasurers attempting to present their government's record in the best light. With figures flying thick and fast, RMIT ABC Fact Check sorts fact from spin.
  
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• Nick Xenophon reacts to claims his work for Huawei was like collaborating with Nazi arms sellers

  30-03-2022 08:12 via abc.net.au
  
  A former ally of Senate candidate Nick Xenophon invokes Nazi Germany as part of a deepening spat between the pair. Senator Rex Patrick compared Mr Xenophon's legal work for Chinese tech giant Huawei to being on the payroll of German arms manufacturers on the eve of World War II.
  
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• Thinking of building in the regions? Be prepared to wait

  30-03-2022 07:54 via abc.net.au
  
  The Regional Home Guarantee, announced as part of the federal budget, may eventually ease housing shortages in the bush but construction delays have created a logjam for new builds.
  
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• Will Smith's brain-snap Oscars slap flipped the script on his image, which suits the bias of some

  30-03-2022 07:41 via abc.net.au
  
  Black rights activists explain how the public narrative around Will Smith's public spat with Chris Rock at the Oscars has troubling political and racial undercurrents.
  
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• Manager tells inquiry of Star casino's 'concerning' lies to Chinese bank

  30-03-2022 07:31 via abc.net.au
  
  A Star casino manager tells a public inquiry about "serious" and "repeated" misrepresentations the company made to the Bank of China concerning the source of millions of dollars. 
  
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• 'We've had a lot of promises': Territorians react to 2022 federal budget

  30-03-2022 06:58 via abc.net.au
  
  Cost-of-living, housing and delivery on key projects are front of mind as Northern Territory residents weigh up what is and isn't in the federal budget.
  
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• Judge 'not satisfied' key witness should be compelled to give evidence in Ben Roberts-Smith trial

  30-03-2022 06:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Lawyers for Nine newspapers say the evidence of a key soldier could have been a path to victory in their defamation case brought by the Victoria Cross recipient, but a judge has decided he does not have to testify.
  
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• 'This is about sharing': Four border councils band together to fight for their region after COVID-19

  30-03-2022 06:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Four councils in NSW and Victoria have signed a deal to work as one, as they help their communities recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• What you should know before you apply for the budget's home loan guarantee scheme

  30-03-2022 06:27 via abc.net.au
  
  The budget has increased the number of government-guaranteed loans available for first home buyers. But what are the pros, cons and potential risks of the scheme? 
  
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• Man allegedly run over by partner during weekend crime wave in Alice Springs

  30-03-2022 01:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Police say they attended a brawl between rival parties and 23 break-ins over the weekend, including a domestic violence incident where a woman allegedly hit her partner with a vehicle.
  
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