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• Jumbo-sized power price rises 'just the start' as smaller firms tipped to fail

  27-05-2022 23:48 via abc.net.au
  
  There are warnings that this week's inflation-busting rises in the benchmark electricity price are merely the tip of an iceberg that will hit millions more customers much harder.
  
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• 'It's not sustainable to live in fear': Residents of flooded Brisbane suburbs sell up

  27-05-2022 23:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Desperate home owners are selling their properties months after they were damaged in south-east Queensland's flood disaster — but the risk of inundation is not always made clear to house hunters.
  
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• Homes flooded in February hit the market, but it's buyer beware

  27-05-2022 23:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Desperate home owners are selling their properties months after they were damaged in south-east Queensland's flood disaster — but the risk of inundation is not always made clear to house hunters.
  
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• Iran seizes two Greek tankers amid row over US oil grab

  27-05-2022 22:49 via abc.net.au
  
  The loaded oil tankers are the latest ships to be caught in an ongoing diplomatic spat as Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency warns "there are still 17 other Greek ships in the Persian Gulf that could be seized".
  
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• Yann is one of many planning to leave China, fearing a never-ending COVID-zero policy

  27-05-2022 21:34 via abc.net.au
  
  A growing number of young people in China are looking to escape their country's COVID-zero policy, and it might have implications for Australian businesses.
  
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• Why the 'run philosophy' is gaining momentum in COVID-zero China

  27-05-2022 21:34 via abc.net.au
  
  A growing number of young people in China are looking to escape their country's COVID-zero policy, and it might have implications for Australian businesses.
  
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• Perth-based mining contractor at centre of international investigation after eight killed in disastrous flooding

  27-05-2022 20:37 via abc.net.au
  
  A Perth-based mining contractor under scrutiny for two employee fatalities in Australia is now at the centre of an international investigation after eight workers die in a West African mine disaster. 
  
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• Australian contractor caught in international probe after zinc mine disaster kills eight in West Africa

  27-05-2022 20:37 via abc.net.au
  
  A Perth-based mining contractor under scrutiny for two employee fatalities in Australia is now at the centre of an international investigation after eight workers die in a West African mine disaster. 
  
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• Australian contractor caught in international probe after disaster kills eight in West African zinc mine

  27-05-2022 20:37 via abc.net.au
  
  A Perth-based mining contractor under scrutiny for two employee fatalities in Australia is now at the centre of an international investigation after eight workers die in a West African mine disaster. 
  
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• Macron agrees to 'rebuild' France-Australia ties during phone call with Albanese

  27-05-2022 12:03 via abc.net.au
  
  French President Emmanuel Macron and new Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have spoken on the phone, vowing to "rebuild a relationship … [of] trust" after ties were strained over a scrapped submarine deal.
  
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• Paramedics across NSW to take snap industrial action tonight after last-minute union decision

  27-05-2022 10:24 via abc.net.au
  
  NSW ambulance union calls on paramedics to keep patients' billing details off the books in a move to pressure pay rises from the state government.
  
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• Paramedics across NSW take snap industrial action after last-minute union decision

  27-05-2022 10:24 via abc.net.au
  
  NSW ambulance union calls on paramedics to keep patients' billing details off the books in a move to pressure pay rises from the state government.
  
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• Fishing ban reintroduced to protect iconic species

  27-05-2022 10:05 via abc.net.au
  
  In 2013, before a previous ban was put in place, the annual giant Australian cuttlefish migration to Whyalla numbered only 13,000.
  
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• Wine producers pin hopes on Labor that lucrative Chinese markets can be repaired

  27-05-2022 07:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Vignerons from one of Australia's iconic red wine regions are optimistic that the change in government will lead to improved relations and the removal of crushing tariffs on exports.
  
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• Building director says factors including floods and price hikes left him with no choice but to place firm into liquidation

  27-05-2022 06:25 via abc.net.au
  
  The director of Pivotal has called out price gouging and says other "big builders" will collapse unless the industry-wide problems crippling constructions firms are addressed.
  
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• Moreton Bay council warns of 'bigger' rates rise as south-east Queensland councils prepare budgets

  27-05-2022 05:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Local councils struggling with the impacts of rising inflation and construction costs are already warning residents to brace for rate rises next month.
  
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• International aquaculture company to put Kimberley barramundi on international menus

  27-05-2022 05:16 via abc.net.au
  
  Western Australian barramundi could soon be a more common feature on international menus after a Singaporean fish producer announced major expansion plans for its Kimberley fish farm.
  
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• WA Premier Mark McGowan defends reliability of Western Power network but admits Goldfields blackouts are 'unacceptable'

  27-05-2022 04:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Premier Mark McGowan has defended the reliability of Western Power's massive network which has received heavy criticism following widespread blackouts in the WA Goldfields this week.
  
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• Coroner finds SA's snap border closure was not a factor in a fiery fatal truck crash

  27-05-2022 04:16 via abc.net.au
  
  Unexplained driver error is the most likely cause of the crash in which truck driver died, the coroner concludes, as he is unable to find the reason the driver failed to react to the queued traffic.
  
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• Andrew Forrest scoops up prime WA land for major residential development

  27-05-2022 03:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Billionaire businessman Andrew Forrest inks deal to develop a major residential site south of Perth.
  
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• Miners take advantage of new gold boom by breaking into early 1900s mine

  27-05-2022 02:09 via abc.net.au
  
  Coolgardie is enjoying a renaissance and returning to old workings last mined before World War I amid a new WA gold boom, nearly 130 years after it was discovered at the historic location.
  
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• Work starts on $460 million gas pipeline in outback Western Australia

  27-05-2022 01:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Construction has started on a 580-kilometre, $460 million pipeline in Western Australia that will take natural gas from the Perth basin out to resources projects in the state's Goldfields.
  
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• Hard border legacy haunts WA's bid to fill 102 front line jobs

  27-05-2022 01:09 via abc.net.au
  
  WA is desperate to fill more than 100 front line jobs in a struggle that the state's child protection mininister says has been compounded by a former hard border policy.
  
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• Child protection jobs go begging as WA hard border 'legacy' hampers recruitment

  27-05-2022 01:09 via abc.net.au
  
  There are more than 100 front line case worker jobs up for grabs in WA but the government is struggling to fill them due to hard border legacy.
  
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• Compressed-air energy project gets tick as Broken Hill's best back-up power option

  27-05-2022 00:59 via abc.net.au
  
  A review by electricity network manager Transgrid identifies the proposal as the top choice among alternatives such as refurbishing the city's existing 50-megawatt diesel turbines.
  
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• End of the line for Alvey Reels as owners urge focus on local manufacturing

  27-05-2022 00:48 via abc.net.au
  
  The iconic Australian reel manufacturer will close after 102 years due to supply chain issues and "drastic cost increases".
  
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• Alvey Reels to close as cost pressures force 'really difficult decision'

  27-05-2022 00:48 via abc.net.au
  
  The owner of an Australian reel manufacturer says he will close his 102-year-old company rather than have his products made offshore after supply chain issues and "drastic cost increases" forced his hand.
  
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