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• ASX set to ease despite Wall Street gains, as tech leads charge

  20-07-2022 23:57 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market looks set to slip in early trade, despite moderate to strong gains on Wall Street overnight.
  
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• ASX flat despite tech-led Wall St rebound; Bitcoin drops on Tesla sell-down

  20-07-2022 23:57 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market is trading fairly flat, as a rebound in tech stocks is not enough to lift the major indices.
  
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• ASX ends higher after tech-led Wall St rebound; Bitcoin drops on Tesla sell-down

  20-07-2022 23:57 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market ends the trading day higher, as a rebound in big US tech stocks filters through locally.
  
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• ASX edges up, after tech stocks surge on Wall St

  20-07-2022 23:57 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market is edging higher in morning trade as tech stocks rebound here and in the United States.
  
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• This growing trend to beat cost of living increases lets people get their hands dirty while reducing stress

  20-07-2022 23:10 via abc.net.au
  
  From community gardens to farmers markets and seedling sales, more Australians are embracing their green thumbs — saving money and potentially boosting their mental health at the same time.
  
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• Could this major gas project threaten the government's climate bill?

  20-07-2022 22:38 via abc.net.au
  
  An independent watchdog says the NT government’s promise to offset all greenhouse gas emissions from fracking the Beetaloo Basin is in doubt, as the project looks set to be a sticking point in negotiations on the Greens’ support for Labor’s climate targets. 
  
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• Hopes soar as direct flights from Far North Queensland to Japan return to the skies

  20-07-2022 22:36 via abc.net.au
  
  After being halted for several years, tourist-laden direct flights from Japan have finally landed in Cairns, but it's going to be a while before as many tourists head the other way.
  
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• Far North prepares to welcome back sorely missed guests as direct flights from Japan return

  20-07-2022 22:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Before the pandemic, about 110,000 Japanese tourists visited Far North Queensland every year. Now, with five direct flights a week to Cairns from Tokyo on offer and more routes to come, industry leaders are looking forward to "getting back to normal".
  
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• Backlash over hospitality giant's plan to scale up pokies in Alice Springs pubs

  20-07-2022 21:56 via abc.net.au
  
  Weeks after buying up many of the town's hotels and pubs, Iris Capital reveals plans to add dozens more pokies into a community already stricken with deep-running social problems. 
  
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• 'The money does flow back to the military': Invoices reveal Australian embassy spent $750,000 at five-star hotel linked to junta

  20-07-2022 21:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Official documents reveal an Australian embassy spent $750,000 at a luxury hotel built on land owned and leased by Myanmar's military junta, with activists saying taxpayer dollars should not have been used. 
  
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• Lake views at a five-star hotel: Australian embassy spends $750,000 at hotel linked to Myanmar military

  20-07-2022 21:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Official documents confirm Australian embassy spent $750,000 at a luxury hotel built on land owned and leased by Myanmar's military junta, with activists saying taxpayer dollars should not have been used. 
  
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• China establishes new minerals giant to gain leverage on Australian exporters

  20-07-2022 20:59 via abc.net.au
  
  China's government has established a new minerals giant that will purchase iron ore from abroad on behalf of Chinese steel producers — a move seen as an attempt to gain long-term leverage in price negotiations with Australian exporters.
  
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• Beijing works to give Chinese steel producers more leverage over Australian iron ore prices

  20-07-2022 20:59 via abc.net.au
  
  China's government has established a new minerals giant that will purchase iron ore from abroad on behalf of Chinese steel producers — a move seen as an attempt to gain long-term leverage in price negotiations with Australian exporters.
  
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• 'How about a striptease?': Women in construction say gender diversity is needed to stamp out sexism

  20-07-2022 20:35 via abc.net.au
  
  Construction is the most male dominated industry in Australia, and women say greater gender diversity is needed to weed out sexism and address labour shortages.
  
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• Some popular children's apps contain 'risky' code transmitting sensitive data, audit finds

  20-07-2022 20:34 via abc.net.au
  
  Some of Australia's most-popular entertainment apps for children contain risky code that allows companies to gather data on children and build profiles that can follow them for life, according to an organisation calling for bolstered privacy regulations. 
  
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• 'The network is 9km longer today': Why are the UK's roads, rail systems buckling in the heat?

  20-07-2022 20:33 via abc.net.au
  
  The United Kingdom is experiencing a record-breaking heatwave and the rail and road infrastructure is not coping so well. Is Australia's any better?
  
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• 'The network is 9km longer today': Why are the UK's rail systems buckling in the heat?

  20-07-2022 20:33 via abc.net.au
  
  The United Kingdom is experiencing a record-breaking heatwave and the rail infrastructure is not coping so well. Is Australia's any better?
  
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• Halt to peace talks continues, as Russia says its aims in Ukraine now go beyond eastern Ukraine

  20-07-2022 18:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Holding peace talks with Ukraine made no sense right now says Russia, as Moscow signals plans to widen its military offensive to go beyond the eastern Donbas region.
  
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• Rio Tinto agrees to pay nearly $1 billion in tax avoidance settlement with ATO

  20-07-2022 17:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Rio Tinto will hand over $1 billion in unpaid taxes after an ATO investigation, in one of the largest settlements in Australian tax history.
  
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• Outlaw motorcycle club wins $78,000 court case for trademark breach

  20-07-2022 11:22 via abc.net.au
  
  A global online marketplace is ordered to pay damages to the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club for a second time in Australia over items bearing the club's famous winged skull logo.
  
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• Mobile phone providers selling customers services they can't use, says ombudsman

  20-07-2022 09:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Telcos have been told they need to make it easier for customers to talk to a "real person" instead of online bots and make their sale pitches more honest.
  
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• Foot-and-mouth disease fragments detected in meat imported to Australia

  20-07-2022 07:45 via abc.net.au
  
  Viral fragments of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and African swine fever have been detected in imported meat, as Australia's government introduces new measures to wash shoes at international airports.
  
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• Aerospace company to launch two more test rockets from Whalers Way site on Eyre Peninsula

  20-07-2022 06:35 via abc.net.au
  
  South Australian aerospace company Southern Launch is given approval to launch two more test rockets from its pad near Port Lincoln, after its most recent attempt in September failed.
  
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• Car rego will be overhauled in Canberra with fees to be based off emissions produced

  20-07-2022 05:21 via abc.net.au
  
  Some Canberrans could face higher car registration fees as the ACT government's push for a transition to electric vehicles ramps us.
  
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• Want expert advice or tips on budgeting and saving? Send in your questions

  20-07-2022 03:54 via abc.net.au
  
  ABC's business reporter Emily Stewart, parenting website founder Jody Allen and Financial Counselling Australia's Lody Stewart will be answering your questions on budgeting and saving in a live blog tomorrow — but you can submit your query now.
  
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• Want expert advice or tips on budgeting and saving? Join our Q&A blog live now

  20-07-2022 03:54 via abc.net.au
  
  ABC's business reporter Emily Stewart, parenting website founder Jody Allen and Financial Counselling Australia's Lody Stewart will be answering your questions on budgeting and saving in a live blog happening now.
  
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• Want expert advice or tips on budgeting and saving? Join our Q&A blog live at 12pm

  20-07-2022 03:54 via abc.net.au
  
  ABC's business reporter Emily Stewart, parenting website founder Jody Allen and Financial Counselling Australia's Lody Stewart will be answering your questions on budgeting and saving in a live blog at 12pm AEST today — but you can submit your query now.
  
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• 'The job I want when I get out of this place': Staffer tells inquiry Barilaro targeted US job

  20-07-2022 02:23 via abc.net.au
  
  Former deputy premier John Barilaro allegedly told his ex-chief of staff he would get the NSW government to put a new trade position in New York for when he "gets out of this place", an inquiry hears.
  
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• Barilaro denies staffer's 'fictitious' claim he targeted plum US job before quitting politics

  20-07-2022 02:23 via abc.net.au
  
  Former deputy premier John Barilaro allegedly told his ex-chief of staff he would get the NSW government to put a new trade position in New York for when he "gets out of this place", an inquiry hears.
  
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• Should workplaces rethink when they ask for medical certificates? This senior GP thinks so

  20-07-2022 01:07 via abc.net.au
  
  Depending where you work, the requirement for medical certificates for sick leave varies, but what does the law say, and what other options are there?
  
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