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• ASX to gain after Wall Street edges higher

  18-08-2022 23:31 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market is set to climb after Wall Street closed in positive territory. AGL, Stockland and Newcrest will report their financial results. 
  
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• ASX gains, but AGL's profit plummets

  18-08-2022 23:31 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market has edged higher in early trade as investors digest corporate earnings results, with profits down at AGL, Ingham's and Newcrest. 
  
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• ASX gains, but AGL profit plummets

  18-08-2022 23:31 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market has edged higher in early trade as investors digest corporate earnings results, with profits down at AGL, Ingham's and Newcrest. 
  
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• ASX closes flat, as profit falls at AGL, Ingham's, TPG and others

  18-08-2022 23:31 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market closes flat as investors digested corporate earnings results, with profits down at AGL, Ingham's and Newcrest and TPG. 
  
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• Fuel contamination issues plague east Brisbane servo

  18-08-2022 22:28 via abc.net.au
  
  A service station operator says it is investigating claims of contaminated fuel from a site in Brisbane's east as more customers come forward with tales of broken-down vehicles and costly repair bills.
  
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• 'The pressure is getting harder': Residents in multicultural suburbs struggle with mortgage stress

  18-08-2022 22:16 via abc.net.au
  
  Migrants are at the forefront of Australia's mortgage stress crisis, financial experts say, with boom suburbs in Melbourne's fringe filled with owners struggling to make repayments.
  
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• In Melbourne's outer suburbs, debt collection has 'ramped up' for mortgage holders

  18-08-2022 22:16 via abc.net.au
  
  Migrants are at the forefront of Australia's mortgage stress crisis, financial experts say, with boom suburbs in Melbourne's fringe filled with owners struggling to make repayments.
  
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• Adelaide hospital workers go on strike for free parking but nurses pull out of protest

  18-08-2022 22:05 via abc.net.au
  
  The lowest-paid workers in South Australia's health system will walk off the job today in protest of the state government's decision to once again charge hospital workers for parking. 
  
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• Labor signals new fuel standards in bid to boost electric vehicle uptake

  18-08-2022 20:47 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia is currently not among the 80 per cent of the global car market now follows 'Euro 6' vehicle emission standards, including Europe, the United States, Japan, Korea, China, India and Mexico.
  
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• As the housing market continues to slide, some homeowners could face 'mortgage prison'

  18-08-2022 20:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian house prices may be falling at their fastest pace in more than a decade, but the CEO of real estate website Domain says the property market is simply going from red hot to normal.
  
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• US to hold trade talks with Taiwan, potentially undermining China's role as biggest trade partner

  18-08-2022 10:53 via abc.net.au
  
  The announcement came after Beijing held military drills that included firing missiles into the sea to intimidate Taiwan.
  
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• Would you pay an extra $12,000 in rates to have your power lines put underground?

  18-08-2022 08:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Residents of a small coastal town have agreed to fork out tens of thousands of dollars to have one less interruption to their ocean views.
  
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• Brisbane ferry terminal repair timeline pushes out to December

  18-08-2022 07:32 via abc.net.au
  
  The council's transport committee chairman Ryan Murphy says North Quay and the Regatta terminals will take the longest to repair after sustaining the most damage during February's floods.
  
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• Airbnb is rolling out 'anti-party' technology to weed out people trying to break its party ban. Here's how it'll target them

  18-08-2022 07:26 via abc.net.au
  
  The company says "no system is perfect" but it's optimistic these new measures will reduce unauthorised parties. 
  
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• Solomon Islands takes out $100 million loan from China to build Huawei mobile phone towers

  18-08-2022 07:19 via abc.net.au
  
  Solomon Islands authorities say the proposed 161 mobile phone towers will expand and improve coverage and that the loan to fund it will be repayable, but experts have questioned if the financial case for the project stacks up.
  
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• Track lowered and bridges raised. Report outlines Inland Rail's impact on southern communities

  18-08-2022 07:02 via abc.net.au
  
  An environmental impact statement on the Albury to Illabo section of the project outlines significant impacts on several communities.
  
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• South Gippsland towns' main access road cut off due to flooding, with more rain forecast

  18-08-2022 06:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Inverloch-Venus Bay Road, which connects Tarwin Lower and Venus Bay to Inverloch, has been closed since Tuesday. Another cold front is expected to bring further heavy falls in the region early next week
  
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• Council warns over potential risks of unapproved shipping container homes as housing crisis rolls on

  18-08-2022 05:50 via abc.net.au
  
  As housing and construction delays persist across the country, a regional South Australian council is warning people living in unapproved shipping container homes to be wary of potential health and environmental risks.
  
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• Quintis puts NT sandalwood farm on market before harvesting a single tree

  18-08-2022 05:42 via abc.net.au
  
  A company that for seven years has been growing indian sandalwood on a former NT cattle station is looking to offload the property that has "underperformed for a variety of reasons".
  
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• Unemployment falls again to a new low, but the cause of the fall is not good news

  18-08-2022 03:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Unemployment falls to a new, 48-year low, but the move lower was driven entirely by a sharp drop in the number of people in work or looking for it.
  
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• WA city wants cashless debit to stay, citing 'decline in problems'

  18-08-2022 03:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Mayor says social problems have eased since the introduction of the cashless debit card and calls for alternatives if the card is scrapped.
  
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• How this millennial found gainful work after an eight-year unemployment 'roller-coaster'

  18-08-2022 03:27 via abc.net.au
  
  It took Renee Perrow eight years to get a full-time job. Others like her are trapped in long-term unemployment but charities say they are an untapped solution to the labour shortage.
  
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• Helene's not afraid to ruffle feathers in her fight against another FIFO camp in her town

  18-08-2022 03:06 via abc.net.au
  
  The local council has given the $164 million mining camp its unanimous support, but some locals in the Goldfields town of Kambalda are petitioning against the 1,500-room development, fearing it could cause their small town to "die off".
  
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• Fuel and fertiliser costs added to the price of potatoes as growers reach deal with processor

  18-08-2022 02:23 via abc.net.au
  
  A levy has been added to this year's contract between McCain Foods and potato growers in South Australia to reflect volatile fuel and fertiliser prices.
  
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• Brisbane botanic gardens to host permanent night light show but Greens concerned for nocturnal animals

  18-08-2022 01:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Brisbane City Council plans to allow a permanent light show in the botanic gardens, but there are concerns the Australian-first project is "commercialising a public asset" and light pollution will impact local wildlife.
  
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• 30kph 'safe' streets are popping up around WA to encourage cycling, but are they working?

  18-08-2022 00:01 via abc.net.au
  
  The WA government is set to drop the speed limit to 30kph on close to a dozen more streets in Perth and regional WA after seeing an increase in pedestrians and cyclists in areas where the speed limit has been lowered.
  
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