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• Coles posts higher annual profit as online sales jump; ASX to rise

  23-08-2022 23:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares are expected to start the day slightly higher despite global equity markets declining as investors mull how hawkish the US Fed will be this week.
  
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• Coles flags higher costs as inflation bites, WiseTech jumps on earnings, ASX rises

  23-08-2022 23:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares have risen after two straight sessions of falls, with energy and mining stocks leading the recovery on firm commodity prices, while concerns over aggressive rate hikes and slowing growth across the globe checked risk appetite.
  
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• Coles flags higher costs as inflation bites; ASX rises

  23-08-2022 23:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares are expected to start the day slightly higher despite global equity markets declining as investors mull how hawkish the US Fed will be this week.
  
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• ASX to rise despite Wall Street ending down as investors eye slowing economy and oil bounces

  23-08-2022 23:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares are expected to start the day slightly higher despite global equity markets declining as investors mull how hawkish the US Fed will be this week.
  
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• Mundi Mundi Bash leaves outback businesses 'pleasantly surprised' with trading

  23-08-2022 23:29 via abc.net.au
  
  As tourists depart from the Mundi Mundi Plains after this year's second festival, they leave a boost in revenue for businesses across far west NSW.
  
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• Live: NSW now: Labor Leader Minns backs Bankstown MP accused of bullying

  23-08-2022 23:00 via abc.net.au
  
  MORNING BRIEFING: A NSW state Labor MP accused of bullying says she "completely rejects the assertions" in claims raised just days after similar allegations were levelled at a colleague.
  
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• Queensland Star casino concerns referred to regulator that approved shareholder with alleged crime links

  23-08-2022 21:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Queensland's Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman refers revelations of crime links involving a key shareholder of Brisbane's new casino back to the same regulator that didn't spot them in 2015.
  
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• Victorian state logging company illegally cut down part of endangered possum habitat, audit finds

  23-08-2022 20:56 via abc.net.au
  
  Victoria's government-owned logging company VicForests illegally cleared protected Leadbeater's possum habitat and broke the law in 25 out of 30 of its logging areas, according to a government-commissioned audit of its activities.
  
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• Habitat of endangered possum illegally chopped down by state logging company, audit finds

  23-08-2022 20:56 via abc.net.au
  
  Victoria's government-owned logging company VicForests illegally cleared protected Leadbeater's possum habitat and broke the law in 25 out of 30 of its logging areas, according to a government-commissioned audit of its activities.
  
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• Thirteen factory workers sue major Australian corporation over forced labour allegations

  23-08-2022 20:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Shuvo still has flashbacks about what happened to him inside a glove factory in Malaysia. He now wants justice for himself, and the 25 million other people across the world in forced labour conditions.
  
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• Thirteen factory workers are suing a major Australian corporation over allegations it ‘knowingly profited’ off their forced labour

  23-08-2022 20:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Shuvo still has flashbacks about what happened to him inside a glove factory in Malaysia. He now wants justice for himself, and the 25 million other people across the world in forced labour conditions.
  
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• An Australian corporation is accused of 'knowingly profiting' off the labour of slaves. Shuvo is one of them

  23-08-2022 20:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Shuvo still has flashbacks about what happened to him inside a glove factory in Malaysia. He now wants justice for himself, and the 25 million other people across the world in forced labour conditions.
  
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• An Australian corporation is accused of 'knowingly profiting' off the labour of slaves. Shuvo is one of them

  23-08-2022 20:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Shuvo still has flashbacks about what happened to him inside a glove factory in Malaysia. He now wants justice for himself, and the 25 million other people across the world in forced labour conditions.
  
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• Lachlan Murdoch sues Crikey for defamation over article about January 6 riots

  23-08-2022 13:18 via abc.net.au
  
  The News Corp and Fox chairman launches proceedings in the Federal Court after Crikey challenged him to sue the publisher this week.
  
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• Senior bureaucrat involved in John Barilaro's recruitment no longer Investment NSW chief

  23-08-2022 11:09 via abc.net.au
  
  Department confirms bureaucrat at the centre of John Barilaro's controversial New York job is no longer the chief executive role of Investment NSW.
  
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• People power brings EZY-Sauce back to supermarket shelves in good news for picklers and sauce makers

  23-08-2022 09:17 via abc.net.au
  
  After thousands of customer complaints, Wild's EZY-Sauce, popular among home cooks and sauce makers, will return to supermarket shelves.
  
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• Brisbane LNP councillors dismiss 'unhinged, anti-car' Greens proposal for 30kph streets

  23-08-2022 07:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Brisbane Greens councillor Jonathan Sriranganathan's second attempt at installing 30kph speed limits on Brisbane streets is voted down in council chambers.
  
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• Sydney train disruptions to continue despite union flagging potential 'breakthrough'

  23-08-2022 07:26 via abc.net.au
  
  The Rail, Tram and Bus Union secretary says its battle with the NSW government could be easing but action planned for this week is "too far gone" to wind back.
  
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• Electricians are in demand, so why are almost 40pc of apprentices considering quitting?

  23-08-2022 06:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Electricians are in massive demand, yet a survey of training electricians found a large number were considering quitting their apprenticeship.
  
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• 'Pretty extreme' coastal erosion threatens marine rescue headquarters

  23-08-2022 06:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Rapid coastal erosion at Point Moore could force Marine Rescue Geraldton to relocate by the end of the year.
  
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• New Australian houses might need a total redesign. Here's why some states won't change construction codes

  23-08-2022 06:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Should newly built homes have to be accessible for frail elderly people or people with a disability?
  
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• Erosion threatens marine rescue headquarters

  23-08-2022 06:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Rapid coastal erosion at Point Moore could force Marine Rescue Geraldton to relocate by the end of the year.
  
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• 'Valuable' legless lizard discovery near proposed Hunter coal mine expansion

  23-08-2022 04:42 via abc.net.au
  
  There are calls to postpone the ruling on a mine expansion in the Hunter Valley after the discovery of a new species of legless lizard in the area.
  
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• Legless lizard discovery prompts delay of coal mine expansion determination

  23-08-2022 04:42 via abc.net.au
  
  The ruling on a coal mine expansion in the Hunter Valley is being postponed after the discovery of a new species of legless lizard in the area.
  
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• $1 billion gas project denied express approval process

  23-08-2022 04:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Tanya Plibersek has knocked back a request to exempt an energy project from assessment against environmental laws, saying she was "not satisfied" it was in the national interest.
  
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• Plibersek will not block controversial $4.5 billion fertiliser plant in Pilbara

  23-08-2022 02:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Despite concerns for Aboriginal heritage in the area, the federal government is electing not to intervene in the development of the plant.
  
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• South32 scraps plans to extend coal mine beneath Sydney water catchment

  23-08-2022 02:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian mining company South32 has announced it will not proceed with a plan to extend its Dendrobium coal mine beneath Sydney's drinking water catchment.
  
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• South32 scraps dendrobium mine extension plans

  23-08-2022 02:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian mining company South32 has announced it will not proceed with a plan to extend its Dendrobium coal mine beneath Sydney's drinking water catchment.
  
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• Coal mining company scraps plans to extend mine under Sydney water catchment

  23-08-2022 02:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian mining company South32 has announced it will not proceed with a plan to extend its Dendrobium coal mine beneath Sydney's drinking water catchment.
  
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• We fact checked the ACTU's Sally McManus on labour's share of GDP. Here's what we found

  23-08-2022 00:08 via abc.net.au
  
  ACTU secretary Sally McManus says worker's share of wealth is the lowest its ever been, pointing to the labour's share of income statistics as evidence. RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.
  
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