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• GPs defend price rises in open letter: 'Direct that heat towards the government'

  05-09-2022 23:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Doctors in regional NSW have published a letter to their community following increased patient "frustration" over doctors choosing not to provide bulk-bill for appointments.
  
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• Australian shares rise, RBA set to lift rates as European markets tumble

  05-09-2022 23:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Local shares have started the day higher, despite heavy losses on European markets overnight and a widely-anticipated interest rate hike by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA).
  
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• Australian shares likely to rise, RBA set to lift rates as European markets tumble

  05-09-2022 23:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Local shares could start the day higher, despite heavy losses on European markets as Russia turns off its gas supply to Europe indefinitely, and a widely-anticipated interest rate hike by the Reserve Bank of Australia.
  
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• Australian shares drop as the Reserve Bank hikes rates again

  05-09-2022 23:20 via abc.net.au
  
  It started off optimistically, but the ASX 200 is now dropping as the RBA hikes the cash rate to 2.35 per cent.
  
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• Australian shares drop, as latest Reserve Bank rate hike looms

  05-09-2022 23:20 via abc.net.au
  
  It started off optimistically, but the ASX 200 is now dropping on Tuesday, as the stock market inches closer to the Reserve Bank's latest rate hike.
  
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• Commuters urged to plan for nine days of Cross River Rail train line closures

  05-09-2022 22:26 via abc.net.au
  
  An "intensive" series of works for Brisbane's $5.4 billion rail upgrade will take a range of services out of action in October. Here are the lines affected.
  
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• Good weather, high prices and the most valuable farm export year on record now forecast

  05-09-2022 22:00 via abc.net.au
  
  For the first time, the value of Australia's food and fibre exports is expected to exceed $70 billion, according to the latest ABARES forecast.
  
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• John's company profits from Australia's carbon market, but he'd take a hit for a better system

  05-09-2022 21:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Some of the biggest players profiting from Australia's carbon market speak out for the first time, backing expert analysis saying the system is generating meaningless credits that actually result in Australia's emissions going up.
  
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• John Falzon's company profits from Australia's carbon market, but he'd take a hit for a better system

  05-09-2022 21:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Some of the biggest players profiting from Australia's carbon market speak out for the first time, backing expert analysis saying the system is generating meaningless credits that actually result in Australia's emissions going up.
  
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• Companies getting a 'very large cheque' for cutting emissions they would have cut anyway, expert says

  05-09-2022 21:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Some of the biggest players profiting from Australia's carbon market speak out for the first time, backing expert analysis saying the system is generating meaningless credits that actually result in Australia's emissions going up.
  
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• Carbon credits awarded to some companies actually increase Australia's emissions, insiders say

  05-09-2022 21:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Some of the biggest players profiting from Australia's carbon market speak out for the first time, backing expert analysis saying the system is generating meaningless credits that actually result in Australia's emissions going up.
  
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• 'Music venues aren't nightclubs': Public liability insurance premium hikes threaten live music ecosystem

  05-09-2022 21:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Just as musicians and venues find their footing after COVID-19 lockdowns, the industry has been hit with a new crisis, which some fear could have "cataclysmic" consequences for the future of live music in Australia.
  
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• 'It would be cataclysmic': Music venues teetering on a knife's edge as insurance premiums spike

  05-09-2022 21:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Just as musicians and venues find their footing after COVID lockdowns, the industry has been hit with a new crisis, which some fear could have "cataclysmic" consequences for the future of live music in Australia.
  
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• Up to 30,000 families could be impacted by tomorrow's childcare 'shut down'. Here's what parents need to know

  05-09-2022 21:02 via abc.net.au
  
  The United Worker Union has not called the event a strike, but it is asking parents not to take their children to childcare centres on Wednesday.
  
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• The Reserve Bank is 'flying blind' and risks crashing the economy if it raises rates too fast

  05-09-2022 21:02 via abc.net.au
  
  The Commonwealth Bank warns there is a "clear risk" that the RBA will lift interest rates too high, too fast because of the lags in how they are passed on to mortgage customers and affect their cash flow and spending.
  
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• 'Clear risk' that a Reserve Bank raising rates fast while 'flying blind' may crash the economy

  05-09-2022 21:02 via abc.net.au
  
  The Commonwealth Bank warns there is a "clear risk" that the RBA will lift interest rates too high, too fast because of the lags in how they are passed on to mortgage customers and affect their cash flow and spending.
  
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• It could take a century until our top companies are not mostly headed by Anglo-Saxon men

  05-09-2022 16:04 via abc.net.au
  
  If nothing is done to change it, new data from the Chief Executive Women Census shows will take about 100 years for corporate Australia to have at least 40 per cent women in CEO positions on the ASX300.
  
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• 100 years: that’s how long it will take until our top companies are not mostly headed by Anglo-Saxon men

  05-09-2022 16:04 via abc.net.au
  
  If nothing is done to change it, new data from the Chief Executive Women Census shows it will take about 100 years for corporate Australia to have at least 40 per cent women in CEO positions on the ASX300.
  
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• 100 years: that's how long it will take until Australia's top companies are not mostly run by men

  05-09-2022 16:04 via abc.net.au
  
  If nothing is done to change it, new data from the Chief Executive Women Census shows it will take about 100 years for corporate Australia to have at least 40 per cent women in CEO positions on the ASX300.
  
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• Nine-hour search for accommodation after Jetstar cancels Bali flights

  05-09-2022 09:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Hundreds of Australians are stranded in Bali after Jetstar cancels multiple flights leaving travellers scrambling to find emergency accommodation as they wait for flights home.
  
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• Victorian musos still grapple with pandemic fallout, call for revellers' return

  05-09-2022 09:43 via abc.net.au
  
  The "long tail" of the pandemic will continue to weaken Victoria's live music industry unless it can work on a "strategic partnership" to keep musicians on stage and venue doors open, a new report says.
  
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• Sluggish return of live music fans creating a lockdown hangover for Victorian venues

  05-09-2022 09:43 via abc.net.au
  
  The "long tail" of the pandemic will continue to weaken Victoria's live music industry unless it can work on a "strategic partnership" to keep musicians on stage and venue doors open, a new report says.
  
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• Sluggish return of fans a lockdown hangover for Victorian live music venues

  05-09-2022 09:43 via abc.net.au
  
  The "long tail" of the pandemic will continue to weaken Victoria's live music industry unless it can work on a "strategic partnership" to keep musicians on stage and venue doors open, a new report says.
  
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• Leading economist questions business fears about raising wages as profits soar

  05-09-2022 09:35 via abc.net.au
  
  Last financial year's profits were the biggest in five years, but some businesses still say they can't afford to lift wages.
  
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• Traffic gridlock at this heaving farmers market could take more than $20 million to fix

  05-09-2022 08:55 via abc.net.au
  
  If you've visited the Bunbury Farmers Market you'll know hard hard it is getting in and out, but there are concerns a $20 million government plan to fix it might not change much at all.
  
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• Wool industry's 'visceral' new advertising campaign dresses down oil-heavy synthetics

  05-09-2022 08:33 via abc.net.au
  
  Footage of men and women covered in black oil, and emerging from a swimming pool, are part of a new international ad campaign to sell more wool. Will it work?
  
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• Wool industry fights for sustainable credentials with 'compelling' new ad

  05-09-2022 08:33 via abc.net.au
  
  An image of men and women covered in black oil, emerging from a swimming pool are part of a new international ad campaign to sell more wool. Will it work?
  
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• Wool industry fights for sustainable credentials with 'compelling' and 'visceral' new ad

  05-09-2022 08:33 via abc.net.au
  
  Footage of men and women covered in black oil, and emerging from a swimming pool, are part of a new international ad campaign to sell more wool. Will it work?
  
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• Superyacht impounded, passengers stranded as luxury cruise company collapses

  05-09-2022 04:32 via abc.net.au
  
  The collapse of a luxury boat charter operating off the Kimberley coast has left passengers reeling and demanding their money back.
  
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• Super-yacht impounded, passengers stranded as luxury cruise company collapses

  05-09-2022 04:32 via abc.net.au
  
  The collapse of a luxury boat charter operating off the Kimberley coast has left passengers reeling and demanding their money back.
  
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• ASX rises despite Wall St's Friday fall, traders eye tomorrow's RBA rate decision

  05-09-2022 02:51 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares have opened higher, ahead of the Reserve Bank's interest rate decision on Tuesday.
  
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• 'I'm wasting myself': How visa restrictions are stopping skilled migrant women from working

  05-09-2022 01:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Migrant doctors, nurses, engineers and pharmacists say their bridging visas are stopping them from getting jobs in Australia — but they are working to change that.
  
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• As 22 cent fuel excise hike looms, the competition watchdog is ordered to monitor fuel retailers

  05-09-2022 00:33 via abc.net.au
  
  As the end of a temporary halving of Australia's fuel excise draws near, the ACCC is ordered to watch for fuel retailers seeking to take advantage of the hike.
  
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• More 'cottonfed' cattle possible as waste turned into feed

  05-09-2022 00:28 via abc.net.au
  
  A new factory that upcycles waste from growing cotton could see more "cottonfed" Australian beef, and a byproduct from the process could find its way into your fish and chips.
  
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• For this family, regional Victoria is home. Their town welcomes the federal government increase to the migration cap

  05-09-2022 00:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Ballarat council, industry, employers and cultural groups are working together to maximise their benefit from the migration boost. 
  
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• Federal government increase to migration cap welcomed in Ballarat. For this family, regional Victoria is home

  05-09-2022 00:06 via abc.net.au
  
  In Ballarat, council, industry, employers and cultural groups are working together to maximise their benefit from the migration boost. 
  
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• European Union to meet amid energy crisis warning as Russia suspends gas supply

  05-09-2022 00:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Germany says Russia is "no longer a reliable energy partner" after announcing multi-billion dollar measures to help ease price pain. 
  
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• European Union to meet amid energy crisis warning as Russia suspends gas line

  05-09-2022 00:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Germany says Russia is "no longer a reliable energy partner" after announcing multi-billion dollar measures to help ease price pain. 
  
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