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• There's a 'bright outlook' for Queensland's coal despite China's unofficial import ban

  18-11-2022 22:34 via abc.net.au
  
  Despite global demand for coal continuing to plummet by 2050, the need for Queensland metallurgical coal is expected to increase during that time, state government analysis shows.
  
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• Demand for Queensland metallurgical coal set to increase despite global trend

  18-11-2022 22:34 via abc.net.au
  
  Despite global demand for coal continuing to plummet by 2050, the need for Queensland metallurgical coal is expected to increase during that time, state government analysis shows.
  
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• Hydrogen fuel trial soon rolling out for freight — with truck engines to be converted

  18-11-2022 22:17 via abc.net.au
  
  Hydrogen fuel trials are emerging across Australia, but a project in Tasmania is seeking to create an entirely renewable energy-generated supply chain.
  
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• Converting diesel engines to run on hydrogen fuel: truck trial to kick off to reduce emissions

  18-11-2022 22:17 via abc.net.au
  
  Hydrogen fuel trials are emerging across Australia, but a project in Tasmania is seeking to create an entirely renewable energy-generated supply chain.
  
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• 'No to plastic bags': How Senegal's Plastic Man is fighting pollution

  18-11-2022 21:54 via abc.net.au
  
  On a Senegalese beach covered with plastic trash, environmental activist Modou Fall wears a uniform of plastic bags, cups and other junk in an effort to talk to anyone who will listen about the problems of plastics. 
  
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• 'Gross sabotage': Sweden finds traces of explosives at Nord Stream site

  18-11-2022 21:15 via abc.net.au
  
  The parallel undersea pipelines, which run from Russia to Germany, were ruptured in September.
  
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• 'It's quite alarming': Environmentalists slam NT water allocation plan that would see 262 gigalitres taken each year

  18-11-2022 19:51 via abc.net.au
  
  Under the draft Georgina Wiso water allocation plan, the territory government says more than 262 gigalitres of water can be taken "sustainably" each year within the Daly, Roper and Beetaloo district. 
  
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• WA nurses union gagged by Industrial Relations Commission as vote on government pay offer is scrapped

  18-11-2022 11:28 via abc.net.au
  
  The workplace relations umpire shuts down a vote by nurses and midwives on the McGowan government's proposed wages offer, and gags their union's leadership.
  
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• North Queensland pilot found guilty of chartering flights without a commercial licence

  18-11-2022 09:12 via abc.net.au
  
  A Townsville jury convicts a pilot of fraud after he chartered flights for members of the Katter's Australian Party without a licence.
  
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• Kapunda's last bank branch closes its doors after a decline in customers

  18-11-2022 08:50 via abc.net.au
  
  BankSA's move to close its Kapunda branch is another sign banks are "deserting regional South Australians", Member for Frome Penny Pratt says.
  
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• PM says Australia unlikely to back Taiwan to join Pacific trade pact

  18-11-2022 06:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Anthony Albanese says Australia is unlikely to support Taiwan's efforts to join the CPTPP trade bloc on the basis that it is not a "recognised" nation state. 
  
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• John J Ray III has spent 40 years cleaning up America's biggest corporate collapses. He's never seen anything as bad as FTX

  18-11-2022 06:06 via abc.net.au
  
  The man appointed to administer the collapsed crypto exchange in chapter 11 bankruptcy, who oversaw the clean-up after Enron's collapse, says he has never seen "such a complete failure of corporate controls".
  
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• FTX had a 'complete absence of trustworthy financial information' says new CEO

  18-11-2022 06:06 via abc.net.au
  
  The man appointed to administer the collapsed crypto exchange in chapter 11 bankruptcy, who oversaw the clean-up after Enron's collapse, says he has never seen "such a complete failure of corporate controls".
  
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• Maryvale Paper Mill workers fear they'll be stood down before Christmas

  18-11-2022 05:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Workers at the mill on Morwell's fringe are worried as increasing restrictions on VicForests' operations causes supply shortages.
  
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• Free rail travel for Sydney commuters next week as premier intervenes to avoid industrial action

  18-11-2022 05:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Another week of industrial action on Sydney trains has been avoided, with the premier agreeing to support a demand by the state's rail union.
  
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• From paddock to plate, you can now trace where your sugar comes from

  18-11-2022 02:42 via abc.net.au
  
  An Australian-first trial ships 25,000 tonnes of sustainable Queensland raw sugar from Townsville to South Korea, with the product traceable through the entire supply chain.
  
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• First traceable sugar shipment heads to South Korea

  18-11-2022 02:42 via abc.net.au
  
  An Australian-first trial ships 25,000 tonnes of sustainable Queensland raw sugar from Townsville to South Korea, with the product traceable through the entire supply chain.
  
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• Chainsaw-wielding Wide Bay man wants native animal sculpture on show at Brisbane 2032 Olympics and Paralympics

  18-11-2022 01:34 via abc.net.au
  
  Keith Gall has big plans for his sculpture of Australian native animals to feature at the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
  
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• Chainsaw-sculpting champion wants his native animal sculpture on display at Brisbane 2032 Olympics and Paralympics

  18-11-2022 01:34 via abc.net.au
  
  Queenslander Keith Gall has big plans for his sculpture of Australian native animals to feature at the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
  
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• Chainsaw-sculpting champion wants his native animal piece on display at Brisbane 2032 Olympics and Paralympics

  18-11-2022 01:34 via abc.net.au
  
  Queenslander Keith Gall has big plans for his sculpture of Australian native animals to feature at the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
  
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• Regional Victorian REDcycle partner 'surprised' by company's collapse

  18-11-2022 00:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Ballarat-based REDcycle partner, Replas, says it was as surprised as "everyone else" to learn of the recycling scheme's suspension.
  
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• Plugging methane leaks an 'absolute priority', but BP flags another 30 years of oil and gas investment

  18-11-2022 00:11 via abc.net.au
  
  The head of one of the world's biggest oil and gas producers has called for a clampdown on fugitive emissions on economic and environmental grounds, but says fossil fuels are crucial to the renewable energy transition.
  
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