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• 'They all thought I was joking': Chinese travellers surprised at Australian tourist visa refusals

  05-05-2023 22:33 via abc.net.au
  
  Chinese holiday-makers say they want to come to Australia, but some travellers are having their tourist visa applications rejected.
  
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• 'Only Australia said no': Chinese tourists head elsewhere amid frustration over visa refusals

  05-05-2023 22:33 via abc.net.au
  
  Chinese holiday-makers say they want to come to Australia, but some travellers are having their tourist visa applications rejected.
  
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• Would you watch Succession if it was written by artificial intelligence? Hollywood fears an AI future

  05-05-2023 21:25 via abc.net.au
  
  Writers created Tony Soprano, Don Draper and Shiv Roy. Now they've walked off the job, partly because they fear something fundamental will be lost if Hollywood allows itself to become a wasteland of AI-generated stories.
  
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• Hollywood writers are on strike over an AI threat that some are warning is coming for you next

  05-05-2023 21:25 via abc.net.au
  
  Writers created Tony Soprano, Don Draper and Shiv Roy. Now they've walked off the job, partly because they fear something fundamental will be lost if Hollywood allows itself to become a wasteland of AI-generated stories.
  
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• Hollywood writers are on strike over an AI threat some are warning is coming for you next

  05-05-2023 21:25 via abc.net.au
  
  Writers created Tony Soprano, Don Draper and Shiv Roy. Now they've walked off the job, partly because they fear something fundamental will be lost if Hollywood allows itself to become a wasteland of AI-generated stories.
  
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• US gas company welcomes Northern Territory fracking approval, amid local groundwater concerns

  05-05-2023 10:26 via abc.net.au
  
  A US gas company with the biggest stake in the Beetaloo Basin has welcomed the approval of a full-scale fracking industry, while some locals say they are "devastated". 
  
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• Carnarvon liquor restrictions 'tougher than what's in Alice Springs,' WA Premier says

  05-05-2023 10:09 via abc.net.au
  
  WA Premier Mark McGowan says alcohol restrictions imposed in the coastal town are necessary to prevent crime and ensure children are kept safer — and he makes "no apologies for that".
  
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• Federal Energy minister announces new authority to guide coal communities to net zero

  05-05-2023 09:32 via abc.net.au
  
  The new government-led agency — the Net Zero Authority — will help reskill workers in mining and coal-fired generation and provide more funding for renewable energy.
  
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• Perilya miners play waiting game ahead of flagged job cuts, restructure in Broken Hill

  05-05-2023 09:30 via abc.net.au
  
  It may be another week before miners at Broken Hill's largest mining company find out the details of job cuts likely to come from a restructure of its North mine, a union says.
  
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• Adam was surprised when his insurance was cancelled, but advisors say more cases will come

  05-05-2023 08:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Adam Mintz's shack was inundated during the River Murray flood event but it was a shock when his insurer wouldn't renew his policy. Academics warn more cancellations should be expected. 
  
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• Adam was surprised when his insurance was cancelled, but advisers say more cases will come

  05-05-2023 08:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Adam Mintz's shack was inundated during the River Murray flood event but it was a shock when his insurer wouldn't renew his policy. Academics warn more cancellations should be expected. 
  
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• 'The game is on': Officials looking into investors targeting big US banks to make 'easy money'

  05-05-2023 08:13 via abc.net.au
  
  US authorities are looking into whether big investment firms are targeting, or attacking, otherwise healthy banks to make a profit.
  
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• 'Every US regional bank has a target on its head' as US banking crisis evolves

  05-05-2023 08:13 via abc.net.au
  
  US authorities are looking into whether big investment firms are targeting, or attacking, otherwise healthy banks to make a profit.
  
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• Sydney construction company involved in partial house collapse loses building licence

  05-05-2023 06:49 via abc.net.au
  
  Three people had a "lucky escape" from a six-to-12-month-old home at Condell Park in the early hours of Good Friday when one corner of the house above the garage collapsed.
  
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• How will the inflation storm affect infrastructure and real estate?

  05-05-2023 06:30
  How will the inflation storm affect infrastructure and real estate?rnathFri, 2023-05-05 14:30 Rhea Nath Rhea L Nath is a journalist at Money Management. She has previously worked as a business reporter with Dynamic Business and journalist in the multicultural media with Indian Link Media Group. In 2022, she was named Young Journalist of the Year at the NSW Premier’s Multicultural Communications Awards. Rhea's social profiles: E-mail AuthorMore articles by Rhea:View articles on Money Manage
  
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• Do greenwashing fears scare investors from ESG-defined funds?

  05-05-2023 05:51
  
  Do greenwashing fears scare investors from ESG-defined funds?Laura DewFri, 2023-05-05 13:51 Laura Dew Laura Dew is editor at Money Management. Prior to joining MM, she spent five years working at Investment Week in the UK, covering asset and wealth management. Laura's social profiles: E-mail Author Twitter More articles by Laura:View articles on Money ManagementPrint0SaveNo votes have been submitted yet.
  
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• Farmer among growing group ditching diesel-run machinery for electric vehicles

  05-05-2023 05:04 via abc.net.au
  
  When farmer Rob McCreath braves the autumn frosts, jumps on his motorbike and heads out to tend to his cows each morning, he can still hear the birds sing.
  
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• Man who pocketed nearly $500k from ATO fraud jailed for nine years

  05-05-2023 04:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Patrick Willmott is one of five people who have been found guilty over the Plutus Payroll tax fraud which saw the ATO lose $105 million.
  
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• 'Big loss' as Australia's largest stockpile of buffalo semen accidentally destroyed

  05-05-2023 04:44 via abc.net.au
  
  An administration error by a third party has caused more than 2,300 straws of buffalo semen to be destroyed.
  
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• Farmers embrace WA's latest trend in agritourism — eco tiny cabins

  05-05-2023 04:12 via abc.net.au
  
  A new kind of agritourism is being welcomed by producers and planning experts as farmers look to diversify their income streams without making more work for themselves.
  
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• Queensland coal projects cancelled over failure to detail environmental impact

  05-05-2023 03:52 via abc.net.au
  
  The Federal Environment Minister cancelled two projects over the failure of proponents to provide information on environmental impacts, which was requested over many years.
  
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• Treasurer insists nation's most vulnerable will benefit from federal budget

  05-05-2023 03:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he has not forgotten the nation's most needy as he prepares to hand down next week's budget which is expected to have a strong focus on cost of living support.
  
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• Biden outlines expectations on AI safety to tech giants

  05-05-2023 03:37 via abc.net.au
  
  US President Joe Biden meets with CEOs of top artificial-intelligence companies including Microsoft and Google, making clear they must ensure their products are safe before they are deployed.
  
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• Lawyers allege Medibank failed to take reasonable steps to protect highly sensitive health data

  05-05-2023 03:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Law firm Slater and Gordon launches legal proceedings on behalf of nearly 10 million current and former Medibank customers caught up in a data breach.
  
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• 'I appreciate you trawling through my records': Federal MP apologises for failing to declare luxury outback staycation

  05-05-2023 00:42 via abc.net.au
  
  Following questioning from the ABC, federal MP Warren Entsch said "an oversight" was to blame for his failure to declare thousands of dollars in gifted travel.
  
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• Federal Liberal MP apologises for failing to declare stay in luxury outback lodge

  05-05-2023 00:42 via abc.net.au
  
  Following questioning from the ABC, federal MP Warren Entsch said "an oversight" was to blame for his failure to declare thousands of dollars in gifted travel.
  
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• Rent seekers are profiting big time and it's hurting Australian living standards, top economist says

  05-05-2023 00:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Pointing to big changes that have greatly affected Australia's capacity to deliver rising standards of living, top economist Ross Garnaut calls for a major policy overhaul.
  
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• RBA rate hikes creating inflation, top economist says, calling for radical policy overhaul

  05-05-2023 00:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Pointing to big changes that have greatly affected Australia's capacity to deliver rising standards of living, top economist Garnaut calls for a major policy overhaul.
  
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