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• Live: Elon Musk successor steps down from Tesla, US stocks regain lost ground ahead of inflation report

  07-08-2023 23:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Tesla's chief financial officer, Zachary Kirkhorn, leaves the electric car-maker, and US stocks finish higher after last week's losses ahead of inflation report.  Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• Live: Elon Musk successor steps down from Tesla, ASX gains after Wall Street rally ahead of inflation report

  07-08-2023 23:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Tesla's chief financial officer, Zachary Kirkhorn, leaves the electric car-maker, and the ASX is higher after a rise on Wall Street ahead of the inflation report.  Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• ASX treads water despite Wall Street gains, China trade flop, and weak consumer confidence weighs on investors — as it happened

  07-08-2023 23:26 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market ran out of steam as falling exports and imports in China weighed on investors.  James Hardie jumped after it saw first quarter profit rise. 
  
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• Could tax perks for donating 'ugly' or excess produce help solve Australia's food waste woes?

  07-08-2023 23:21 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's largest food relief charity wants the federal government to change its tax arrangements to make donating unwanted produce less costly for businesses.
  
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• Inmates eager to ramp up home building for Indigenous communities

  07-08-2023 22:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Correctional Services NSW has agreed to increase the number of inmate-built modular homes for the Aboriginal Housing Office, with a real need for five-bedroom homes and a workforce eager to build skills.
  
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• Racing game becomes universally relatable story in Gran Turismo

  07-08-2023 22:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Neill Blomkamp directs a biopic about a British racing driver who started his career on a racing simulator video game.
  
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• Bec and Sarah didn't want to repair a property that could just flood again. Turns out, their insurance claim wasn't that simple

  07-08-2023 21:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Australians are facing a "broken" insurance system as the risk of bushfires, floods and cyclones increases with climate change, a new report out today says.
  
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• Timber once destined to become paper is now helping build high-rises

  07-08-2023 21:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Tasmania's first multi-storey building using timber is taking shape on the city skyline, as pressure grows to use alternatives to greenhouse-gas-intensive materials like steel.
  
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• 'The speed of construction has really surprised us': Multi-storey timber building takes shape

  07-08-2023 21:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Tasmania's first multi-storey building using timber is taking shape on the city skyline, as pressure grows to use alternatives to greenhouse-gas-intensive materials like steel.
  
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• NSW nurses accept government's 4pc pay rise in narrow vote 'driven by cost of living'

  07-08-2023 13:54 via abc.net.au
  
  The vote by the NSW Nurses and Midwives' Association staves off industrial action, but the union says its members recognise 4 per cent isn't enough and vow to continue their fight for better pay.
  
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• Education boss reveals department using Gonski funding to spruik new technical colleges

  07-08-2023 09:41 via abc.net.au
  
  It's been revealed the SA government is spending $1.2 million of funding allocated for public schools on an advertising campaign spruiking five technical colleges it promised to build if elected, sparking criticism from teachers and the opposition. 
  
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• Big funding injection, ambitious deadline for Australian 'first' project to decarbonise cotton growing

  07-08-2023 07:28 via abc.net.au
  
  With the NSW government chipping in $36 million, the project at Moree aims to produce green hydrogen, renewable ammonia and solar power to lower fertiliser and fuel emissions by displacing 1.4 million litres of imported diesel.
  
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• $36m for NSW farm to host green hydrogen, ammonia plant in bid for climate-positive cotton

  07-08-2023 07:28 via abc.net.au
  
  With almost $36 million in state government funding, the project at Moree aims to lower fertiliser and fuel emissions by displacing 1.4 million litres of imported diesel.
  
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• 'Devastation': Court hears of 'economic and cultural loss' caused by Fortescue mines as native title dispute resumes

  07-08-2023 07:27 via abc.net.au
  
  The Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation seeks $500 million a year in compensation from Fortescue Metals Group, for losses caused by the company's Solomon Hub in WA.
  
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• Lawyers for Gina Rinehart fire first shots as billionaires battle it out over mining royalties in court

  07-08-2023 06:33 via abc.net.au
  
  Lawyers for billionaire Gina Rinehart seek to demolish a claim by a former business partner of her father Lang Hancock to a share of the jewel in her lucrative iron ore empire.
  
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• 'Fatal flaws' in argument underpin claim for slice of Gina Rinehart's iron ore empire, WA Supreme Court hears

  07-08-2023 06:33 via abc.net.au
  
  Lawyers for billionaire Gina Rinehart seek to demolish a claim by a former business partner of her father Lang Hancock to a share of the jewel in her lucrative iron ore empire.
  
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• Barbie has reached the 'Barbillion' milestone. Experts say its marketing was a 'masterclass'

  07-08-2023 05:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Just three weeks after its release, Greta Gerwig's Barbie has collected more than $1 billion at the global box office — and it's on track to become the biggest movie of the year.
  
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• Barbie has made $1b at the global box office. Experts says its marketing was a 'masterclass'

  07-08-2023 05:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Just three weeks after its release, Greta Gerwig's Barbie has collected more than $1 billion at the global box office — and it's on track to become the biggest movie of the year.
  
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• Barbie has made $1b at the global box office. Experts say its marketing was a 'masterclass'

  07-08-2023 05:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Just three weeks after its release, Greta Gerwig's Barbie has collected more than $1 billion at the global box office — and it's on track to become the biggest movie of the year.
  
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• Perth drinking water concerns set to trigger Alcoa environmental review

  07-08-2023 04:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Alcoa could have its current plans to mine assessed by WA's environmental watchdog for the first time in history, following drinking water concerns.
  
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• Perth drinking water concerns could trigger Alcoa environmental review

  07-08-2023 04:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Alcoa could have its current plans to mine assessed by WA's environmental watchdog for the first time in history, following drinking water concerns.
  
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• Live: ASX set for quiet start after Wall Street eases on disappointing jobs numbers

  07-08-2023 00:48 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX looks set for a subdued start to the week, following modest falls on Wall Street on Friday and with no major corporate profit results due out today. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• Live: ASX follows Wall Street lower as US data show wages growth despite employment slowdown

  07-08-2023 00:48 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX is following modest falls on Wall Street on Friday, with no major corporate profit results or economic data out today. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• Live: ASX follows Wall Street lower, as job ads show there is still plenty of work available in Australia

  07-08-2023 00:48 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX is following modest falls on Wall Street on Friday. US markets eased on a slowdown in job creation, although Australian data show there are still plenty of jobs being advertised here. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• ASX follows Wall Street lower, as job ads show there is still plenty of work available — as it happened

  07-08-2023 00:48 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX followed modest falls on Wall Street on Friday. US markets eased on a slowdown in job creation, although Australian data show there are still plenty of jobs being advertised here. Here's how the trading day unfolded.
  
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