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• Live: Wall Street keeps lifting, Bank of England holds rates steady and ASX up

  09-05-2024 23:04 via abc.net.au
  
  The Bank of England holds interest rates steady but the governor is "optimistic" about interest rate cuts while US indices lift, continuing a strong run. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• Live: Wall Street keeps lifting, Bank of England holds rates steady and ASX set to rise

  09-05-2024 23:04 via abc.net.au
  
  The Bank of England holds interest rates steady but the governor is "optimistic" about interest rate cuts while US indices lift, continuing a strong run. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• ASX closes in positive territory after Bank of England holds rates steady — as it happened

  09-05-2024 23:04 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX 200 closed higher on Friday after the Bank of England kept interest rates steady and US indices lifted on Thursday night. 
  
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• 134 years not out, Don Bradman's restored childhood home goes on the market

  09-05-2024 22:31 via abc.net.au
  
  The house that helped shape the world's best-ever batsman has been put on the market after 17 years by its current owner, who completed a meticulous restoration project. 
  
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• Annastacia Palaszczuk steers clear of state politics as she takes up new job

  09-05-2024 22:14 via abc.net.au
  
  The former Queensland premier talks about life post-politics and her new job at the Smart Energy Council, but won't confirm whether she will join her successor Steven Miles on the state election campaign trail this year.
  
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• The Melbourne Airport Rail has been delayed yet again. Here's what went wrong this time

  09-05-2024 21:18 via abc.net.au
  
  The Victorian government's announcement to delay Melbourne's airport rail for another four years is just the latest in a decades-long struggle.
  
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• How trying to build a train to Melbourne Airport turned into a 60-year odyssey with no end in sight

  09-05-2024 21:18 via abc.net.au
  
  The Victorian government's announcement to delay Melbourne's airport rail for another four years is just the latest in a decades-long struggle.
  
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• This carbon project has united greenies, farmers and Australia's richest woman. But it's divided the Coalition

  09-05-2024 21:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Accused by the Nationals of making a wrong call over a controversial carbon capture project, Liberal deputy leader Sussan Ley hits back, exposing a split at the highest levels of the Coalition. 
  
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• Politicians are running a mile from a controversial carbon project that Gina Rinehart wants stopped

  09-05-2024 21:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Accused by the Nationals of making a wrong call over a controversial carbon capture project, Liberal deputy leader Sussan Ley hits back, exposing a split at the highest levels of the Coalition. 
  
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• 'There is no net zero without Australia': Why industry wants more budget money for critical minerals

  09-05-2024 20:56 via abc.net.au
  
  As the world decarbonises, Australia's resources sector is hoping for more government support in Tuesday's federal budget to extract and process critical minerals.
  
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• 'If we don't move now this world of opportunity will go right past us': Critical minerals miners call for more government support

  09-05-2024 20:56 via abc.net.au
  
  As the world decarbonises, Australia's resources sector is hoping for more government support in Tuesday's federal budget to extract and process critical minerals.
  
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• Labor backbench 'blindsided' by Albanese's gas strategy that keeps fuel 'to 2050 and beyond'

  09-05-2024 10:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Labor backbenchers say they were caught off guard by the government's new gas policy, which the Resources minister says will keep the fossil fuel in Australia's energy mix until 2050 "and beyond".
  
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• Australians stranded in Vanuatu as national airline teeters on the brink of voluntary administration

  09-05-2024 08:25 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian tourists are stranded in Vanuatu after the country's national airline cancelled international flights for four days, while the Vanuatu government considers putting it into voluntary administration.
  
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• Report recommends stricter safety measures after propeller strap punctured aircraft taking off from Canberra Airport

  09-05-2024 08:15 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian Transport Safety Bureau calls for vigilance, publishing a report into an incident in which a strap was left on the propeller of a plane that took off from Canberra Airport, damaging the aircraft and injuring a passenger, in 2022.
  
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• WA Budget 2024: Are you a winner or a loser?

  09-05-2024 08:08 via abc.net.au
  
  A lower-than-forecast surplus, a Metronet blowout and electricity credits all mark the WA budget. What's in it for you?
  
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• How did you fare? All the winners and losers from Treasurer Rita Saffioti's first WA Budget

  09-05-2024 08:08 via abc.net.au
  
  A lower-than-forecast surplus, a Metronet blowout and electricity credits all mark the WA budget. What's in it for you?
  
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• WA has just recorded another huge surplus, but not everyone's happy with today's budget

  09-05-2024 07:33 via abc.net.au
  
  WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti and Premier Roger Cook have unveiled their first budget, ahead of the 2025 state election. Look back at how it all played out.
  
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• WA has just recorded another huge surplus, but not everyone's happy with the state budget

  09-05-2024 07:33 via abc.net.au
  
  WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti and Premier Roger Cook have unveiled their first budget, ahead of the 2025 state election. Look back at how it all played out.
  
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• Live: WA yet again flush with cash as state budget unveils cost-of-living relief

  09-05-2024 07:33 via abc.net.au
  
  WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti and Premier Roger Cook have unveiled their first budget, ahead of the 2025 state election. Follow live.
  
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• Live: WA yet again flush with cash as state budget tipped to offer cost-of-living relief

  09-05-2024 07:33 via abc.net.au
  
  WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti and Premier Roger Cook will this afternoon unveil their first budget, ahead of the 2025 state election. Follow live.
  
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• Live: WA has just recorded another huge surplus, but not everyone's happy with today's budget

  09-05-2024 07:33 via abc.net.au
  
  WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti and Premier Roger Cook have unveiled their first budget, ahead of the 2025 state election. Follow live.
  
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• Old design an example of 'what we don't want to do', say new architects of Hobart AFL stadium

  09-05-2024 07:17 via abc.net.au
  
  The newly appointed architects for Hobart's waterfront stadium say the earlier artist impression of the site is an example of what the company doesn't want to follow.
  
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• Hobart stadium's $715m budget 'perfectly appropriate', new architects say, as old mock-up rubbished

  09-05-2024 07:17 via abc.net.au
  
  The newly appointed architects for Hobart's waterfront stadium say the earlier artist impression of the site is an example of what the company doesn't want to do.
  
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• Australia increases financial support to Tuvalu in face of competition with China

  09-05-2024 05:47 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia and Tuvalu declare there are only a "narrow set of circumstances" where the federal government might trigger a contentious part of the Falepili Union which allows Canberra to veto security arrangements struck by the Pacific Island nation.
  
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• Bonza's aircraft leave the country after fleet repossessed

  09-05-2024 02:57 via abc.net.au
  
  The 737-Max 8 aircraft are being flown offshore after the fleet's lease was terminated.
  
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• How avoiding 'autopilot' can save you money in the supermarket

  09-05-2024 01:56 via abc.net.au
  
  Research shows we're being bamboozled in shopping aisles. Experts share their advice on ways to help dodge the confusion — and reduce your spend.
  
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• Easy ways to save money when you're food shopping

  09-05-2024 01:56 via abc.net.au
  
  Research shows we're being bamboozled in shopping aisles. Experts share their advice on ways to help dodge the confusion — and reduce your spend.
  
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• 'Brilliant mind, great artist': Alt rock pioneer Steve Albini dies aged 61

  09-05-2024 01:29 via abc.net.au
  
  The legendary producer who recorded music for bands including Nirvana, the Pixies, and PJ Harvey dies after a heart attack.
  
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• Live: Gas stocks soar after Albanese government releases its 'Future Gas Strategy', CBA third-quarter cash profit falls 7pc

  09-05-2024 00:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Gas stocks have jumped after the Albanese government released its "Future Gas Strategy" report, retail stocks down heavily. Follow the latest updates in our live blog.
  
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• Live: ASX to open lower, Commonwealth Bank's third-quarter cash profit falls 7pc

  09-05-2024 00:00 via abc.net.au
  
  A mixed session on Wall Street is likely to send Australian stocks lower, while the Commonwealth Bank's third-quarter cash profit falls 7 per cent. Follow the latest updates in our live blog.
  
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• Live: ASX lower, Commonwealth Bank's third-quarter cash profit falls 7pc

  09-05-2024 00:00 via abc.net.au
  
  A mixed session on Wall Street has sent Australian stocks lower, while the Commonwealth Bank's third-quarter cash profit falls 7 per cent. Follow the latest updates in our live blog.
  
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• Gas stocks soar after Albanese government releases its 'Future Gas Strategy', CBA third-quarter cash profit falls 7pc — as it happened

  09-05-2024 00:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Gas stocks surged after the Albanese government released its "Future Gas Strategy" report, but the ASX closed lower overall. Catch up on the day's business and market news and it happened on our live blog.
  
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