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• Will new workplace laws stop us 'snapping our fingers to have our servants drop us meals'

  23-07-2024 20:55 via abc.net.au
  
  There's a widening gap in the working rights of gig workers and white-collar professionals, which the federal government is hoping it can plug with new laws set to kick in soon.
  
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• Mind The Gap: The growing chasm between white-collar knowledge workers and '21st-century chimney-sweeps'

  23-07-2024 20:55 via abc.net.au
  
  There's a widening gap in the working rights of gig workers and white-collar professionals, which the federal government is hoping it can plug with new laws set to kick in soon.
  
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• Gap in work conditions between gig workers and white-collar professions widens

  23-07-2024 20:55 via abc.net.au
  
  There's a widening gap in the working rights of gig workers and white-collar professionals, which the federal government is hoping it can plug with new laws set to kick in soon.
  
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• Wintry weather drives electricity prices to record levels

  23-07-2024 16:08 via abc.net.au
  
  A cold spell across Australia's south-eastern states has led to record demand in the national electricity market (NEM) across late autumn and early winter. 
  
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• South-east cold spell drove record demand for power and soaring wholesale prices

  23-07-2024 16:08 via abc.net.au
  
  A cold spell across Australia's south-eastern states has led to record demand in the national electricity market (NEM) across late autumn and early winter. 
  
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• These are the world's most powerful passports in 2024. See where Australia sits

  23-07-2024 13:43 via abc.net.au
  
  The Henley Passport Index 2024 has again crowned Singapore the country with the world's most powerful passport. See where Australia sits on the list.
  
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• Mine opponents claim 'misleading and deceptive conduct' in fight against project

  23-07-2024 10:29 via abc.net.au
  
  A NSW mines investor communication is under the microscope as a group of residents opposed to its mine development files a complaint with corporate regulator.
  
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• Warning unemployment could rise as jobs attract hundreds of applicants

  23-07-2024 08:52 via abc.net.au
  
  While the jobless rate has been slowly creeping higher, alarm bells are ringing about the potential for a big surge in unemployment as recruiters report seeing hundreds of applications for a single job. 
  
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• 'I feel abandoned by society': Professionals lament as jobless rate tipped to spike above 5 per cent

  23-07-2024 08:52 via abc.net.au
  
  While the jobless rate has been slowly creeping higher, alarm bells are ringing about the potential for a big surge in unemployment as recruiters report seeing hundreds of applications for a single job. 
  
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• ANZ warns unemployment could rise above 5pc as 'over-qualified' job applicants feel 'abandoned by society'

  23-07-2024 08:52 via abc.net.au
  
  While the jobless rate has been slowly creeping higher, alarm bells are ringing about the potential for a big surge in unemployment as recruiters report seeing hundreds of applications for a single job. 
  
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• Tram line to temporarily shut to make way for a $200 million overpass in Adelaide's south

  23-07-2024 07:46 via abc.net.au
  
  The South Australian and federal governments will each contribute $100 million towards an overpass at Morphettville, temporarily closing the Glenelg tram line for approximately six months in 2025.
  
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• Waters off SA, Victoria and Tasmania opened for new gas exploration

  23-07-2024 06:19 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government opens waters off the Victorian, Tasmanian and South Australian coasts for new gas exploration as it seeks to increase Australia's supply.
  
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• Live: Rental relief as Australia's asking prices stabilise, while CrowdStrike shares slip further

  23-07-2024 01:20 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX has started the day's trade on the rise while overnight the prices for gold, oil and copper took a dive. Follow live.
  
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• Live: ASX on the rise, gold, oil and copper prices slump

  23-07-2024 01:20 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX has started the day's trade on the rise while overnight the prices for gold, oil and copper took a dive. Follow live.
  
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• As it happened: ASIC charges pump and dump group chat with alleged market manipulation, Australian shares close higher

  23-07-2024 01:20 via abc.net.au
  
  ASIC alleges a 'pump and dump' group chat was responsible for manipulating the price of Australian equities. The ASX200 closed higher today. As it happened. 
  
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• Same job, different pay as school bus drivers excluded from government wage increases

  23-07-2024 01:01 via abc.net.au
  
  With their counterparts' hourly rate rising to $35, Queensland school bus drivers won't receive a cent from an industry-wide wage increase which was designed to equalise pay in the sector.
  
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