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• Live: Stocks to rise despite Australia being 'no closer' to a RBA rate cut, as Star Casino announces bailout

  25-09-2024 23:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian stocks are poised to rise the day after monthly inflation data showed the country "is no closer" to a rate cut than it was after the RBA's meeting on Tuesday. Follow the day's events and insights as they happen with our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• Live: Australian stocks poised to rise despite economy being 'no closer' to a RBA rate cut

  25-09-2024 23:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian stocks are poised to rise the day after monthly inflation data showed the country "is no closer" to a rate cut than it was after the RBA's meeting on Tuesday. Follow the day's events and insights as they happen with our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• ASX closes higher, Star Casino announces bailout, Qantas engineers pursue industrial action — as it happened

  25-09-2024 23:28 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX snapped a three-day losing streak on Thursday, Star Casino announced a bailout, and Qantas management said they were prepared for this weekend's industrial action. Look back on our business blog to see how the day's events unfolded.
  
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• Tips and tricks for shrinking your supermarket spending

  25-09-2024 20:56 via abc.net.au
  
  Many of us are looking to save money at the grocery shop, but it's not always that simple. Here are a few pointers that could make a difference.
  
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• Dutton's plan for nuclear power will open up a $70 billion gas gap, Labor says

  25-09-2024 20:45 via abc.net.au
  
  Closing the nuclear-energy electricity gap with gas power will cost $70 billion, boost emissions by 325 million tonnes, and increase gas usage through to 2035 by five times annual production, according to new Labor analysis.
  
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• Major supermarkets are only split by $1.20 at the check-out, according to new survey

  25-09-2024 16:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Basic grocery items are still cheaper at Aldi when compared with Coles and Woolworths, according to consumer group Choice, which has again found little price difference between the two major grocers.
  
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• Choice report finds cost of basket of goods at Coles and Woolworths is 'almost identical'

  25-09-2024 16:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Basic grocery items are still cheaper at Aldi when compared with Coles and Woolworths, according to consumer group Choice, which has again found little price difference between the two major grocers.
  
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• 'Too little, too late': New China stimulus blitz faces scepticism from economists

  25-09-2024 12:54 via abc.net.au
  
  China has announced a broad suite of stimulus measures, but analysts are sceptical about whether they are enough to kickstart a sluggish economy.
  
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• China unveils 'most aggressive stimulus' package since pandemic, but is it enough?

  25-09-2024 12:54 via abc.net.au
  
  China has announced a broad suite of stimulus measures, but analysts are sceptical about whether they are enough to kickstart a sluggish economy.
  
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• ABC chair Kim Williams calls for return of China correspondent to mark 'profound' importance of Beijing on world stage

  25-09-2024 12:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Kim Williams says the ABC is "eager to restore" a bureau in Beijing after the last correspondent was forced to leave in 2020.
  
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• ABC chair calls for return of China correspondent to mark 'profound' importance of Beijing on world stage

  25-09-2024 12:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Kim Williams says the ABC is "eager to restore" a bureau in Beijing after the last correspondent was forced to leave in 2020.
  
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• ABC chair calls for return of China correspondent

  25-09-2024 12:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Kim Williams says the ABC is "eager to restore" a bureau in Beijing after the last correspondent was forced to leave in 2020.
  
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• Michelle Brasier went into debt to keep up with rich kids. Here's why she doesn't regret it

  25-09-2024 09:49 via abc.net.au
  
  For Pay Day, actor and writer Michelle Brasier talks about getting out of debt through making art, the bread that will be her "financial ruin" and learning not to regret past financial decisions.
  
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• Is the kangaroo label confusing? Locally-owned businesses call for clearer Australian Made labelling

  25-09-2024 09:45 via abc.net.au
  
  It is an iconic Australian logo, but a coalition of businesses want Aussie-made logos to be made clearer after a survey finds more than half of consumers are being misled into buying foreign-owned products.
  
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• Food farmers' commissioner to take on 'mafia tactics' of Coles and Woolies

  25-09-2024 07:02 via abc.net.au
  
  In his first day on the job Charles Burke has laid down the gauntlet to major supermarkets with his newly-installed power to report behaviours and business practices that hurt farmers and consumers.
  
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• Embattled steelworks behind in payments, with SA government acknowledging possibility of administration

  25-09-2024 06:03 via abc.net.au
  
  The SA government says it has sought advice from insolvency experts about the situation at the Whyalla steelworks, with the premier acknowledging contingency plans are being made for every possible "eventuality", including "something going wrong".
  
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• Mining giant offers small WA town a multi-million-dollar deal in return for airport control

  25-09-2024 06:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Mineral Resources is looking to take a 21-year lease at WA's Kambalda Airport, in a deal set to inject millions of dollars into the local council's coffers.
  
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• Billionaire miner seeks control of country town's airport as shuttle point for FIFO fleet

  25-09-2024 06:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Mineral Resources is looking to take a 21-year lease at WA's Kambalda Airport, in a deal set to inject millions of dollars into the local council's coffers.
  
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• 'Flowers for men': Shop clears $10k a week in jerky sales amid keto-driven dried meat boom

  25-09-2024 05:01 via abc.net.au
  
  With a growing emphasis on healthy, protein-rich diets amongst families and households, consumers are turning to alternative approaches to snacking on the go.
  
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• Country shop clearing $10,000 worth of beef jerky a week as diet and consumer demands shift

  25-09-2024 05:01 via abc.net.au
  
  With a growing emphasis on healthy, protein-rich diets among families and households, consumers are turning to alternative approaches to snacking on the go.
  
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• Coal train stopped by activists protesting federal approval of NSW mine extensions

  25-09-2024 04:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Rising Tide protesters have climbed onto a coal train near Newcastle, calling for the federal government to reverse its approval for three coal mines to extend their operations for another three to four decades.
  
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• Headline inflation drops to 2.7pc, down from 3.5pc, as energy rebates kick in

  25-09-2024 03:53 via abc.net.au
  
  That huge slowdown in the pace of headline inflation was expected, but economists say it needs to be interpreted cautiously.
  
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• What’s happening with Diddy? The past, present and future of Sean Combs

  25-09-2024 03:41 via abc.net.au
  
  Sean “Diddy” Combs has been a revered artist and entrepreneur in the world of hip hop since the early '90s. Now, he’s awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking and racketeering. How did we get here?
  
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• Perfection Fresh to cut 'significant' number of jobs amid tomato virus outbreak

  25-09-2024 03:27 via abc.net.au
  
  The company is one of three businesses hit by tomato brown rugose fruit virus in South Australia — the first time the virus has been detected in Australia.
  
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• Breaking: Perfection Fresh to cut 'significant' number of jobs amid tomato virus outbreak

  25-09-2024 03:27 via abc.net.au
  
  A major fruit and vegetable grower says a number of jobs will go because of the impact of a tomato virus that has been detected in its plants.
  
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• Do you actually need to be at home when you're WFH?

  25-09-2024 02:34 via abc.net.au
  
  Flexible working arrangements have become the new normal for millions of Australians, but just how flexible are you allowed to be when it comes to location?
  
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• 'Perfect storm,' not AI decisions, led to global CrowdStrike outage, company's VP tells security committee

  25-09-2024 02:21 via abc.net.au
  
  CrowdStrike's Adam Meyers tells the US House of Representatives' cybersecurity subcommittee he is "deeply sorry" for the global meltdown. 
  
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