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• Synergy sought billion-dollar taxpayer bailout amid soaring transition costs

  06-03-2025 23:13 via abc.net.au
  
  In Western Australia, the costs of the energy transition in the world's biggest standalone grid are mounting quickly. It's pushing the state-owned utility to the brink.
  
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• Soaring energy transition costs pushing state-owned Synergy to the brink

  06-03-2025 23:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Western Australia's state-owned power provider is under such financial strain that the energy minister went to the government seeking a taxpayer-funded bailout valued at almost $1 billion.
  
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• Grape growers working in the dark as harvest gets underway in WA

  06-03-2025 23:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Night-time has become a hive of activity in parts of regional Western Australia as the annual wine grape harvest gets underway.
  
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• Stamp duty costs a growing issue for older downsizers

  06-03-2025 22:45 via abc.net.au
  
  Other governments including Victoria and the ACT have stamp duty exemptions for pensioners who meet certain criteria. Now some retirees in NSW wish similar exemptions were available to them.
   
  
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• Cost of stamp duty stops NSW pensioners from downsizing

  06-03-2025 22:45 via abc.net.au
  
  Other governments including Victoria and the ACT have stamp duty exemptions for pensioners who meet certain criteria. Now some retirees in NSW wish similar exemptions were available to them.
   
  
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• Trump postpones 25pc tariffs on some goods from Canada and Mexico

  06-03-2025 22:39 via abc.net.au
  
  The exemption, covering the two largest US trading partners, will expire on April 2.
  
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• Trump postpones 25pc tariffs on Canada and Mexico until April

  06-03-2025 22:39 via abc.net.au
  
  The exemption, covering the two largest US trading partners, will expire on April 2.
  
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• Star secures deal to sell, ASX tumbles — as it happened

  06-03-2025 21:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Star will sell its stake in the Brisbane Queen's Wharf development, its joint venture partners have confirmed, pulling it back from the brink of collapse. Australian shares fell to their lowest close in more than six months, wiping off about $50 billion in market value.
  
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• Live: Wall St tumbles with Nasdaq down more than 10pc from peak, ASX to drop

  06-03-2025 21:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares look set for sharp falls at the open. As Donald Trump delayed some tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods, fatigue at the policy whiplash hit US markets. Follow the latest updates in our live blog. 
  
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• Live: Wall St tumbles with Nasdaq down more than 10pc from peak, ASX drops

  06-03-2025 21:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares fall sharply at the open. As Donald Trump delayed some tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods, fatigue at the policy whiplash hit US markets. Follow the latest updates in our live blog. 
  
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• Live: Star secures deal to sell, ASX tumbles

  06-03-2025 21:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Star will sell its stake the Brisbane Queen's Wharf development, its joint venture partners have confirmed, pulling it back from the brink of collapse. Australian shares fell to its lowest close in more than six months, wiping off about $50 billion in market value.
  
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• Live: Star remains on brink of collapse, no deal to sell Brisbane casino yet

  06-03-2025 21:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Star Entertainment says it's been unable to reach a deal with Hong Kong investors on the sale of its Queen's Wharf stake. Australian shares fall sharply at the open after tariff fatigue hits US markets. Follow the latest updates in our live blog. 
  
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• Live: Star receives $53 million lifeline from Hong Kong investors

  06-03-2025 21:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Star will sell its stake the Brisbane Queen's Wharf development, its joint venture partners have confirmed, pulling it back from the brink of collapse. The ASX drops below 8,000 points for first time in almost six months while the price of Bitcoin plummets. Follow the latest updates in our live blog.
  
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• Live: ASX to to fall, Star Entertainment in focus, Wall Street tumbles as Trump delays tariffs

  06-03-2025 21:50 via abc.net.au
  
  A fall on Wall Street is likely to send Australian stocks lower, while the Australian Bureau of Statistics is set to release the January Household Spending Indicator at 11:30am AEDT. Follow the latest updates in our live blog.
  
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• More than 5,500 tonnes of dead salmon dumped amid Tasmania's largest-ever losses

  06-03-2025 21:18 via abc.net.au
  
  With Tasmania's salmon companies reeling from unprecedented losses due to disease and warm weather, the industry is told it will face investigation by the Environment Protection Authority.
  
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• How to prepare for Cyclone Alfred insurance claims

  06-03-2025 21:01 via abc.net.au
  
  There will likely be a flurry of insurance claims lodged after Cyclone Alfred, so here's what the experts recommend you do before, during and after the storm to make sure you're protected.  
  
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• How to give your cyclone insurance claims the best chance of being approved

  06-03-2025 21:01 via abc.net.au
  
  There will likely be a flurry of insurance claims lodged after Cyclone Alfred, so here's what the experts recommend you do before, during and after the storm to make sure you're protected.  
  
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• How to give cyclone insurance claims the best chance of being approved

  06-03-2025 21:01 via abc.net.au
  
  There will likely be a flurry of insurance claims lodged after Cyclone Alfred, so here's what the experts recommend you do before, during and after the storm to make sure you're protected.  
  
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• 'Cluster of epic proportions': Industrial manslaughter prosecution derailed

  06-03-2025 06:34 via abc.net.au
  
  An industrial manslaughter prosecution over the death of a Darwin construction worker in 2020 could be over before it begins after NT WorkSafe failed to turn over hundreds of documents.
  
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• 'Dirty uniforms': Families in Adelaide's south face water shortages

  06-03-2025 02:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Children are skipping school because families are running out of water to shower or wash uniforms, a South Australian mayor says amid record dry weather in the state. 
  
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• Dry dams leave SA farmers deciding to buy water or sell livestock

  06-03-2025 02:08 via abc.net.au
  
  South Australia's farmers are worried about water supplies for livestock as drought conditions cause dams to dry up across the state.
  
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