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• FRAA makes five recommendations for APRA

  13-07-2023 08:07
  
  FRAA makes five recommendations for APRALaura DewThu, 2023-07-13 16:07 Laura Dew Laura Dew is editor at Money Management. Prior to joining MM, she spent five years working at Investment Week in the UK, covering asset and wealth management. Laura's social profiles: E-mail Author Twitter More articles by Laura:View articles on Money ManagementPrint0SaveNo votes have been submitted yet.
  
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• Breaking: Worker dies after incident at Central Australian gold mine

  05-02-2026 01:41 via abc.net.au
  
  Mining firm Newmont has confirmed an employee has been killed following an incident at its Tanami gold mine in remote Central Australia on Wednesday.
  
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• Trump, tariffs, gold — how are Australia's biggest companies faring?

  05-02-2026 00:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's mining sector is expected to lead the earnings charge for this reporting season, boosted by signs of a stabilisation in the Chinese economy and a turbo-charged commodities market.
  
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• Company reporting season has started. Here's what's likely to happen

  05-02-2026 00:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's mining sector is expected to lead the earnings charge for this reporting season, boosted by signs of a stabilisation in the Chinese economy and a turbo-charged commodities market.
  
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• Calls for more detail on coal mine water releases into reef catchment

  04-02-2026 22:39 via abc.net.au
  
  There were 55 water releases from the region's coal mines in the month of January into the largest catchment draining to the Great Barrier Reef.
  
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• Report says Australia's focus on China has 'eroded' Taiwan's trust

  04-02-2026 20:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Experts say Australia needs to do more to grow its relationship with Taiwan as China works to diplomatically isolate Taipei in the region.
  
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• This 'big, beautiful plan' has backfired, costing Timor-Leste hundreds of millions

  04-02-2026 19:46 via abc.net.au
  
  The Greater Sunrise gas project was meant to transform Timor-Leste and bring billions in revenue, but locals are still waiting for the jobs and opportunities that were promised. 
  
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• The $120m airport and $550m highway built for Timor-Leste's boom that never came

  04-02-2026 19:46 via abc.net.au
  
  The Greater Sunrise gas project was meant to transform Timor-Leste and bring billions in revenue, but locals are still waiting for the jobs and opportunities that were promised. 
  
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• A 'ghost airport' and sinkhole highway represents Timor's gamble on oil and gas

  04-02-2026 19:46 via abc.net.au
  
  The Greater Sunrise gas project was meant to transform Timor-Leste and bring billions in revenue, but locals are still waiting for the jobs and opportunities that were promised. 
  
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• A 'ghost airport' and sinkhole highway represent Timor's gamble on oil and gas

  04-02-2026 19:46 via abc.net.au
  
  The Greater Sunrise gas project was meant to transform Timor-Leste and bring billions in revenue, but locals are still waiting for the jobs and opportunities that were promised. 
  
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• Steel fabricators 'on their knees' amid surge in Asian imports

  04-02-2026 19:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian steel businesses are losing out to importers undercutting them by up to 50 per cent as an urgent probe considers measures to protect the industry.
  
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• 'Bloodbath' at Washington Post as massive layoffs announced

  04-02-2026 19:33 via abc.net.au
  
  The Jeff Bezos-owned paper which famously brought down US President Richard Nixon will drastically cut back in size and lay off workers in all its departments.
  
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• Living costs rise for all but those on government payments hit hardest

  04-02-2026 07:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Cost-of-living pressures are being felt by all households, but some have been hit harder than others as annual costs increased between 2.3 and 4.2 per cent in 2025, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
  
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• Living costs rise for all but some hit harder, new ABS data finds

  04-02-2026 07:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Cost-of-living pressures are being felt by all households, but some have been hit harder than others as annual costs increased between 2.3 and 4.2 per cent in 2025, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
  
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• Hundreds of coal miners 'anxious' as Eraring coal stalemate continues

  04-02-2026 06:56 via abc.net.au
  
  The fate of 300 coal miners remains in limbo, as negotiations to extend a coal supply contract for Eraring Power Station stall. 
  
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• More summer blackouts 'likely' due to ongoing dust pollution from dry conditions

  04-02-2026 06:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Some parts of the state were still without power this afternoon, as SA Power Networks says outages are likely to persist this summer because of long-term wear and tear.
  
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• Liberals say $15b fund backing 'loser' green projects will fuel inflation

  04-02-2026 04:06 via abc.net.au
  
  The government is loosening the rules of its $15 billion investment fund to allow it to back loss-making emissions reduction projects, which the Liberals say will further fuel inflation.
  
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• Child abuse survivors want paedophile pay-out loopholes tightened

  04-02-2026 02:23 via abc.net.au
  
  While they welcome proposed law changes, advocates say more can be done to help victim-survivors of child sexual abuse in Australia.
  
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• SA government offers low-interest drought loans to farmers

  04-02-2026 02:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The SA government has stepped in with an "unprecedented" offer of direct low-interest loans to farmers hit hard by years of drought.
  
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• High Court dismisses appeal from Eddie Obeid, son Moses, Ian Macdonald

  04-02-2026 00:57 via abc.net.au
  
  The High Court throws out an appeal by former New South Wales Labor ministers Ian MacDonald and Eddie Obeid, and Mr Obeid's son Moses, after they were convicted for conspiring over a coal mine licence.
  
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• Mum cleaning wounds and handing out water to city's homeless

  03-02-2026 23:07 via abc.net.au
  
  Cheryl Dolan felt a sense of desperation as she walked through the parks of her central Queensland city. Now, she is taking action and calling for change.
  
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• Hospitality body's donations to Liberals questioned

  03-02-2026 23:02 via abc.net.au
  
  The Tasmanian Greens have accused the state's peak hospitality group and the Liberal Party of a "political stitch-up" to kill off the proposed mandatory pokies card, after hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations were revealed.
  
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• Australia's forestry industry says 'cheap' imported timber a threat to jobs

  03-02-2026 22:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Imported timber is coming into Australia at nearly half the price of domestically manufactured products and is increasingly being used in local homes. 
  
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• ASX climbs after Wall Street's tech sell-off as bitcoin trades around $US76,000 — as it happened

  03-02-2026 21:54 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market edges up after a brutal session on Wall Street, weighed down by massive losses in tech and AI stocks like Nvidia and Microsoft, while bitcoin trades around $76,000 after dropping to a 16-month low. 
  
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• Would you drink wine from a bottle made from seaweed instead of glass?

  03-02-2026 20:42 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government provides $2 million towards developing low-emissions alternatives to glass wine bottles using materials like seaweed and plant sugar. 
  
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• Wine bottles made from seaweed and plant sugar instead of glass

  03-02-2026 20:42 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government provides $2 million towards developing low-emissions alternatives to glass wine bottles using materials like seaweed and plant sugar. 
  
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• Luxury development in WA's South West approved by environment minister

  03-02-2026 13:04 via abc.net.au
  
  A controversial $138 million luxury resort slated for construction in WA's South West is given a long-anticipated green light by the state's environment minister.
  
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• French police raid X offices in Paris as Musk summoned to hearing

  03-02-2026 12:15 via abc.net.au
  
  A widening probe into the platform is investigating alleged abuse of algorithms and fraudulent data extraction.
  
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• French police raid X offices in Paris as Musk ordered to face questions

  03-02-2026 12:15 via abc.net.au
  
  A widening probe into the platform is investigating alleged abuse of algorithms and fraudulent data extraction.
  
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• China bans hidden car door handles over safety concerns

  03-02-2026 09:10 via abc.net.au
  
  The hidden car door handles that have been popularised by Tesla will be banned from next year.
  
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