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• Business sector boosted by strong sales figures

  21-07-2015 23:50
  
  Australian businesses continue to respond well to Government stimulus measures, with June sales experiencing growth at a solid pace, according to the latest Commonwealth Bank Business Sales Indicator (BSI).
  
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• Alexander Spirit leaves Devonport after three-week standoff

  21-07-2015 23:15 via abc.net.au
  
  A Caltex oil tanker at the centre of industrial action for the past three weeks finally leaves Tasmania bound for Singapore.
  
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• Telcos draw the line at latest national security laws

  21-07-2015 22:01 via abc.net.au
  
  New national security laws which would give the Attorney-General the power to issue orders to Australian telcos stoke a looming battle between the telecommunications companies and the Federal Government.
  
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• Telcos draw the line at Government's latest security laws

  21-07-2015 22:01 via abc.net.au
  
  A battle is brewing between telecommunications companies and the Federal Government over further national security laws, with telcos claiming the powers are too broad, too intrusive and give unfettered access to their documents.
  
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• WA must revitalise image for China, business group warns

  21-07-2015 15:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Western Australia has work to do if it wants to attract further investment from China and capitalise on its next phase of growth, a key business group warns.
  
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• Toshiba top executives quit over $US1.2bn scandal

  21-07-2015 15:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Toshiba's president and his predecessor resign over a $US1.2 billion accounting scandal blamed on management's overzealous pursuit of profit that has battered one of Japan's best-known firms.
  
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• Booming India a rich playing field for young entrepreneurs

  21-07-2015 14:27 via abc.net.au
  
  India is home to a rapidly growing number of new rich, many of them young, which is helping fuel a booming luxury goods and services industry.
  
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• Shenhua mine at Liverpool Plains divides federal and state Nationals

  21-07-2015 10:49 via abc.net.au
  
  There is a political fight brewing on the Liverpool Plains over the federal and state governments' approval of the Shenhua Watermark coal mine.
  
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• WA court decision paves way for hospital parking fee increases

  21-07-2015 10:09 via abc.net.au
  
  A WA Supreme Court decision paves the way for the State Government to increase parking fees for staff at its major public hospitals.
  
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• Banks, retailers close up as slumping gold price drags miners down

  21-07-2015 09:58 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market records its sixth straight sessions of gains, with supermarkets and most bankers closing up.
  
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• Work to begin on $109m Freo home in Perth

  21-07-2015 09:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Work is set to begin on the new $109 million sporting complex which will serve as Fremantle Dockers' new headquarters in the southern Perth suburb of Cockburn.
  
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• Nathan Tinkler liquidators fear coal magnate may skip country

  21-07-2015 09:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Liquidators for former billionaire Nathan Tinkler are concerned the embattled coal magnate may be planning to skip the country following his failure yesterday to appear before a South Australian court.
  
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• Alexander Spirit preparing to set sail after 18-day delay in Devonport

  21-07-2015 09:05 via abc.net.au
  
  The ship at the centre of an industrial dispute is preparing to leave Tasmania early on Wednesday morning after languishing for almost three weeks in dock.
  
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• Foreign buyers increase share of existing home purchases

  21-07-2015 09:03 via abc.net.au
  
  A regular property market survey by NAB estimates that more than one-in-10 established properties in Victoria and NSW are being bought by foreign buyers, despite a prohibition on non-residents buying established homes.
  
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• China live cattle deal won't fill void

  21-07-2015 08:20
  
  A plan to send up to 1 million live cattle to China is unlikely to offset the dramatic reduction in Indonesian exports, industry participants say.
  
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• Home loan rule changes could push up rates by 0.65pc: analyst

  21-07-2015 07:43 via abc.net.au
  
  A leading bank analyst warns the big four may raise mortgage lending rates by as much as 0.65 percentage points to meet new capital rules.
  
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• Echo Entertainment moving HQ to Brisbane after Queen's Wharf approval

  21-07-2015 05:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Echo Entertainment will move its Australian headquarters to Brisbane after winning the bid to reshape the heart of the Queensland capital with the multi-billion-dollar Queen's Wharf project.
  
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• Government announces new labelling system for Australian food

  21-07-2015 05:32 via abc.net.au
  
  The Federal Government says a new system of food labelling will make it easier for consumers to identify Australian made and Australian grown food.
  
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• Australian shares inch higher as commodity losses offset broader gains

  21-07-2015 04:54 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market is posting a modest rise in relatively thin trade as broader gains offset solid declines for commodity producers.
  
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• Timeline: Who's said what about the Goods and Services Tax

  21-07-2015 04:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Disagreement over how to implement and sell a GST has dogged the Coalition stretching back 35 years - who's said what?
  
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• Stable unemployment may kill rate cut chances: RBA

  21-07-2015 03:45 via abc.net.au
  
  Fears that Australia's unemployment rate will spike above 6.5 per cent are fading in the Reserve Bank's corridors, which may cut the chance of further rate cuts.
  
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• Stable unemployment dents rate cut chances, RBA minutes reveal

  21-07-2015 03:45 via abc.net.au
  
  Fears that Australia's unemployment rate will spike above 6.5 per cent are fading in the Reserve Bank's corridors, which may cut the chance of further rate cuts.
  
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• Shoalhaven Paper Mill produces last reel after 58 years

  21-07-2015 03:18 via abc.net.au
  
  The Shoalhaven Paper Mill has produced its final reel of paper.
  
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• Lowy undergoes surgery for blood clot in brain after A-League stage fall

  21-07-2015 02:52 via abc.net.au
  
  FFA chairman and Australian businessman Frank Lowy has undergone surgery to remove a blood clot in his brain caused by his painful fall during the A-League grand final.
  
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• Lowy undergoes brain surgery for blood clot after A-League stage fall

  21-07-2015 02:52 via abc.net.au
  
  FFA chairman and Australian businessman Frank Lowy has undergone surgery to remove a blood clot in his brain caused by his painful fall during the A-League grand final.
  
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• Frank Lowy has brain surgery for blood clot after stage fall

  21-07-2015 02:52 via abc.net.au
  
  The Football Federation Australia chairman undergoes surgery to remove a blood clot in his brain caused by his painful fall during the A-League grand final.
  
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• Expert warns development could force flight curfew for Melbourne Airport

  21-07-2015 01:05 via abc.net.au
  
  The Victorian Government must act now to stop housing developments near Melbourne Airport, to avoid having to impose a curfew on flights, an RMIT University planning expert says.
  
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• Gold, commodities weigh on Wall St gains

  21-07-2015 00:47 via abc.net.au
  
  Solid earnings season results are offset by losses for commodity stocks as Wall Street ends the session fairly flat.
  
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