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• NAB puts 40 postcodes on credit watchlist

  17-08-2015 23:58
  
  The chief risk officer of NAB, David Gall, says rising interest rates and unemployment are big risks for banks, which are investigating Australia's 2500 postcodes for signs of stress.
  
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• Joint venture could see Hydro Tasmania sold, union claims

  17-08-2015 22:19 via abc.net.au
  
  A proposed joint venture between Hydro Tasmania and a branch of China's national power company raises questions over who would own the company.
  
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• Joint venture could see Hydro Tasmania consulting arm sold, union claims

  17-08-2015 22:19 via abc.net.au
  
  A proposed joint venture between Hydro Tasmania and a branch of China's national power company raises questions over who would own Hydro's consulting company.
  
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• Carnage in Bangkok as shrine bomb explosion kills at least 21

  17-08-2015 14:36 via abc.net.au
  
  A bomb explodes outside a Hindu shrine in central Bangkok, killing at least 21 people and wounding more than 120 others, in an attack the government says was designed to hit the country's tourism industry.
  
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• At least 19 dead after explosion outside Bangkok Hindu shrine

  17-08-2015 14:36 via abc.net.au
  
  A bomb explodes outside a Hindu shrine in central Bangkok, killing at least 19 people and wounding more than 120 others, in an attack the government says was designed to hit the country's tourism industry.
  
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• Gains in finance sector pushes share market higher

  17-08-2015 11:10 via abc.net.au
  
  The share market closes slightly higher, buoyed by solid gains in the finance sector, while retail, mining and energy stocks lose ground.
  
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• Immigration raids Pie Face

  17-08-2015 10:41
  
  Immigration officials raided a Sydney Pie Face operation amid reports of foreign workers being underpaid
  
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• Medibank accused of using dud list to reduce hospital costs

  17-08-2015 10:32
  
  Private insurance giant Medibank has been accused of using a dud list to reduce its hospital costs by Australia's peak quality and safety commission on health care
  
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• McDonald's prank sign removed from the Simpson Desert by SA Government

  17-08-2015 10:05 via abc.net.au
  
  The South Australian Government removes a "McDonald's opening soon" sign put in the Simpson Desert Conservation Park as a prank.
  
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• Government vows to continue fight for return of construction watchdog

  17-08-2015 09:24 via abc.net.au
  
  The Federal Government vows to keep fighting for the re-establishment of the Australian Building and Construction Commission, after it fails to reintroduce the body.
  
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• Metro Trains, Yarra Trams ask industrial umpire to stop planned strikes in Melbourne

  17-08-2015 09:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Melbourne train operator Metro asks the Fair Work Commission to stop strike action, which will bring the city's trains and trams to a halt for four hours on Friday.
  
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• Metro Trains asks industrial umpire to stop train strike in Melbourne

  17-08-2015 09:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Melbourne train operator Metro asks the Fair Work Commission to stop strike action, which will bring the city's trains and trams to a halt for four hours on Friday.
  
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• The battle over email is heating up

  17-08-2015 08:17
  
  Slack, the world's hottest startup, has emerged as a new threat to Australian tech darling Atlassian, in the race to control office communications.
  
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• Indonesia poised to run out of Australian beef

  17-08-2015 07:43
  
  Jakarta's plan to combat rising meat prices has come too late, exporters say with Indonesia set to run out of Australian beef.
  
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• Number of unemployed geoscientists reaches highest level since 2009

  17-08-2015 06:12 via abc.net.au
  
  More than 35 per cent of geoscientists are unemployed or underemployed as low commodity prices push exploration spending to a near decade low.
  
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• Newcrest turns gold into cash with return to profit

  17-08-2015 05:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Newcrest Mining finally discovers the trick to turning gold into cash with a welcome return to profit.
  
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• Australian share market gains as CBA raising exceeds minimum price

  17-08-2015 02:48 via abc.net.au
  
  CBA sells some shares in its capital raising for $6.50 above the minimum offer price, helping prevent a large fall in its share price and the broader market.
  
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• Aurizon posts 139pc profit increase on cost cutting

  17-08-2015 02:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Queensland-based rail freight company Aurizon posts a 139 per cent increase in its full-year profit after heavy cost-cutting last year.
  
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• Tax dodgers to be named and shamed under Senate recommendations

  17-08-2015 00:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Multinational tax avoiders could be named and shamed if sweeping recommendations from the Senate inquiry into tax avoidance inquiry are adopted by the Federal Government.
  
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• Leaked Senate report calls for corporate tax dodgers to be named and shamed

  17-08-2015 00:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Multinational tax avoiders could be named and shamed if sweeping recommendations from a leaked Senate inquiry report into tax avoidance are adopted by the Federal Government.
  
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