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• Tasmanian distiller's paddock-to-bottle whisky first in southern hemisphere

  19-08-2015 23:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Tasmania's Redlands Estate Distillery finds a niche in paddock-to-bottle single malt whisky production.
  
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• Miner pleads guilty to unauthorised drilling on cattle station

  19-08-2015 22:42 via abc.net.au
  
  Mining company Krucible Metals pleads guilty to unauthorised drilling on a cattle station near the Queensland and Northern Territory border.
  
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• Hunt for the Bangkok bomber: What we know so far

  19-08-2015 12:36 via abc.net.au
  
  As the search for the Bangkok bomber continues, here is a list of what we know about the investigation so far.
  
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• Nothing sweet about TPP for Australian sugar growers

  19-08-2015 12:05 via abc.net.au
  
  A dispute over sugar is among the many stumbling blocks for the stalled Trans-Pacific Partnership, and Australian growers rankle at claims by powerful American lobby groups.
  
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• RBA calls out banks on 'sticky' credit card interest rates

  19-08-2015 11:03
  
  The Reserve Bank says the big banks have boosted margins on their credit card income by 3 percentage points since the global financial crisis.
  
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• Melbourne tram strike scheduled for Friday cancelled, Public Transport Minister says

  19-08-2015 10:25 via abc.net.au
  
  Planned stop-work action that was due to bring the Melbourne's tram network to a halt for four hours on Friday will not go ahead.
  
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• Local shares surge as Westpac leads banking rebound

  19-08-2015 10:08 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market has gained strongly on a rebound in the battered banking sector, despite further stock falls early in Chinese trade.
  
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• Shares rally as bargain hunters buy

  19-08-2015 09:19
  The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index has closed up 77 points, or 1.5 per cent, to 5380.2, while the broader All Ordinaries index has lifted 70 points, or 1.3 per cent, to 5379.8.
  
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• Slowdown catches Glencore 'by surprise'

  19-08-2015 09:02
  
  Slumping commodity prices have pushed Glencore into a $US676 million loss.
  
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• Truck drivers rally outside Coles in Adelaide over working conditions

  19-08-2015 06:18 via abc.net.au
  
  More than 100 truck drivers rally outside a Coles supermarket in Adelaide's north over claims the company places too much pressure on freight operators.
  
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• Why Seven prefers AFL to NRL

  19-08-2015 05:45
  
  Seven West Media chief executive Tim Worner claimed that AFL has major advantages over NRL for television advertisers as the company plunged to $1.89 billion into the red after writedowns but beat analysts forecasts for underlying profits.
  
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• Arrium crashes to $1.9b loss on iron ore collapse

  19-08-2015 03:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Iron ore miner and steelmaker Arrium crashes to a full-year $1.9 billion loss, another victim of the collapsing iron ore market.
  
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• Canberra construction company fined $1.1m over death of truck driver

  19-08-2015 03:20 via abc.net.au
  
  A Canberra construction company is fined $1.1 million over the death of a truck driver in 2012 under new national work safety laws.
  
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• Seven West swings to $1.9b loss on write-downs

  19-08-2015 03:16 via abc.net.au
  
  Kerry Stokes's Seven West Media has swung to a $1.9 billion loss after writing down the value of its television assets.
  
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• Renewed China share slump catches investors off guard

  19-08-2015 02:11 via abc.net.au
  
  Another crash on China's volatile share market is fuelling concerns about an accelerating slowdown in the world's second biggest economy.
  
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• Timber producers challenged to prefabricate products for high rise buildings

  19-08-2015 01:48 via abc.net.au
  
  There are hopes Tasmania's timber industry may find a new path to profitability, with the increasing use of prefabricated timber structures in major building projects.
  
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• Woodside profit slides 39pc on oil price slump

  19-08-2015 01:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Woodside Petroleum's first-half profit dives 39 per cent as a direct result of oil prices more than halving over the past year.
  
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• BMA Red Hill coal mine in central Queensland granted federal environmental approval

  19-08-2015 00:52 via abc.net.au
  
  The proposed Red Hill Mining project in the Bowen Basin in central Queensland is given environmental approval by the Federal Government.
  
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• China share slump sends Wall St lower

  19-08-2015 00:49 via abc.net.au
  
  Global markets end down after a fresh plunge in China's share markets yesterday rattled confidence.
  
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• Perth Freight Link $21,000 Government ad criticised

  19-08-2015 00:29 via abc.net.au
  
  A $21,000 Government advertising campaign spruiking the benefits of the Perth Freight Link is criticised by the State Opposition.
  
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• Perth Freight Link report finds alternatives not properly assessed

  19-08-2015 00:07 via abc.net.au
  
  The WA Opposition seizes on a report from Infrastructure Australia which it says shows the Perth Freight Link project has been hastily conceived and poorly planned.
  
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• How Apple helped sink Dick Smith's share price

  19-08-2015 00:06
  
  Dick Smith has defended its decision to put profit before sales by abandoning one of the key strategies that has helped to drive a 164 per cent rebound in earnings since it was sold by Woolworths three years ago.
  
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