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• FIFO industrial action threat 'will damage WA investment reputation'

  24-08-2015 23:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Western Australia's reputation as an investment destination will be damaged if workers at Chevron's $55 billion Gorgon LNG project go ahead with industrial action, the state's peak business lobby warns.
  
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• World stock markets nosedive after fall of China shares

  24-08-2015 21:49 via abc.net.au
  
  Share markets around the world plunge following a near 9 per cent dive in China shares, but commodities and the dollar pare losses and US stocks stage a striking comeback in a volatile session after European markets closed.
  
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• Fortescue defends dividends and profits slump

  24-08-2015 12:35
  
  Fortescue Metals Group has defended a decision to spend more than $60 million on dividends while it has $US7.2 billion of net debt, saying it is important to demonstrate confidence in the iron ore price amid a commodities rout.
  
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• Ok Tedi Mining says wall collapse not linked to shutdown

  24-08-2015 11:41 via abc.net.au
  
  A section of Papua New Guinea's Ok Tedi mine collapses, damaging machinery and blocking an access road, but the company insists the fall has nothing to do with the shutdown of operations.
  
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• BBY clients closer to getting back missing millions

  24-08-2015 10:30 via abc.net.au
  
  The NSW Supreme Court paves the way for BBY clients to get back some of the millions of dollars owed to them following the collapse of the broking firm.
  
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• Chevron FIFO workers to take industrial action over rosters

  24-08-2015 09:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Workers on Chevron's $55 billion Gorgon LNG project off WA's north-west coast vote to take industrial action over a failure to secure a more family-friendly roster.
  
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• More farmers confident rural economy will improve: survey

  24-08-2015 09:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Strong commodity prices boost rural confidence to a four-year high, despite continuing drought in parts of eastern Australia, according to a national survey.
  
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• Australian dollar drops as 'fear takes over' global markets

  24-08-2015 09:32
  
  The Australian dollar's period of resilience may be over after it fell to a six-year low on Monday.
  
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• Australian shares take $64b hit as China reels on 'Black Monday'

  24-08-2015 09:31 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market suffers its worst one-day fall in four years, shedding 4 per cent and more than $64 billion as Chinese stocks take their worst fall since the late 1990s.
  
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• Australian shares shed $64b following Chinese stock crash

  24-08-2015 09:31 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market suffers its worst one-day fall in four years, shedding 4 per cent and more than $64 billion after Chinese stocks plunge again.
  
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• New direction for 1D as members split: reports

  24-08-2015 09:19 via abc.net.au
  
  British boy band One Direction will reportedly go their own ways early next year, with Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan set to take a year off to focus on solo projects.
  
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• SA signs food export deal with Thai companies

  24-08-2015 09:10 via abc.net.au
  
  A South Australian food company promises a significant number of local jobs out of a deal reached with some of Thailand's biggest private businesses.
  
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• NT fracked gas to flow to eastern states by 2018: Chief Minister

  24-08-2015 07:57 via abc.net.au
  
  A pipeline that would supply east coast markets with shale gas fracked in the Northern Territory will up and running by 2018, NT Chief Minister Adam Giles says.
  
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• NBN facing possible $15b blowout, Turnbull confirms

  24-08-2015 07:55 via abc.net.au
  
  The Federal Government confirms the cost of building the National Broadband Network has blown out by up to $15 billion, but insists the project will still be cheaper than Labor's alternative plan.
  
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• 'Black Monday': Chinese shares take a beating

  24-08-2015 06:21
  
  Global selloff fears fuelled as Chinese shares erase all this year's gains.
  
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• Perth factory fire damage bill tipped to hit $12m

  24-08-2015 04:38 via abc.net.au
  
  The damage bill from a factory fire in the northern Perth suburb of Wangara is estimated at $12 million.
  
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• Fortescue profit plunges 88 per cent in latest results

  24-08-2015 03:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Fortescue Metals Group records an 88 per cent slump in full-year profit amid tumbling iron ore prices.
  
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• BlueScope swings to profit but warns on Port Kembla's future

  24-08-2015 01:32 via abc.net.au
  
  BlueScope Steel bounces back from last year's heavy loss to report a full-year profit of $136.3 million, but this may not be enough to save its Port Kembla steelworks.
  
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• BlueScope swings to profit but warns of Port Kembla job losses

  24-08-2015 01:32 via abc.net.au
  
  BlueScope bounces back from last year's loss to report a profit of $136.3 million, but warns that it needs to cut another 500 jobs or it may close its Port Kembla steelworks.
  
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• More than $40b wiped off Australian shares after Wall St slump

  24-08-2015 01:04 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market follows Wall Street lower, shedding more than $40 billion of its value in early trade.
  
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• Australian shares shed $60b as Chinese stocks plunge again

  24-08-2015 01:04 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market loses as much as $60 billion in value as a fresh crash in Chinese stocks drives heavy falls around Asia.
  
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• Australian shares shed $50b as Chinese stocks plunge again

  24-08-2015 01:04 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market loses more than $50 billion in value as a fresh crash in Chinese stocks drives heavy falls around Asia.
  
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• Australian shares shed $40b as Chinese stocks plunge again

  24-08-2015 01:04 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market loses more than $40 billion in value on Wall Street's Friday slide and as Chinese shares plunge again.
  
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• Australian shares set to fall after slump on Wall St

  24-08-2015 01:04 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market is set for another heavy sell-off, following steep falls on European and US markets on Friday night.
  
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