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• Outback weddings and elopements — how couples are tying the knot in the pandemic

  31-01-2021 23:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Can you hear the bells? More couples are choosing to marry in the WA tourist town of Broome this year, providing a boost to local business.
  
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• 'People's lives will be at risk': Clock ticking to resolve Indigenous ranger bushfire insurance problem

  31-01-2021 23:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Indigenous ranger groups in the north of Western Australia will have to stop their bushfire suppression work in June unless a solution can be found to a more than doubling of fire insurance premiums.
  
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• Australian with stage 4 terminal cancer bumped off flight while trying to get home

  31-01-2021 20:13 via abc.net.au
  
  An Australian man with terminal cancer describes his relief at securing a flight home from the UK to Sydney, days after being told he had been bumped from a flight due to coronavirus travel caps.
  
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• Think hotel quarantine is lucrative? Think again, says hotel industry

  31-01-2021 19:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Hotel quarantine contracts are keeping some companies afloat, but occupancy rates are still well-down on pre-COVID levels and it could take years before many city hotels return to profitability.
  
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• Responsible lending law overhaul could leave people 'drowning in debt'

  31-01-2021 19:41 via abc.net.au
  
  Financial counsellors predict everyday consumers will feel the impact of debt and irresponsible lending for years if the Government goes ahead with plans to wind back responsible lending laws.
  
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• Financial counsellors plead to keep responsible lending laws

  31-01-2021 19:41 via abc.net.au
  
  Financial counsellors predict everyday consumers will feel the impact of debt and irresponsible lending for years if the Government goes ahead with plans to wind back responsible lending laws.
  
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• NERA in $1.75m hydrogen seed round

  31-01-2021 17:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Three hydrogen innovation clusters could be created in WA after a $1.75 million seed funding boost by National Energy Resources Australia.
  
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• Business readies for 5 days of lockdown

  31-01-2021 09:48 via businessnews.com.au
  
  WA’s peak business body has backed the state government’s snap move for a five day lockdown, but the national retail industry association was less impressed.
  
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• WA guard tests positive to COVID

  31-01-2021 05:57 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Metropolitan Perth, Peel and the South West will enter a five day lockdown after 6pm tonight.
  
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• Frydenberg tells Zuckerberg Australia won't back down over new media code

  31-01-2021 03:21 via abc.net.au
  
  Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says he has met with Mark Zuckerberg over plans to force tech giants to pay for news sourced from local media outlets, but the Facebook chief executive and founder is unable to shift the Government's position.
  
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• Victorian Government announces 450 extra train services after timetable changes

  31-01-2021 02:53 via abc.net.au
  
  The Victorian Government announces "the biggest timetable change since the opening of the City Loop" and measures to encourage passengers back onto the train network.
  
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• Flights resume for Australians stranded on Norfolk Island after NZ travel bubble suspension

  31-01-2021 00:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian tourists stranded on Norfolk Island during Australia's extended suspension of the travel bubble with New Zealand will begin arriving home today.
  
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• 'She would light up the room': Grieving father speaks out as WA road toll surges during COVID pandemic

  31-01-2021 00:14 via abc.net.au
  
  The father of a young woman killed in a car accident a week after her son turned one urges drivers to pay attention, as January's road toll climbs to its highest in a decade.
  
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