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• Renewables boom sparks calls for a plan to close Victorian power station

  25-02-2021 23:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Analysts say the renewables boom is killing coal, prompting community groups to call on the Victorian government to start planning for Yallourn's shutdown now.
  
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• Push to shut massive Victorian power station early as renewables boom

  25-02-2021 23:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Analysts say the renewables boom is killing coal, prompting community groups to call on the Victorian government to start planning for Yallourn's shutdown now.
  
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• Ecological damage caused by dingo fence can be seen from space

  25-02-2021 23:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Three decades of satellite images show a stark difference in vegetation on each side of Australia's dingo fence, and the culprit isn't what you might think.
  
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• 'Don't hold back': The women spearheading change in the Australian construction industry

  25-02-2021 22:28 via abc.net.au
  
  New national figures show Australian female construction apprentices more than doubled from 2010 to 2020.
  
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• A desk job was construction worker Emily's worst nightmare and there are lots of young women like her

  25-02-2021 22:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Emily Bailey, from Rockhampton in central Queensland, is one of thousands of Australian women at the forefront of a change rippling through a traditionally male-dominated industry.
  
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• Australia's brand new icebreaker ship is finally coming — but is the port ready?

  25-02-2021 22:03 via abc.net.au
  
  The brand new, purpose-built $1.9 billion Antarctic icebreaker Nuyina is on its way to Hobart — but questions have been raised as to whether the ship can be accommodated at the existing port.
  
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• Dow plunges 560 points as tech sell-off worsens; GameStop rebounds again

  25-02-2021 21:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares are set to drop sharply, following heavy losses across US markets — though "meme stocks" like GameStop have defied the trend with another massive overnight surge.
  
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• ASX suffers worst day in six months; Dow falls 560 points as GameStop rebounds again

  25-02-2021 21:46 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market's losses worsen in early trade, following a tech sell-off across Wall Street — though "meme stocks" like GameStop are defying the trend with another massive overnight surge.
  
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• ASX suffers worst day in five months; Dow falls 560 points as GameStop rebounds again

  25-02-2021 21:46 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market is suffering heavy losses, following a tech sell-off across Wall Street — though "meme stocks" like GameStop defied the trend with another massive overnight surge.
  
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• ASX suffers worst day in almost six months; Dow falls 560 points as GameStop rebounds again

  25-02-2021 21:46 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market has wiped out all the gains it made in the past four weeks, following a tech sell-off across Wall Street — though "meme stocks" like GameStop defied the trend with another massive overnight surge.
  
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• ASX falls sharply after Dow plunges 560 points; GameStop rebounds again

  25-02-2021 21:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares are experiencing heavy losses, following a tech sell-off across Wall Street — though "meme stocks" like GameStop defied the trend with another massive overnight surge.
  
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• Crypto-investor criticises transparency of Gold Coast digital currency

  25-02-2021 20:53 via abc.net.au
  
  The Gold Coast cryptocurrency Qoin rejects concerns raised about its transparency after it is expelled from peak industry body Blockchain Australia.
  
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• Lots of sales growth, not much profit. Are Afterpay and Zip set for global domination or collapse?

  25-02-2021 20:19 via abc.net.au
  
  Afterpay's share price is up 1,400 per cent and Zip more than 800 per cent since their March lows, but are the two Australian buy now, pay later firms set for global domination or a big fall?
  
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• Kim Kardashian and Urban Outfitters helped Afterpay leap into the US millennial market, but rival Zip is catching up

  25-02-2021 20:19 via abc.net.au
  
  Afterpay now has more than 13 million active users around the world, while Zip has almost 6 million, and both are growing fast in the US market.
  
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• 'Our focus is to move people off JobSeeker', but economists warn cutting it could achieve the opposite

  25-02-2021 20:14 via abc.net.au
  
  Up to 40,000 Australians could lose their jobs after the federal government cuts the JobSeeker payment from April, according to new analysis from the Grattan Institute.
  
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• How cutting the $75 JobSeeker supplement could cost 40,000 jobs

  25-02-2021 20:14 via abc.net.au
  
  Up to 40,000 Australians could lose their jobs after the federal government cuts the JobSeeker payment from April, according to new analysis from the Grattan Institute.
  
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• News returns to Australian Facebook feeds as federal government strikes deal

  25-02-2021 17:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Facebook pages for news outlets including the ABC are restored after the federal government agreed to amend media bargaining laws.
  
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• Facebook's news blackout in Australia is over

  25-02-2021 17:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Facebook pages for news outlets including the ABC are restored after the federal government agreed to amend media bargaining laws.
  
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• Facebook's blackout of Australian news is over

  25-02-2021 17:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Facebook pages for news outlets including the ABC are restored after the federal government agreed to amend media bargaining laws.
  
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• Australian news reappears on Facebook after social media giant walks back ban

  25-02-2021 17:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Facebook pages for news outlets including the ABC are restored after the Federal Government agreed to amend media bargaining laws.
  
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• Tears flow from host, MP as Q+A into aged care sector cuts deep

  25-02-2021 14:01 via abc.net.au
  
  A 56-year-old early-onset Alzheimer's patient brings Hamish Macdonald to tears on a Q+A dedicated to Australia's failing aged care sector, while Brittany Higgins's rape allegations lead to fiery debate and a surprise comment from former NSW premier Mike Baird.
  
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• Afterpay to raise US stake, posts first-half loss

  25-02-2021 11:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Afterpay is raising money to increase its stake in its US operations, on the same day it posted a first-half loss.
  
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• New president for the Property Council

  25-02-2021 10:48 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Mirvac executive Paige Walker has been appointed president of the Property Council of Australia’s Western Australia chapter.
  
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• Minister should have raised rape claim: PM

  25-02-2021 10:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Scott Morrison has conceded his defence minister should have told him about an alleged rape in Parliament House without identifying the woman involved.
  
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• 'Completely shut down': Move to scrutinise NT government ban of media outlet rejected

  25-02-2021 09:40 via abc.net.au
  
  A move to refer Chief Minister Michael Gunner to a parliamentary disciplinary committee over his government's ban on the NT Independent fails, prompting claims that it is avoiding scrutiny.
  
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• Where are all the ‘proptechs’?

  25-02-2021 09:07 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Property assets represent a significant portion of the nation’s wealth, so why are there so few tech businesses servicing the sector?
  
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• Property groups deliver profit

  25-02-2021 09:03 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Land developer Peet and apartment developer Finbar have both posted profits for the first half of the 2021 financial year.
  
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• Poliwka loses appeal

  25-02-2021 08:53 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perth-based real estate agent Russell Poliwka has lost an appeal against a 2019 court order to pay $2 million to his former business partner Sherif Girgis, ending a three-year legal battle.
  
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• Sandfire up on copper outlook

  25-02-2021 08:45 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Shares in Sandfire Resources jumped 11 per cent today after the company reported strong growth in earnings and talked up the copper market outlook.
  
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• Regis posts mixed first-half results

  25-02-2021 08:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Goldminer Regis Resources has reported a 9 per cent drop in first-half net profit despite recording higher revenue, while halving its interim dividend.
  
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• Aust shares up as commodities thrive

  25-02-2021 08:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia's share market has closed higher, as commodity-based sectors thrived on investor belief that economic recovery is coming, helped by vaccines and US fiscal stimulus.
  
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• $1bn CBD plan gets green light

  25-02-2021 08:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The City of Perth’s development assessment panel has given GDI Property Group the green light for a $1 billion redevelopment of the Mill Street precinct.
  
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• $1b CBD plan gets green light

  25-02-2021 08:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The City of Perth’s development assessment panel has given GDI Property Group the green light for a $1 billion redevelopment of the Mill Street precinct.
  
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• Kirkup admits Libs set to lose WA election

  25-02-2021 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Western Australia's opposition leader has been accused of giving up after conceding the Liberals cannot win the state election.
  
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• Former Facebook boss says regional media the big loser in new media deal

  25-02-2021 07:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Changes to the federal government's media code could spell disaster for smaller, independent publishers, according to the social media giant's former Australian CEO. So should regional newspapers be worried?
  
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• Scene not yet set on film studio pledge

  25-02-2021 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  It’s not clear how much value taxpayers might get from Labor’s $100 million film studio election promise, but the film industry says it will give the state an edge.
  
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• Australia Post delivers revenue growth

  25-02-2021 06:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia Post has announced first half revenue of $4.3 billion, up 15.5 per cent year-on-year, and profit before tax of $166.6 million.
  
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• Investors target medical property

  25-02-2021 06:13 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Health care assets are becoming increasingly attractive to commercial property investors seeking to diversify and de-risk their portfolios.
  
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• The gender pay gap narrows but it's still cheque mate for men

  25-02-2021 05:41 via abc.net.au
  
  The latest official figures show the gender pay gap is narrowing, but full-time men are still hundreds of dollars a week better-off than their female counterparts.
  
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• WA slips in global mining ranking

  25-02-2021 05:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Uncertainty over land claims and protected areas have contributed to Western Australia losing its title as the world’s most attractive jurisdiction for mining investment, a recent survey showed.
  
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• China pulls the plug on Australia's biggest live reef fish exporter

  25-02-2021 04:25 via abc.net.au
  
  Queensland's multi-million-dollar coral trout fishery is in jeopardy after the country's biggest live-fish exporter fails to have its export licence renewed in China.
  
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• NEXION, IBM strike $4m deal

  25-02-2021 04:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  NEXION Networks has signed a contract with multinational technology business IBM to deploy a series of its cloud services products in WA.
  
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• Spare Parts targets next gen

  25-02-2021 03:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Spare Parts Puppet Theatre is hoping to continue its 40-year legacy with the launch of its Next Generation fundraising appeal and a new corporate sponsor.
  
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• Builders win from $377m spend

  25-02-2021 03:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Universal Constructions and Crothers Construction have won at least $180 million in school development contracts since the McGowan government came to power.
  
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• We're disappointed with our performance: Tourism WA

  25-02-2021 02:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state’s peak tourism agency has admitted it is disappointed with its performance after an inquiry found it provided heavily redacted data on the Hotel Perth campaign that was later tabled in parliament.
  
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• Media code laws clear federal parliament

  25-02-2021 02:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia's world-first news media bargaining code will soon be in force after legislation cleared federal parliament.
  
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• Fury, excitement and indifference — regional Queensland's view on the Olympics bid

  25-02-2021 01:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Queensland's Olympics bid success sparks a muted response from some in regional areas of the state, but downright anger from others who think the cost will be felt for a long time.
  
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• Fruit bats cause 25 power outages in Adelaide's north-east

  25-02-2021 00:52 via abc.net.au
  
  A growing colony of grey-headed flying foxes are causing increasing numbers of power outages in Adelaide, with 25 outages reported in recent weeks linked to the animals getting caught up in powerlines.
  
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