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• COVID cost Sophie her job in Melbourne's events industry. So she hit the shearing sheds

  05-03-2021 22:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Sophie Allen was suddenly jobless in the city and Rhona MacDonald didn't want to go home to Scotland. Both are making the most of opportunities in the regions where their skills are in demand.
  
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• Click go careers as COVID setbacks open new doors for women in short-handed shearing sheds

  05-03-2021 22:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Sophie Allen was suddenly jobless in the city and Rhona MacDonald didn't want to go home to Scotland. Both are making the most of opportunities in the regions where their skills are in demand.
  
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• Peter might be evicted from social housing over $260 in arrears

  05-03-2021 21:34 via abc.net.au
  
  Local character Peter "Pierre" Gawronski could be evicted today. He is one of many people in social housing in NSW who are facing eviction if they don't pay up rental arrears.
  
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• Birdsville Races outcry as council bans under-wing camping tradition

  05-03-2021 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  For 50 years, pilots have camped under the wings of their light planes at the iconic outback racing event. Now they're urging an outback council to scrap its sudden ban on the beloved pastime.
  
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• From influencers to class curriculum, these outback camels are a hit with locals and tourists

  05-03-2021 20:30 via abc.net.au
  
  A paddock of camels on the edge of Mount Isa has mirrored the popularity of sunflowers in the outback as tourists and locals head out to take photographs and feed them carrots.
  
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• Why people are paying big money for images that are already free

  05-03-2021 20:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Digital artworks called NFTs are selling for thousands, even millions of dollars. Is this a bubble or a new way for artists to finally get paid for digital art?
  
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• What are NFTs and why are people spending millions on cryptoart?

  05-03-2021 20:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Digital artworks called NFTs are selling for thousands, even millions of dollars. Is this a bubble or a new way for artists to finally get paid for digital art?
  
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• 'An irresponsible amount of money': Why people are splurging thousands on JPEGs that are already free

  05-03-2021 20:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Digital artworks called NFTs are selling for thousands, even millions of dollars. Is this a bubble or a new way for artists to finally get paid for digital art?
  
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• State football centre gets green light

  05-03-2021 08:14 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Western Australia’s peak planning body has given the state the green light to build a $32.5 million football centre in Queens Park, which will host the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
  
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• Taylor, Faulkner recognised at Sculpture by the Sea

  05-03-2021 08:13 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Western Australian artist Jarrod Taylor has won the $10,000 Western Australian Sculptor Scholarship to kick off the 2021 Sculpture by the Sea exhibition at Cottesloe Beach.
  
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• Hasler leaves Fringe festival

  05-03-2021 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Amber Hasler is leaving Artrage to pursue other opportunities, after recently completing her 10th Fringe World Festival.
  
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• Fringe festival director departs

  05-03-2021 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Amber Hasler is leaving Artrage to pursue other opportunities, after recently completing her tenth Fringe World Festival.
  
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• Dacian, NTM clear hurdle for merger

  05-03-2021 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A $285 million merger between local companies Dacian Gold and NTM Gold has been approved by the Supreme Court.
  
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• ASX drops, but China target gives hope

  05-03-2021 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Inflation fears in the US forced the Australian share market to close lower, but not before investors gained some hope from China's decision to reinstate its economic growth target.
  
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• 'It's important Whyalla is not led to fail': SA government seeks answers as uncertainty hovers over steelworks financial future

  05-03-2021 07:34 via abc.net.au
  
  After taking a long road back to profitability, the Whyalla steelworks is once again facing uncertain times following speculation around the financial situation of its owner, British billionaire Sanjeev Gupta.
  
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• Wriggling free from the China trade trap

  05-03-2021 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Rebounding economies in Europe and the US are good news for WA in light of China’s ongoing trade hostility.
  
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• Offshore interests finding Nebo

  05-03-2021 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The developers of an innovative boat logging system hope it will form part of every sailor’s kit.
  
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• Victoria's coal-fired plants escape greenhouse gas restrictions but face new pollution controls

  05-03-2021 06:39 via abc.net.au
  
  EPA Victoria decides against restricting greenhouse gas emissions from Victoria's coal-fired plants, introducing new monitoring and pollution controls instead after a three-year review.
  
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• Defence minister sorry for lying cow barb

  05-03-2021 06:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Embattled Defence Minister Linda Reynolds has apologised for calling an alleged rape victim a "lying cow" after the threat of legal action.
  
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• Border with Victoria to open, AstraZeneca arrives

  05-03-2021 05:56 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state's hard border with Victoria is scheduled to be lifted by mid-March,as the state government announces the latest stage of eased restrictions.
  
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• ARTS REVIEW - The Cherry Orchard

  05-03-2021 05:37 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Black Swan’s adaptation of The Cherry Orchard, Chekhov’s tragicomedy of Czarist Russia, sits uncomfortably in 1980s Manjimup.
  
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• EcoGraf gets major project status

  05-03-2021 05:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The federal government has granted major project status to EcoGraf's proposed $98 million battery graphite facility in Kwinana, one day after unveiling a long-term plan to boost Australia's critical minerals sector.
  
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• Workplace standards in parliament reviewed

  05-03-2021 04:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins will lead a review of Parliament House's workplace culture after rape allegations rocked federal politics.
  
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• Perth commuters stick to the car avoiding public transport despite COVID restrictions lifting

  05-03-2021 03:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Perth public transport use has dropped almost 30 per cent below January 2020 figures despite 10 months without community spread of COVID-19, figures reveal.
  
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• Bright spots drive optimism for 2021

  05-03-2021 03:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Some of the state’s property leaders share their predictions for the year ahead.
  
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• Agritourism operators 'cut off' from customers as Australia Post ends delivery of some perishable items

  05-03-2021 03:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Agritourism operators say Australia Post's decision to end a "crucial" delivery service could undermine online entrepreneurs, but the government-owned business says only a small number of customers are affected.
  
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• UWA launches defence, security institute

  05-03-2021 03:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Stephen Smith, Kim Beazley and David Johnston will serve as board members of UWA’s newly minted defence and security institute.
  
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• An old idea could become the energy solution for small regional towns

  05-03-2021 02:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Regional towns once ran on their own power transfer stations, and it could be a case of history repeating if a new three-year study finds microgrids a viable option for resilient energy supply.
  
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• Royal Commission launched over Crown allegations

  05-03-2021 02:01 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state government will launch a royal commission to determine whether Crown Resorts should keep its casino license following allegations of money laundering.
  
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• More Australians able to return each week

  05-03-2021 02:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  UPDATED: More stranded Australians will soon be able to return each fortnight with a quarantine facility in the Top End given the all-clear to increase its capacity.
  
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• Higher arrival limit flagged for Aussies

  05-03-2021 02:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  More stranded Australians will soon be able to return each fortnight with a quarantine facility in the Top End given the-all clear to increase its capacity.
  
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• Victorian roads authority moves to 'part-privatisation' model

  05-03-2021 01:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Parts of the Victorian roads authority will be partnered with the private sector, in a move a union labels a "part-privatisation" that is a "betrayal" of workers and motorists.
  
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• VicRoads to partner with private sector in move slammed by union as 'part-privatisation'

  05-03-2021 01:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Treasurer Tim Pallas says the joint venture partnership will help modernise the roads authority while protecting jobs, but the Australian Services Union says the move is a "betrayal" of workers and motorists.
  
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• CSG insurance clause 'big on spin, light on detail', lawyer says, in its bid to protect farmers

  05-03-2021 01:41 via abc.net.au
  
  A new insurance clause is being touted by the coal seam gas industry as a solution to uncertainty about risk and liability, but landholders and lawyers say farmers are still worse off.
  
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• Public servants help Foxtel meet deadline for millions in taxpayer-funded sports grants

  05-03-2021 01:19 via abc.net.au
  
  Public servants worked on the weekend and into the night to get a $5.5 million taxpayer-funded grant for Foxtel processed before an end of financial year deadline, documents obtained through freedom of information reveal.
  
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• Deadline push helps Foxtel get millions in taxpayer funds

  05-03-2021 01:19 via abc.net.au
  
  Public servants worked on the weekend and into the night to get a $5.5 million taxpayer-funded grant for Foxtel processed before an end of financial year deadline, documents obtained through freedom of information reveal.
  
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• Johnson & Johnson loses pelvic mesh court appeal

  05-03-2021 00:29 via abc.net.au
  
  The Federal Court dismisses an appeal by pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson against a landmark judgment for Australian women with faulty vaginal mesh implants.
  
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• Mobile timber mill helps farmers make use of fire-affected trees

  05-03-2021 00:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Fallen trees from bushfires is too valuable to burn, so farmers are putting them to good use with the help of a mobile timber mill.
  
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