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• Australia blocks flights from PNG and will supply COVID-19 vaccines as outbreak escalates

  16-03-2021 23:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia will send 8,000 doses of its COVID-19 vaccine supply to Papua New Guinea, in response to a worsening outbreak of the virus in the country.
  
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• Australia blocks flights from PNG and provides COVID-19 assistance as outbreak escalates

  16-03-2021 23:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia will send 8,000 doses of its COVID-19 vaccine supply to Papua New Guinea, in response to a worsening outbreak of the virus in the country.
  
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• 8000 COVID-19 vaccine doses rushed to PNG as PM warns of 'very real risks' to Australia

  16-03-2021 23:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia will send 8,000 doses of its COVID-19 vaccine supply to Papua New Guinea, in response to a worsening outbreak of the virus in the country.
  
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• Yagan Square businesses were promised a 'world class' dining destination, but its now a ghost-town

  16-03-2021 23:00 via abc.net.au
  
  It was the crown jewel in the $360 million transformation of Northbridge, but food vendors at Yagan Square said they were sold a white elephant.
  
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• UBS tips 68pc Afterpay slump as CBA launches buy now, pay later product; ASX falls

  16-03-2021 21:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Afterpay shares rally, even though some leading analysts warn the company is 68 per cent overvalued and now faces a buy now, pay later threat from Australia's biggest bank.
  
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• Mining sector leads modest sell-off as US stocks retreat during two-day Fed meeting

  16-03-2021 21:55 via abc.net.au
  
  The mining and energy sectors are leading a modest sell-off on the Australian share market, as investors await news from the two-day US Federal Reserve meeting.
  
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• ASX eyes falls; investors watch US central bank meeting

  16-03-2021 21:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Futures are pointing to a soft start for the local share market, after stocks on Wall Street retreated, as investors await the result of the US Federal Reserve's two-day meeting.
  
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• Afterpay and Zip shares fall on CBA buy now pay later threat; ASX drops

  16-03-2021 21:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Afterpay and Zip shares dip as CBA announces a new buy now pay later product, while the broader Australian market sees falls accelerate during the trading session.
  
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• 'Don't touch me again': Couple allegedly assaulted in Gold Coast CCTV dead zone

  16-03-2021 21:24 via abc.net.au
  
  A couple, who allege they were assaulted by a man at Main Beach, say the incident wasn't caught on CCTV despite more than 700 cameras operating in popular Gold Coast entertainment precincts.
  
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• 'You could live like a king or queen': Government promotes migration to regions amid rental crisis

  16-03-2021 21:04 via abc.net.au
  
  There is a housing crisis in some regional towns but the Deputy Prime Minister is launching a multi-million-dollar "move-to-the-country" campaign.
  
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• Free marketing the latest assistance as FNQ tourism operators eye JobKeeper 'cliff face'

  16-03-2021 20:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Hundreds of tourism operators will meet with officials from Tourism Australia in Cairns today for urgent talks ahead of the end of the JobKeeper program.
  
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• Sonia's business was located in a JobKeeper hotspot. Now the subsidy is about to end

  16-03-2021 19:59 via abc.net.au
  
  JobKeeper is ending in less than a fortnight, but thousands of businesses and their staff are still relying on it. These are the hotspots, and people who work there, that will be hit hardest when the subsidy winds up.
  
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• JobKeeper has kept Sonia's business alive. Now it may need to shut forever

  16-03-2021 19:59 via abc.net.au
  
  JobKeeper is ending in less than a fortnight, but thousands of businesses and their staff are still relying on it. These are the hotspots, and people who work there, that will be hit hardest when the subsidy winds up.
  
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• 'I just went cold': Phoebe was scammed out of $375,000 meant to pay for her grandmother's care

  16-03-2021 19:55 via abc.net.au
  
  When the Pun family decided to move their 102-year-old mother and grandmother into aged care, they could never have imagined they would become the target of scammers.
  
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• 102yo grandmother scammed out of aged care bond in $375,000 email hack

  16-03-2021 19:55 via abc.net.au
  
  When the Pun family decided to move their 102-year-old mother and grandmother into aged care, they could never have imagined they would become the target of scammers.
  
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• Vaccine passports and special plane seats for the unvaccinated: What overseas travel could look like

  16-03-2021 15:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Tens of millions of vaccinated people in China have been given access to a special digital passport that could allow them to eventually travel abroad. But amid deep concerns over ethics, privacy and COVID-19 transmission, similar proposals are stalling in the West.
  
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• 'That's unjust': Vaccine passports could be our ticket to freedom, but they're also controversial

  16-03-2021 15:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Tens of millions of vaccinated people in China have been given access to a special digital passport that could allow them to eventually travel abroad. But amid deep concerns over ethics, privacy and COVID-19 transmission, similar proposals are stalling in the West.
  
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• Coalition torn over women's rally response

  16-03-2021 11:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The federal government is torn on which way to step after more than 100,000 people protested across Australia demanding equality and an end to violence against women.
  
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• Nurses plead for boost to aged care budget

  16-03-2021 10:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A delegation of time-poor nurses and carers wants 2021 to be the year of the aged care federal budget.
  
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• Timber bar to take shape in Freo

  16-03-2021 08:59 via businessnews.com.au
  
  ICS Australia will start construction on a bar made from locally-grown timber later this week, the latest project by hospitality entrepreneur Miles Hull.
  
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• Liberal, Nationals seats in doubt

  16-03-2021 08:58 via businessnews.com.au
  
  There are still three seats in doubt in the Legislative Assembly as the vote count continues this afternoon, with Nationals MP Terry Redman and Liberal Sean L'Estrange at risk of losing their seats.
  
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• ASX rises above 6800 points in broad rally

  16-03-2021 08:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia's share market posted its strongest performance in more than a week, as the heavyweight financial sector was helped by easing bond yields and a reinforced message on low rates.
  
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• SIMPEC wins another Fortescue contract

  16-03-2021 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The construction and engineering arm of WestStar Industrial has secured $2.1 million in work on Fortescue Metals Group’s Cloudbreak mine in the Pilbara.
  
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• Not another article on the election

  16-03-2021 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The path ahead for Premier Mark McGowan will be a challenging one, writes Simon Withers.
  
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• New nickel explorer seeks ASX listing

  16-03-2021 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Local business Nickel X is planning to raise $5 million from an initial public offering to explore its Western Australian projects.
  
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• E-scooter sales and rentals boom in Brisbane

  16-03-2021 07:39 via abc.net.au
  
  More people are buying e-scooters for the daily commute in Brisbane or to "finish their bus journey", with some stores selling up to 20 scooters a day.
  
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• 'Rights over the river but not the water': Native title holders, pastoralists lament plight of Darling-Baaka

  16-03-2021 07:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Indigenous groups and pastoralists are took their water rights claims to the NSW Parliament today to argue for a bigger share for their communities and the environment in the Far West.
  
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• Buy now, pay later becomes payment option for elective surgery in parts of Australia

  16-03-2021 07:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Patients undergoing elective surgery will have the option of delaying payments for operations under a new arrangement targeting those who have dropped their private health insurance. It has prompted warnings the move could be financially risky.
  
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• Cyber lessons for business

  16-03-2021 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Cyber threats can do harm to businesses of all sizes, with national security on the line when they are in the defence supply chain.
  
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• Health minister rejects vaccine pause call

  16-03-2021 06:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Health Minister Greg Hunt has dismissed safety concerns about the AstraZeneca vaccine following calls from a backbench colleague to suspend Australia's rollout.
  
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• Health experts reject vaccine pause call

  16-03-2021 06:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Senior government figures and health advisers say the AstraZeneca vaccine is safe and effective, following calls from a backbench colleague to suspend Australia's rollout.
  
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• Crown stops donating to political parties

  16-03-2021 06:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Casino and resort giant Crown has announced it will no longer make political donations.
  
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• Cyber threats on the rise

  16-03-2021 05:39 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Industry surveys by BDO and PwC have highlighted growing risks associated with cyber attacks, with the COVID pandemic providing a cyber reality check.
  
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• De.mem to acquire WA chemicals business

  16-03-2021 05:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australian-Singaporean water and wastewater treatment company De.mem is paying $5.1 million to acquire a chemicals supplier in Perth.
  
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• Council, planners at odds over Nedlands proposal

  16-03-2021 04:55 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The City of Nedlands council and the planning consultancy it engaged are at odds over whether to approve a $13 million mid-rise development in Perth’s western suburbs.
  
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• Local business fined over workplace injury

  16-03-2021 04:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Seashell supplier L’Haridon Bight Mining has been fined $20,000 over an injury that left one of its workers with fractures, lacerations and burns.
  
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• Australia-China barley row escalates to World Trade Organisation dispute panel

  16-03-2021 03:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's claim that China breached international trading rules by imposing tariffs on barley last year will be referred to a dispute panel to be established by the World Trade Organisation.
  
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• Porter's AG role tweaked amid ABC lawsuit

  16-03-2021 03:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Attorney-General Christian Porter won't look after Federal Court matters when he returns from mental health leave, due to his defamation action against the ABC.
  
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• Labor push Porter inquiry despite lawsuit

  16-03-2021 03:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Labor has raised concerns Attorney-General Christian Porter's defamation action against the ABC will be used as an excuse to dodge questions about the issue.
  
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• 'Quite disgusting': Tradie stood down after catcalling women at Justice rally

  16-03-2021 02:57 via abc.net.au
  
  A tradie has been booted off a southern Queensland construction site after yelling abuse and catcalling women involved in yesterday's March for 4 Justice rally.
  
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• Massive swing to Labor delivers first Indigenous member to WA's Upper House

  16-03-2021 02:09 via abc.net.au
  
  A near unprecedented swing to the ALP in parts of regional Western Australia long considered safe Liberal or National territory changes the shape of the state's parliament.
  
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• Crown directors face scrutiny

  16-03-2021 02:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Ahead of the royal commission into Crown Perth we look at the changing cast of directors overseeing its WA operations.
  
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• Facebook strikes deals with News Corp, Nine

  16-03-2021 01:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Facebook has struck content deals with Australia's two largest media companies, News Corp and Nine Entertainment, following the recent introduction of bargaining laws.
  
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• News Corp and Sky News strike pay deal with Facebook

  16-03-2021 00:49 via abc.net.au
  
  News Corp says it has reached a multi-year agreement with Facebook that covers its major Australian mastheads, including The Australian, Daily Telegraph and Herald Sun, as well as regional publications.
  
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