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• 'It's not right': Taking on a mining giant, dead cattle, and a house in a haze of dust not what this grazier wants

  17-03-2021 23:31 via abc.net.au
  
  David Luke just wants to run his cattle station. But living near the Carmichael Mine has made that far from easy.
  
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• Retail boom could slow

  17-03-2021 23:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Retail spending could grow 10.6 per cent this financial year in Western Australia, Deloitte forecasts, nearly double the national rate.
  
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• Renan used to be one of 300 international students at this Gold Coast school. Now, he's one of 18

  17-03-2021 21:58 via abc.net.au
  
  Enrolments at English-language school Inforum Education have dropped by 94 per cent since Australia closed its borders a year ago. As JobKeeper ends, there's still no solution for an industry worth billions.
  
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• ASX trading flat as New Zealand posts worse economic data than forecast

  17-03-2021 21:47 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market is steady in early Thursday trade as the nation awaits the latest employment figures. Meanwhile, there are warnings that New Zealand is heading for a recession.
  
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• ASX trading down despite positive jobs figures; New Zealand headed for recession

  17-03-2021 21:47 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market is trading down, despite jobs figures that show the nation is surpassing predictions. New Zealand's economy isn't faring as well as expected.
  
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• ASX trades down despite positive jobs figures; New Zealand headed for recession

  17-03-2021 21:47 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market trades down, despite jobs figures that show the nation is surpassing predictions. New Zealand's economy isn't faring as well as expected.
  
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• ASX set to dip as Australia awaits unemployment data

  17-03-2021 21:47 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market is set to dip, despite US stocks closing at a record high on Wall Street once again.
  
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• Family gives country town’s historic commercial building a new lease of life

  17-03-2021 21:17 via abc.net.au
  
  Nerida and Chris Cuddy missed out on a holiday due to the pandemic, so they turned into an opportunity to restore a century-old commercial building in their country town.
  
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• Legal bid to stop drilling at sacred Lake Torrens Aboriginal site

  17-03-2021 20:57 via abc.net.au
  
  An Aboriginal group launches a bid for a judicial review into a decision by the South Australian Premier to allow a minerals exploration project on a sacred site in outback SA.
  
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• Bitcoin faces its 'climate thing' as miners consume more electricity than a medium-sized nation

  17-03-2021 20:29 via abc.net.au
  
  As the price of the cryptocurrency continues to skyrocket, Bitcoin miners are tapping fossil fuels across the planet. But can Bitcoin go green, or is climate change embedded in Bitcoin's code?
  
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• Dozens of companies report large boost in profits after receiving JobKeeper subsidy

  17-03-2021 20:09 via abc.net.au
  
  More than 30 companies recorded higher profits in the last six months of 2020 — after receiving hundreds of millions of dollars in JobKeeper subsidies — than in the last six months of 2019.
  
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• CommBank to offer pay later service

  17-03-2021 10:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The nation's biggest bank, Commonwealth, will offer its own buy now, pay later service to customers from mid-year in a move to challenge Afterpay.
  
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• Government urged to consider reclaiming Darwin Port from Chinese company if in 'national interest'

  17-03-2021 09:44 via abc.net.au
  
  A parliamentary committee recommends the federal government consider reclaiming Australian ownership of Darwin Port, which was leased to Chinese company Landbridge in 2015.
  
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• WA to remove trade commissioners

  17-03-2021 09:03 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state government will soon remove its trade commissioners based in Indonesia, Korea and India, leaving only locally engaged staff to represent the economic diversification WA seeks.
  
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• $17m East Victoria Park plan deferred

  17-03-2021 08:55 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state’s development assessment panel has chosen to postpone a decision on a $17 million grouped dwelling development in East Victoria Park.
  
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• Bricklaying rates rise

  17-03-2021 08:42 via businessnews.com.au
  
  An uptick in building activity has led to a series of challenges for the construction industry, including materials delays and increases in contractor rates.
  
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• Brick laying rates rise

  17-03-2021 08:42 via businessnews.com.au
  
  An uptick in building activity has led to a series of challenges for the construction industry, including materials delays and increases in contractor rates.
  
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• ASX drops 0.47% as Fed analysis looms

  17-03-2021 08:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Investors on the ASX removed some risk from their portfolios as the outcomes of the US Federal Reserve's policy meeting on Thursday loomed large over financial markets.
  
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• Boss of currency trader with 'Wolf of Wall Street' culture banned for a decade

  17-03-2021 08:20 via abc.net.au
  
  The director and former employees of an online foreign currency trader are handed lengthy bans by Australian authorities for their involvement in a culture former employees liken to something out of The Wolf of Wall Street.
  
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• Stimulus kickstart continues

  17-03-2021 08:12 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Residential land developers hope the positive market momentum prompted by housing stimulus measures can be extended long term.
  
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• Developers realise tree change opportunity

  17-03-2021 08:12 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perth’s urban areas continue to face green canopy loss despite growing awareness of the upside trees can deliver residential projects.
  
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• Strandline secures debt funding for Coburn

  17-03-2021 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Strandline Resources has the debt funding it requires for its Coburn mineral sands project after securing about $80 million from a senior secured bond issue.
  
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• Australia backs AstraZeneca virus vaccine

  17-03-2021 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australian authorities have thrown their support behind the AstraZeneca vaccine despite a handful of new allergic reactions and increasing global trepidation.
  
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• MetalsTech announces new venture

  17-03-2021 07:29 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perth-based Canadian lithium miner MetalsTech has announced a spin-out of its lithium assets in a bid to accelerate development in the now booming battery metals sector.
  
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• Signs of Labor's future in junior appointments

  17-03-2021 07:19 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Mark McGowan has expanded the number of members serving in coveted parliamentary secretary positions in a sign of who might become ministers in the years ahead.
  
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• Swinney recognised as top vineyard

  17-03-2021 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Frankland River-based winery Swinney has been named Vineyard of the Year by Young Gun of Wine for maintaining a large-scale vineyard with a small-scale approach.
  
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• Kids’ busyness a setup for burnout

  17-03-2021 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Parents need to ensure their kids aren’t overburdened with extracurricular activities.
  
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• 'Powerhouses in our neighbourhoods': Migrant-run small businesses an economic and social boon, report finds

  17-03-2021 06:05 via abc.net.au
  
  A new report reveals Australia's small businesses, many of which are run by migrants, are critical to rebuilding the broader economy as well as their local communities.
  
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• Australia will send virus vaccines to PNG

  17-03-2021 06:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia will send 8,000 coronavirus vaccines to Papua New Guinea to immunise frontline health workers and combat a spiralling outbreak.
  
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• Nationals lose Warren-Blackwood to Labor

  17-03-2021 05:18 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Nationals will hold just four seats in the lower house after former party leader Terry Redman lost the South West seat he’s held since 2013 this morning.
  
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• Paladin launches $219m raising

  17-03-2021 05:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Subiaco-based Paladin Energy is using funds secured from a placement and fully underwritten rights issue to progress the restart of its uranium operations in Namibia.
  
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• Life ring installed a year after tragedy at scenic Broome cliff

  17-03-2021 04:47 via abc.net.au
  
  The Kimberley town was shocked by the death of a much-loved local — now efforts have been made to prevent another tragedy.
  
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• 'Farmers are happy': Aerial search for water pays off as untapped supply found

  17-03-2021 04:15 via abc.net.au
  
  A bold plan to search for water from the air in western NSW proves successful with found deposits of gold, copper, zinc and untapped groundwater being found.
  
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• Mechanical fault blamed for Oyster Bar blaze

  17-03-2021 04:09 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Investigators from the Department of Fire and Emergency Services believe a mechanical fault to be responsible for a blaze at Elizabeth Quay's Oyster Bar overnight.
  
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• 'Alarming' figures as residential vacancy rates crash in regional NSW

  17-03-2021 04:08 via abc.net.au
  
  On the day a multi-million-dollar campaign is launched to entice more people to move out of major cities, new figures paint a bleak picture for renters looking for a home in regional New South Wales.
  
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• 'Unsafe workplace': Taxi drivers seek action over rock-throwing youths

  17-03-2021 04:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Taxi drivers at Whyalla, who say antisocial behaviour by youths poses a risk to them and their passengers, will meet with council, police and a state MP to find a solution.
  
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• Red 5 in mega raising for KOTH

  17-03-2021 04:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Red 5 says its King of the Hills project in WA is now fully funded, after the goldminer secured $235 million in debt and equity financing.
  
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• Rex already prompting cheaper flights

  17-03-2021 03:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australians looking for cheap flights are already benefiting from Rex's entry into the domestic market, after Jetstar and Virgin cut prices in response.
  
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• Clive Palmer promises to spend $100m to bring luxury resort back from extinction

  17-03-2021 02:59 via abc.net.au
  
  The billionaire mining magnate says the redevelopment the long-neglected Palmer Coolum Resort will include a full-size replica of the Trevi Fountain.
  
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• Labor believes Porter returning impossible

  17-03-2021 02:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Labor does not believe stripping Christian Porter of some responsibilities will be enough for the attorney-general to return to work.
  
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• Pay rise for dairy farmers as Fonterra announces $32m half-year Australian profit

  17-03-2021 01:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Dairy farmers supplying dairy company Fonterra in Australia receive a pay rise today, coinciding with the company's announcement of its interim financial results.
  
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• King talks up WA, Labor brand

  17-03-2021 01:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  With the state election now gone and a federal election looming, can Labor look to its Shoalwater MP to understand how the west is won?
  
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