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• Even the experts say Australia's real estate market 'seems quite odd'

  19-03-2021 22:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Rental prices are rising in some places and falling elsewhere. Sale prices are going up at different rates in different areas. Experts say the housing market has structural problems that need addressing.
  
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• 63 times the size of Melbourne's CBD: Victoria's farmland lost to thousands of residential developments

  19-03-2021 21:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Rural shires report "phenomenal" population growth as regional and rural land is rezoned residential, and one expert says it will affect Melbourne's food supply.
  
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• The cold reality of Sydney's property market as buyers issued warning

  19-03-2021 20:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Record low interest rates and a bumper housing surge in Sydney prompts warnings to first home buyers about taking on too much debt.
  
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• Judy sold everything and moved to France to retire. She didn't read the fine print

  19-03-2021 20:27 via abc.net.au
  
  A group of older Australians dreamed of a peaceful retirement in France. Instead, they find themselves spearheading a push to jump-start international talks on a bilateral pension deal.
  
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• Indonesian seaweed farmers set to gain significant compensation over Australian oil spill

  19-03-2021 10:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Thousands of Indonesian seaweed farmers win a long-running case in the Federal Court and stand to gain substantial compensation over Australia’s worst offshore oil spill, which destroyed their crops in 2009.
  
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• GST deal boosts coffers

  19-03-2021 08:31 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Western Australia’s share of GST payments will be cut by $1 billion as a result of rising iron ore royalties but this will largely be offset by extra payments from Canberra.
  
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• ASX down for week, inflation fear persists

  19-03-2021 08:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia's share market closed lower for a third consecutive day and the week, while US financial leaders will next week have another chance to persuade investors jittery about the prospect of inflation.
  
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• Mining data overhaul plan released

  19-03-2021 08:28 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state’s mining department has released a new five-year plan to transform the storage of geoscience data this afternoon.
  
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• Warning for ASX-listed Jupiter Energy

  19-03-2021 08:10 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A Kazakhstan-focused oil junior which had a 70-fold share price spike last April has been warned by its auditor it may struggle to meet financial obligations.
  
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• Vital Metals on track for Q2 rare earths production

  19-03-2021 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Subiaco-based Vital Metals will use $43 million raised from a share placement to complete the construction of its rare earths project in Canada.
  
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• Taiwan pleads with citizens to not change their name to 'Salmon' to get free sushi

  19-03-2021 07:05 via abc.net.au
  
  A top Taiwanese official issues a plea for people to stop changing their name to 'Salmon' after dozens make the unusual move to take advantage of a restaurant promotion.
  
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• Taiwan pleads with citizens to not change their name to 'Salmon' for a restaurant promotion

  19-03-2021 07:05 via abc.net.au
  
  A top Taiwanese official issues a plea for people to stop changing their name to 'Salmon' after dozens make the unusual move to take advantage of a restaurant promotion.
  
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• Reckoning will come for world’s debt binge

  19-03-2021 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Slow to respond to the economic side of COVID-19, some countries are still pumping out cash.
  
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• Medusa appoints new MD, chairman

  19-03-2021 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Philippines-focused Medusa Mining has named recently appointed director Jeff McGlinn as its new chairman, replacing Andrew Teo who will become the company’s managing director.
  
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• 'The shop stinks': Supermarket shelves stripped bare by mice in NSW plague

  19-03-2021 06:45 via abc.net.au
  
  A Gulargambone grocer says he catches between 400–500 mice per night and has lost more than $30,000 in stock due to a plague taking over western New South Wales.
  
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• Albanese lashes 'petulance' on worker underpayment laws

  19-03-2021 06:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Anthony Albanese has lashed the Morrison government for its "petulant" handling of industrial relations reforms.
  
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• Woodside supports climate vote

  19-03-2021 05:19 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Woodside Petroleum has joined other major resources companies in putting its climate report to a non-binding, advisory vote of shareholders next year.
  
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• Tough balancing act at Ocean Reef

  19-03-2021 05:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  More than 40 years in the making, the Ocean Reef Marina development is progressing, but it may yet have choppy waters to navigate.
  
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• 'We're left holding the baby': Builders urge ACT government to fast track laws cracking down on developers

  19-03-2021 04:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Two Canberra construction companies that claim they are owed millions of dollars fear delays to laws cracking down on dodgy developers are costing builders.
  
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• Farm workers earning as little as $1.25 an hour, says union wage-theft report

  19-03-2021 04:12 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal opposition says some workers are underpaid and exploited but farmers argue piece rates drive productivity and a minimum wage won't drive out "rogue operators".
  
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• Europe endorses AstraZeneca virus vaccine

  19-03-2021 04:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australian officials have welcomed the European medical regulator giving the AstraZeneca vaccine the green light.
  
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• New routes proposed for Snowy Hydro transmission lines

  19-03-2021 03:13 via abc.net.au
  
  TransGrid announces alternative route options for the proposed Hume Link transmission line, after the original proposal was rejected by local landholders, council and the Rural Fire Service.
  
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• AEC recommends Stirling be abolished

  19-03-2021 02:20 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia’s electoral commission is proposing to abolish a Liberal-held electorate in Perth’s northern suburbs which encompasses the suburbs of Scarborough, Dianella and Mirrabooka.
  
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• Fair Go Dairy logo for processors draws mixed response after ACCC approval

  19-03-2021 02:17 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission formally authorises a milk label that aims to showcase processors and brands that pay farmers a sustainable price.
  
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• Retail spending falls 1.1% in February

  19-03-2021 02:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia's retail turnover fell 1.1 per cent in February as COVID-19 restrictions hit hard in Victoria and Western Australia
  
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• Retail spend tumbled 1.1% in February

  19-03-2021 02:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Snap lockdowns due to the coronavirus pandemic in Perth and Melbourne drove a fall in retail turnover in February.
  
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• Retail spend down 1.1% in February

  19-03-2021 02:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Snap lockdowns due to the coronavirus pandemic in Perth and Melbourne drove a fall in retail turnover in February.
  
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• Some Qantas workers to get government-funded wage subsidy after JobKeeper ends

  19-03-2021 01:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Qantas workers who usually work on international routes will receive a $500-a-week wage payment well after the JobKeeper scheme ends, under the federal government's controversial $1.2 billion aviation tourism support scheme.
  
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• More than 7,000 Qantas workers to receive wage subsidy until October

  19-03-2021 01:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Qantas workers who usually work on international routes will receive a $500-a-week wage payment well after the JobKeeper scheme ends, under the federal government's controversial $1.2 billion aviation tourism support scheme.
  
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• Portland Aluminium smelter thrown $150m government lifeline to secure its future

  19-03-2021 01:45 via abc.net.au
  
  The agreement means the south-west Victorian plant, which consumes roughly 10 per cent of Victoria's energy, will be able to keep operating until 2026.
  
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• Federal, Victorian governments back $150m deal to keep Portland Aluminium smelter running

  19-03-2021 01:45 via abc.net.au
  
  The agreement means the south-west Victorian plant, which consumes roughly 10 per cent of Victoria's energy, will be able to keep operating until 2026.
  
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• Trading one market for others

  19-03-2021 01:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  If China’s stance on trade forces Australia to seek other markets, there are plenty of opportunities elsewhere in Asia.
  
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