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• Snowy Mountains housing crisis, van life ban chills businesses as ski season looms

  08-04-2021 22:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Business owners in the Snowy Mountains say they can't find staff because there's nowhere for them to stay and the moratorium on van lifers isn't helping.
  
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• JobKeeper is gone, so what can small businesses do if they're in trouble?

  08-04-2021 21:27 via abc.net.au
  
  With JobKeeper finished, some struggling small businesses will be weighing up their future. Here's what the experts suggest they do.
  
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• After a hellish year, what are the signs your small businesses should shut up shop?

  08-04-2021 21:27 via abc.net.au
  
  With JobKeeper finished, some struggling small businesses will be weighing up their future. Here's what the experts suggest they do.
  
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• Politicians will soon be bound by the Sex Discrimination Act, but it doesn't guarantee they'll be sacked over misconduct

  08-04-2021 20:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Under the changes proposed by the government, all politicians and judges would be included in the Sex Discrimination Act. Here's how future claims of misconduct would be handled.
  
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• Government revises AstraZeneca advice

  08-04-2021 11:53 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The federal government will amend its national vaccination program, limiting doses of AstraZeneca for those under 50 following concerns about the link between the vaccine and blood clots.
  
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• Austral Fisheries profits down

  08-04-2021 10:05 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Austral Fisheries has posted a $12.64 million profit for 2020 - more than 40 per cent down on its 2019 result - but still paid out almost $10.6 million in dividends to shareholders.
  
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• Craig Mostyn Group offloads lobster business

  08-04-2021 09:52 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Family-owned Craig Mostyn Group has sold its Tasmanian-based rock lobster business CMT to the South Australian Lobster Company for an undisclosed sum.
  
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• ASX's highest close since virus crash

  08-04-2021 09:48 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia's main share market index closed at its highest level since the coronavirus crash, as the US Federal Reserve joined its Australian peer in reiterating rates will not rise soon.
  
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• Scentre investors hit out against exec pay

  08-04-2021 09:45 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Investors in Westfield-owners Scentre Group have served a 'first strike' on executives' pay, after the company leaders produced a full-year loss and reduced final dividend.
  
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• Henderson departs Carabiner

  08-04-2021 09:37 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Michael Henderson has announced he will leave Perth-based architects Carabiner (formerly Sandover Pinder) after two decades as executive chair and chief executive.
  
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• St Barbara acquires stake in Lake Wells project

  08-04-2021 09:27 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australian-based gold producer St Barbara (SBM) has acquired a 70 per cent interest in Perth-based resources company Australian Potash’s Lake Wells Gold Project east of Laverton.
  
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• Lake Wells Gold venture confirmed

  08-04-2021 09:27 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australian-based gold producer St Barbara (SBM) has acquired a 70 per cent interest in Perth-based resources company Australian Potash’s Lake Wells Gold Project east of Laverton.
  
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• Gillett sues Craigcare for $3.4m

  08-04-2021 09:08 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perth businessman John Gillett is suing his former aged care company Craigcare Group over alleged breaches of a consultancy agreement he claims cost him more than $3.4 million.
  
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• Spy drone components to be manufactured in regional Victorian town

  08-04-2021 08:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Ararat-based AME Systems is one of three companies certified worldwide to supply wire harnesses to US defence manufacturer Northrop Grumman.
  
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• Parks Australia accused of 'dirty tactics' as it asks for Kakadu prosecution to be dropped

  08-04-2021 07:58 via abc.net.au
  
  Parks Australia fails in its bid to avert a court case related to Kakadu, with the sacred sites watchdog vowing to continue its prosecution as Indigenous custodians express dismay.
  
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• Australia mulls latest AstraZeneca advice

  08-04-2021 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia's drug regulators are holding urgent meetings after European authorities confirmed a link between the AstraZeneca vaccine and blood clots.
  
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• Cyclist death in truck crash raises questions over Eyre Highway bike safety

  08-04-2021 06:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Truck drivers and cyclists raise safety concerns over bikes and road trains sharing one of the country's most remote stretches of sealed road following the death of 21-year-old cyclist Leif Justham.
  
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• Aged care on cusp of change

  08-04-2021 06:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The final report from the aged care royal commission suggested a needs-based system.
  
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• 'A rort that everybody was in on': Westpac facing court over 'junk' insurance

  08-04-2021 05:59 via abc.net.au
  
  The action comes as the federal government seeks to regulate the controversial sale of so-called "junk" insurance to consumers at the point of sale. But the travel industry is being given an exemption.
  
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• Meeting over AstraZeneca blood clot fears

  08-04-2021 05:45 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The nation’s medical experts are expected to meet to review concerns raised by the European medical agency about the possible link between the AstraZeneca vaccine and blood clots.
  
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• New measures to improve decommissioning

  08-04-2021 05:29 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Following a nationwide review into offshore oil and gas decommissioning, the federal government has approved measures targeted at strengthening protections for industry and the environment.
  
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• Intervention likely for overheated market

  08-04-2021 04:05 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Federal agencies are weighing up how best to respond to the seemingly irrepressible housing market.
  
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• MPs, judges to face sexual harassment laws

  08-04-2021 03:09 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Politicians and judges will be subject to the same sexual harassment laws as the wider population under major workplace reforms.
  
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• Impact of China sanctions limited: study

  08-04-2021 02:59 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The impact of myriad Chinese trade sanctions on Australian goods in the past year has been "quite limited", with most exporters managing to find other markets, according to a new report.
  
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• Politicians to be included in Sex Discrimination Act for first time

  08-04-2021 02:02 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government will amend the Sex Discrimination Act to include politicians and judges, who have previously been exempt from the laws. 
  
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• Westpac to face court over 'unfair' credit insurance sales; ASX set to rise again after breaking COVID ceiling

  08-04-2021 00:04 via abc.net.au
  
  ASIC is taking the bank to court over its sale of consumer credit insurance. Australia's benchmark share index is set to rise again today after a 13-month closing high on Wednesday.
  
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• Westpac to face court over 'unfair' credit insurance sales; ASX set to hit new high after breaking COVID ceiling

  08-04-2021 00:04 via abc.net.au
  
  ASIC is taking the bank to court over its sale of consumer credit insurance. Australia's benchmark share index is set to rise again today after a 13-month closing high on Wednesday.
  
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• ASX set to rise again after breaking COVID ceiling

  08-04-2021 00:04 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian benchmark closed at its highest level in almost 14 months on Wednesday, a time well before the pandemic crash. It is now set to rise again today.
  
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• ASX 200 hits 7,000 points for the first time in almost 14 months

  08-04-2021 00:04 via abc.net.au
  
  ASIC is taking the bank to court over its sale of consumer credit insurance. Australia's benchmark share index is set to rise again today after a 13-month closing high on Wednesday.
  
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