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• 'There was no earthquake': One of China's tallest skyscrapers evacuated after it begins to shake

  18-05-2021 23:19 via abc.net.au
  
  Bystander videos published by local media show the skyscraper shaking on its foundations as hundreds of terrified pedestrians ran away outside.
  
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• You only get 30 minutes to inspect a house you'll have to pay off for the next 30 years. Here are the things to look for

  18-05-2021 22:41 via abc.net.au
  
  It's pretty much impossible to check everything about a property during a half-hour inspection. Here's what to keep an eye out for at your next open home visit.
  
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• What you should look for during a home inspection

  18-05-2021 22:41 via abc.net.au
  
  Prospective property buyers rarely have more than 30 minutes to inspect a place they could potentially spend the next 30 years paying off. So what should they be looking out for?
  
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• 'You come home to no future': Tens of thousands struggle to pay their mortgages

  18-05-2021 22:14 via abc.net.au
  
  When Brad lost his job and his debts started to mount he got help from a special mortgage counselling service in Melbourne's west and there are hopes the program could be expanded statewide if extra funding is part of the Victorian budget.
  
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• A mortgage wellbeing service helped Brad keep debt collectors from his door

  18-05-2021 22:14 via abc.net.au
  
  When Brad lost his job and his debts started to mount he got help from a special mortgage counselling service in Melbourne's west and there are hopes the program could be expanded statewide if extra funding is part of the Victorian budget.
  
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• 'Not justified': Dispute erupts over pay rise for political staffers

  18-05-2021 21:20 via abc.net.au
  
  A decision to increase the salaries of staff working in the electorate offices of Northern Territory politicians triggers a fierce dispute between the Remuneration Tribunal and the clerk of the Parliament.
  
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• 'Not justified': Dispute erupts over pay rise for NT political staffers

  18-05-2021 21:20 via abc.net.au
  
  A decision to increase the salaries of staff working in the electorate offices of Northern Territory politicians triggers a fierce dispute between the Remuneration Tribunal and the clerk of the Parliament.
  
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• 'The only female in a department of 42 men': Some developing countries have more women studying science than Australia

  18-05-2021 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia is the land of the fair go, and yet we have fewer women scientists than many developing countries.  So what shapes differences in women's career choices around the world?
  
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• 'Maximum of three or four girls in a group of 20': Some developing countries have more women studying science than Australia

  18-05-2021 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia is the land of the fair go, and yet we have fewer women scientists than many developing countries.  So what shapes differences in women's career choices around the world?
  
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• Mahananda was shocked at the lack of female physicists when she arrived in Australia 30 years ago. Nothing has changed

  18-05-2021 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia is the land of the fair go, and yet we have fewer women scientists than many developing countries.  So what shapes differences in women's career choices around the world?
  
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• Penny Wong accuses Scott Morrison of stoking China tensions for political gain

  18-05-2021 14:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong accuses the federal government of endangering Australia's relationship with China by using alarmist rhetoric for domestic political gain. 
  
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• Penny Wong accuses government of failure to understand our relationship with China

  18-05-2021 14:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong accuses the federal government of endangering Australia's relationship with China by using alarmist rhetoric for domestic political gain. 
  
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• Federal government to spend $600 million on Hunter Valley gas plant

  18-05-2021 14:32 via abc.net.au
  
  The Morrison government confirms it will spend up to $600 million building a new gas-fired power station in Kurri Kurri in the New South Wales Hunter Valley.
  
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• Pindan assets to hit market

  18-05-2021 14:04 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Pindan Group’s assets could soon be on the market as administrators EY trawl through the remnants of the construction group, with 500 subcontractors expected to be affected.
  
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• Subcontractors facing big losses as WA construction group Pindan placed in administration

  18-05-2021 12:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Property and construction group Pindan is placed in administration owing millions of dollars and leaving subcontractors facing the prospect of big losses.
  
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• Wages growth far adrift from RBA's hope

  18-05-2021 12:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The minutes of the Reserve Bank's May board meeting have again highlighted the likelihood of keeping the cash rate at a record low until 2024.
  
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• Joe Biden and US first lady release 2020 tax returns, revealing income drop

  18-05-2021 11:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Joe Biden has resumed the decades-long tradition of US presidents releasing their tax returns publicly, after former president Donald Trump refused to do so in his time in office.
  
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• Biden makes tax return public after former US president refused to do so

  18-05-2021 11:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Joe Biden has resumed the decades-long tradition of US presidents releasing their tax returns publicly, after former president Donald Trump refused to do so in his time in office.
  
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• Biodiversity concerns high among Aussies

  18-05-2021 11:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A new report has found Australia is leading a global trend showing hundreds of millions of people are concerned by biodiversity loss.
  
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• 'It's gut-wrenching': Another house cracking fiasco unfolds in Sydney's west

  18-05-2021 10:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Homes in Spring Farm near Camden are sinking and cracking at "every door and window", prompting homeowners to launch a class action and more calls for better regulation of Sydney's constant expansion.
  
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• 'Doors just smash': Another house cracking fiasco unfolds in Sydney's west

  18-05-2021 10:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Homes in Spring Farm near Camden are sinking and cracking at "every door and window", prompting homeowners to launch a class action and more calls for better regulation of Sydney's constant expansion.
  
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• China faces 'real challenge' as world's biggest beef exporter imposes snap ban

  18-05-2021 09:56 via abc.net.au
  
  Argentina is one of the world's biggest beef exporters, but with an election looming and domestic prices on the rise, it's shutting down trade for 30 days in a move that is likely to have a significant global impact.
  
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• China faces 'real challenge' as one of world's biggest beef exporters imposes snap ban

  18-05-2021 09:56 via abc.net.au
  
  Argentina is one of the world's biggest beef exporters, but with an election looming and domestic prices on the rise, it's shutting down trade for 30 days in a move that is likely to have a significant global impact.
  
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• China faces 'real challenge' as one of the world's biggest beef exporters imposes snap ban

  18-05-2021 09:56 via abc.net.au
  
  Argentina is one of the world's biggest beef exporters, but with an election looming and domestic prices on the rise, it's shutting down trade for 30 days in a move that is likely to have a significant global impact.
  
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• Argentina puts snap ban on beef exports and China is going to feel it

  18-05-2021 09:56 via abc.net.au
  
  Argentina is one of the world's biggest beef exporters, but with an election looming and domestic prices on the rise, it's shutting down trade for 30 days in a move that is likely to have a significant global impact.
  
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• Argentina has put a snap ban on beef exports and China is going to feel it

  18-05-2021 09:56 via abc.net.au
  
  Argentina is one of the world's biggest beef exporters, but with an election looming and domestic prices on the rise, it's shutting down trade for 30 days in a move that is likely to have a significant global impact.
  
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• At Close of Business: Jordan Murray on outgoing members of state parliament

  18-05-2021 09:48 via businessnews.com.au
  
  In today's episode of At Close of Business, journalists Jesinta Burton and Jordan Murray discuss where outgoing members of state parliament have ended up.
  
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• CBA shares record as ASX ends higher

  18-05-2021 09:45 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Commonwealth Bank shares notched a record and edged closer to $100 per share as the biggest players on the Australian market led gains.
  
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• Woodside out of Kitimat

  18-05-2021 09:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Woodside will take a loss of between $50 million and $80 million as it exits its 50 per cent share of the Kitimat project in Canada, after partner Chevron also left the development.
  
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• Fortescue sets new indigenous target

  18-05-2021 09:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Fortescue Metals Group is aiming to award $1 billion of contracts to Aboriginal businesses and joint ventures over the next decade through its new green energy operation.
  
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• St Barbara lowers WA production forecast

  18-05-2021 09:26 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Labour shortages resulting in a slower than expected change in mining contractor has forced St Barbara to lower full-year production forecast for its Gwalia operation near Leonora.
  
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• Big budget spending cuts likely once COVID recovery complete, Treasury secretary admits

  18-05-2021 09:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Big budget cuts are likely once the economy has fully recovered from COVID-19, with the Treasury secretary revealing an 8 per cent cut in federal government spending is needed to eventually balance the books without raising taxes.
  
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• Team approach to defence education

  18-05-2021 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Four WA universities contribute significantly to the defence sector, operating together as ‘team WA’.
  
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• Pindan placed in administration

  18-05-2021 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Administrators from EY have been appointed to various Pindan Group companies from 5pm this afternoon.
  
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• Fallout continues for Pindan

  18-05-2021 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The fallout from alleged financial troubles at Pindan Group continues today, with several of its sites left unoccupied.
  
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• Push from across the ditch to scrap tariffs on vaccines, pause fossil fuel subsidies

  18-05-2021 07:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Jacinda Ardern wants to use New Zealand's time in the diplomatic spotlight to quickly eliminate tariffs on vaccines, syringes and other medical supplies, arguing the pandemic has exposed trade barriers that are potentially damaging to human health.
  
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• Chilled food moves across borders in 6 hours, vaccines take up to 9 days — NZ wants that to change

  18-05-2021 07:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Jacinda Ardern wants to use New Zealand's time in the diplomatic spotlight to quickly eliminate tariffs on vaccines, syringes and other medical supplies, arguing the pandemic has exposed trade barriers that are potentially damaging to human health.
  
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• Chilled food moves across borders in 6 hours, for vaccines it takes up to 9 days — NZ wants that to change

  18-05-2021 07:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Jacinda Ardern wants to use New Zealand's time in the diplomatic spotlight to quickly eliminate tariffs on vaccines, syringes and other medical supplies, arguing the pandemic has exposed trade barriers that are potentially damaging to human health.
  
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• 25 trains to be built in Victoria with promise of 750 new jobs

  18-05-2021 07:33 via abc.net.au
  
  The Victorian government announces $986 million will be set aside in Thursday's budget to build 25 new trains for the Craigieburn, Upfield and Frankston lines.
  
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• Canberrans offered discounts worth up to $80 a day as ACT's 'dud' voucher scheme is revamped

  18-05-2021 07:29 via abc.net.au
  
  The ChooseCBR digital vouchers program has been expanded for its relaunch in three weeks, after its earlier trial fell short of expectations.
  
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• Honey sizes up risks and rewards

  18-05-2021 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  In his first major interview as Liberal leader, David Honey spoke to Business News about his childhood, desire for a compassionate society, and threats to WA’s prosperity.
  
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• More than 50,000 Kia cars have been recalled. Here's what to do if yours is one of them

  18-05-2021 06:35 via abc.net.au
  
  Two popular Kia car models have been recalled, with tens of thousands of Australian vehicles affected. Here's what we know about the recall, and how to find out if your car is affected by the announcement.
  
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• Native Title inquiry finds gaps in law

  18-05-2021 06:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Rights afforded to traditional owners and custodians are not being upheld due to deficiencies in the legislation, an inquiry has heard.
  
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• Local drilling contractor in $80m Canadian acquisition

  18-05-2021 06:20 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Wangara-based specialist contractor McKay Drilling has agreed to sell all of its shares in the company to a major Canadian firm for $80 million.
  
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• Local drilling contractor acquired for $80m

  18-05-2021 06:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Wangara-based specialist contractor McKay Drilling has agreed to sell all of its shares in the company to a major Canadian firm for $80 million.
  
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• Bushfires, pandemic and now insurance – alpine businesses fight to survive

  18-05-2021 05:46 via abc.net.au
  
  The ski industry warns massive hikes in premiums pose a major threat to the sector's tourism recovery after it was pummelled by bushfires and the pandemic.
  
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• Compensation call for small traders near Melbourne's second safe injecting centre

  18-05-2021 05:12 via abc.net.au
  
  A peak body representing small businesses says traders within a kilometre of a second safe injecting room in Melbourne should receive financial compensation for loss of business.
  
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• Australia awash in plastics crisis

  18-05-2021 04:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  More than half of the world’s single-use plastic is produced by fewer than two-dozen companies, according to new research published by the Minderoo Foundation.
  
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• Scathing report refuses to rule out corruption over NSW government's $53m land deal

  18-05-2021 04:13 via abc.net.au
  
  The NSW Auditor-General releases a damning report into the purchase of land by the NSW government in Sydney’s west, finding it didn’t organise a formal valuation before paying more than $50 million — three times the land's value.
  
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• 'It's something precious': Traditional owners say no amount of money can replace blasted rock shelters

  18-05-2021 03:57 via abc.net.au
  
  A year on from Rio Tinto blasting culturally significant rock shelters at Juukan Gorge, traditional owners say it is vital Indigenous people are included in the decision making process for mining developments.
  
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