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• Olivia took on a major brand and won. Why are Australian women more likely to block, unfriend and boycott than men?

  11-06-2021 22:16 via abc.net.au
  
  Women are more likely than men to block or unfollow people because of comments they find offensive and are also more likely to boycott brands over their behaviour and withdraw support for celebrities, according to the Australia Talks survey.
  
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• Hannah always loved Disney princesses, now she's campaigning to see one that looks like her

  11-06-2021 22:16 via abc.net.au
  
  Women are more likely than men to block or unfollow people because of comments they find offensive and are also more likely to boycott brands over their behaviour and withdraw support for celebrities, according to the Australia Talks survey.
  
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• Fog delays Morrison's G7 arrival as Australia pledges 20m vaccine doses for developing countries

  11-06-2021 15:11 via abc.net.au
  
  Prime Minister Scott Morrison's trip to the Group of Seven (G7) summit in England gets off to a gloomy start as his RAAF jet is forced to divert to an air force base west of London due to heavy fog.
  
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• Commercialisation hurdles stifle innovation

  11-06-2021 14:16 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Barriers separating industry, teaching and academic clinical research are impeding development of medtech in WA.
  
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• Hassell, OMA top architecture awards

  11-06-2021 14:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The WA Museum Boola Bardip received several accolades for architectural excellence at the latest instalment of the Australian Institute of Architects WA awards.
  
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• Big data benefits kids

  11-06-2021 13:52 via businessnews.com.au
  
  AI can find answers to childhood disease, with the right data and researchers.
  
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• China dialogue critical, says Court

  11-06-2021 10:51 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Former premier Richard Court says it is “absolutely critical” for Australia to re-establish dialogue with China, which is our major trading partner.
  
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• Controversial businessman and former Sydney Swans owner Geoffrey Edelsten dies

  11-06-2021 10:31 via abc.net.au
  
  The ABC understands controversial Australian businessman Geoffrey Edelsten has died aged 78 in Melbourne.
  
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• ASX at record close entering break

  11-06-2021 09:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Shares finished the week at a record closing level on the ASX as a fund manager tipped infrastructure assets to give long-term value on increasingly pricey markets.
  
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• At Close of Business: Jesinta Burton on Pindan

  11-06-2021 09:17 via businessnews.com.au
  
  In today's episode of At Close of Business, journalists Jordan Murray and Jesinta Burton discuss the latest on the collapse of Pindan.
  
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• Valmec discontinues John Holland claim

  11-06-2021 09:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Kewdale-based Valmec and construction company John Holland have settled a long-running dispute over work completed on the state government’s $1 billion NorthLink transport project.
  
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• $2m for Cancer Council WA’s public health campaign

  11-06-2021 09:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Cancer Council WA has been awarded a $2.1 million grant from Healthway for public health campaigns over the next three years to encourage healthy lifestyles.
  
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• Cedar Woods loses bid to contest brickworks approval

  11-06-2021 08:20 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Property developer Cedar Woods has failed in its attempt to have a works approval at the brickworks adjacent to its Byford subdivision revoked.
  
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• Dire staff shortages cast shadow over new ski season

  11-06-2021 08:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Snow enthusiasts are gearing up to hit the slopes, but some businesses are worried they won't be able to meet the surge in demand as staff, housing shortages continue.
  
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• Political self-interest exposes the west

  11-06-2021 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  WA is under-resourced in military personnel and hardware capability.
  
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• Court approves $1.2bn robodebt settlement

  11-06-2021 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A judge has approved a $1.2 billion settlement between robodebt victims and the federal government while blasting the scheme for being a "shameful chapter" in public administration.
  
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• ASIC bans Kim Hanson

  11-06-2021 07:22 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The corporate regulator has permanently banned Kim Hanson over the misuse of $3 million of trust funds and confirmed it is continuing to investigate Australian Reliance Group.
  
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• Premier raises full-year retail earnings forecast

  11-06-2021 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Premier Investments has raised its full-year retail earnings forecast by about 90 per cent after booming sales this year.
  
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• Balcatta business to refurbish CBD heritage homes

  11-06-2021 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state government has contracted local business Western Projects to undertake repairs on seven heritage homes on Parry Street in Perth.
  
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• Perth biotech has strong start to trading

  11-06-2021 06:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A Perron Institute-spinout focused on reducing brain damage caused by strokes listed on the ASX this morning, with its share price rising 50 per cent.
  
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• McGowan and Palmer to meet in court stoush

  11-06-2021 05:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Clive Palmer and Mark McGowan have been ordered to meet "face-to-face" in a bid to resolve the mining magnate's defamation case against the premier.
  
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• Industrial vacancy rate hits historic low

  11-06-2021 05:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Demand for industrial and logistics properties has increased over the past six months, with the vacancy rate falling to a historic low of 2.24 per cent, according to CBRE.
  
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• 'You get sick of treading water': Business owners sell up under weight of lockdowns

  11-06-2021 04:25 via abc.net.au
  
  Small business owners in parts of regional Victoria are opting to close their doors following the combined effects of four COVID lockdowns in the state. 
  
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• Pandemic, China trade war open way for regional manufacturing

  11-06-2021 04:17 via abc.net.au
  
  With supply chains in jeopardy — thanks to an ongoing pandemic and the fallout from Australia's precarious trade relations with China — a push to see more local manufacturing is resonating, especially in job-starved regions.
  
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• Pandemic, China trade war open doors for local manufacturing

  11-06-2021 04:17 via abc.net.au
  
  With supply chains in jeopardy — thanks to an ongoing pandemic and the fallout from Australia's precarious trade relations with China — a push to see more local manufacturing is resonating, especially in job-starved regions. 
  "I felt a lot of pride making Fletcher Jones clothes – the factories contributed so much to the economies in regional areas."
  
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• Pressure builds for hothouse economy

  11-06-2021 04:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state’s economy is going gangbusters, but that will be tested when we emerge from the bubble.
  
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• 'Fanciful story': Ben Roberts-Smith denies kicking handcuffed man off cliff

  11-06-2021 03:37 via abc.net.au
  
  War veteran Ben Roberts-Smith dismisses as a "fanciful story" claims he handcuffed a man, led him to a cliff, kicked him over and conspired with a colleague to execute him.
  
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• Colleagues turned on Ben Roberts-Smith after he won Victoria Cross, defamation trial told

  11-06-2021 03:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Decorated Australian war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith tells a Sydney court that being awarded the Victoria Cross caused him "misfortune and pain" as it led to a change in attitude among his colleagues. 
  
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• Colleagues turned on Ben Roberts-Smith after he was awarded Victoria Cross, trial told

  11-06-2021 03:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Decorated Australian war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith tells a Sydney court that being awarded the Victoria Cross caused him "misfortune and pain" as it led to a change in attitude among his colleagues. 
  
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• Ben Roberts-Smith tells defamation trial being awarded Victoria Cross 'put a target on his back'

  11-06-2021 03:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Decorated Australian war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith tells a Sydney court that being awarded the Victoria Cross caused him "misfortune and pain" as it led to a change in attitude among his colleagues. 
  
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• Jab safety reassurance after second death

  11-06-2021 03:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Medical experts have reassured Australians about the safety of coronavirus vaccines after the death of a 52-year-old woman, and are encouraging people to keep coming forward.
  
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• Energy costs lowered for hotels and motels

  11-06-2021 03:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The federal government has announced which hotels, motels and other facilities will share in $10.2 million in funding for energy saving projects.
  
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• Australia, Singapore work on travel bubble

  11-06-2021 02:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia and Singapore have agreed to work on the conditions for quarantine-free travel during a brief leaders' meeting.
  
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• Good oil on Perth, Canning Basins

  11-06-2021 02:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  More than $100 million has been raised in recent weeks for onshore oil and gas developments in WA.
  
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• Biden and Johnson put differences aside in first official meeting as leaders

  11-06-2021 01:30 via abc.net.au
  
  US President Joe Biden once called British Prime Minister Boris Johnson a "physical and emotional clone" of Donald Trump, but in his first overseas trip as president, the two world leaders smiled and joked as they walked on a beach with their wives. 
  
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• As the UK and US leaders shored up a 'special relationship', Jill Biden's jacket had a new message for the world

  11-06-2021 01:30 via abc.net.au
  
  US President Joe Biden once called British Prime Minister Boris Johnson a "physical and emotional clone" of Donald Trump, but in his first overseas trip as president, the two world leaders smiled and joked as they walked on a beach with their wives. 
  
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• Compressed-air power project promises $457m over decades

  11-06-2021 01:05 via abc.net.au
  
  A compressed-air method of storing renewable energy will be utilised in a new facility near Broken Hill. The plant will store up to 200 megawatts of energy and pump hundreds of millions of dollars into the town over four decades, company-commissioned modelling says.
  
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• 'Huge disappointment': Minister apologises for failure to solve ChooseCBR technical issues, as program suspended

  11-06-2021 00:21 via abc.net.au
  
  The ACT government's second attempt to offer local business discount vouchers is shut down for a week, as it grapples with technical difficulties.
  
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• ChooseCBR suspended for a week in 'huge disappointment', after government fails to solve technical issues

  11-06-2021 00:21 via abc.net.au
  
  The ACT government's second attempt to offer local business discount vouchers is temporarily shut down, as it grapples with technical difficulties.
  
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