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• ‘Over the moon’: Rosie Ayliffe, mother of murdered backpacker Mia, ‘delighted’ to see farm work requirement dropped

  16-06-2021 23:59 via abc.net.au
  
  When Rosie Ayliffe heard the controversial farm work requirement for UK backpackers had been dropped, it felt like the payoff of years of work. But farmers say this will mean further labour shortages.
  
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• Aboriginal, ecologically significant sites identified in possible new coal mine zones

  16-06-2021 23:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Aboriginal heritage sites and threatened species are in the path of two possible coal mines in Central West New South Wales, a report has found.
  
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• 'An insult to workers': Was the Greens leader correct about the COVID Disaster Payment?

  16-06-2021 22:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Adam Bandt condemned the coronavirus Disaster Payment of $325 as "an insult" to workers. But how does his three-pronged attack on the Morrison Government stack up?
  
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• Why some investors are betting $100 on bitcoin every month

  16-06-2021 22:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Bitcoin and cryptocurrency prices have surged to dizzying heights since their creation amid the global financial crisis. We explain what's driving this, along with the pros and cons.
  
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• As a child, Adriana used to run in front of the man raising prices at the supermarket. That's why she buys bitcoin

  16-06-2021 22:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Bitcoin and cryptocurrency prices have surged to dizzying heights since their creation amid the global financial crisis. We explain what's driving this, along with the pros and cons.
  
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• Western suburbs lead charge on batteries

  16-06-2021 18:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Rooftop solar uptake could grow by 8 per cent a year in the next decade, while household batteries are proving popular in the western suburbs.
  
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• Businesses lash 'crazy' density rules as Melbourne prepares for lockdown to end

  16-06-2021 16:16 via abc.net.au
  
  James Kassay has scaled mountains around the world, but this week he will begin a climb of a different nature as he tries to claw his business back into the black.
  
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• COVID warning for NSW travellers to WA

  16-06-2021 12:49 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Travellers from New South Wales who have visited COVID-19 exposure sites have been told to self-isolate for two weeks, potentially impacting APPEA conference delegates.
  
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• Rocket site approved for test launches despite opposition

  16-06-2021 12:27 via abc.net.au
  
  A proposed rocket pad on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula is granted approval by planning authorities for three launches, despite objections from traditional owners, conservationists and Zoos SA.
  
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• Parliament passes port security crackdown

  16-06-2021 12:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Laws to ban serious criminals from accessing secure areas at airports and seaports have passed both houses of parliament.
  
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• Top WA cop defends accessing tracing data

  16-06-2021 11:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Premier Mark McGowan says it was an "oversight" that police had lawful access to data obtained through a contact tracing app.
  
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• 'Hubris' behind urgent WA corruption bill

  16-06-2021 11:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  An urgent push to have Western Australia's former corruption watchdog reappointed to the role has been labelled "arrogance" by the opposition.
  
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• Melbourne residents hit by devastating storms told they won't have power for three more weeks

  16-06-2021 10:45 via abc.net.au
  
  Melbourne residents hit by last week's violent storms are told to prepare to be without power for another three weeks in the middle of winter.
  
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• At Close of Business: Mark Beyer on Cleverly

  16-06-2021 09:57 via businessnews.com.au
  
  In today's episode of At Close of Business, journalists Jordan Murray and Mark Beyer discuss how a small business from Cottesloe found itself on a path to becoming a premium global retail operation.
  
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• Pentanet rattles tin for $20m

  16-06-2021 09:47 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Pentanet has entered a trading halt as it seeks $20 million from sophisticated and professional investors just six months out from listing on the ASX.
  
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• Minimum wage set to rise by $18.80 a week

  16-06-2021 09:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia's lowest-paid workers will receive a bigger pay rise than last year after the industrial umpire decided on an $18.80-a-week wage increase.
  
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• ASX record joy tempered by mining losses

  16-06-2021 09:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia's share market notched a second consecutive all-time high, but China's continued efforts to lower commodity prices caused mining shares to slump.
  
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• Preferred route for NSW Riverina section of new inland rail line released but concerns remain

  16-06-2021 09:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Five years after an almost 40 kilometre section of new train track were announced in the NSW Riverina for the inland rail project, a 'preferred route' for the line has been announced.
  
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• Don't progress Heritage Bill: Native Title Alliance

  16-06-2021 09:14 via businessnews.com.au
  
  WA’s Native Title Alliance has called on the state government to halt the progression of its Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Bill, arguing that traditional owners should be better consulted.
  
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• Cost, labour pressures hit Hazer

  16-06-2021 09:05 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Hydrogen hopeful Hazer Group has revealed its planned demonstration plant could cost 29 per cent more than first estimated, with shares down 9 per cent.
  
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• Myanmar receives $66m takeover bid

  16-06-2021 09:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A Chinese exploration company has made a bid for West Perth-based Myanmar Metals, which is planning for an operational restart at the past-producing Bawdwin silver and lead project.
  
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• Metronet, Westport key deliverables

  16-06-2021 08:55 via businessnews.com.au
  
  What’s the next big-ticket item for Perth after decades focused on road, rail and port infrastructure?
  
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• John Holland staying on track

  16-06-2021 08:54 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Rail networks are modernising amid a big construction pipeline in WA.
  
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• Labour shortages, costs hurt contractors

  16-06-2021 08:46 via businessnews.com.au
  
  WA’s civil construction industry could be facing the perfect storm.
  
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• French President Emmanuel Macron backs Australia amid trade conflict with China

  16-06-2021 08:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Without mentioning China by name, Emmanuel Macron says the French "firmly reject any coercive economic measure taken against Australia in flagrant violation of international law".
  
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• Ronaldo's Coke snub wipes billions off drink company's market value

  16-06-2021 08:21 via abc.net.au
  
  Cristiano Ronaldo's decision remove two Coke bottles from his Euro 2020 press conference table and drink water instead wipes billions of dollars off the beverage company's value.
  
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• Ronaldo's Coke snub wipes billions of drink company's market value

  16-06-2021 08:21 via abc.net.au
  
  Cristiano Ronaldo's decision remove two Coke bottles from his Euro 2020 press conference table and drink water instead wipes billions of dollars of the beverage company's value.
  
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• Don’t dilly dally, get that degree done

  16-06-2021 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Why do a university degree over three years when it can be finished in two?
  
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• EPA to review MinRes' haulage plan

  16-06-2021 07:52 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Environmental Protection Authority will review the impact of Mineral Resources’ plan to build an 88 kilometre private haulage road to facilitate the development of Parker Range.
  
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• Fair Work awards 2.5 per cent minimum wage increase

  16-06-2021 07:42 via abc.net.au
  
  The Fair Work Commission announces a 2.5 per cent increase in the minimum wage and related award minimum wages.
  
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• 'Could have given more': Fair Work Commission awards 2.5 per cent minimum wage increase

  16-06-2021 07:42 via abc.net.au
  
  The increase brings the minimum wage for Australia's lowest-paid workers to $20.33 an hour, or $772.60 a week for full-time workers, and will mean an extra $18.80 a week for Australia's lowest-paid full-time workers.
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• A government agency delivered $1b in COVID and bushfire grant support. Some of the applications were fraudulent

  16-06-2021 07:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Service NSW was found to have a 'limited' and potentially 'non-existent' ability to track fraud across a range of grant programs, with more than 1,000 fraudulent applications lodged.
  
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• Shaver Shop shares plummet on full-year forecast

  16-06-2021 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Investors have abandoned the Shaver Shop Group after its full-year earnings forecast failed to match expectations.
  
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• 'No damned good': Fury as government opens door for gas, oil exploration 5km from Twelve Apostles

  16-06-2021 06:33 via abc.net.au
  
  Residents are up in arms over the decision, which they say makes no environmental or economic sense. But the government insists it's a "crucial" part of its gas-fired recovery plan.
  
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• Gascoyne to create $160m merger with Firefly

  16-06-2021 06:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Gascoyne Resources is set to extend the life of its Dalgaranga operations near Mt Magnet through the purchase of Subiaco-based Firefly Resources, whose assets include a nearby gold project.
  
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• 'An enormous loss': Face of Australia's largest family-owned paint company dies

  16-06-2021 05:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Tributes are flowing for Ballarat identity David Haymes, the long-time chief executive of Haymes Paint, described by his family as a "mentor and inspiration" to all he met.  
  
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• Farm production growing beyond $66bn

  16-06-2021 04:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia's farm production has been forecast to surge past $66 billion with a bumper crop pushing forecasts $400 million higher than expected.
  
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• Russell Crowe to build film studio in Coffs Harbour as next part of 'Aussiewood'

  16-06-2021 04:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Coffs Harbour will become a key location in "Aussiewood", thanks to its most famous local resident, Russell Crowe. The Oscar winner will establish a film studio in the coastal city, cashing in on the influx of filmmakers from around the world following the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Terrified sea lions try to board boat to escape killer whale attack

  16-06-2021 04:16 via abc.net.au
  
  Dozens of sea lions seeking to escape a pack of hunting killer whales in southern Chile surprise a fishing crew by trying to board their boat en masse.
  
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• Sea lions panicked by orcas almost sink Chilean fishing boat

  16-06-2021 04:16 via abc.net.au
  
  Dozens of sea lions seeking to escape a pack of hunting killer whales in southern Chile surprise a fishing crew by trying to board their boat en masse.
  
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• Can a sausage be called a sausage without meat?

  16-06-2021 03:54 via abc.net.au
  
  A Senate inquiry will investigate the labelling on non-animal protein products, as the description of "fake meat" comes under scrutiny.
  
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• Heritage building to be moved to make way for Parramatta Powerhouse after court verdict

  16-06-2021 03:37 via abc.net.au
  
  The NSW government is given the green light to relocate a heritage building to make way for the $915 million Parramatta Powerhouse.
  
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• New agriculture visa promised this year

  16-06-2021 03:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia plans to lure more than 10,000 farm workers from Southeast Asia under a new agriculture visa farmers have long campaigned for.
  
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• Cleverly targets global opportunity

  16-06-2021 03:21 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Two Perth businesswomen are building a premium global retail operation, helped by an impressive network of advisers and investors.
  
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• Rio Tinto to trial low-emissions refining

  16-06-2021 02:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The federal government is funding a study by mining giant Rio Tinto to use hydrogen instead of natural gas to process alumina.
  
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• ABC announces major relocation of staff to Western Sydney

  16-06-2021 02:22 via abc.net.au
  
  ABC managing director David Anderson says 300 employees will move to Parramatta as part of the broadcaster's five-year plan to see 75 per cent of content markers work outside its Ultimo headquarters by 2025.
  
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• PM hails benefits of UK trade deal

  16-06-2021 02:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Scott Morrison and British counterpart Boris Johnson have struck an in-principle trade agreement between Australia and the United Kingdom.
  
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• Australian farmers back UK trade agreement

  16-06-2021 02:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  More Australian beef and lamb will be exported to the UK as import taxes are phased out over a decade under a free trade deal between the two nations.
  
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• COVID scare from infectious Victorian couple leaves businesses reeling

  16-06-2021 01:44 via abc.net.au
  
  It's been 14 days since an infectious Victorian couple visited western NSW and the local businesses the couple visited are still facing ongoing repercussions.
  
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