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• 'Bum-breathing turtles can breathe a little easier'… for now

  15-07-2021 23:38 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government rules Santos cannot release uncontrolled amounts of coal seam gas wastewater into a Queensland river system due to "unacceptable" risks to the environment.
  
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• From 19 breweries to 600, Australian craft beer makers are at bursting point. So where to next?

  15-07-2021 23:14 via abc.net.au
  
  As craft beer overruns local shelves with countless brands and increasingly wacky flavours, experts believe tax relief available from this month will open the way for specialised venues rather than more labels at the bottle-o.
  
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• 'A slow death': UWA students shocked by cuts to staff and courses, midway through studiesUniver

  15-07-2021 23:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Students say they have been blind-sided by the cuts to anthropology and sociology at the Univerity of Western Australia, leaving some unable to complete their degrees as planned.
  
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• 'A slow death': UWA students shocked by cuts to staff and courses, midway through studies

  15-07-2021 23:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Students say they have been blind-sided by the cuts to anthropology and sociology at the Univerity of Western Australia, leaving some unable to complete their degrees as planned.
  
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• Lower income and company taxes, higher GST and no more negative gearing: Tax professionals call for major overhaul

  15-07-2021 23:01 via abc.net.au
  
  A leading group representing taxation professionals says Australia's 10,000-plus pages of tax laws are way too complex, and many of the taxes levied are archaic, inefficient and inequitable.
  
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• 'Broken' tax system costs Australians $50 billion a year, but there's a fix on offer

  15-07-2021 23:01 via abc.net.au
  
  A leading group representing taxation professionals says Australia's 10,000-plus pages of tax laws are way too complex, and many of the taxes levied are archaic, inefficient and inequitable.
  
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• Why are luxury stores Gucci and Louis Vuitton open during Sydney's COVID lockdown?

  15-07-2021 20:58 via abc.net.au
  
  Although Greater Sydney's lockdown is set to last for at least five weeks, people can leave their homes for "essential" shopping at Louis Vuitton, Gucci and other luxury retailers.
  
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• Why are Gucci, LV and Bally still open during Sydney's COVID lockdown?

  15-07-2021 20:58 via abc.net.au
  
  Although Greater Sydney's lockdown is set to last for at least five weeks, people can leave their homes for "essential" shopping at Louis Vuitton, Gucci and other luxury retailers.
  
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• Why are Gucci and LV still open during Sydney's COVID lockdown?

  15-07-2021 20:58 via abc.net.au
  
  Although Greater Sydney's lockdown is set to last for at least five weeks, people can leave their homes for "essential" shopping at Louis Vuitton, Gucci and other luxury retailers.
  
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• Regional Victorian communities hope for early end to lockdown

  15-07-2021 10:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Leaders of communities far from Melbourne say Premier Daniel Andrews' suggestion of a staggered end to the latest snap lockdown is encouraging.
  
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• Power, Beament back US company

  15-07-2021 10:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perth executives Bill Beament and Nev Power are among the key players in a new US company looking to raise $US287 million ($A380 million) to invest in mining and metals.
  
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• YouGov acquires local data firm

  15-07-2021 09:59 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perth-based research and analytics firm Faster Horses has been acquired by UK-based market research firm YouGov for an undisclosed sum.
  
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• US PPE giant buys Paramount Safety

  15-07-2021 09:45 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Paramount Safety Products has joined a wave of large privately-owned companies in Perth accepting big-ticket takeover offers from offshore buyers.
  
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• ASX falls as virus blues weigh

  15-07-2021 09:45 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Shares have eased to their worst performance of the week as Victorians prepare to join their NSW counterparts in coronavirus lockdown.
  
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• 'That's the rules': Turf club bans cloth masks on race day

  15-07-2021 09:44 via abc.net.au
  
  A racing club on the NSW Far South Coast has banned cloth masks at an upcoming event to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 Delta strain, in spite of differing advice.
  
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• COVID test every two days threatens trucking industry

  15-07-2021 09:40 via abc.net.au
  
  A trucking industry figure says the requirement for drivers to get tested for COVID every two days will lead to more drivers quitting the industry.
  
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• Victoria to enter five-day lockdown

  15-07-2021 09:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced a state-wide lockdown from midnight tonight following confirmation of two new locally-acquired cases of COVID-19.
  
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• Woodside moving on Scarborough, Pluto sales

  15-07-2021 09:24 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Woodside has launched a campaign to selldown equity in the planned Pluto train 2 project; while it has also commenced drilling at Greater Western Flank phase 3.
  
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• At Close of Business: Matt McKenzie on energy subsidies

  15-07-2021 09:24 via businessnews.com.au
  
  On today's episode of At Close of Business, journalist Matt Mckenzie reviews the increasingly complex and conflicted government policies in the energy sector.
  
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• No go for $165m office tower

  15-07-2021 09:05 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A proposal for a 22-storey office tower on Burswood Road has been rejected by planning authorities.
  
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• Georgiou wins $45m roadworks contract

  15-07-2021 09:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Osborne Park-based Georgiou Group has picked up work from Queensland’s transport department involving upgrades to an exit on the 150-kilometre Pacific Motorway.
  
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• Engineered stone has become popular in homes across Australia — but it's left a deadly legacy

  15-07-2021 08:47 via abc.net.au
  
  Engineered stone benchtops have transformed kitchens and bathrooms across Australia, but the number of people being diagnosed with a serious lung condition after working with it is continuing to rise at an alarming rate.
  
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• Are mining's labour-hire schemes creating 'pandemic' of issues?

  15-07-2021 08:47 via abc.net.au
  
  While mining industry defends use of labour-hire schemes at a Senate inquiry, Central Queensland community leaders, unions and workers are slamming their overuse at the region's coal mines. 
  
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• 'Vigilantism has got to stop': Police call for calm amid stabbings and arson attacks in WA tow truck industry

  15-07-2021 08:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Police are investigating a series of increasingly violent, allegedly tit-for-tat attacks within Western Australia's tow truck industry.
  
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• Alkimos estate at centre of legal battle

  15-07-2021 08:21 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Land developer Peet has launched legal action against three companies it contracted to design and build retaining walls within its 2,800-lot Shorehaven residential estate in Perth’s north.
  
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• Ambulance arrangement under scrutiny

  15-07-2021 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  There’s a power play under way over the private provision of ambulance services.
  
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• Telstra could sell more assets, CEO says

  15-07-2021 07:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Telstra chief executive Andrew Penn says asset sales are needed to fund services in rural and regional Australia.
  
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• PM makes further changes to COVID support

  15-07-2021 07:15 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The federal government has flagged streamlined economic support for all states and territories ahead of Victoria's fifth lockdown.
  
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• Commonwealth under fire over COVID relief

  15-07-2021 07:15 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The federal government has come under fire for its COVID-19 disaster relief plan, which will not extend to Western Australians affected by last month’s snap lockdown.
  
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• WA jobless rate jumps

  15-07-2021 06:15 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A rise in the number of men seeking work has led to a rise in the state’s unemployment rate by almost 0.5 percentage points in June.
  
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• Seven Group takes control of Boral

  15-07-2021 06:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Seven Group has exceeded 50 per cent ownership of ASX-listed building and construction company Boral, amid a multi-billion takeover.
  
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• Seven Group gains majority stake in Boral

  15-07-2021 06:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Kerry Stokes-led Seven Group is poised to take control of listed building and construction company Boral after lifting its ownership stake above 50 per cent.
  
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• The places in Australia where it's currently cheaper to buy than rent a house

  15-07-2021 05:21 via abc.net.au
  
  Record low interest rates and work from home have pushed up rents across regional Australia and that has made mortgage repayments cheaper than renting across much of the country especially in regional Northern Territory and Western Australia.
  
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• Mortgage repayments cheaper than renting in a third of the country

  15-07-2021 05:21 via abc.net.au
  
  Record low interest rates and work from home have pushed up rents across regional Australia and that has made mortgage repayments cheaper than renting across much of the country especially in regional Northern Territory and Western Australia.
  
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• $26m shopping centre proposal for West Perth

  15-07-2021 05:10 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Woolworths’ private development arm has lodged plans to build a $26.5 million shopping centre on Murray Street adjacent to the former Princess Margaret Hospital site.
  
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• Enjoy your takeaway dinner but what will you do with the plastic?

  15-07-2021 04:37 via abc.net.au
  
  With lockdown driving us to use restaurant home delivery, what's happening to all those plastic takeaway containers? Don't kid yourself they're all being recycled.
  
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• Longer wait for jabs for people with disability

  15-07-2021 04:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australians with a disability living in group homes may need to wait for aged care residents to be fully vaccinated before receiving their first dose.
  
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• Disabled may need to wait longer for jabs

  15-07-2021 04:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Disabled Australians living in group homes may need to wait for aged care residents to be fully vaccinated before receiving their first dose.
  
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• Unemployment drops to its lowest rate in a decade

  15-07-2021 03:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's unemployment rate falls to 4.9 per cent, with almost 30,000 jobs created in June, according to official ABS data.
  
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• COVID border closures help Australia achieve its lowest unemployment rate in a decade, but lockdowns will bite

  15-07-2021 03:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's unemployment rate falls to 4.9 per cent, with almost 30,000 jobs created in June, according to official ABS data.
  
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• WA on alert over Victoria virus outbreak

  15-07-2021 03:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Western Australian authorities will consider further ramping up border restrictions for Victoria if more locally acquired coronavirus cases are detected.
  
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• State to state, lobbying for change

  15-07-2021 02:49 via businessnews.com.au
  
  WA may be able to learn from a raft of proposed lobbying reforms in NSW.
  
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• Sydney Airport rejects $22bn takeover bid

  15-07-2021 02:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Sydney Airport says it has rejected a $22.3 billion takeover offer because it undervalues the business, which runs the nation's biggest aviation hub.
  
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• Airport suitors respond to spurned bid

  15-07-2021 02:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The leaders of a takeover offer for Sydney Airport are disappointed it has been rejected, and claim the business has plenty of challenges.
  
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• As Perth's casual workers count the cost of another COVID lockdown, politicians argue over the bill

  15-07-2021 00:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Casual workers took a financial hit during Perth's third COVID-19 lockdown of the year. Now, the WA and Federal Government are at odds over who should compensate them.
  
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