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• 'These incessant COVID lockdowns only stop when Australia stops trailing the world on vax rates': Companies offer paid leave for jabs

  19-07-2021 23:41 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian companies are offering their staff half a day off to get vaccinated against COVID-19 so workers will not have to dip into their sick or annual leave to get the jab.
  
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• Get a COVID-19 vaccine, take half a day off work: Companies push vaccinations amid lockdowns

  19-07-2021 23:41 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian companies are offering their staff half a day off to get vaccinated against COVID-19 so workers will not have to dip into their sick or annual leave to get the jab.
  
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• New COVID case recorded in Adelaide as long lines appear at testing sites

  19-07-2021 23:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Another case of COVID-19 is identified in South Australia, bringing the number of cases in the state's outbreak to four.
  
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• Long lines for COVID testing in Adelaide as restrictions placed on businesses

  19-07-2021 23:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Another case of COVID-19 is identified in South Australia, bringing the number of cases in the state's outbreak to four.
  
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• Dow Jones falls 726 points as COVID Delta cases spread, ASX to tumble

  19-07-2021 23:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares are set to drop, following a COVID-fuelled overnight plunge on US and European markets.
  
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• Dow Jones falls 725 points as COVID Delta cases spread, ASX to tumble

  19-07-2021 23:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares are set to drop, following a COVID-fuelled overnight plunge on US and European markets.
  
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• ASX to tumble, Wall Street suffers its worst day since October on COVID-19 spike

  19-07-2021 23:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares are set to drop after a COVID-fuelled plunge on US and European markets overnight, as investors fret about the speed of the economic recovery.
  
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• ASX falls, Wall Street suffers its worst day since October on COVID-19 spike

  19-07-2021 23:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares drop after a COVID-fuelled plunge on US and European markets overnight, as investors fret about the speed of the economic recovery.
  
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• ASX claws back early losses, Wall St suffers its worst day since October on COVID-19 spike

  19-07-2021 23:13 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market recovers most of its early losses, despite an overnight sell-off on US and European markets as investors fret about the speed of the economic recovery.
  
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• ASX caught in global sell-off, as $US90b is wiped off bitcoin and crypto market

  19-07-2021 23:13 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market recovers most of its early losses, despite an overnight sell-off on US and European markets as investors fret about the speed of the economic recovery.
  
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• Cents and sensibility: Young women enter stock market amid 'perfect storm' conditions

  19-07-2021 23:05 via abc.net.au
  
  A combination of spare time, more money and new smart phone apps is driving more young people to the stock market, and a surge in female investors is levelling a historic gender imbalance.
  
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• Cents and sensibility: More young women invest amid 'perfect storm' conditions

  19-07-2021 23:05 via abc.net.au
  
  More time, money and smart phone apps are behind a surge in young people entering the stock market, and an increase in female investors is levelling a historic gender imbalance.
  
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• NT government hands fracking research contract to group partly funded by oil and gas firms

  19-07-2021 22:27 via abc.net.au
  
  The Northern Territory government gives a contract for fracking research to an interstate university centre with ties to the oil and gas industry, sparking questions around a perceived conflict of interest.
  
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• What is 'urgent'? Sydney tradie lockdown raises questions over what counts as emergency work

  19-07-2021 21:14 via abc.net.au
  
  A sudden ban on most construction, renovation and repair work in Greater Sydney leaves projects big and small in disarray and is set to double the cost of the city's lockdown.
  
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• Construction shutdown hits projects big and small, and doubles the lockdown's economic fallout

  19-07-2021 21:14 via abc.net.au
  
  A sudden ban on most construction, renovation and repair work in Greater Sydney leaves projects big and small in disarray and is set to double the cost of Sydney's lockdown.
  
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• ASX drops on lockdown hit, global sell-off

  19-07-2021 10:07 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australian shares ended lower amid a broader sell-off in Asian markets, as worries over the economic impact of lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne weighed on investor sentiment.
  
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• Perth IT firm in $233m takeover

  19-07-2021 10:05 via businessnews.com.au
  
  ASX-listed Empired is being acquired by Capgemini Australia, which has offered to pay $1.35 in cash for every share held in the local IT company.
  
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• At Close of Business: Jordan Murray on lobbying

  19-07-2021 10:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  On today's episode of At Close of Business, journalist Jordan Murray discusses what WA can learn from a raft of proposed lobbying reforms in NSW.
  
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• Perenti secures $280m contract

  19-07-2021 09:45 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perenti’s surface mining business has won a five-year contract for work on AngloGold Ashanti’s Iduapriem mine in Ghana.
  
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• Eight crew members from cargo ship off WA test positive to COVID as SA travel advice updated

  19-07-2021 09:42 via abc.net.au
  
  All eight symptomatic crew members from a cargo ship docked at Fremantle in Western Australia test positive for COVID-19.
  
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• Eight crew members from cargo ship off WA positive to COVID

  19-07-2021 09:42 via abc.net.au
  
  All eight symptomatic crew members from a cargo ship docked at Fremantle in Western Australia test positive for COVID-19. 
  
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• Altrad moves on Valmec

  19-07-2021 09:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  French engineering group Altrad Services it set to acquire listed contractor Valmec, in a deal that values the Kewdale business at $52 million.
  
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• Port Hedland dust appeals dismissed

  19-07-2021 08:52 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state government has backed a decision to allow two of Australia’s biggest iron ore miners to increase their annual exports through Port Hedland, despite ongoing concerns about dust levels.
  
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• Lockdown transition a snap for regional Victorian businesses the fifth time around

  19-07-2021 08:51 via abc.net.au
  
  For plenty of pubs, tourism operators and restaurants in regional Victoria, COVID-19 restrictions are pretty well business as usual at this point. Here's how they're faring.
  
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• Oil Search MD in shock resignation

  19-07-2021 08:31 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Keiran Wulff has resigned as managing director of Oil Search after just 17 months, with the company citing both health issues and recent complaints about his behaviour.
  
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• Fini set for Smiths Beach

  19-07-2021 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A consortium led by property magnate Adrian Fini has emerged with plans for a coastal tourism village at a 40-hectare site along Smiths Beach.
  
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• Tenants are facing their biggest rent hikes in 12 years, amid surging house prices

  19-07-2021 06:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian tenants are experiencing their biggest annual rent increases since 2009. Canberra was the most expensive rental market, while Sydney and Melbourne unit landlords saw the weakest returns.
  
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• Truck driver from COVID-19 hotspot tries to enter Queensland with false documents

  19-07-2021 05:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Police are cracking down on truck drivers crossing the border after two infectious removalists travelled through South Australia via Melbourne, sparking a statewide lockdown in Victoria.
  
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• Number of Phillip Island COVID-19 exposure sites grows to 30

  19-07-2021 05:03 via abc.net.au
  
  The local health service is reporting a drop in the wait for coronavirus testing as the number of exposure sites linked to two positive cases grows to 30.
  
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• Retail sales to show impact of lockdowns

  19-07-2021 05:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Australian Bureau of Statistics is set to release its preliminary retail spending for June, which will take into account Victoria's previous lockdown.
  
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• China dealing with ASF fallout

  19-07-2021 04:59 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Despite official figures from China, doubts remain over that country’s herd rebuild.
  
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• Horse breeders granted limited involvement over Hunter Valley coal mine extension

  19-07-2021 04:37 via abc.net.au
  
  A Land and Environment Court decision is the latest in a prolonged legal battle over the future of the mothballed Dartbrook coal mine and the Hunter Thoroughbred Breeders Association.
  
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• Vaccine shipment boosts troubled rollout

  19-07-2021 04:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia's troubled vaccine rollout has been given a much-needed boost with the arrival of one million Pfizer doses.
  
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• Telstra weighs takeover of Pacific telco

  19-07-2021 04:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Telstra is considering taking over the Pacific operations of a communications service provider in partnership with the Australian government, which would block China from buying the assets.
  
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• PM urges global mRNA vaccine production

  19-07-2021 03:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Scott Morrison has urged world leaders to ramp up production of mRNA vaccines such as Pfizer's at a historic APEC meeting to discuss recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• ASX falls amid ongoing COVID-19 lockdowns in NSW and Victoria

  19-07-2021 02:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares fall sharply in early trade as COVID-19 infections continue to rise despite the ongoing lockdowns in the nation's two largest states.
  
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• Health authorities attend to COVID crew

  19-07-2021 02:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  WA health authorities and police have attended to eight crew members with suspected COVID-19 symptoms on board a cargo ship after it berthed at Fremantle port this morning.
  
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• Cargo ship with COVID crew to dock in WA

  19-07-2021 02:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A cargo ship carrying seven crew members unwell with suspected COVID-19 symptoms is set to dock in Fremantle.
  
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• History, heritage shape new look

  19-07-2021 02:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  An 18th century ship that serviced the Asian spice routes sparked the inspiration for the Warders Cottages revamp.
  
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