Analyst news

• Fresh doubts over future of regional Australia as jobs go

  25-07-2021 22:18 via abc.net.au
  
  While only a handful of jobs will go when a rail maintenance depot at Nyngan in western New South Wales closes, experts say any job losses in regional communities have big impacts.
  
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• Australia wants to make mRNA COVID vaccines onshore. Here's how long that could take

  25-07-2021 21:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Pfizer has confirmed with ABC News that it has no immediate plans to manufacture its vaccine in Australia. This means manufacturing these sorts of vaccines anytime soon hinges on one global player.
  
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• Australia is racing to make mRNA COVID vaccines here — but can we do it without Pfizer or Moderna?

  25-07-2021 21:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Experts say local manufacturing could ensure a steady supply and help with developing booster shots. But getting this happening any time soon could hinge on a single global player.
  
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• Vale Ian Cochrane: gentleman lawyer

  25-07-2021 13:04 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Ian Cochrane, one of Perth’s most respected corporate lawyers and company directors, has passed away. Aged just 67 years, Mr Cochrane had been battling cancer for nearly two years.
  
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• Second ship in a week on way to WA with suspected COVID-infected crew

  25-07-2021 11:01 via abc.net.au
  
  A week after the BBC California docked in Western Australia with COVID-infected crew, another ship en route to the state has alerted authorities about sick personnel on board.
  
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• Forget the bubble, give us a 'ring of steel' and trade with Melbourne, border businesses say

  25-07-2021 08:07 via abc.net.au
  
  As the NSW COVID-19 outbreak continues to escalate, struggling businesses on the Victorian border are backing calls for a "ring of steel" around Sydney.
  
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• A group of mayors wanted better trains, so they won Brisbane the Olympics

  25-07-2021 06:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Brisbane is gearing up to host the Games, but it was a group of mayors worried about something else entirely that got the plan on track.
  
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• These country towns have taken the 'gin' in their names and bottled it

  25-07-2021 03:51 via abc.net.au
  
  At pubs across WA's Wheatbelt, a pint of beer is usually the drink of choice for patrons, but an ingenious new project has put gin on the menu for a handful of innovative outback towns.
  
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• ‘She was quite angry at the fact her kids couldn't see the snow’

  25-07-2021 03:25 via abc.net.au
  
  Accommodation providers in locked-down central west New South Wales are warning Sydney residents to stay away and call for their frontline staff to get vaccine priority.
  
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• 'Staycation' travel vouchers up for grabs to combat COVID-19 tourism hit

  25-07-2021 01:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Tasmania is to release another round of travel vouchers to encourage intrastate travel during the COVID-19 pandemic, but school holidays will not be included.
  
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• Illegal e-bikes reaching 100kph-plus speeds as they take off as alternate commute

  25-07-2021 00:04 via abc.net.au
  
  The electric bicycle market in Australia is booming with sales up a staggering 800 per cent in five years, but there are concerns illegal modifications mean people are riding them at dangerous speeds.
  
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• Call for crackdown as illegal e-bikes reaching speeds of more than 100 kilometres per hour

  25-07-2021 00:04 via abc.net.au
  
  The electric bicycle market in Australia is booming with sales up a staggering 800 per cent in five years, but there are concerns illegal modifications mean people are riding them at dangerous speeds.
  
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