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• Hooman's desperate calls for help left unanswered as lockdown leaves businesses on the brink

  30-07-2021 22:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Five weeks into the Greater Sydney lockdown, chiropractor Hooman Zahedi is having trouble sleeping as clients vanish from his once-thriving clinic in Sydney's CBD. Business in his practice is down almost 80 per cent and his calls to the NSW government's financial support hotline are going unanswered.
  
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• 'I didn't want a bullet to the head': Arthur's terrifying abduction for standing up to developers

  30-07-2021 22:00 via abc.net.au
  
  After his abduction, Arthur left the fight to save his Kings Cross street. Juanita Nielsen’s murder brought him back.
  
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• Arthur's fight for his street was costing powerful people a lot of money. Then he vanished

  30-07-2021 22:00 via abc.net.au
  
  After his abduction, Arthur left the fight to save his Kings Cross street. Juanita Nielsen’s murder brought him back.
  
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• Bitcoin crypto-mining operation uncovered at Polish police headquarters

  30-07-2021 16:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Polish police say they have uncovered a bitcoin mining operation in their own headquarters in Warsaw.
  
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• Attorney-General Michaelia Cash directs Parks Australia to fight charges of sacred site damage in Kakadu

  30-07-2021 11:20 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government confirms it will fight charges of sacred site damage in Kakadu National Park, arguing it is not bound by protections enshrined in Northern Territory law.
  
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• 'It's kind of like skydiving': Chinese tourists take a leap in world's highest bungee jump

  30-07-2021 11:11 via abc.net.au
  
  Straddled between two cliffs in China's Hunan province, a 430-metre glass-bottomed suspension bridge offers the world's highest bungee jump from a footbridge.
  
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• Perth Casino Royal Commission head reveals financial link to Kerry Stokes

  30-07-2021 10:37 via abc.net.au
  
  The lead commissioner on the Perth Casino Royal Commission outlines his financial relationship with billionaire Kerry Stokes, following his declaration of a personal relationship with him earlier in the week.
  
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• Ten consecutive months of gains for ASX

  30-07-2021 09:52 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia's share market has equalled its best run of monthly gains as investors keep pushing to record levels.
  
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• WA premier 'running blind' over Indonesian COVID ships dilemma

  30-07-2021 09:48 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Another day and another bulk ship from Indonesia arriving off WA with a COVID-19 infected crew, as our state’s agriculture industry braces itself for a possible ban on ships from Indonesian ports.
  
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• WA Premier 'running blind' over Indo COVID ships dilemma

  30-07-2021 09:48 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Another day and another bulk ship from Indonesia arriving off WA with a COVID-19 infected crew, as our state’s agriculture industry braces itself for a possible ban on ships from Indonesian ports.
  
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• Owen belatedly admits extra Stokes link

  30-07-2021 09:45 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Royal commissioner Neville Owen has sought to quash any concerns about conflicts of interest by acknowledging he is a director of a key company in Kerry Stokes business empire.
  
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• Local IT business receives $30m takeover offer

  30-07-2021 09:45 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Cirrus Networks has become the second Perth-based IT services firm to receive a takeover offer in recent weeks, after Victoria’s Webcentral Group made an on-market bid.
  
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• At Close of Business: Matt Mckenzie on campaign spending

  30-07-2021 09:39 via businessnews.com.au
  
  On today's episode of At Close of Business, journalists Matt Mckenzie and Jordan Murray discuss WA election spending and issues where the opposition could gain momentum.
  
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• Residents retell harrowing night 'selfless' teen hit by truck

  30-07-2021 09:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Residents in Central West New South Wales are sharing traumatic car accident stories in the hopes a collision-prone intersection will be upgraded, after a 15-year-old boy involved in an accident then died when hit by a truck.
  
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• WA arts events score $3.7m in COVID-19 relief funding

  30-07-2021 09:15 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Fremantle Biennale, Factory Summer Festival and Origin Fields are among the arts events to have received a share of $40 million in funding from the federal government.
  
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• WA arts companies score $3.7m in COVID-19 relief funding

  30-07-2021 09:15 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Fremantle Biennale, Factory Summer Festival and Origin Fields are among the arts events to have received a share of $40 million in funding from the federal government.
  
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• Roberts grilled over Packer friendship, Crown risk management

  30-07-2021 09:14 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The heir of construction giant Multiplex did not disclose his friendship with Crown’s largest shareholder James Packer after being appointed to the Burswood Limited board.
  
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• Zenith raises $6m for copper, gold exploration

  30-07-2021 09:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Zenith Minerals has secured funds from a share placement to ramp-up its gold and copper exploration activities in Western Australia and Queensland.
  
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• Preparing the land for WA space race

  30-07-2021 08:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Careful consideration is required before large tracts of outback land are turned over for renewable energy projects.
  
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• Politics and sport, joined at the hip

  30-07-2021 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Politics and sport have long been intertwined, but that shouldn’t sully the contest.
  
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• More EV charging stations for WA

  30-07-2021 07:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Western Australia is set to gain more than 30 new electric vehicle charging stations, as part of a $25 million fund to assist in a nationwide rollout.
  
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• ABC's Porter defence to stay suppressed

  30-07-2021 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The ABC's entire defence to the Christian Porter defamation case will not be publicly available after a judge agreed 27 pages should be removed from the court file.
  
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• Multi-faceted approach to reaching gender board target

  30-07-2021 06:32 via businessnews.com.au
  
  ASX Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations and naming and shaming are some of the reasons Australia achieved 30 per cent representation of women on boards.
  
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• MIN misses revised guidance

  30-07-2021 06:26 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Mineral Resources has reported record iron ore shipments for the past year but fell short of its downgraded guidance because of labour shortages and port congestion.
  
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• 'Vigilant' Adelaide restaurant fights COVID-19 capacity breach fine

  30-07-2021 05:45 via abc.net.au
  
  A popular Thai restaurant in Adelaide's east end eatery district will mount a court challenge to a $5,000 fine it received for allegedly breaching capacity restrictions during a coronavirus scare last November.
  
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• The meat industry says people are being 'misled' into buying plant-based food. The regulator says that's not true

  30-07-2021 05:32 via abc.net.au
  
  The competition regulator pushes back against meat industry claims that people are being misled by the labelling of plant-based 'meat' products, saying it has seen no evidence of deceptive conduct.
  
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• People are not being 'misled' by fake meat labelling, competition regulator says

  30-07-2021 05:32 via abc.net.au
  
  The competition regulator pushes back against meat industry claims that people are being misled by the labelling of plant-based 'meat' products, saying it has seen no evidence of deceptive conduct.
  
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• TransAlta to build $73m renewable project

  30-07-2021 05:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  TransAlta will build a $73 million solar and battery project in the Northern Goldfields to power BHP Nickel West, helping the miner cut carbon for battery products.
  
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• Decmil resolves NZ dispute

  30-07-2021 05:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Decmil Group has settled a dispute with New Zealand’s prisons department in relation to a previous NZ$185 million contract that was terminated.
  
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• AMP in another fee for no service scandal

  30-07-2021 04:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Wealth manager AMP is embroiled in another fees for no service controversy, this time with superannuation customers.
  
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• This city has the most affordable capital city homes in Australia, but desperate buyers can't crack the market

  30-07-2021 03:25 via abc.net.au
  
  Susannah Morcombe has spent almost a year trying to find a home to buy in Perth without success, and is finding little relief in the fact Perth now has the lowest median house price of all capital cities for the first time in 28 years.
  
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• Perth is now our most affordable capital city for a house, but it means little for those who can't find one

  30-07-2021 03:25 via abc.net.au
  
  Susannah Morcombe has spent almost a year trying to find a home to buy in Perth without success, and is finding little relief in the fact Perth now has the lowest median house price of all capital cities for the first time in 28 years.
  
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• It's the most affordable capital city in Australia for a house, but desperate buyers in Perth still can't crack the market

  30-07-2021 03:25 via abc.net.au
  
  Susannah Morcombe has spent almost a year trying to find a home to buy in Perth without success, and is finding little relief in the fact Perth now has the lowest median house price of all capital cities for the first time in 28 years.
  
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• Union wins Qantas ground crew outsourcing court challenge

  30-07-2021 03:18 via abc.net.au
  
  The Federal Court finds in favour of the Transport Workers Union against Qantas in a case challenging the outsourcing of about 2,000 ground crew jobs by the airline.
  
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• Qantas used COVID as a 'window of opportunity' to illegally outsource ground crew, court finds

  30-07-2021 03:18 via abc.net.au
  
  The Federal Court finds in favour of the Transport Workers Union against Qantas in a case challenging the outsourcing of about 2,000 ground crew jobs by the airline.
  
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• Mining magnate accused of hiding assets overseas in order to avoid $38.5m in income tax

  30-07-2021 03:17 via abc.net.au
  
  Maptek founder and mining software magnate Bob Johnson will face court today following a joint investigation by the Australian Federal Police, the Australian Tax Office and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.
  
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• Holidaymakers dropping their cars at the border and flying back home

  30-07-2021 03:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Thousands of cars are being left behind in other states as interstate holidaymakers opt to fly back home
  
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• Leaders to discuss vaccination modelling

  30-07-2021 03:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia's leaders will begin charting a course to fully reopening the nation based on new coronavirus vaccination rate modelling.
  
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• Big expansion for The Little Bar Cart

  30-07-2021 02:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Pippa Candido wasn’t planning a global business when she started serving drinks from a bar in the shape of a vintage car.
  
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