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• ASX near record highs, as Telstra, AMP and AGL report earnings after 'challenging year'

  11-08-2021 23:51 via abc.net.au
  
  Stocks in Australia, Europe and Wall Street are trading at record highs, after the latest US consumer price figures showed inflation was not 'out of control', as investors had feared, while Telstra, AMP and AGL report how they performed in the past year.
  
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• ASX closes at record levels, as Telstra, AMP and AGL report earnings after 'challenging year'

  11-08-2021 23:51 via abc.net.au
  
  Stocks in Australia, Europe and Wall Street are trading around record highs, after the latest US consumer price figures showed inflation was not 'out of control', as investors had feared, while Telstra, AMP and AGL report how they performed in the past year.
  
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• ASX at record highs, as Telstra, AMP and AGL report earnings after 'challenging year'

  11-08-2021 23:51 via abc.net.au
  
  Stocks in Australia, Europe and Wall Street are trading at record highs, after the latest US consumer price figures showed inflation was not 'out of control', as investors had feared, while Telstra, AMP and AGL report how they performed in the past year.
  
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• ASX and Wall St at record highs, on relief the US Fed won't wind back stimulus soon

  11-08-2021 23:51 via abc.net.au
  
  Stocks in Australia, Europe and Wall Street are trading at record highs, after the latest US consumer price figures showed inflation was not 'out of control', as investors had feared. 
  
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• Sailor bound for family after months at sea crushed to death off Queensland coast

  11-08-2021 23:48 via abc.net.au
  
  Advocates are questioning whether the man, who was killed during an open sea transfer, could have been in hotel quarantine instead.
  
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• Power companies get green light to charge solar owners for exporting to grid

  11-08-2021 23:48 via abc.net.au
  
  Australians with rooftop solar panels will face new charges for exporting power to the grid from 2025 — but the Australian Energy Market Commission says it has listened to feedback and households will have a range of options and incentives to choose from.
  
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• Forestry out, farming in for Kangaroo Island timber company

  11-08-2021 23:45 via abc.net.au
  
  Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers will convert its timber plantations to agricultural production after Smith Bay port proposal rejected by the South Australian government.
  
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• Claims Australian crypto-celebrity owes an investor half a million dollars

  11-08-2021 20:44 via abc.net.au
  
  A New Zealand man launches legal action against Australian cryptocurrency celebrity Alex Saunders, saying he was not provided any goods and services for money he invested in a crypto project.
  
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• You may not have heard of CDNs, but you will if they stop working

  11-08-2021 20:42 via abc.net.au
  
  It may seem strange for a business to hope you've never heard of it, but that's exactly what content delivery network providers would like. Recent high-profile outages of news sites and bank apps have highlighted how reliant we are on these networks.
  
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• Content delivery networks hope you've never heard of them — but when they go down, the internet breaks

  11-08-2021 20:42 via abc.net.au
  
  It may seem strange for a business to hope you've never heard of it, but that's exactly what content delivery network providers would like. Recent high-profile outages of news sites and bank apps have highlighted how reliant we are on these networks.
  
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• 'It's an insult': In an African clothing market, a bale of used clothes donated by Australians is opened

  11-08-2021 20:39 via abc.net.au
  
  For decades, the West's unwanted fashion has made its way to used-clothing markets in Africa. Now it's fuelling an environmental catastrophe.
  
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• 'It’s an insult': In an African clothing market, a bale of used clothes donated by Australians is opened

  11-08-2021 20:39 via abc.net.au
  
  For decades, the West's unwanted fashion has made its way to used-clothing markets in Africa. Now it's fuelling an environmental catastrophe.
  
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• 'Dead white man's clothes': The dirty secret behind the world's fashion addiction

  11-08-2021 20:39 via abc.net.au
  
  For decades, the West's unwanted fashion has made its way to used-clothing markets in Africa. Now it's fuelling an environmental catastrophe.
  
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• PM backs lockdowns as nation battles virus

  11-08-2021 12:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Scott Morrison has backed heavy restrictions to suppress coronavirus after cases surged in Sydney and Melbourne's lockdown was extended.
  
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• Pipeline for Woodside's $16 billion Scarborough LNG project off the WA coast gets ministerial approval

  11-08-2021 11:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Western Australia's Environment Minister grants approval for a key component of oil and gas giant Woodside's proposed $16 billion Scarborough LNG development to go ahead.
  
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• Mining magnate rules out mandatory workers vaccinations for now

  11-08-2021 11:02 via abc.net.au
  
  WA mining magnate Chris Ellison has ruled out mandatory vaccination for his company's workforce at this stage, saying he does not want to scare off potential workers during an ongoing skills shortage.
  
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• Border closures dent WA tourism activity

  11-08-2021 11:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Western Australia's premier insists tourism is thriving within the state's closed borders despite the industry reporting mass cancellations.
  
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• Jaxon hoses down financial concerns

  11-08-2021 10:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Jaxon Construction says it has paid a majority of the subcontractors on its Forrest Hall project, after days of speculation about the future of the company.
  
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• Art, family guide giving

  11-08-2021 10:09 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Art and a tight-knit country family upbringing have helped shape Nicola Forrest’s philanthropic endeavors.
  
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• At Close of Business: Madeleine Stephens on retirement living

  11-08-2021 10:07 via businessnews.com.au
  
  On today's episode of At Close of Business, journalist Madeleine Stephens discusses upcoming reforms in the retirement living sector.
  
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• New sensor meters are just the ticket (if you're a parking inspector)

  11-08-2021 10:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Bunbury is ripping out its parking ticket machines and replacing them with sensors that remotely tell rangers when they need to issue a parking fine.
  
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• MIN outlines growth plan after big profit

  11-08-2021 10:01 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Mineral Resources managing director Chris Ellison said today he is extremely confident the miner will get the nod over rival exporters to expand its operations at Port Hedland.
  
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• Moodle expands US presence

  11-08-2021 09:57 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perth tech company Moodle has acquired three of its US-based partners for an undisclosed sum and merged them to form one company, Moodle US.
  
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• Moodle brand expands to the US

  11-08-2021 09:57 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Tech company Moodle has acquired three of its US-based partners for an undisclosed sum and merged them to form one company, Moodle US.
  
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• CBA payout helps ASX to record close

  11-08-2021 09:45 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A bumper Commonwealth Bank payout prompted investors to snap up bank stocks as they helped the ASX to its sixth consecutive record high.
  
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• BHP contracts Aqura for $1.4m

  11-08-2021 09:45 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Veris subsidiary Aqura Technologies has won its second contract from BHP this month for further work on the miner’s iron ore accommodation villages.
  
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• Aqura wins another BHP contract

  11-08-2021 09:45 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Veris subsidiary Aqura Technologies has won its second contract from BHP this month for further work on the miner’s iron ore accommodation villages.
  
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• Construction begins on new TAFE centre

  11-08-2021 09:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Work on a $16.7 million upgrade to South Metropolitan TAFE's Mandurah campus has started, with new hospitality and tourism training facilities to open in 2023.
  
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• No police checkpoints but residents still concerned about NSW-Victoria border permits

  11-08-2021 09:18 via abc.net.au
  
  As the fight to keep NSW's Delta variant out of Victoria ramps up there is a mixed response from residents to the latest permit system for those living in the border bubble.
  
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• State government rated Pindan 'medium risk' 18 months ago

  11-08-2021 09:01 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state government awarded Pindan two multi-million dollar contracts despite having assessed the company as a financial risk because of its failure to meet several financial thresholds.
  
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• 'Long game' needed for new resources industries

  11-08-2021 09:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The chief executive of one of seven major potash companies in WA has expressed the need for a cautious approach when it comes to developing a new resource industry.
  
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• 'Long game' needed for new resource industries

  11-08-2021 09:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The chief executive of one of seven major potash companies in WA has expressed the need for a cautious approach when it comes to developing a new resource industry.
  
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• Tech set, economics unclear for Geraldton hydrogen

  11-08-2021 08:42 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Electricity network and port upgrades will be critical to get a potential 1 million tonne BP ammonia export project near Geraldton off the ground, according to a feasibility study.
  
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• Tech okay, economics unclear for Geraldton hydrogen

  11-08-2021 08:42 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Electricity network and port upgrades will be critical to get a potential 1 million tonne BP ammonia export project near Geraldton off the ground, according to a feasibility study.
  
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• Proteomics to co-develop endometriosis test

  11-08-2021 08:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perth-based Proteomics International has partnered with the University of Melbourne and the Royal Women’s Hospital to develop a non-invasive simple blood test for endometriosis.
  
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• Summer interns a fit for business

  11-08-2021 08:14 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Building partnerships between business and the tertiary sector is key to producing job-ready graduates.
  
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• Leading olive oil company lists on ASX

  11-08-2021 07:46 via abc.net.au
  
  The move is a natural progression according to the chairman of Cobram Estate Olives, whose 2021 harvest is estimated to account for 71 per cent of Australia's crop.
  
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• The world is getting on: Forrest

  11-08-2021 07:43 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Minderoo Foundation co-chair Nicola Forrest says Western Australia can’t live in fear of COVID-19 and needs to find a way to move forward.
  
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• Tattarang invests $46m in Huon Aquaculture

  11-08-2021 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Andrew Forrest's Tattarang has lifted its stake in Huon Aquaculture to 18.5 per cent, less than a week after the Tasmanian business received a takeover offer from meat processing giant JBS.
  
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• Tattarang invests $46m in aquaculture

  11-08-2021 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Andrew Forrest’s Tattarang has lifted its exposure to fish-farming, having purchased $46.2 million worth of shares in Huon Aquaculture Group in the past two months.
  
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• Forrest’s Tattarang invests $46m in aquaculture

  11-08-2021 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Andrew Forrest’s Tattarang has lifted its exposure to fish-farming, having purchased $46.2 million worth of shares in Huon Aquaculture Group in the past two months.
  
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• Vaccines are 'literally the difference between optimism and pessimism' among Australians

  11-08-2021 06:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Lockdowns prompted by the COVID-19 Delta variant have hit consumer confidence around the country, but vaccinations are keeping people hopeful.
  
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• Consumer confidence hit hard, but vaccines keep people hopeful

  11-08-2021 06:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Lockdowns prompted by the COVID-19 Delta variant have hit consumer confidence around the country, but vaccinations are keeping people hopeful.
  
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• Petrol at 'prices we shouldn't be seeing': RACQ says Brisbane motorists 'gouged' at the bowser

  11-08-2021 06:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Motorists filling up the tank today will be hard pressed to find fuel under $1.70 per litre as petrol prices peak, but experts say holding off just a few days could save your back pocket. 
  
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• GSM secures $2.5m for WA, Queensland projects

  11-08-2021 06:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Balcatta-based Great Southern Mining is raising $2.5 million from a share placement to progress its projects in Western Australia and Queensland.
  
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• Great Southern Mining secures $2.5m for WA, Qld projects

  11-08-2021 06:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Balcatta-based Great Southern Mining is raising $2.5 million from a share placement to progress its projects in Western Australia and Queensland.
  
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• Momentum building for apartments

  11-08-2021 05:11 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Developers are pushing ahead with apartment projects, despite uncertainty clouding construction costs.
  
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• Levelling the playing field for BTR

  11-08-2021 05:11 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Build-to-rent apartment projects could solve the state’s housing challenges, but red tape remains a major issue.
  
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• Austal wins $33m contract

  11-08-2021 05:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Local shipbuilder Austal has been contracted to deliver a high-speed catamaran vessel for a repeat tourism client operating in French Polynesia.
  
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• Twiggy Forrest increases Huon Aquaculture stake in push to ensure 'full carbon neutrality'

  11-08-2021 04:14 via abc.net.au
  
  Mining magnate Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest significantly increases his stake in Huon Aquaculture just days after a takeover offer from Brazilian meat-processing giant JBS. He is now demanding a greater focus on animal welfare and the environment.
  
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