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• This renter spent his house deposit to stay afloat during lockdowns. Now he wants the government to help

  20-08-2021 23:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Trevor Hines works full time, but this week, he and his family will be left to live on $150 after paying rent. He is not alone. 
  
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• More than $10m support announced for NT tourism businesses hard hit by COVID lockdowns

  20-08-2021 23:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Struggling NT tourism and hospitality businesses may be eligible for support payments of up to $30,000 each as they continue to grapple with stop-start visitation due to COVID lockdowns.
  
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• 'Deep diamonds' made from dead plants and animals

  20-08-2021 23:07 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian scientists discover the Earth has been recycling waste — and turning it into diamonds. 
  
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• Proposal to boost city tourism with River Torrens swimming pool

  20-08-2021 22:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Business SA is calling on the next elected state government to fund a feasibility study into building a natural swimming pool adjoining the River Torrens on the edge of Elder Park. 
  
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• Vaccination passports 'likely' in Australia, expert says

  20-08-2021 21:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Making vaccines mandatory for travel within Australia may be unpopular initially, but will eventually be inevitable, an expert says.
  
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• The future of tourism in Australia is vaccinated, expert warns

  20-08-2021 21:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Making vaccines mandatory for travel within Australia may be unpopular initially, but will eventually be inevitable, an expert says.
  
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• Musk says Tesla likely to launch humanoid robot prototype next year

  20-08-2021 11:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Elon Musk announces the "Tesla Bot" is designed for dangerous, repetitive, or boring work that people don't like to do, and could handle jobs from attaching bolts to cars with a wrench, or picking up groceries at stores.
  
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• CCIWA to defend Rodwell in 'unfair treatment' claim

  20-08-2021 11:12 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state’s peak industry body has vowed to defend its chief executive amid allegations he told a staff member her family obligations meant the organisation ‘may not be the place for her’.
  
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• Zempilas wants global event for Perth

  20-08-2021 09:58 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Basil Zempilas has revealed that the City of Perth and the state government are working on attracting a new “major global event” to Perth.
  
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• NSW to move to 'extreme risk' from Thursday

  20-08-2021 09:50 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Western Australians in New South Wales have until Wednesday to return home after the state government announced it planned to upgrade it to an extreme risk jurisdiction.
  
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• 'It's got to stop': Miner sacks 48 workers over inappropriate sexual behaviour

  20-08-2021 09:46 via abc.net.au
  
  BHP reveals in the past two years it has sacked 48 workers in relation to inappropriate sexual behaviour.
  
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• Worst week for ASX since January

  20-08-2021 09:41 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Shares on the ASX had their worst week since January as uncertainty about the rate of global economic growth led to spiralling commodity prices.
  
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• New business boom in WA

  20-08-2021 09:32 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Business registrations in Western Australia hit the highest level in at least 10 years, recent data shows.
  
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• At Close of Business: Matt McKenzie on a Perth Grand Final

  20-08-2021 09:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  On today's episode of At Close of Business, journalists Jordan Murray and Matt Mckenzie discuss the impact of an AFL grand final in WA.
  
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• Iron ore sell-off adds up

  20-08-2021 09:28 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The share prices of Australia’s big iron ore miners have fallen by an average of 13 per cent over the past week, under the weight of a lower commodity price and higher costs.
  
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• Construction starts on $55m apartments

  20-08-2021 09:26 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Singapore-based developer Jean Yip Group has broken ground on its Elements at Carousel apartment development in Cannington.
  
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• TPG mulls tower sale, first-half profit slips

  20-08-2021 09:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Internet and mobile provider TPG Telecom may follow Telstra's lead and sell some of its telecommunication towers as the merged entity pursues opportunities.
  
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• Sexual harassment 'rife at WA mine sites'

  20-08-2021 09:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Dozens of women have reported being sexually harassed on Western Australian mine sites, but the big miners concede the true number of cases is likely to be higher.
  
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• Miners quantify sexual harassment cases

  20-08-2021 09:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Dozens of women have reported being sexually harassed on Western Australian mine sites, but the big miners concede the true number of cases is likely to be higher.
  
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• Biennale to bridge cultural gap

  20-08-2021 09:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A contentious development site will be the centrepiece of the 2021 Fremantle Biennale.
  
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• Liberals' WhatsApp messages to feature in report

  20-08-2021 08:58 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Liberal Party is bracing for the release of a review into its near-wipeout performance at this year's state election, with a long-running WhatsApp discussion involving party powerbrokers expected to come under scrutiny.
  
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• Liontown spinout targets $30m

  20-08-2021 08:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Liontown Resources’ non-lithium spinout will hit the ASX boards in October after it raises at least $15 million from an initial public offering.
  
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• Gorgon lessons for emissions pathway

  20-08-2021 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Carbon capture and storage is one of several technologies we’ll need to adopt to meet our emissions targets.
  
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• Valuable breeding fish culled as kingfish producer loses faith in government

  20-08-2021 07:34 via abc.net.au
  
  The owners of a yellowtail kingfish aquaculture operation will not produce any more fish after learning the state government is working with Andrew Forrest's Harvest Road Oceans on a proposed land-based finfish aquaculture precinct. 
  
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• Valuable breeding fish culled

  20-08-2021 07:34 via abc.net.au
  
  The owners of a yellowtail kingfish aquaculture operation will not produce any more fish after learning the state government is working with Andrew Forrest's Harvest Road Oceans on a proposed land-based finfish aquaculture precinct. 
  
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• Breeding fish worth hundreds of thousands of dollars culled

  20-08-2021 07:34 via abc.net.au
  
  The owners of a yellowtail kingfish aquaculture operation will not produce any more fish after learning the state government is working with Andrew Forrest's Harvest Road Oceans on a proposed land-based finfish aquaculture precinct. 
  
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• Sydney worker tests positive to COVID at Hunter's new Costco warehouse

  20-08-2021 07:31 via abc.net.au
  
  A Sydney Costco worker who travelled to the Hunter tests positive to COVID-19, raising new fears as the number of cases in the region finally starts to fall.
  
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• Construction worker from Sydney tests positive to COVID on Hunter building site

  20-08-2021 07:31 via abc.net.au
  
  A Sydney construction worker who travelled to the Hunter tests positive to COVID-19, raising new fears as the number of cases in the region finally starts to fall.
  
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• EPA recommends 'high level' of protection for parts of Exmouth Gulf

  20-08-2021 07:21 via abc.net.au
  
  WA's environmental watchdog says the protection of Exmouth Gulf needs to be 'enhanced' in its long-awaited report delivered to the state government.
  
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• 90,000 pieces of evidence submitted to prosecutors over Grosvenor coal mine explosion

  20-08-2021 05:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Queensland's Work Health and Safety Prosecutor is considering potential charges over the May 2020 incident where five workers were seriously injured. 
  
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• UDIA: Tax reform needs to be top of the agenda

  20-08-2021 05:41 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Urban Development Institute of Western Australia is calling on the state government to commit to significant property tax reform in its upcoming budget.
  
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• NZ won't travel to Perth for Bledisloe Cup

  20-08-2021 05:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The August 28 Bledisloe Cup blockbuster in Perth is off after New Zealand Rugby decided against sending the All Blacks to WA.
  
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• AFL grand final location to be decided within days

  20-08-2021 04:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A decision on the location of this year's AFL grand final is expected to be made within days, with Perth considered the frontrunner.
  
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• Graduates wined and dined by mining industry headhunters 'thirsty' to fill skills gap

  20-08-2021 04:19 via abc.net.au
  
  Meet the 20-year-old mining engineering students being offered 'six-figure' salaries as they approach graduation in the middle of a boom.
  
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• Forrest takes stake in Western Areas

  20-08-2021 04:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Andrew Forrest’s Tattarang has bought $38 million of Western Areas shares since March, revealed a day after IGO confirmed the nickel miners were in takeover discussions.
  
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• Harmless fun or troubling incursion? Science lesson sponsored by oil and gas giant sparks debate

  20-08-2021 03:02 via abc.net.au
  
  A classroom science lesson involving bread, Vegemite, and sprinkles to teach children about oil exploration, sponsored by Woodside, has ignited fierce discussion.
  
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• Former MP to chair Boola Bardip

  20-08-2021 03:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Melissa Parke, who held the seat of Fremantle for close to a decade, has been appointed chair of WA Museum Boola Bardip.
  
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• Millennials on niche holidays help tour operators stay afloat

  20-08-2021 02:34 via abc.net.au
  
  Millennials who can't vacation overseas are turning to boutique travel experiences in WA and it's keeping some tour guides in business. 
  
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• First Afghanistan evacuees land in Perth

  20-08-2021 02:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The first evacuees from Afghanistan have arrived in Perth as Australia continues a complex rescue operation following the Taliban's takeover of Kabul
  
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• Offshore deposits lure major miners

  20-08-2021 02:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Major resources players are increasingly investing profits made in WA elsewhere.
  
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• Your power bill could rise by hundreds of dollars a year if this proposal goes ahead, analysts warn

  20-08-2021 00:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Power bills could rise by more than double the carbon price if ageing power plants are paid to remain open, a report warns.
  
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• Consumers could be hit by a plan to pay ageing power plants to remain open

  20-08-2021 00:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Power bills could rise by more than double the carbon price if ageing power plants are paid to remain open, a report warns.
  
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• Social media 'a threat' to $1.5 billion aquaculture industry

  20-08-2021 00:19 via abc.net.au
  
  Social media influencers are undermining consumer confidence in Australia's emerging aquaculture industry by spreading "misinformation," a peak fisheries body claims.
  
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• Reeling in a backlash: Fisheries group deems social media a 'threat' to aquaculture industry

  20-08-2021 00:19 via abc.net.au
  
  A  peak fisheries research body labels social media a threat to the country's $1.5 billion aquaculture industry, claiming "influencers" can undermine confidence using misinformation.
  
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