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• ASX set to fall, as investors await GDP figures on potential 'double dip' recession

  31-08-2021 23:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares are likely to fall in morning trade, as investors await today's GDP figures and Wall Street slipped from its record highs.
  
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• ASX recovers most of its losses, as Wall Street slips from record highs

  31-08-2021 23:44 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market has finished its day slightly lower, as investors digested today's better-than-expected GDP figures and Wall Street slipped from its record highs.
  
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• ASX falls sharply, as investors await GDP figures on potential 'double dip' recession

  31-08-2021 23:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares drop in morning trade, as investors await today's GDP figures and Wall Street slipped from its record highs.
  
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• ASX falls as Australian economy grows in June quarter, Wall Street slips from record highs

  31-08-2021 23:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares drop in morning trade, as investors await today's GDP figures and Wall Street slipped from its record highs.
  
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• Live: NSW Now: Premier rejects request to meet with mayors of Sydney hotspots

  31-08-2021 23:16 via abc.net.au
  
  MORNING BRIEFING: Premier Gladys Berejiklian is accused of "turning her back" after she refused to meet with the mayors of the 12 Sydney hotspots.
  
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• Mine failure fears prompt calls for inquiry into Yallourn power emergency

  31-08-2021 22:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Environment groups say the Victorian government needs to investigate how the Yallourn coal mine almost flooded less than a decade after it was inundated in similar circumstances.
  
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• Teifi's been offering up to 20pc above the asking price to secure a house. That's not enough in this 'sonic boom'

  31-08-2021 21:46 via abc.net.au
  
  As real estate agents struggle to find superlatives big enough to describe the boom in south-east Queensland property, analysts say the crazy market looks set to continue well into next year as the state's population continues to grow.
  
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• 'Better than a boom': Agents blown away by interstate interest in Queensland property

  31-08-2021 21:46 via abc.net.au
  
  As real estate agents struggle to find superlatives big enough to describe the boom in south-east Queensland property, analysts say the crazy market looks set to continue well into next year as the state's population continues to grow.
  
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• A Brisbane home sold $300,000 over asking price, so where is the property market heading?

  31-08-2021 21:46 via abc.net.au
  
  As real estate agents struggle to find superlatives big enough to describe the boom in south-east Queensland property, analysts say the crazy market looks set to continue well into next year as the state's population continues to grow.
  
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• Kristy Fraser-Kirk hopes times have changed since her high profile sexual harassment case

  31-08-2021 21:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Ten years after a junior publicist brought a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against a retail giant alleging sexual harassment, she speaks out urging better treatment for today's young women.
  
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• At Close of Business: Matt McKenzie on small businesses

  31-08-2021 10:11 via businessnews.com.au
  
  On today's episode of At Close of Business, senior journalist Matt McKenzie talks about looming pressures for WA's small businesses.
  
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• Restaurant faces '$120,000-a-week loss' after alleged break-in

  31-08-2021 10:10 via abc.net.au
  
  The owners of a Sunshine Coast restaurant and cooking school say the venue may be shut for weeks after the kitchen was damaged during an alleged break-in.
  
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• End to decade long battle as Southern Highlands coal mine rejected

  31-08-2021 09:52 via abc.net.au
  
  The IPC has rejected Hume Coal's plan for a new mine near Berrima, saying it posed an unacceptable risk to groundwater.
   
  
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• ASIC disqualifies WA director following company collapse

  31-08-2021 09:51 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The corporate regulator has barred a Perth man from managing corporations over his alleged role in the failure of nine recruitment companies.
  
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• ASX sets record of 11 months of gains

  31-08-2021 09:49 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Shares have had the most consecutive months of gains in ASX 200 history after the last day of August ensured a streak of 11.
  
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• Australia to get 500k doses from Singapore

  31-08-2021 09:45 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia has secured half a million doses of Pfizer coronavirus vaccines in a swap deal with Singapore to bolster the behind-schedule rollout.
  
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• Three years ago, the government promised to plant a billion trees over a decade. It's achieved less than 1 per cent of that goal

  31-08-2021 09:39 via abc.net.au
  
  As the Commonwealth renews its pledge to grow Australia's timber supply, its plantations are going backwards as a national plan to plant one billion commercial trees is yet to take root after three years.
  
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• The government promised to plant a billion trees. What's the progress?

  31-08-2021 09:39 via abc.net.au
  
  As the Commonwealth renews its pledge to grow Australia's timber supply, its plantations are going backwards as a national plan to plant one billion commercial trees is yet to take root after three years.
  
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• PACT to build $110m Applecross apartments

  31-08-2021 09:24 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Norup + Wilson have appointed Osborne Park-based PACT Construction to deliver its $110 million apartment project in Applecross, with construction to begin as early as next month.
  
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• Delta will spread rapidly in WA, PM warns

  31-08-2021 09:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Prime Minister Scott Morrison has hit out at Mark McGowan over his reluctance to commit to national targets for reopening the country.
  
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• Gas rule changes could stimulate economy

  31-08-2021 08:46 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Clearer exceptions to the state’s onshore gas export ban, and finalised fracking rules, will help WA attract continued investment, the petroleum industry had said in a parliamentary inquiry submission.
  
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• Destination’s just part of the journey

  31-08-2021 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perth and its inhabitants would benefit from a more integrated transport network.
  
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• Perth to host AFL grand final

  31-08-2021 07:37 via businessnews.com.au
  
  AFL boss Gillon McLachlan has confirmed the grand final will be held at Optus Stadium in Perth as Melbourne's lockdown continues.
  
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• Perishable goods delivery by Australia Post here to stay

  31-08-2021 07:22 via abc.net.au
  
  AusPost has permanently backed down on its plans to stop perishable goods being sent through the mail, apologising to "distressed" businesses and consumers.
  
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• Gaines weighs in on border battle

  31-08-2021 06:26 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Fortescue chief executive Elizabeth Gaines has responded to concerns about a potential reopening of state borders, saying the company can track, trace and test to manage a mine site outbreak.
  
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• Porter gets court order shielding ABC file

  31-08-2021 06:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Nine and News Corp have been banned from using the ABC's unredacted defence outside their legal offices, in a win for former attorney-general Christian Porter.
  
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• Octogenarian stunt pilot Chris Sperou is defying the clock — for as long as he can

  31-08-2021 05:52 via abc.net.au
  
  With the fortune of good health on his side, daring octogenarian stunt pilot Chris Sperou has no intent on slowing down anytime soon.
  
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• IGO delivers record $550m profit

  31-08-2021 05:42 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Nickel miner IGO has reported a record financial performance, after what managing director Peter Bradford described was a transformational year for the business.
  
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• Narrabri Gas Project appeal told planning 'legally irresponsible'

  31-08-2021 05:20 via abc.net.au
  
  The Independent Planning Commission has come under fire for allegedly not giving adequate consideration to greenhouse gas emissions when it approved the controversial Narrabri Gas Project last year.
  
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• Harvey Norman repays $6m in JobKeeper

  31-08-2021 04:53 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Harvey Norman has repaid more than $6 million in federal government JobKeeper wage subsidies following repeated lobbying.
  
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• Parcel business drives Australia Post profit

  31-08-2021 04:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia Post has reported a before-tax full-year profit of $100.7 million amid strong growth in its parcel business during COVID-19.
  
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• PM wants home quarantine to be norm

  31-08-2021 03:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Scott Morrison wants home quarantine to become the norm, even as his government stumps up cash for three dedicated isolation hubs.
  
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• Pilbara traditional owners want proposed heritage laws scrapped

  31-08-2021 03:09 via abc.net.au
  
  Traditional owners from the Pilbara have met in Port Hedland to unanimously reject Western Australia's proposed Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Bill 2021.
  
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• Pilbara traditional owners reject proposed heritage laws

  31-08-2021 03:09 via abc.net.au
  
  Traditional owners from the Pilbara have met in Port Hedland to unanimously reject Western Australia's proposed Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Bill 2021.
  
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• BHP considering vaccine mandate for staff

  31-08-2021 03:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Mining giant BHP is considering mandating COVID-19 vaccination for anyone entering its worksites and offices.
  
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• Nyrstar fined $35,000 for toxic acid spill into waterways near Port Pirie lead smelter

  31-08-2021 02:03 via abc.net.au
  
  The owners of Port Pirie's lead smelter are fined $35,000 for a series of failures that led to 700 litres of "toxic" sulphuric acid leaking from the plant into waterways and mangroves near the town.
  
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• Healthy appetite for industrial opportunities

  31-08-2021 02:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The pandemic and uptick in e-commerce is continuing to drive the hype around industrial assets.
  
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• Are you in a dud super fund or a top performer? Find out here

  31-08-2021 01:59 via abc.net.au
  
  More than 1 million Australians who are members of underperforming superannuation funds will soon receive letters urging them to switch where they invest their retirement savings.
  
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• This outback town has been 'smashed' after a false-positive COVID result

  31-08-2021 00:07 via abc.net.au
  
  Tourism providers in the south-west Queensland town of St George are counting the toll of "hundreds of cancellations" following a truck driver's false-positive COVID test.
  
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