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• Regional Victoria's lockdown is ending but not everyone will be able to go out for a beer

  08-09-2021 23:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Hospitality venues are weighing up the cost of reopening to seated patrons when regional Victoria's lockdown ends tonight
  
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• NSW North Coast, Mid North Coast and Riverina hope for lockdown relief

  08-09-2021 22:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Parts of regional NSW will come out of lockdown this weekend, but the Deputy Premier warns some restrictions will still remain.
  
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• Bookings back as hopes soar for lockdown relief in parts of NSW

  08-09-2021 22:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Regional businesses have already started taking bookings for this weekend ahead of expected confirmation some areas will come out of lockdown.
  
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• Lockdown expected to lift as residents hope it prompts easing of Queensland's hard border

  08-09-2021 22:31 via abc.net.au
  
  The lockdown is expected to be lifted for some regional parts of New South Wales, and residents hope that will prompt an easing of Queensland's hard border. 
  
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• Hopes high Queensland's hard border with NSW will lift as restrictions are eased

  08-09-2021 22:31 via abc.net.au
  
  The lockdown is expected to be lifted for some regional parts of New South Wales, and residents hope that will prompt an easing of Queensland's hard border. 
  
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• No amount of innovation is enough for Federico to overcome the 'paradigm shift' underway in Brisbane's heart

  08-09-2021 22:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Brisbane's CBD is on the brink of a workplace "paradigm shift" as work patterns follow a trend developing across the world, an expert predicts.
  
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• CBD exodus becomes long-term trend, small businesses under threat as people continue to work from home

  08-09-2021 22:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Brisbane’s CBD is on the brink of a workplace “paradigm shift” as work patterns follow a trend developing across the world, an expert predicts.
  
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• 'No idea this could happen': Insurance giant pursues couple for $78,000 over kitchen fire

  08-09-2021 21:01 via abc.net.au
  
  More than 10 months after a fire at their rental property, Lauren and Luke receive a letter from insurer GIO demanding $78,000.
  
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• Why Australia 'needs to leave almost all of its coal in the ground'

  08-09-2021 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia must leave almost all its coal in the ground, as well as a good chunk of its oil and gas, if the world is to have one-in-two odds of keeping global warming to 1.5C, according to a new study.
  
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• Why almost all Australian coal 'needs to stay in the ground'

  08-09-2021 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia must leave almost all its coal in the ground, as well as a good chunk of its oil and gas, if the world is to have one-in-two odds of keeping global warming to 1.5C, according to a new study.
  
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• We have even odds of limiting global warming if we make this one big change

  08-09-2021 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia must leave almost all its coal in the ground, as well as a good chunk of its oil and gas, if the world is to have one-in-two odds of keeping global warming to 1.5C, according to a new study.
  
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• $150m committed to drought, new foods and export research

  08-09-2021 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The CSIRO hopes to inject $20b into the agriculture sector by 2030.
  
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• Australia wins gold for producing gold

  08-09-2021 20:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia has become the biggest gold producer in the world, overtaking China for the first time, but the nation's spot at top of the podium looks likely to be short lived.
  
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• Australia in the gold medal position for producing the precious metal

  08-09-2021 20:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia has become the biggest gold producer in the world, overtaking China for the first time, but the nation's spot at top of the podium looks likely to be short lived.
  
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• Lenders mortgage insurance is the 'dead money' more Australians are paying to break into a booming housing market

  08-09-2021 20:49 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's COVID property boom is pushing more people into paying for costly mortgage insurance that protects their bank, while only adding to the borrower's mounting pile of debt.
  
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• Hundreds of thousands of Australians are 'paying for 'an insurance policy that doesn't cover them'. Why?

  08-09-2021 20:49 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's COVID property boom is pushing more people into paying for costly mortgage insurance that protects their bank, while only adding to the borrower's mounting pile of debt.
  
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• Who lobbies the government hardest on climate change? Not the corporations that back climate action

  08-09-2021 16:01 via abc.net.au
  
  More corporations are backing serious climate action, but they aren't making themselves heard to government, new research shows.
  
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• Colonial misled superannuation customers

  08-09-2021 12:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Superannuation provider Colonial First State has misled thousands of customers over whether they should choose a low-fee product.
  
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• WA cracks down on scalping

  08-09-2021 11:05 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Scalpers will be unable to resell Grand Final tickets at sky-high prices after new legislation that places tougher rules on the activity passed state parliament.
  
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• WA targets health woes with record surplus

  08-09-2021 11:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Health and housing headaches loom large for Premier Mark McGowan as he prepares to hand down a record budget surplus.
  
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• Mother says letter to Jenny Morrison made a difference for her, but fears for others left behind

  08-09-2021 11:00 via abc.net.au
  
  A migrant mother in desperate need of her family's assistance amid postnatal depression has called out border policies, saying there is one for celebrities and another for everyone else.
  
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• Victorian pub owner welcomes all – jab or no jab – in viral Facebook post

  08-09-2021 10:42 via abc.net.au
  
  As the state flags a move towards a "vaccine economy", Grand Hotel Healesville publican Lisa McKay says she just wants everyone to be able to have a beer together.
  
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• Court rejects Hancock application

  08-09-2021 09:52 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Supreme Court has dismissed an application by Hancock Prospecting for a separate trial over ownership of lucrative iron ore tenements in the Pilbara.
  
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• At Close of Business: Mark Beyer on mining innovation

  08-09-2021 09:52 via businessnews.com.au
  
  On today's episode of At Close of Business, senior editor Mark Beyer discusses some of the businesses driving technological innovation in WA's mining industry.
  
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• WA job ads continue to increase

  08-09-2021 09:48 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Job advertisements in Western Australia were up 1 per cent in August, while vacancies on the east coast fell sharply.
  
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• ASX slips lower, Macquarie in record trade

  08-09-2021 09:40 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Macquarie Group shares had a record trade and banks prospered, although they could not extend the ASX 200 winning streak to a fourth day.
  
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• Luxury hotel proposal at Darwin beach sparks concerns over sacred site

  08-09-2021 09:35 via abc.net.au
  
  An Aboriginal organisation says a proposal to develop a $200 million hotel on a prime piece of beach front land in Darwin does not address concerns over registered sacred sites.
  
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• WA director banned over ‘failed companies’

  08-09-2021 09:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia’s corporate watchdog has temporarily banned Robert Brady from managing corporations after liquidators were appointed to three of his associated companies.
  
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• Large cotton plans for the Barkly Tablelands under review by EPA

  08-09-2021 09:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Plans to grow thousands of hectares of cotton on the Barkly Tablelands in the Northern Territory have been referred to the Environment Protection Authority.
  
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• COVID vaccine mandates a legal and ethical quagmire for businesses

  08-09-2021 09:05 via abc.net.au
  
  With key parts of the economy poised to reopen, venues and businesses are calling for the government to mandate vaccination requirements to avoid them running the risk of a legal or public backlash.
  
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• Lendlease's $45m office tower given green light

  08-09-2021 08:42 via businessnews.com.au
  
  International property giant Lendlease has been given the green light to build a $45 million office tower in the heart of Joondalup, adjacent to its Lakeside Joondalup Shopping Centre.
  
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• BHP royalty payments jump 25 per cent

  08-09-2021 08:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  BHP has provided a taste of what to expect in tomorrow’s state budget with the mining giant reporting a surge in royalty payments and employee numbers.
  
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• NRW wins $290m Mt Holland contract

  08-09-2021 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Covalent Lithium has awarded the engineering contract for its Mt Holland concentrator to NRW Holdings subsidiary Primero Group.
  
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• Micro courses may boost macro appeal

  08-09-2021 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A new learning module can upskill workers and help fill the financial hole left by the absence of international students.
  
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• Perth experiences house price growth

  08-09-2021 07:37 via businessnews.com.au
  
  More than two-thirds of suburbs in the Perth metropolitan area experienced house sale price growth over the past quarter, according to the latest data from the state’s peak real estate body.
  
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• Lord Howe Island's population reaches 95 per cent fully vaccinated

  08-09-2021 07:33 via abc.net.au
  
  Most of the population of Lord Howe Island have had double doses of the Pfizer vaccine, leading to hopes the remaining will be covered by the majority's herd immunity.
  
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• 'Hard chicken' points the way out of a business slump for old-fashioned rooster breeder

  08-09-2021 06:36 via abc.net.au
  
  When the first Victorian lockdowns decimated his work, third generation Lebanese-Australian poultry auctioneer Braham Metry reinvented his business the old-fashioned way.
  
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• Byron Bay makes Love Island backflip

  08-09-2021 06:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Byron Shire Council has opened its heart to the reality television series Love Island, singing the praises of the production now it has declared its COVID-safe plan.
  
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• Pressure ramps up on privatisation

  08-09-2021 06:13 via businessnews.com.au
  
  WA’s recent history of rolling back privatisations could yet inform the future of the state’s ambulance services.
  
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• Expert deems offer for Cirrus ‘unreasonable’

  08-09-2021 06:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The board of Cirrus Networks has continued to reject an unsolicited takeover proposal from Webcentral Group, after an independent expert deemed the offer unfair and unreasonable.
  
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• State unveils $350m timber plantation plan amid shortage

  08-09-2021 05:43 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state government will spend $350 million expanding the state's softwood timber plantations, just months after industry warned a shortage was reaching crisis point.
  
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• Logging ban blindsides industry, $350m plan to combat timber shortage

  08-09-2021 05:43 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state government will spend $350 million expanding the state's softwood timber plantations amid a major shortage, but industry claims it was blindsided by the move.
  
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• MinRes finds gas in Mid West

  08-09-2021 05:39 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Shares in Norwest Energy rocketed today after venture partner Mineral Resources hit gas at Lockyer Deep in the Mid West.
  
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• How a dead singer's voice can live forever as a deepfake

  08-09-2021 05:02 via abc.net.au
  
  There are legal and moral concerns around the technology, but some artists are beginning to see it as an opportunity to embrace an immortal digital likeness.
  
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• Dockers recruit Murphy for operations role

  08-09-2021 04:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  asfootballer Bob Murphy will reuinte with two ex-teammates after being appointed to an operational role at the Fremantle Dockers.
  
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• Vaccine passports on track for October

  08-09-2021 03:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia will begin issuing coronavirus vaccine passports from next month as preparations to restart international jetsetting continue.
  
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• High Court rules media outlets are responsible for Facebook comments in landmark case

  08-09-2021 02:29 via abc.net.au
  
  The High Court rules on whether media outlets should be legally responsible for comments left on their social media pages in a landmark case.
  
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• Australia’s Afghanistan obligation

  08-09-2021 02:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A too-hasty exit from Afghanistan will have long-term implications for not only Afghans, but the nations withdrawing their support.
  
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• Bitcoin price slumps as El Salvador makes it legal tender

  08-09-2021 00:12 via abc.net.au
  
  The price of Bitcoin slumps 18 per cent, to below $US50,000 per digital coin, as El Salvador makes the cyptocurrency legal tender while trade on Wall Street was mixed overnight, although the Nasdaq reached yet another record high. 
  
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