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• More than 70,000 streams on Spotify, and just a couple of hundred dollars to show for it

  14-09-2021 23:48 via abc.net.au
  
  Grace Newton-Wordsworth and her band Joan and the Giants have eight songs on Spotify that have been streamed thousands of times. But with little to show for it, they're embracing a new music streaming platform designed to help local artists.
  
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• Grace Newton-Wordsworth and her WA band are getting peanuts from Spotify, and she's had enough

  14-09-2021 23:48 via abc.net.au
  
  Grace Newton-Wordsworth and her band Joan and the Giants have eight songs on Spotify that have been streamed thousands of times. But with little to show for it, they're eyeing a new music streaming platform aimed at helping local artists.
  
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• Three people injured in central Queensland mine collapse

  14-09-2021 23:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Paramedics, including critical care and a rescue helicopter, responded to the collapse north of Emerald around midnight.
  
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• Operations halted after man killed in partial collapse at central Queensland mine

  14-09-2021 23:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Queensland police say a 60-year-old man sustained "significant injuries" and died at the scene of the collapse at the Gregory coal mine, north of Emerald, just before midnight. Two other people are taken to hospital.
  
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• One man dead, two injured in central Queensland coal mine collapse

  14-09-2021 23:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Queensland police say a 60-year-old man sustained "significant injuries" and died at the scene of the collapse at the Gregory coal mine, north of Emerald, just before midnight. Two other people have been taken to hospital.
  
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• Canberra parents prepare for another month of remote learning, as businesses slam lack of detailed plan for economy

  14-09-2021 23:16 via abc.net.au
  
  Canberra parents are largely accepting of the lockdown extension as businesses express frustration over the absence of a roadmap to reopen the economy. 
  
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• Canberra parents prepare for another month of juggling at home, as businesses slam lack of detailed plan for economy

  14-09-2021 23:16 via abc.net.au
  
  Canberra parents are largely accepting of the lockdown extension as businesses express frustration over the absence of a roadmap to reopen the economy. 
  
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• ASX to slip at open, Wall Street indices fall on recovery worries

  14-09-2021 23:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares are set to slip at this morning's opening after Wall Street falls amid economic recovery uncertainties. 
  
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• ASX drops, Wall Street indices fall on recovery worries

  14-09-2021 23:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares have slipped at this morning's opening after Wall Street falls amid economic recovery uncertainties. 
  
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• ASX closes down, consumer confidence bounces back as COVID-19 vaccinations ramp up

  14-09-2021 23:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares close lower, dragged down by energy, resources and banking stocks. Consumer confidence proves resilient to lockdowns in NSW and Victoria. 
  
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• Doctors push federal government on climate change targets ahead of Glasgow climate summit

  14-09-2021 21:56 via abc.net.au
  
  Doctors urge the federal government to commit to stronger climate change targets ahead of next month's global climate summit in Glasgow, warning the health of Australians is being put at risk.
  
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• We’re back to record property price growth, so what’s being done about it?

  14-09-2021 21:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Officials from Treasury and the Reserve Bank front a parliamentary committee to wrestle with what is driving record property price growth and what can be done about it.
  
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• PCH trial needing sharper details

  14-09-2021 10:31 via businessnews.com.au
  
  John Holland and the state government have both had partial successes ahead of a trial in October 2022 over a $180 million Perth Children’s Hospital contract dispute.
  
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• At Close of Business: Madeleine Stephens on the Westerman Jilya Institute

  14-09-2021 10:08 via businessnews.com.au
  
  On today's episode of At Close of Business, journalist Madeleine Stephens profiles the work of the Westerman Jilya Institute.
  
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• FMG partners with Aboriginal group

  14-09-2021 09:45 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Fortescue Metals Group has announced a high-level agreement with the Eastern Guruma people and flagged a potential $500 million joint venture but was very short on details.
  
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• Energy shares surge, ASX closes up

  14-09-2021 09:45 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Shares had a third consecutive day of gains after investors lapped up Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe's renewed pledge that rates won't rise until 2024.
  
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• Mining companies unite against cancer

  14-09-2021 09:43 via businessnews.com.au
  
  MACA, Mineral Resources and WesTrac have formed an alliance to support the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research’s fundraiser for cancer research.
  
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• Ravensthorpe council sacks chief amid inquiry

  14-09-2021 09:35 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Shire of Ravensthorpe has sacked its chief executive in a decision shrouded in secrecy, revealing only that it was based on confidential information from the CCC.
  
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• Battery metals spin out for Great Boulder

  14-09-2021 09:34 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Great Boulder Resources has announced plans to demerge its Yamarna project near Laverton into a newly listed entity, which will raise $5 million ahead of a stock market float later this year.
  
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• Handful of WA medical researchers awarded funding

  14-09-2021 09:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Western Australian medical researchers have been awarded $11.1 million out of a $472 million federal funding pool, including $1.9 million for childhood respiratory research.
  
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• House prices jumped $52,600 in three months, and the RBA says it can't do much about it

  14-09-2021 08:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe says he understands concerns about rapid house price growth, but it's helping household wealth to grow.
  
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• House prices jump $52,600 in three months, and the Reserve Bank says it can't do much about it

  14-09-2021 08:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe says he understands concerns about rapid house price growth, but it's helping household wealth to grow.
  
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• Deal puts Woodside in big league

  14-09-2021 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Woodside’s purchase of BHP’s oil assets is close to the biggest deal by a WA company.
  
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• Regulator gives BHP green light to lift exports

  14-09-2021 07:40 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state’s environmental regulator has given mining giant BHP the green light to increase iron ore exports from Port Hedland, despite ongoing concerns about the impact of dust exposure.
  
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• Crown considers COVID vaccine policy for staff, guests

  14-09-2021 06:49 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The head of hospitality giant Crown Resorts has vowed to take a more “proactive” stance on COVID-19 vaccinations, considering a mandatory vaccination policy for staff and guests.
  
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• Shepparton records third day of zero COVID cases, calls to be released from lockdown

  14-09-2021 06:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Greater Shepparton hasn't recorded a new case of COVID since Saturday. The government previously flagged the town could come out of lockdown this week and the community is hopeful.
  
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• Vulcan rattles the tin for $200m

  14-09-2021 06:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Gina Rinehart-backed lithium explorer Vulcan Energy Resources is seeking $200 million ahead of its entry into the ASX300 index later this week.
  
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• Federal Court judge orders minister to explain 'sudden' $21m Beetaloo Basin fracking grant agreement

  14-09-2021 05:55 via abc.net.au
  
  A Federal Court judge says he is "concerned" by NT Minister Keith Pitt's handling of a $21 million grant agreement with a gas company eyeing the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin.
  
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• Farmer escapes strawberry jam by making 25,000 jars of strawberry jam

  14-09-2021 05:39 via abc.net.au
  
  With no-one around to do the plucking on his pick-your-own farm, Anthony Sarks's crop looked bound for the back paddock. But he simply couldn't bring himself to waste the fruit.
  
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• Record year for Australian ag, WA confidence high

  14-09-2021 05:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia’s agricultural sector is expected to have a record year with forecasts predicting gross production value to be $73 billion, as WA farmer confidence reaches a 10-year high.
  
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• By adding sugar, Australian researchers have created a better, cheaper battery

  14-09-2021 04:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian researchers say they've opened the path to a new generation of batteries that could allow an electric vehicle to drive from Melbourne to Sydney on a single charge.
  
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• Battery discovery could propel EVs from Sydney to Melbourne on one charge

  14-09-2021 04:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian researchers say they've opened the path to a new generation of batteries that could allow an electric vehicle to drive from Melbourne to Sydney on a single charge.
  
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• Metalicity makes $12.8m offer for Nex Metals

  14-09-2021 04:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Metalicity has sought to consolidate ownership of two gold projects in Western Australia after making an off-market takeover offer for joint venture partner Nex Metals.
  
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• State expands vaccination program

  14-09-2021 03:17 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Western Australians aged 12 and above able to access any COVID-19 vaccine candidate from state-run clinics from Monday.
  
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• Compulsory COVID testing not required for truckies in Qld-NSW border bubble

  14-09-2021 03:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Police confirm that drivers will be able to enter Queensland using the X Pass, which requires them to have had at least one jab.
  
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• New WA Greens senator set to be confirmed

  14-09-2021 03:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Former police officer and Indigenous social justice campaigner Dorinda Cox will be confirmed to fill a Western Australian Senate vacancy for the Greens.
  
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• Indigenous WA Greens senator confirmed

  14-09-2021 03:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  UPDATED: Former police officer and Indigenous social justice campaigner Dorinda Cox has been confirmed to fill a Western Australian Senate vacancy for the Greens.
  
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• Traditional owners split over proposed mine excavation around sacred Indigenous site

  14-09-2021 02:49 via abc.net.au
  
  The fallout over the destruction of Western Australia's Juukan Gorge rock shelters is being felt at another mine in Queensland, where a group of Indigenous elders is trying to stop the proposed excavation around a sacred site.
  
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• 'Not going to give up': Traditional owners split over proposed mine excavation around sacred Indigenous site

  14-09-2021 02:49 via abc.net.au
  
  The fallout over the destruction of Western Australia's Juukan Gorge rock shelters is being felt at another mine in Queensland, where a group of Indigenous elders is trying to stop the proposed excavation around a sacred site.
  
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• Could Lawn Hill mine be site of next Juukan Gorge tragedy?

  14-09-2021 02:49 via abc.net.au
  
  The fallout over the destruction of Western Australia's Juukan Gorge rock shelters is being felt at another mine in Queensland, where a group of Indigenous elders is trying to stop the proposed excavation around a sacred site.
  
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• Gold a go-to as pressures converge

  14-09-2021 02:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Inflationary threats in a low interest rate environment are bringing the lustre back to gold.
  
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• Regional supermarket operator accused of 'systematic' wage theft of more than $1m

  14-09-2021 01:33 via abc.net.au
  
  South Australia's shop workers union alleges the operator of 20 regional Foodland and IGA supermarkets owes at least 64 workers more than $1 million in unpaid wages, launching a claim in the Federal Court.
  
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