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• Library lends a hand with vaccine passports

  26-10-2021 23:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Locals in Ballarat have been queuing up outside the shire's main library waiting to access vaccine passport support, amid concerns some seniors are struggling with the process.
  
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• Australian shares rise as inflation data released, while A2 takes a huge hit in China

  26-10-2021 22:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares rise modestly in line with Wall Street, as much-anticipated inflation figures are released today.
  
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• Australian dollar jumps on inflation surge, ASX closes flat

  26-10-2021 22:50 via abc.net.au
  
  After struggling for direction for most of its day, the Australian market finished trading flat as investors mulled the possibility of interest rate hikes happening sooner, rather than later.
  
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• Aussie dollar jumps on inflation data release, while A2 takes a huge hit in China

  26-10-2021 22:50 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian currency has jumped on the release of much anticipated inflation data that shows prices are rising.
  
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• ASX 200 on shaky ground as inflation data released, while AUD jumps

  26-10-2021 22:50 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market is having a rocky day as inflation data is released, with the local currency also reacting to the news that prices are rising.
  
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• Amazon and Apple buoy Wall Street, with Australian shares set to follow

  26-10-2021 22:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares are set to modestly rise in line with Wall Street, ahead of the release of much anticipated inflation figures out today. 
  
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• 'It's a dead end': SA businesses call for faster easing of COVID-19 restrictions

  26-10-2021 22:34 via abc.net.au
  
  Adelaide publican Simone Douglas says the South Australian government's COVID-Ready roadmap is nothing short of a "roadmap to ruin", with restrictions still in place ahead of Christmas.
  
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• 'Basically cancelled Christmas for an entire industry': SA businesses react to COVID plan

  26-10-2021 22:34 via abc.net.au
  
  Adelaide publican Simone Douglas says the South Australian government's COVID-Ready roadmap is nothing short of a "roadmap to ruin", with restrictions still in place ahead of Christmas.
  
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• After working on the COVID-19 front line, nurse Annie cries at night at prospect of leaving Australia

  26-10-2021 21:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Annie is one of 11,200 people who have signed a petition urging Australia to introduce a one-off migration policy for temporary visa holders who have helped the country through the pandemic.
  
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• The West is running out of magnesium – all because of China’s power crunch

  26-10-2021 19:40 via abc.net.au
  
  European industry groups fear that the remaining magnesium stocks will run out by the end of November as China's power crisis has affected the global supply.
  
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• Millions of jobs are under threat because China has slashed its magnesium output

  26-10-2021 19:40 via abc.net.au
  
  European industry groups fear remaining magnesium stocks will run out by the end of November as China's power crisis affects the global supply.
  
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• Solar in LNG industry key to carbon: Report

  26-10-2021 19:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The introduction of solar power into the gas industry could hold the key to curbing Australia’s carbon footprint, according to a new report.
  
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• 'A business park in space': Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin and Boeing chart course for Orbital Reef

  26-10-2021 12:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Aiming to open new markets in space, Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin and Boeing announce a venture that will be built in partnership with Sierra Space, the space-flight wing of defence contractor Sierra Nevada, in the latter part of this decade.
  
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• World's first postage stamp the Penny Black expected to sell for millions at auction

  26-10-2021 11:27 via abc.net.au
  
  One of the first postage stamps ever printed is going on sale with potential buyers expected to spend up to $11 million.
  
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• At Close of Business: Matt Mckenzie on Velrada

  26-10-2021 10:01 via businessnews.com.au
  
  On today's episode of At Close of Business, senior journalist Matt Mckenzie talks Velrada's upcoming IPO and the state of tech startups in Western Australia.
  
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• Commission findings "sobering": Crown chief

  26-10-2021 09:48 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The new chief steering embattled casino giant Crown Resorts has publicly defended Perth boss Lonnie Bossi’s continued role with the company, while acknowledging the “sobering” report delivered in Victoria this morning.
  
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• Progress still lacking: PwC on ESG reporting

  26-10-2021 09:47 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Analysis into ASX200 companies and their ESG reporting standards yielded encouraging headway, but PwC says the top end of town needs to keep pace with informed stakeholders.
  
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• Crown rises, caution before inflation data

  26-10-2021 09:07 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Crown Resorts shares rocketed after the company retained its Melbourne casino licence while investors barely nudged the Aussie market before Wednesday's inflation data.
  
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• Malone joins Wisetech Global

  26-10-2021 09:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  New South Wales-based logistics software developer Wisetech Global has recruited former iiNet founder Michael Malone to its board.
  
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• Greens fire up over rocket-launch complex 'bang in the middle' of sensitive site

  26-10-2021 08:33 via abc.net.au
  
  Senator Sarah Hanson-Young grills SA government officials in a Senate estimates hearing over the location of Southern Launch's controversial blast-off development.
  
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• Hastings clears environmental approval

  26-10-2021 08:27 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The federal government has given the environmental all clear for Hastings Technology Metals to build a rare earths processing plant in Western Australia’s Gascoyne region.
  
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• Grumpy but more than capable of making choices

  26-10-2021 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A rapidly ageing population requires a response that looks beyond notions of vulnerability and consumer protection.
  
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• Big miners navigate to energy future

  26-10-2021 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Is it possible to compare companies in different stages of their development?
  
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• West African Resources seeks $136m

  26-10-2021 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Subiaco-based West African Resources has launched a $136 million equity raising to fund the acquisition of two projects in Burkina Faso, as well as reduce its debt.
  
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• West African Resources in mega raising

  26-10-2021 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Subiaco-based West African Resources is raising $136 million to fund the acquisition of two projects in Burkina Faso, as well as reduce its debt.
  
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• West African Resources in $133m acquisition

  26-10-2021 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Subiaco-based West African Resources is raising funds to acquire another gold project in Burkina Faso where construction is expected to start early next year.
  
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• CSIRO spurs sustainable mining efforts

  26-10-2021 06:56 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A $7 million state of the art drill research facility in Perth and a partnership with CRC ORE have been unveiled by Australia’s national science agency in a nod of support for mining research.
  
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• Pilbara locks in South Korean lithium plant

  26-10-2021 05:37 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Pilbara Minerals has emerged out of a 24-hour trading halt with finalised plans to build a $1 billion lithium hydroxide plant in South Korea.
  
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• MinRes dumped on ore pricing

  26-10-2021 05:05 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Shares in Mineral Resources fell sharply this morning after the Perth company revealed it had suffered a $US33 million ($A45 million) pricing penalty.
  
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• Finbar’s East Perth apartment towers a step closer

  26-10-2021 04:57 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Finbar Group’s two-tower apartment complex on an East Perth heritage-listed site is closer to going ahead, after the project was recommended for approval.
  
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• In dispute with the ATO over a tax debt? The onus shouldn't be on you to prove it's wrong, federal inquiry finds

  26-10-2021 03:56 via abc.net.au
  
  A parliamentary inquiry suggests sweeping changes to the law to better protect vulnerable taxpayers, including reversing the onus of proof for cases of fraud and evasion. 
  
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• Travel agents 'coming into their own' as Australia set to use $8b of pandemic travel credits

  26-10-2021 03:49 via abc.net.au
  
  As international borders slowly reopen, Australians are being urged to use a travel agent to rebook their cancelled holidays to ensure they don't lose out.
  
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• Community cries out for checkpoint end date as wait times threaten jobs

  26-10-2021 03:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Locals say they are considering quitting their jobs as traffic at border checkpoints blow out to "outrageous" wait times, prompting the LNP Member for Currumbin calls for a firm date from the government.
  
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• 'Buy now, pay later' comes to childcare

  26-10-2021 03:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  More than 10,000 childcare centres across Australia and New Zealand will allow parents to use ‘buy now, pay later’ software to cover fees through a deal struck between Zip Co and Xplor Technologies.
  
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• Government commits to making Australia carbon neutral by 2050

  26-10-2021 03:05 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia has joined the world in promising to make the nation carbon neutral by 2050, ahead of a global climate change summit.
  
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• Government commits Australia to reaching net zero by 2050

  26-10-2021 03:05 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia has joined the world in promising to make the nation carbon-neutral by 2050, ahead of a global climate change summit.
  
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• 'Clean' hydrogen and cheap solar power at centre of government's net zero commitment

  26-10-2021 03:05 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia joins the world in promising to reach net zero on carbon emissions by 2050 — a policy it opposed two years ago — ahead of the upcoming global climate change summit in Scotland.
  
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• Perth journalist Russell Woolf dies

  26-10-2021 03:02 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perth ABC journalist Russell Woolf has died overnight at the age of 57.
  
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• PM unveils Australia's 2050 net-zero plan

  26-10-2021 02:41 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Prime Minister Scott Morrison has committed to making Australia carbon neutral by 2050 in a new plan that relies heavily on existing technologies.
  
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• PM net zero plan to include rural reviews

  26-10-2021 02:41 via businessnews.com.au
  
  "Safeguard" reviews and billions of dollars in investments have been agreed by federal cabinet as part of the government's plan to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
  
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• Victoria's regional vaccination loophole is about to close

  26-10-2021 02:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Some regional venues are choosing to operate at lower density limits so that partially vaccinated staff can continue working, but that's about to change.
  
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• Crown to keep its Melbourne casino licence

  26-10-2021 00:58 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Its behaviour was "illegal, dishonest, unethical and exploitative", but gaming group Crown will keep its Melbourne casino licence.
  
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• Crown Melbourne to keep casino licence for now despite 'disgraceful' conduct

  26-10-2021 00:35 via abc.net.au
  
  Crown Resorts will keep its Melbourne casino licence for now, despite the Victorian Royal Commission into the Casino Operator finding that its conduct was "disgraceful".
  
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• Crown Melbourne set to keep casino licence despite 'disgraceful' conduct

  26-10-2021 00:35 via abc.net.au
  
  Crown Resorts looks set to keep its Melbourne casino licence for now, despite a Victorian royal commission finding that its conduct was "disgraceful".
  
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• Work halted on Alec Baldwin film at centre of prop gun fatal shooting

  26-10-2021 00:03 via abc.net.au
  
  An email to people working on Alec Baldwin's film Rust are told production will "pause" while an investigation into the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins continues. 
  
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