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• Queensland facing critical skills shortage as workers quit rather than get vaccinated

  29-10-2021 23:30 via abc.net.au
  
  The state's most important industries are losing highly paid workers who are refusing to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
  
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• Experts examine who could be held legally responsible for the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins

  29-10-2021 21:21 via abc.net.au
  
  Alec Baldwin is unlikely to face charges for holding the gun that fired the fatal shot into cinematographer Halyna Hutchins while filming a scene, but he may have to front court as one of the producers of the movie, according to legal experts.
  
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• The pandemic inspired Tara to redesign her life and she's never been happier

  29-10-2021 20:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Workers all over the world are increasingly retreating from pre-pandemic work patterns and pursuing new passions – or just a slower, more sustainable pace. So, what does the Great Resignation look like in Australia?
  
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• I was recently made redundant, but my strongest feeling was relief. This is why

  29-10-2021 20:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Workers all over the world are increasingly retreating from pre-pandemic work patterns and pursuing new passions – or just a slower, more sustainable pace. So, what does the Great Resignation look like in Australia?
  
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• Trump's business empire slumps after years of divisive politics, figures show

  29-10-2021 16:23 via abc.net.au
  
  The slashing rhetorical style and divisive politics that inspired fierce political loyalty for Donald Trump are undermining a business built around real estate development and branding deals.
  
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• Regions brace for COVID spike as Melburnians escape for long weekend

  29-10-2021 10:18 via abc.net.au
  
  While regional businesses nervously look forward to a boom in trade as Melbourne visitors arrive for the long weekend, hospitals prepare for a surge in COVID cases. 
  
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• At Close of Business: The Australian way to net zero

  29-10-2021 09:39 via businessnews.com.au
  
  On today's episode of At Close of Business, journalists Jordan Murray and Matt Mckenzie dissect what's in Australia's plan to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.
  
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• Bond yields rise and overwhelm ASX shares

  29-10-2021 09:29 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Reserve Bank is tipped to bring forward rate rises after opting not to defend soaring bond yields which decimated shares.
  
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• SportWest chief wary on Commonwealth Games bid

  29-10-2021 09:21 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The head of WA’s peak sporting body has declined to back a bid for the 2026 Commonwealth Games, given the short lead time and minimal impact it would have on grassroots athletics.
  
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• Perth the new San Francisco: WA deputy premier

  29-10-2021 09:18 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The sky was the well and truly the limit at CEDA’s 'More than mining' event in Perth this afternoon, which featured an ambitious keynote detailing plans for a new narrative for WA from deputy premier Roger Cook.
  
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• Perth the new San Francisco: Cook

  29-10-2021 09:18 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The sky was the well and truly the limit at CEDA’s More than Mining event in Perth this afternoon, which featured a keynote detailing plans for a new narrative for WA.
  
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• Gascoyne shareholders to mull takeover

  29-10-2021 09:16 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A bidder’s statement has been sent to the shareholders of Gascoyne Resources, who will consider a $120 million takeover proposal while a conflicting merger deal heads to court next week.
  
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• NAIF boss resigns hours before Senate Estimates hearing

  29-10-2021 09:07 via abc.net.au
  
  The head of the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility resigns less than 24 hours before he was due to appear before the Senate Estimates Committee.
  
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• Shareholders, Forrest endorse Huon takeover

  29-10-2021 09:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  JBS Australia is acquiring Huon Aquaculture Group after shareholders voted in favour of the takeover, including Andrew Forrest who criticised the deal, citing animal welfare concerns.
  
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• Huon shareholders, Forrest endorse takeover

  29-10-2021 09:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  JBS Australia is acquiring Huon Aquaculture Group after shareholders voted in favour of the takeover, including Andrew Forrest who criticised the deal, citing animal welfare concerns.
  
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• WA looks to apartments during COVID

  29-10-2021 08:37 via businessnews.com.au
  
  WA’s apartment market stands to grow from the circumstances created during the global pandemic, leading demographer Bernard Salt says.
  
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• Critical battery minerals coming of age

  29-10-2021 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  WA producers poised to ride a lift in export volumes of refined chemicals, but it won’t all be smooth sailing.
  
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• BlueScope Steel and Rio Tinto announce 'green steel' partnership

  29-10-2021 07:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's largest steel producer unites with mining giant Rio Tinto to explore decarbonising the steel-making process, signalling a move away from coal. 
  
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• Perron's $1bn Cockburn plan gets green light

  29-10-2021 06:40 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perron Group has been granted approval to proceed with its $1 billion plan for Cockburn, the largest project to make its way through the state's expedited planning pathway.
  
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• APM lodges prospectus for $982m IPO

  29-10-2021 06:38 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Investors can get their hands on the finer details of WA’s largest IPO after ASX aspirant APM lodged its prospectus with ASIC today.
  
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• FFI buys hydrogen tech startup

  29-10-2021 05:46 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Fortescue Future Industries has acquired the commercial assets of US-based start up Xergy for an undisclosed amount to form a new hydrogen technology development entity.
  
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• Builders win $23m in school contracts

  29-10-2021 05:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  FIRM Constructions will complete a series of upgrades to senior schools in Ocean Reef and Mandurah, while ADCO Constructions has secured work in South Hedland.
  
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• Inside the 'historic' tunnels under Sydney Harbour which will slash travel times for commuters

  29-10-2021 04:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Work is completed on tunnels that will allow commuters to travel deep under Sydney Harbour, with NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet saying the project will "transform the way we travel around our great city".
  
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• The Reserve Bank delivered a 'significant surprise' and it could affect your mortgage

  29-10-2021 03:49 via abc.net.au
  
  The Reserve Bank again fails to defend its 0.1 per cent bond yield target and that means official interest rates, as well as variable mortgage rates, could be rising sooner than previously expected.
  
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• Reserve Bank waves white flag on bond yield target and that means interest rates could be rising sooner than we thought

  29-10-2021 03:49 via abc.net.au
  
  The Reserve Bank again fails to defend its 0.1 per cent bond yield target and that means official interest rates, as well as variable mortgage rates, could be rising sooner than previously expected.
  
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• Crown settles class action case for $125m

  29-10-2021 02:36 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Casinos operator Crown has paid $125 million to settle a class action lawsuit brought by thousands of shareholders.
  
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• Residents feel blindsided by closed-door deal between developer, NSW planning body

  29-10-2021 02:20 via abc.net.au
  
  South Coast residents are scathing about a deal that will likely result in a 293-home development being approved for West Culburra today.
  
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• Fears largest collection of rock art in the world could be 'gone in 100 years'

  29-10-2021 02:07 via abc.net.au
  
  Scientists condemn a "disastrous" WA mining industry-commissioned paper that says industrial pollution is no threat to a huge, 50,000-year-old Aboriginal rock art gallery.
  
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• As gas companies gather in the Top End, Indigenous leaders plead for climate action

  29-10-2021 01:49 via abc.net.au
  
  At a major oil and gas conference in Darwin this week, days out from the Glasgow climate talks, governments and gas companies discussed plans to expand the industry. Larrakia elder June Mills fears the promises to offset emissions will be too little, too late.
  
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• Chicken meat producer Hazeldenes sold to private equity firm

  29-10-2021 00:45 via abc.net.au
  
  Major chicken meat producer Hazeldenes, based at Lockwood in central Victoria and one of the five largest chicken producers in Australia, has been sold to private equity firm BGH Capital.
  
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• 'It'll be as expensive as gold soon': Jarrah price spike leads WA furniture-makers to Indonesian imports

  29-10-2021 00:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Only one month after a state ban on native forest harvesting was announced, West Australian furniture-makers are looking to imports to replace iconic native hardwoods.
  
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