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• Embattled coal mine suffers blow as corporate cop presses charges

  11-11-2021 23:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's corporate cop lays criminal charges against an Indian-owned Australian coal mine already facing a revolt from workers and a legal fight with its biggest customer.
  
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• Simon is battling his toughest staff shortage. He's worried the vaccine mandate will worsen it

  11-11-2021 22:56 via abc.net.au
  
  Today is the last day for public-facing workers in the Northern Territory to get a first dose of the vaccine before a mandate comes in. But business-owners say they're frustrated that the measure could place an onus on them to fire valued staff. 
  
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• With Thailand's sex industry shuttered, Dao's savings are almost gone and she's struggling to provide for her family

  11-11-2021 22:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Thailand’s sex industry generates billions of dollars, but the workers have to work in the shadows because it’s not legal. Now Thai sex workers have been holding protests, wielding high heels and underwear, to demand their labour be recognised and regulated.
  
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• Thailand's sex industry generates billions of dollars. But workers still operate in the shadows

  11-11-2021 22:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Thailand’s sex industry generates billions of dollars, but the workers have to work in the shadows because it’s not legal. Now Thai sex workers have been holding protests, wielding high heels and underwear, to demand their labour be recognised and regulated.
  
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• Thai sex workers call for billion-dollar industry to be recognised

  11-11-2021 22:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Thailand’s sex industry generates billions of dollars, but the workers have to work in the shadows because it’s not legal. Now Thai sex workers have been holding protests, wielding high heels and underwear, to demand their labour be recognised and regulated.
  
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• It takes Dao a week to earn what she made in an hour before COVID hit Thailand's sex work industry

  11-11-2021 22:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Thailand’s sex industry generates billions of dollars, but the workers have to work in the shadows because it’s not legal. Now Thai sex workers have been holding protests, wielding high heels and underwear, to demand their labour be recognised and regulated.
  
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• Nanocrystal glitter keeps the sparkles without the polluting plastics

  11-11-2021 22:00 via abc.net.au
  
  A team of UK researchers say they have created the first truly biodegradable glitter on a commercial scale.
  
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• ASX up on back of higher iron ore and copper prices, BHP investors back climate plan

  11-11-2021 21:40 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market has opened higher after four days of losses, US stocks have regained some lost ground, and BHP has won investors' approval to press ahead with plans to reduce pollution emissions.
  
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• ASX up on back of higher iron ore and copper prices, BHP investors approve climate plan

  11-11-2021 21:40 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market has opened higher, US stocks have regained some lost ground, BHP has won approval to press ahead with pollution reduction plans, and Woolworths has pledged to switch to renewable power by 2025.
  
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• ASX to rise on back of higher iron ore and copper prices, BHP investors back climate plan

  11-11-2021 21:40 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market is expected to make gains today after four days of losses, US stocks have regained some lost ground, and BHP has won investors' approval to press ahead with plans to reduce pollution emissions.
  
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• ASX to rise on back of higher iron ore and copper prices after Wall Street recoups some losses

  11-11-2021 21:40 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market is expected to make gains today after four days of losses, while US stocks have regained some lost ground. 
  
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• ASX rises after four days of losses, BHP investors approve climate plan

  11-11-2021 21:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Miners lead the way on the Australian share market after a rise in metals prices, mining giant BHP has won approval to press ahead with pollution reduction plans, and supermarket giant Woolworths pledges to switch to renewable power by 2025.
  
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• Driver shortage, heavy compliance making life hard for trucking companies

  11-11-2021 21:23 via abc.net.au
  
  A shortage of workers is exposing deep-set issues within the road transport industry, with regional Victorian trucking bosses describing mounting issues over safety and properly trained drivers.
  
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• This place kills its residents, but some are fighting to stay

  11-11-2021 21:19 via abc.net.au
  
  After years of compensation offers, the WA government plans to forcibly remove the remaining properties at a former asbestos mining town.  
  
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• Live: NSW Now: Debate begins on a bill legalising voluntary assisted dying in NSW

  11-11-2021 20:48 via abc.net.au
  
  MORNING BRIEFING: Debate begins today in state parliament on a bill introduced by Independent MP Alex Greenwich to legalise voluntary assisted dying in NSW.
  
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• 'Not your shame to carry': How to tell your boss you're in an abusive relationship and need time off work

  11-11-2021 20:40 via abc.net.au
  
  More Australian employers are implementing policies to fight domestic and family violence, recognising it's a workplace health and safety issue. Here are your rights as a worker. 
  
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• 'People in this region are survivors and they'll have a crack': Regional tourism gets $100 million boost

  11-11-2021 20:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Shovel-ready tourism operators can apply for up to $10 million per project thanks to the Regional Tourism Investment Fund.
  
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• Woodside worries shadow BHP AGM

  11-11-2021 11:17 via businessnews.com.au
  
  BHP has defended its climate strategy despite involvement in Woodside’s contended Scarborough LNG project, which has been subject to increasing environmental campaigns.
  
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• Elon Musk sells $US5 billion in Tesla shares after support in Twitter poll

  11-11-2021 11:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Tesla boss Elon Musk sells about $US5 billion in shares days after polling Twitter users about selling 10 per cent of his stake, amid debate in the US about tax avoidance by billionaires. 
  
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• Singles' Day is the biggest shopping event in the world. But this year e-commerce has less 'gunpowder'

  11-11-2021 10:40 via abc.net.au
  
  A more muted Singles' Day shopping extravaganza is held amid a regulatory crackdown on the technology industry in China.
  
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• Yallourn power station fire under control but generators currently running at a minimum

  11-11-2021 09:38 via abc.net.au
  
  All workers are safe after a fire at the power station's coal distribution facility was extinguished in 40 minutes by the company's on-site firefighters and emergency services. 
  
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• NSW state insurer apologises after review finds injured workers were underpaid $38 million

  11-11-2021 09:16 via abc.net.au
  
  A review finds 53,000 injured workers were underpaid over seven years by the NSW state insurance scheme icare.
  
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• Chevron reveals Gorgon offset plan

  11-11-2021 09:09 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Chevron will spend $40 million in WA, and acquire carbon 5.2 million tonnes of offsets, to compensate for delays in the scale up of its Gorgon carbon sequestration plant.
  
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• Chevron in $40m Gorgon offset plan

  11-11-2021 09:09 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Chevron will spend $40 million to acquire carbon offsets to compensate for delays in the scale up of its Gorgon carbon sequestration plant.
  
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• A little-known US car maker promised the electric ute. Today, it was valued at over $100 billion

  11-11-2021 09:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Before today, most people had never heard of Rivian. Now, the fledgling electric car maker is valued more than General Motors or Ford despite delivering just 156 of its vehicles to customers.
  
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• A little-known US car maker promised the electric ute. Now it is valued at more than $100 billion

  11-11-2021 09:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Before yesterday, most people had never heard of Rivian. Now, the fledgling electric car maker is valued more than General Motors or Ford despite delivering just 156 of its vehicles to customers.
  
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• At Close of Business: Matt Mckenzie on Burswood Park

  11-11-2021 08:52 via businessnews.com.au
  
  On today's episode of At Close of Business, senior journalist Matt Mckenzie details the story behind a $4 billion redevelopment of land near the racecourse at Belmont Park.
  
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• At Close of Business: Matt Mckenzie on Belmont Park

  11-11-2021 08:52 via businessnews.com.au
  
  On today's episode of At Close of Business, senior journalist Matt Mckenzie details the story behind a $4 billion redevelopment of land near the racecourse at Belmont Park.
  
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• Fortescue surges but inflation weighs ASX

  11-11-2021 08:37 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Fortescue Metals shares had their biggest gain of the year but the Australian market slumped on concerns of how US authorities will respond to the biggest rise in inflation in 31 years.
  
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• Research underpins WA’s tech edge

  11-11-2021 08:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Limitless WA: Academia is driving WA’s cyber security edge with both governments and businesses coming up trumps.
  
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• Contractor in administration, 125 employees sacked

  11-11-2021 08:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  AvidSys Group's engineering subsidiary, which comrpises three business formerly part of RCR Tomlinson, has laid off more than 100 employees after falling into administration.
  
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• Orica buys two WA tech businesses

  11-11-2021 08:27 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Orica has made a $20 million-plus investment in mining technology by purchasing WA companies RIG Technologies, from Wallis Drilling, and Hopper Industrial Group.
  
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• More conditions for Stokes-backed Mardie project

  11-11-2021 08:16 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state government has imposed stricter conditions on BCI Minerals’ $1.2 billion Mardie project amid concerns about its environmental impact.
  
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• 8AU readies for listing

  11-11-2021 08:11 via businessnews.com.au
  
  New WA gold, nickel and lithium play 8AU is looking to raise between $8 million and $12 million before landing on ASX boards in early December.
  
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• Producers rejoice as Tasmania's Launceston named world foodie city by UNESCO

  11-11-2021 07:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Launceston, in Tasmania's north, has been named as UNESCO's Creative City of Gastronomy — a gong local producers hope will help them tap into global markets.
  
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• Launceston named world foodie city by UNESCO

  11-11-2021 07:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Launceston in Tasmania's north has been named as UNESCO's Creative City of Gastronomy — a gong it hopes will help local producers tap into global markets.
  
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• Unvaccinated BHP coal miners stood down without pay

  11-11-2021 07:09 via abc.net.au
  
  Around 50 workers at the Hunter Valley's largest thermal coal mine have been stood down without pay over their COVID-19 vaccination status.
  
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• Vanadium play surges on IGO test-run

  11-11-2021 07:07 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Shares in Australian Vanadium have jumped 17 per cent on the news its battery storage technology will be trialed by mining behemoth IGO.
  
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• Aim for 50 investments, say angels

  11-11-2021 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perth Angels group, celebrating its 10th year, finds success is in starting small and working together.
  
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• In the original land of a fast food deal, dining out is getting more expensive

  11-11-2021 06:16 via abc.net.au
  
  Prices — or core inflation — are rising at their highest rate in three decades in the United States. Here's why and what it could mean for Australia.
  
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• Noosa property prices jump $6,000 a week as market surges through October

  11-11-2021 06:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Latest figures from CoreLogic show homes on the Sunshine Coast are increasing in value weekly as demand for Queensland property ramps up.
  
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• One deal, 10 years, no development

  11-11-2021 06:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The racing industry hoped a land deal at Belmont Park would create a $4 billion precinct, but 10 years later it sits empty.
  
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• Measurement making waves

  11-11-2021 05:34 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Limitless WA: Physics researchers in Western Australia have made a global impact and have successfully commercialised their work.
  
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• State labour force depletes in October

  11-11-2021 05:01 via businessnews.com.au
  
  WA’s jobless rate has fallen to a nine-year low but declining employment indicates workers are withdrawing from the labour force while outstanding vacancies remain unfilled.
  
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• Joyner joins Committee for Perth

  11-11-2021 05:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Herbert Smith Freehills partner Tony Joyner has been appointed chair of the Committee for Perth board, replacing Kate Lamont.
  
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• Liontown details $473m lithium operation

  11-11-2021 04:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Liontown Resources has detailed plans for what it claims will be one of the biggest lithium producers in the world, revealing a 23-year operation at Kathleen Valley in the Goldfields.
  
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• Investigation launched after child swallows button battery at Queensland childcare centre

  11-11-2021 04:28 via abc.net.au
  
  C&K Kindergarten Association says it is cooperating fully with authorities after the incident at an undisclosed early learning centre on October 11.
  
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• More time needed for BHP, Wyloo talks

  11-11-2021 03:51 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Discussions between BHP and Andrew Forrest-backed Wyloo Metals are set to continue until the end of November as the parties look to reach an agreement on sought after Noront Resources.
  
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• Future Perth podcast: Episode 2

  11-11-2021 03:51 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Episode 2 of the Business News Future Perth podcast is now available, focusing on issues around developments in the metropolitan area.
  
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• EV maker Rivian valued at more than Ford despite only having made 150 cars

  11-11-2021 03:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Shares of Rivian surged as much as 53 per cent on its Nasdaq debut, giving the EV maker a market valuation of more than $US100 billion. 
  
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