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• ASX shrugs off Woolworths slump, Wall St fall to finish flat; new ACCC boss named

  13-12-2021 23:37 via abc.net.au
  
  An 8 per cent share price slump for Woolworths is not enough to drag the ASX lower, as a takeover bid for Virtus Health boosts the market.
  
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• ASX set to fall as Wall Street drops on Omicron, Federal Reserve jitters

  13-12-2021 23:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Wall Street ends lower on Monday and the Australian share market is set to give up yesterday's gains as investors worry about the Omicron coronavirus variant.
  
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• ASX edges lower as Woolworths slumps on profit warning

  13-12-2021 23:37 via abc.net.au
  
  A 9 per cent share price slump for Woolworths is dragging the ASX into the red, as the supermarket giant warns of slowing sales and rising costs due to COVID disruptions.
  
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• Shutdown of Queensland mining claims has miners worried for the future

  13-12-2021 22:55 via abc.net.au
  
  A 12-month ban on new mining claims worries Queensland communities where mining is the lifeblood of the local economy.
  
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• 'An absolute crime': Shutdown of Queensland mining claims has miners worried for the future

  13-12-2021 22:55 via abc.net.au
  
  A 12-month ban on new mining claims worries Queensland communities where mining is the lifeblood of the local economy.
  
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• Rent or live in an apartment? Here's how you can reap the benefits of solar

  13-12-2021 22:46 via abc.net.au
  
  One-third of households are locked out of installing solar panels on their rooftop. Is buying a "plot" in a community "solar garden" a way to access cheaper renewable energy and lower your power bills?
  
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• Locked out of cheap rooftop solar? A 'solar garden' may be the answer

  13-12-2021 22:46 via abc.net.au
  
  One-third of households are locked out of installing solar panels on their rooftop. Is buying a "plot" in a community "solar garden" a way to access cheaper renewable energy and lower your power bills?
  
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• How renters can benefit from solar power — no roof required

  13-12-2021 22:46 via abc.net.au
  
  One-third of households are locked out of installing solar panels on their rooftop. Is buying a "plot" in a community "solar garden" a way to access cheaper renewable energy and lower your power bills?
  
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• 'On again': How the $1.9b deal to buy a Pacific telco, and stop China getting it, sat in the balance

  13-12-2021 22:21 via abc.net.au
  
  A $1.9 billion deal for taxpayers to fund Telstra to buy a key Pacific telecommunications company – to stop China getting it – may have been close to falling through, FOI documents reveal.
  
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• 'Too many near misses': What every driver needs to know about the dangers of hauling a 110 tonne road truck

  13-12-2021 21:35 via abc.net.au
  
  If Lee Pavlovich got frustrated every time he saw someone driving dangerously he would be angry all the time. 
  
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• Live: NSW Now: Rail strike could cause overcrowded Sydney carriages, commuters warned

  13-12-2021 20:11 via abc.net.au
  
  MORNING BRIEFING: The city's rail network faces another full day of disruption, with train drivers striking again.
  
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• New projects needed to avert gas shortage in 2025

  13-12-2021 17:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state could have a shortage of gas production for the domestic market as soon as 2025, driven by reserve downgrades at the Reindeer and Macedon fields.
  
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• At Close of Business: Madeleine Stephens on WA's plastic ban

  13-12-2021 09:15 via businessnews.com.au
  
  On today's episode of At Close of Business, journalist Madeleine Stephens profiles a handful of businesses leading the way on plastic waste reduction.
  
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• Harvest chases $11m

  13-12-2021 09:08 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Harvest Technology Group is looking to raise $11.1 million to boost working capital, with commitments to the tune of $3 million already received from major shareholders.
  
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• Aust shares end higher despite late slide

  13-12-2021 08:44 via businessnews.com.au
  
  There was plenty of optimism to start the week on the Australian share market, despite a US Federal Reserve meeting looming and more warnings about Omicron.
  
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• Crown not waiting on Blackstone takeover

  13-12-2021 08:43 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Crown Resorts leaders are not pinning their hopes on a Blackstone takeover and have spruiked the potential of the Sydney casino to encourage higher offers.
  
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• Firefinch raises $100m for Mali projects

  13-12-2021 08:40 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Firefinch is set to pocket $100 million from institutional investors to advance the Morila gold and recently revised Goulamina lithium project in Mali.
  
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• $40m office tower planned for Bishop's House

  13-12-2021 08:37 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Plans to build a $40 million office building adjacent to the heritage-listed Bishop’s House on Mounts Bay Road have surfaced, a site owned by one of central Perth's biggest commercial property owners.
  
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• $40m office planned opposite Bishop's House

  13-12-2021 08:37 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Plans to build a $40 million office building adjacent to the heritage-listed Bishop’s House on Mounts Bay Road have surfaced, a site owned by one of central Perth's biggest commercial property owners.
  
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• American West joins the ASX

  13-12-2021 08:03 via businessnews.com.au
  
  American West Metals has made a soft start to its first day of trading, with shares in the base metals explorer down 28 per cent.
  
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• Fight for Noront back on

  13-12-2021 07:36 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Andrew Forrest’s Wyloo Metals has bolstered its offer for Noront Resources by some 57 per cent just hours after walking away from unsuccessful détente talks with takeover rival BHP.
  
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• WA border to reopen from February 5

  13-12-2021 07:24 via businessnews.com.au
  
  After almost two years, Western Australia will ease its hard border restrictions and reconnect with the rest of the world from 12:01am on February 5.
  
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• HBF drops $42m on dental business

  13-12-2021 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  HBF has taken a 10 per cent stake in ASX-listed dentistry outfit Pacific Smiles Group, following a 10-year partnership agreement struck between the two earlier this year.
  
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• Good tidings for retail businesses

  13-12-2021 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Recent state final demand data shows that Western Australia’s domestic economy grew by 0.6 per cent in the September quarter.
  
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• Duratec boosts order book to $550m

  13-12-2021 06:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Wangara-based Duratec has secured a $110 million contract to build a refuelling centre at the Australian air force base at Tindal, in the Northern Territory.
  
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• Peloton's stocks plummeted after And Just Like That premiered. Now the company has responded

  13-12-2021 06:25 via abc.net.au
  
  Share prices in workout equipment company Peloton nose-dived after one of their products appeared in Sex and the City reboot And Just Like that. *WARNING: SPOILERS*
  
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• EPA to assess $118m Gnarabup resort

  13-12-2021 05:32 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Saracen Properties’ $118 million Gnarabup Beach resort proposal will undergo the highest level of environmental assessment, after a flood of public submissions on the development.
  
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• BHP, Wyloo walk without Noront deal

  13-12-2021 03:43 via businessnews.com.au
  
  BHP and Forrest-backed Wyloo Metals have failed to reach an agreement on mutual takeover target Noront Resources despite weeks of deliberation between the parties.
  
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• 'Best Christmas present ever': north Queensland families reunited as interstate flights resume

  13-12-2021 03:41 via abc.net.au
  
  There are tears and celebrations at north Queensland airports as flights arrive from previously locked out COVID hotspots from across Australia.
  
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• 'I just want to be with him': Love conquers all as couples reunite

  13-12-2021 03:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Christmas wishes have been granted across Queensland today as couples separated by seas and states reunite again on the Gold and Sunshine coasts. 
  
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• Macnamara named CBH chief

  13-12-2021 03:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  CBH Group acting chief executive Ben Macnamara has been appointed boss of the cooperative on a permanent basis.
  
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• Actress Naomie Harris says 'huge star' put his hand up her skirt at audition

  13-12-2021 02:21 via abc.net.au
  
  Oscar-nominated actress Naomie Harris says she was groped by a "huge star" during an audition but no-one in the room said or did anything about it.
  
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• WA premier to reveal reopening date

  13-12-2021 02:12 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Western Australia's premier is set to finally reveal when the state's borders will open, ending months of speculation and frustration for locked-out families.
  
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• Australia to get more of crucial trucking chemical after China cracks down on world market

  13-12-2021 02:03 via abc.net.au
  
  With serious fears an additive in diesel fuel will run out in weeks following China's export ban on urea, the government is racing to find supplies from other countries.
  
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• Australia scrambles for new AdBlue supply chains as shortage threatens shutdown of nation's trucks

  13-12-2021 02:03 via abc.net.au
  
  With serious fears an additive in diesel fuel will run out in weeks following China's export ban on urea, the government is racing to find supplies from other countries.
  
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• Unis, officials split on mergers

  13-12-2021 02:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  It’s unclear what benefit WA would receive from merging its universities into a single institution.
  
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• ASX posts solid gains; CSL confirms takeover talks, while Crown casino targets 2022 opening

  13-12-2021 01:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares rise in morning trade following a strong session on Wall Street on Friday, despite US inflation hitting the highest level in almost four decades.
  
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• ASX follows Wall St higher, despite US inflation surge fueling rate rise worries

  13-12-2021 01:03 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market has claimed in early trade followed by a strong trading session on Wall Street last Friday, despite that the US inflation hitting the highest level in almost four decades.
  
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