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• Byron Bay woman allegedly sacked from Church of Ubuntu for getting COVID jab

  15-12-2021 22:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Lainie Chait said she supported freedom of choice in healthcare and was shocked to learn she was being dismissed for making a personal decision to be vaccinated.
  
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• US Federal Reserves winding back bond buying as inflation soars, ASX to rise

  15-12-2021 21:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Global markets are soaring, as the US Federal Reserve moves to wind back economic stimulus brought in to tackle the pandemic downturn.
  
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• 'No surprise': US Fed winds back bond buying as inflation soars, but ASX set to rise

  15-12-2021 21:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Global markets are soaring, as the US Federal Reserve moves to wind back economic stimulus brought in to tackle the pandemic downturn. 
  
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• Fed winds back bond buying as inflation soars, but ASX set to rise

  15-12-2021 21:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Global markets are soaring, as the US Federal Reserve moves to wind back economic stimulus brought in to tackle the pandemic downturn.
  
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• ASX dips despite 'no surprise' US stimulus windback, CSL suffers after Vifor deal

  15-12-2021 21:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares are losing ground, despite global markets soaring on news that the US Federal Reserve will start winding back COVID stimulus.
  
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• Coal-free Victoria could be just over a decade away, analysis suggests

  15-12-2021 21:26 via abc.net.au
  
  A consultancy firm estimates Victoria's three coal-fired power stations will shut between 2026 and 2032 after analysing the work of the Australian Energy Market Operator.
  
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• 'Your tits are small, but you have a big ass': More women come forward with sexual harassment claims against Tesla

  15-12-2021 21:24 via abc.net.au
  
  The lawyer for the six women suing Tesla for alleged sexual harassment says more women are coming forward with allegations of harassment suffered while employed at the electric car company.
  
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• Why women at Tesla started wearing baggy clothes and stacking boxes around them to fight workplace sexual harassment

  15-12-2021 21:24 via abc.net.au
  
  The lawyer for the six women suing Tesla for alleged sexual harassment says more women are coming forward with allegations of harassment suffered while employed at the electric car company.
  
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• More women sue Tesla over alleged sexual harassment

  15-12-2021 21:24 via abc.net.au
  
  The lawyer for the six women suing Tesla for alleged sexual harassment says more women are coming forward with allegations of harassment suffered while employed at the electric car company.
  
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• How women at Tesla started wearing baggy clothes and stacking boxes around them to fight workplace sexual harassment

  15-12-2021 21:24 via abc.net.au
  
  The lawyer for the six women suing Tesla for alleged sexual harassment says more women are coming forward with allegations of harassment suffered while employed at the electric car company.
  
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• Police say unvaxxed Queenslanders won't 'grandstand' over bans, but venue owners say tensions are rising

  15-12-2021 21:15 via abc.net.au
  
  The police union says extra officers will not be needed to enforce rules banning unvaxxed people from hospitality venues, because most "are keen to do the right thing".
  
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• Operator of planned Queensland-NSW gas pipeline looks at hydrogen makeover

  15-12-2021 21:04 via abc.net.au
  
  The proponent of the Queensland-Hunter Gas Pipeline (HGP) will explore plans to upgrade the pipeline to enable it to carry large volumes of hydrogen.
  
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• Live: NSW Now: More Omicron COVID-19 exposure sites in Newcastle

  15-12-2021 20:30 via abc.net.au
  
  MORNING BRIEFING: Another pub in the Newcastle area is added to the list of sites exposed to COVID-19 and possibly the Omicron variant.
  
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• Live: NSW Now: Dramatic CCTV show bullets narrowly miss kids in drive-by shooting

  15-12-2021 20:30 via abc.net.au
  
  MORNING BRIEFING: Police release CCTV showing just how close bullets came to hitting children in a creche during a targeted shooting in Sydney's west.
  
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• Launceston airport sues agency over lack of PFAS plan

  15-12-2021 19:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Potentially toxic firefighting chemicals were found in fish pulled from a river near Launceston Airport two years ago. Now the airport is taking legal action to make the government do something about it. 
  
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• Airservices 'not serious' about cleaning up PFAS contamination, Launceston Airport alleges

  15-12-2021 19:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Potentially toxic firefighting chemicals were found in fish pulled from a river near Launceston Airport two years ago. Now the airport is taking legal action to make the government do something about it. 
  
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• Ashley is usually the only female carpenter on site — a new $57m program aims to change that

  15-12-2021 19:19 via abc.net.au
  
  Women tradies, who make up about 2 per cent of workers on construction sites in NSW, welcome an injection of more than $50 million to boost numbers, saying it's a step towards making women on sites the norm.
  
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• Will our bottom line survive the Omicron variant? The government is hoping so

  15-12-2021 14:37 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government will use today's mid-year budget update to spruik upgraded forecasts for job creation over the next four years, as the Opposition says there is little room for complacency after previous turnarounds ended in more lockdowns and a recession.
  
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• ASX sold lower on eve of US Fed decisions

  15-12-2021 09:32 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Shares had their biggest loss on the Australian market in more than two weeks as investors brace for the final US Federal Reserve decisions of the year.
  
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• Roper to lead Premier & Cabinet

  15-12-2021 09:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state government has confirmed Emily Roper as Director General of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, nearly two years after the last permanent head resigned.
  
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• Wesfarmers digs heels on API bidding

  15-12-2021 09:21 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Wesfarmers says it won’t accept any takeover offer made by Woolworths for API, as the retail giants fights for ownership of Australian Pharmaceutical Industries.
  
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• Freo extends Longmuir contract

  15-12-2021 09:20 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Justin Longmuir is set to continue as coach of the Fremantle Dockers for at least the next three seasons.
  
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• At Close of Business: Mark Beyer on wealth creators

  15-12-2021 09:18 via businessnews.com.au
  
  On today's episode of At Close of Business, senior editor Mark Beyer discusses changes to the state's rich list.
  
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• $1bn windfall for rich listers

  15-12-2021 09:15 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Mining giant Rio Tinto paid more than $1 billion in royalties to four Perth families last year as a result of deals struck by their forebears in the 1960s.
  
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• Fortescue sizes up Gabon iron ore project

  15-12-2021 09:08 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Andrew Forrest may have high hopes for green hydrogen, but plans revealed by Fortescue today to develop the Belinga project in West Africa indicate iron ore pursuits show no sign of slowing.
  
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• CBH maintains export market share

  15-12-2021 08:47 via businessnews.com.au
  
  CBH Group continued to be the dominate grain exporter in 2020-21, holding 55 per cent of the market share, according to a report by the ACCC.
  
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• Newco loses review bid for $24.7m mill plan

  15-12-2021 08:26 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perth-based business Newco Mills has lost its bid to have the refusal of its $24.7 million Bullsbrook stock feed grain mill plan reviewed, with the state’s administrative tribunal finding it was incapable of approval.
  
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• Newco loses $24.7m Bullsbrook project appeal

  15-12-2021 08:26 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perth-based business Newco Mills has lost its bid to have the refusal of its $24.7 million Bullsbrook stock feed grain mill plan reviewed.
  
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• Strike advances $2.3bn urea project

  15-12-2021 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The federal and state governments have awarded Strike Energy with a $2 million grant and lead agency status for the company’s fertiliser project in the Mid West.
  
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• Shifting focus to protect a legacy

  15-12-2021 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  For half a century, the Frank family has been carving a niche in Perth’s retail space.
  
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• Fini submits Smiths Beach plans

  15-12-2021 07:37 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perth-property magnate Adrian Fini has submitted plans for a $200 million coastal tourism village at a 40-hectare site at Smiths Beach to the state government’s temporary planning pathway.
  
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• WHS reforms postponed

  15-12-2021 07:05 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state government has delayed implementation of its contentious Work Health and Safety Act 2020 to give itself more time to complete the necessary regulations.
  
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• WA slams shut border with NSW as COVID cases surge

  15-12-2021 06:35 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state government has upgraded New South Wales from high risk to an extreme under its controlled border arrangements, as the number of COVID cases in the state continues to surge.
  
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• Firm wins $24m school build

  15-12-2021 06:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Subiaco-based FIRM Construction has been selected to build a new primary school in Perth’s south, set to open in 2023.
  
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• Official confirms fireball from overturned petrol tanker kills 75 in Haiti

  15-12-2021 05:29 via abc.net.au
  
  At least 75 people have died after a petrol tanker overturned and exploded in northern Haiti, unleashing a fireball that swept through homes and businesses. 
  
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• BNK to sell Finsure for $151m

  15-12-2021 05:17 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perth-based digital bank BNK is selling its mortgage aggregator business to MA Financial Group for $151.6 million in cash, three months after starting a strategic review.
  
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• BNK sells Finsure for $151m

  15-12-2021 05:17 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perth-based digital bank BNK is selling its mortgage aggregator business to MA Financial Group for $151.6 million in cash, three months after starting a strategic review.
  
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• GDI buys $68m Perth carparks

  15-12-2021 04:55 via businessnews.com.au
  
  GDI Property Group has bought two Perth carparks for $68.5 million, capitalising on a return of commuters to the CBD as occupancy rates are expected to return to pre-pandemic levels.
  
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• LocalsCo snaps up Bayswater Hotel, Motel

  15-12-2021 04:41 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Fremantle-based hospitality group LocalsCo has purchased the 123-year-old Bayswater Hotel and Motel, marking the first time the venue has changed hands in more than four decades.
  
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• Injured Telstra linesmen told they must take job against doctors' orders

  15-12-2021 04:15 via abc.net.au
  
  A group of injured Telstra service technicians claim they are being forced to take unsuitable jobs or resign. Their lawyer is calling for them to be given appropriate work or be medically retired.
  
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• SRG scores $30m defence contract

  15-12-2021 04:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Listed contractor SRG Global has secured work in WA’s maritime sector, including on the billion-dollar upgrade to the HMAS Stirling naval base on Garden Island.
  
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• Powercor fined $130,000 over St Patrick's Day bushfires

  15-12-2021 03:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Electricity distributor Powercor is fined $130,000 over a bushfire that swept across south-west Victoria on St Patrick's Day in 2018.
  
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• Tech boom millionaires: Meet the young entrepreneurs creating empires in Australia

  15-12-2021 02:36 via abc.net.au
  
  The tech industry is behind many of Australia's newest millionaires and fastest growing c
  ompanies. Here's how three Australian entrepreneurs made it. 
  
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• Meet the young leaders behind some of Australia's most successful companies

  15-12-2021 02:36 via abc.net.au
  
  The tech industry is behind many of Australia's newest millionaires and fastest growing companies. Here's how three Australian entrepreneurs made it. 
  
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• WA heritage bill passes upper house

  15-12-2021 02:14 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Western Australia's upper house has green-lit the Labor government's contentious Aboriginal heritage legislation, despite protests by Indigenous groups.
  
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• Driver, 60, weeps as he is jailed for crash that killed mother and son

  15-12-2021 01:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Michael Knowler will serve less than two years in prison after pleading guilty to causing a crash that killed Jessica West and her son Deighton in 2019.
  
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• Warning as government announces new biodiversity trading platform

  15-12-2021 01:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Farmers will earn income for improving the biodiversity on farm but scientists and community groups warn that too much land may be lost to productive agriculture.
  
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• Football West builds on grassroots support

  15-12-2021 01:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  As he hangs up his boots as Football West chief executive, James Curtis talks to Business News about the world game in WA.
  
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