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• Russia proposes ban on use and mining of cryptocurrencies

  20-01-2022 23:23 via abc.net.au
  
  Russia's central bank proposes ban on the use and mining of cryptocurrencies in Russia, citing threats to financial stability, citizens' wellbeing and its monetary policy sovereignty.
  
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• Business chamber lashes proposed outback booze ban

  20-01-2022 23:18 via abc.net.au
  
  As a report into the Kimberley’s high rates of alcohol-related harm is given prominence, a regional business group opposes the Police Commissioner's plan to ban full and mid-strength alcohol sales.
  
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• World's first hydrogen tanker arrives to ship test cargo to Japan

  20-01-2022 22:40 via abc.net.au
  
  The Suiso Frontier arrived in Victoria yesterday as the next step in a project which is testing whether it is possible to export Australian-produced hydrogen to Japan.  
  
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• Proposal to allow RV owners to camp on rural land has tourist park operators worried

  20-01-2022 22:22 via abc.net.au
  
  A proposal to allow landholders to have numerous caravans and RVs stay on their properties worries caravan park operators across the Tablelands.
  
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• 'We face the largest potential markdown of perceived wealth in US history': Leading investor warns of crash as stock markets dive

  20-01-2022 22:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Prominent investor Jeremy Grantham warns US stock markets are in a "super bubble" that is set to crash, while Wall Street gave up strong early gains to finish in the red again overnight, with the ASX following.
  
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• Wall Street reverses course, ending lower

  20-01-2022 22:10 via abc.net.au
  
  US stocks gave up their gains in late trade after a strong rally overnight. 
  
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• Leading investor warns 'super bubble' is bursting as Wall St, ASX fall again

  20-01-2022 22:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Prominent investor Jeremy Grantham warns US stock markets are in a "super bubble" that is set to crash, while Wall Street gave up strong early gains to finish in the red again overnight with the ASX following.
  
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• Leading funds manager warns of crash amid 'crazy investor behaviour' as Wall St, ASX fall again

  20-01-2022 22:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Prominent investor Jeremy Grantham warns US stock markets are in a "super bubble" that is set to crash, while Wall Street gave up strong early gains to finish in the red again overnight with the ASX following.
  
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• Peru says oil spill caused by Tonga eruption an 'ecological disaster' as dead birds and seals wash up on shore

  20-01-2022 22:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Peru declares an environmental emergency as clean-up teams struggle to contain a huge oil spill at the country's biggest refinery caused by waves from a volcanic eruption near Tonga that rocked a ship unloading crude.
  
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• Man fired by Big 4 holiday park for being 'too fat' urges others to know their rights

  20-01-2022 21:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Hamish Griffin and his family packed up their lives in Queensland and moved to Tasmania. On the first day of his new job Mr Griffin was sacked because of his weight.
  
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• Live: Sydney news: Union says Qantas deal could slash wages in half, unqualified doctor sentenced

  20-01-2022 21:19 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) accuses Qantas of trying to "force through" a deal that could slash wages by 50 per cent for staff.
  
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• The Loop: WA's not opening up after all, Russia considers ban on crypto and US police are hunting... the Joker?

  20-01-2022 20:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Your quick wrap-up of the news you need to know about.
  
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• Serbia backs out of controversial Rio Tinto lithium mine

  20-01-2022 20:23 via abc.net.au
  
  Serbia's prime minister abandons plans to build a controversial lithium mine after weeks of protests against the project set to be built by Anglo-Australian firm Rio Tinto.
  
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• Why well-intentioned donations may hamper aid efforts in Tonga and end up in landfill

  20-01-2022 19:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Generous and well-intentioned donations of food and other goods may hinder vital aid getting to people in need in Tonga, humanitarian organisations warn. 
  
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• RAT shortage may soon become a glut, as happened with other pandemic products like hand sanitiser

  20-01-2022 18:53 via abc.net.au
  
  While rapid antigen tests (RATs)  have been very hard to come by since Christmas, there are some signs that the shortage may soon become a glut, as happened with other pandemic products such as hand sanitiser.
  
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• As Australia passes its COVID-19 Omicron peak, will the shortage of RATs turn into a glut?

  20-01-2022 18:53 via abc.net.au
  
  While rapid antigen tests (RATs)  have been very hard to come by since Christmas, there are some signs that the shortage may soon become a glut, as happened with other pandemic products such as hand sanitiser.
  
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• Honey, CCI not happy on border move

  20-01-2022 17:55 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Delaying the reopening of the state’s borders is an admission of failure to prepare the health system, Liberal leader David Honey says.
  
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• McGowan makes indefinite border delay

  20-01-2022 12:51 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The planned February 5 reopening of the state's borders has been cancelled amid a surge in Omicron-driven hospitalisations on the east coast, but Mark McGowan has promised a more compassionate approach.
  
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• BHP fined $125k over worker injury

  20-01-2022 10:14 via businessnews.com.au
  
  BHP has been fined $125,000 after a contractor was struck in the neck by a metal shard during maintenance work at Whaleback iron ore mine in September 2017.
  
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• At Close of Business: Sean Cowan on the Big Bash League

  20-01-2022 09:08 via businessnews.com.au
  
  On today's episode of At Close of Business, managing editor Sean Cowan outlines why he thinks Cricket Australia should overhaul the BBL.
  
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• COVID isolation time won't be reduced: PM

  20-01-2022 09:05 via businessnews.com.au
  
  National cabinet has agreed not to shorten the isolation time for positive COVID-19 cases from seven to five days.
  
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• Emyria to begin cannabis trial

  20-01-2022 08:42 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Andrew Forrest-backed Emyria is slated to start human clinical trials within weeks for a cannabinoid drug to treat psychological distress.
  
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• Emyria begins CBD trials

  20-01-2022 08:42 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Andrew Forrest-backed Emyria is slated to start human clinical trials for its CBD drug candidate this quarter.
  
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• Scott Morrison's plan to put high schoolers in forklifts fails to get off the ground

  20-01-2022 08:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Scott Morrison quickly shelved his proposal to allow people younger than 18 to drive forklifts, but experts say it wouldn't have been the solution to the country's supply chain woes anyway.
  
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• PM's plan to put high schoolers in forklifts fails to get off the ground

  20-01-2022 08:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Scott Morrison quickly shelved his proposal to allow people younger than 18 to drive forklifts, but experts say it wouldn't have been the solution to the country's supply chain woes anyway.
  
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• Block flat on ASX debut, miners soar

  20-01-2022 08:29 via businessnews.com.au
  
  US payments giant Block has made an unconvincing ASX debut while the traditional heavyweights - the miners - held the market higher.
  
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• Don't reopen, hospital case shows we're not ready: Nurses union

  20-01-2022 08:20 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Australian Nursing Federation has pleaded with the state government not to reopen the border on February 5 after detailing the conflicting advice received by healthcare workers linked to yesterday’s COVID case.
  
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• Euroz backs Australian pharma

  20-01-2022 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A pharmaceutical company specialising in the treatment of common colds and viral diseases will list on the ASX this month, having raised $7 million through an IPO.
  
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• Walliston industrial site sells for $2m

  20-01-2022 07:58 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A local investor has bought a 1,383 square metre fully-leased site east of Perth.
  
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• RATs, income support needed: Weatherill

  20-01-2022 07:49 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Jay Weatherill has demanded the federal government provide Australia's early learning sector with free RATs and income support amid soaring COVID-19 infections across the country.
  
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• Westpac warns a typical mortgage could be $427 a month more expensive by 2024

  20-01-2022 07:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Westpac is now expecting the Reserve Bank to start raising official interest rates as early as August, with a peak cash rate that could increase typical mortgage repayments by more than $400 a month.
  
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• Mortgage borrowers could face $100 monthly hit by year's end, based on new rate forecasts from Westpac

  20-01-2022 07:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Westpac is now expecting the Reserve Bank to start raising official interest rates as early as August, with a peak cash rate that could increase typical mortgage repayments by more than $400 a month.
  
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• Perth Energy generating business

  20-01-2022 07:17 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perth Energy has more than doubled its share of the state’s market supplying electricity to businesses, while Amanda Energy and CleanTech also grew.
  
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• Woodside posts $US2.8bn sales

  20-01-2022 07:04 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Woodside boss Meg O’Neill has attributed the oil and gas giant’s 86 per cent jump in revenue during the December quarter to stronger sales volumes and an uptick in global LNG prices.
  
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• Opposition stares into the void

  20-01-2022 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The opposition has plenty to do before it considers a return to the government benches.
  
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• Five new local cases, mystery cases grow

  20-01-2022 05:48 via businessnews.com.au
  
  WA has recorded five new local cases of COVID-19 overnight, including another case who contracted the virus from an unknown source.
  
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• Black mould '40,000 times greater than the international standard' found in home, as calls for national standard mount

  20-01-2022 05:00 via abc.net.au
  
  A family's "nightmare" run of illnesses linked to black mould are part of a wider problem that experts say is adding to fears for the vulnerable during the pandemic.
  
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• Northern Star, Sandfire up on December output

  20-01-2022 04:38 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The miners were both trading in the green after reporting mostly steady production through the December quarter had kept full year guidance on track.
  
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• BHP, Western Areas in Kambalda mine court battle

  20-01-2022 04:29 via businessnews.com.au
  
  BHP is mounting a legal claim against Western Areas after it was forced to fork out more than $1 million in compensation because of an alleged insurance bungle.
  
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• No proof of close contact, no pandemic payment

  20-01-2022 03:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Requirement to provide documentation that proves contact is proving an insurmountable roadblock for some workers trying to access the pandemic payment.  
  
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• Fears for more industry collapses in 2022 as big builders go bust

  20-01-2022 03:41 via abc.net.au
  
  The Master Builders Associations warn more firms could follow BA Murphy, Privium and Tasmanian Constructions as rising costs take a heavy toll.
  
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• Despite 'significant' emissions, NSW coal mine extension a step closer to approval

  20-01-2022 03:29 via abc.net.au
  
  The NSW Department of Planning found the project's environmental impact could be mitigated and deemed the project to be in the public interest.
  
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• Jobless rate at 13-year low

  20-01-2022 02:02 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Western Australia's unemployment rate dropped to 3.4 per cent in December, its lowest in 13 years.
  
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• Old Courthouse brings life to history

  20-01-2022 02:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Old Courthouse is among several heritage buildings in Fremantle given a new lease on life.
  
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• Unemployment plunges to pre-financial crisis levels as post-Delta recovery sees jobs boom

  20-01-2022 01:39 via abc.net.au
  
  A jobs boom after the Delta outbreak restrictions were lifted in Australia's south-east sees unemployment plunge to just 4.2 per cent, the lowest level since August 2008.
  
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• Male-dominated industries can expect 'an influx of women' as employers scramble to find staff amid plunging unemployment

  20-01-2022 01:39 via abc.net.au
  
  A jobs boom after the Delta outbreak restrictions were lifted in Australia's south-east sees unemployment plunge to just 4.2 per cent, the lowest level since August 2008.
  
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