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• Zinc price on the rise as solar and wind projects boom

  28-01-2022 23:38 via abc.net.au
  
  The zinc price is rising, along with a lot of other metals used in manufacturing renewable energy equipment.
  
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• Gold Coast real estate's 'cascading' prices, 'very tight' rentals likely to continue in 2022

  28-01-2022 23:08 via abc.net.au
  
  A real estate boom that has seen house prices soar and rental availability decline is likely to continue in 2022, albeit with some signs of softening.
  
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• Why a serious case of COVID could affect your insurance, even decades from now

  28-01-2022 22:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Australians infected by COVID could one day be locked out or penalised when they seek life insurance, as scientists continue to uncover the longer-term impacts of the virus.
  
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• Gina Rinehart offloads properties spanning almost 4 million hectares

  28-01-2022 19:45 via abc.net.au
  
  The total amount of land that's been sold is roughly the same size as the nation of Bhutan, and includes some of the S Kidman and Co holdings she bought in a joint venture in 2016.
  
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• US bans Chinese telecom company over security concerns

  28-01-2022 10:58 via abc.net.au
  
  The decision by the Federal Communications Commission is the regulator's latest move to stop Chinese telecommunications carriers operating in the US.
  
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• Possible freight delays after SA floods

  28-01-2022 08:55 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Food suppliers and supermarkets are scrambling to find ways to get produce across the country, after it was announced flood-damaged rail lines in South Australia could take at least 12 days to be repaired.
  
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• At Close of Business: Is WA ready to reopen?

  28-01-2022 08:48 via businessnews.com.au
  
  On today's episode of At Close of Business, journalists Jordan Murray and Matt Mckenzie weigh up the economic and health factors behind the state government's decision to delay reopening WA's border.
  
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• Hancock sells cattle stations

  28-01-2022 08:33 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Hancock Prospecting has struck agreements to sell eight cattle stations across Australia and is looking to sell two more but said it remains committed to the agriculture sector.
  
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• ASX surges, RBA rates outlook awaits

  28-01-2022 08:24 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Shares had their best day since October 2020 on the ASX and gave brief respite for investors fearing the Reserve Bank will join the rate rise movement of 2022.
  
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• Newcrest knocked on quarterly figures

  28-01-2022 08:21 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Newcrest shares fell sharply in response to a quarterly update that detailed a 10 per cent lift in production but potential Covid-19 headwinds at its PNG operations.
  
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• SIMPEC, Central Systems in court battle

  28-01-2022 08:11 via businessnews.com.au
  
  WestStar Industrial’s engineering arm SIMPEC has taken Central Systems to court over a $7 million contract for works at FMG’s Solomon iron ore hub.
  
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• $1b plan to save Great Barrier Reef will fail without action on climate change, scientist says

  28-01-2022 08:10 via abc.net.au
  
  The Morrison government's funding commitment has been criticised by a scientist who says it will mean nothing if global carbon emissions are not reduced.
  
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• Carmen postponed until 2023

  28-01-2022 07:50 via businessnews.com.au
  
  West Australian Opera’s Carmen, due to be shown at the WACA to an audience of 5,000 in February, has been postponed due to uncertainty around the spread of the Omicron variant.
  
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• Now they're out of McNuggets. Food shortage getting 'dire' in Alice Springs

  28-01-2022 07:47 via abc.net.au
  
  Northern Territory Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker says that if the territory is cut off from Queensland, as well as SA, due to flooding, then an emergency response could bring in essentials. 
  
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• Rinehart partners with AOC

  28-01-2022 07:38 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Gina Rinehart’s private company Hancock Prospecting has established a formal partnership with the Australian Olympic Committee, extending her long-running support for multiple Olympic sports.
  
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• ESG remains a work in progress

  28-01-2022 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  ESG has evolved over decades and some businesses may struggle to get up to speed with its requirements.
  
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• US judge rules to block Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease sale, says US government 'ignored' climate science

  28-01-2022 06:55 via abc.net.au
  
  A federal judge invalidates the results of an oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico, saying the Biden administration failed to properly account for the auction's climate change impact.
  
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• Shepparton impasse: Federal, Victorian governments lock horns over $1.2bn bypass blow-out

  28-01-2022 06:18 via abc.net.au
  
  The Shepparton community has been calling for a bypass since the mid-90s. Now, there are fears it could be delayed even further as the first stage costings are revealed.
  
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• SA declares major emergency over flooding, storm damage

  28-01-2022 05:24 via abc.net.au
  
  The SA Government declares a major emergency following floods that have destroyed homes and cut off major freight routes in the north of the state.
  
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• Five people with COVID-19 die in SA as restrictions to ease on hospitality, surgery, QR codes

  28-01-2022 05:11 via abc.net.au
  
  Five South Australians with COVID-19 die in the last reporting period, all of them over the age of 80.
  
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• Brookside earnings up 800%

  28-01-2022 04:59 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Brookside Energy has booked a maiden operating profit for the quarter and on the back of an 800 per cent surge in earnings as its flagship Jewell Well reaps first production.
  
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• Changes to $380 million The Grove approved

  28-01-2022 04:49 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Changes include revisions to the colour scheme that drew criticism from a state design review panel.
  
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• Agrimin seeks $7m for Mackay

  28-01-2022 04:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Potash hopeful Agrimin has sought further funds needed to develop its $637 million Mackay project in the Pilbara, as the company closes in on a final investment decision.
  
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• Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting a step closer to purchasing Great Keppel Island lease

  28-01-2022 03:03 via abc.net.au
  
  The state Department of Resources has received applications from Tower Holdings, the company that currently owns the Great Keppel Island resort lease, to transfer it to Hancock Prospecting.
  
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• Comedian captures this moment in time

  28-01-2022 03:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Laura Davis makes her return to Fringe after an international foray, and Erin Hutchinson welcomes her style of “positive pessimism”.
  
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• 'We anticipate delays': Coles introduces new purchase limits on staple items in NT

  28-01-2022 02:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Thanks to deliveries being cut off by floodwaters, supermarket shelves in the Northern Territory are as bare as they have been during the pandemic. From today, new limits on certain lines will apply at Coles supermarkets in the Territory. Here's what you can and can't buy.
  
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• 'We anticipate delays': Coles introduces new purchase limits on staple items in Northern Territory

  28-01-2022 02:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Thanks to deliveries being cut off by floodwaters, supermarket shelves in the Northern Territory are as bare as they have been during the pandemic. From today, new limits on certain lines will apply at Coles supermarkets in the Territory. Here's what you can and can't buy.
  
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• Budget improves as COVID restrictions ease

  28-01-2022 02:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  New figures show the federal budget bottom line is improving as more people get back to work and fewer people need welfare payments.
  
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• Tech sector becomes job creator

  28-01-2022 01:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  New research covering more than 600 businesses paints the most detailed picture assembled of WA’s startup and tech sectors.
  
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• Outback rail repairs could take weeks, as Stuart Highway remains closed

  28-01-2022 00:17 via abc.net.au
  
  As repair work continues on the rail tracks connecting South Australia to Western Australia and to the Northern Territory, trucks are having to detour through Queensland because a section of the Stuart Highway is still closed.
  
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