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• 'We've got the perfect region for it': Local produce 'food trail' builds appetite for tourism

  18-02-2022 22:46 via abc.net.au
  
  From pineapple to crocodile — and everything in between — a self-drive tour is aiming to attract visitors and help central Queensland producers after tough times on the land.
  
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• Where will soaring petrol prices hurt the most?

  18-02-2022 21:37 via abc.net.au
  
  As average bowser prices climb towards $2 a litre, some rural residents simply cannot afford to go the distances they need to for healthcare and supplies, support workers say.
  
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• Fears soaring petrol prices will cut the vulnerable off from essential services

  18-02-2022 21:37 via abc.net.au
  
  As average bowser prices climb towards $2 a litre, some rural residents simply cannot afford to go the distances they need to for healthcare and supplies, support workers say.
  
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• As Callum jogged through an empty city, he pulled out his phone to document the 'massive network of distress'

  18-02-2022 21:14 via abc.net.au
  
  With each COVID-19 lockdown, artist Callum Morton noticed more and more empty shopfronts bearing 'for lease' signs across Melbourne, so he began to document them.
  
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• Interest rates will rise this year, but so will house prices, says NAB boss

  18-02-2022 20:11 via abc.net.au
  
  National Australia Bank's boss warns variable mortgage rates will "probably" rise later this year, but said his customers are mostly well positioned to cope.
  
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• Afghan-Australian 'Kardashians' threatened by the Taliban to pull reality TV show

  18-02-2022 20:11 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian star of an Afghan reality TV show — that has been likened to Keeping up with the Kardashians — says he's been threatened by the Taliban to pull the show as the hardline Islamist regime cracks down on Afghanistan's media. 
  
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• Reopening a 'booster', business lobbies declare

  18-02-2022 09:03 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Industry groups are hoping the March 3 state border reopening date will resolve skills shortages and provide certainty for businesses.
  
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• One per cent rate hike looming

  18-02-2022 08:59 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Leading independent economist Jonathan Pain says he expects at least four interest rate rises within this calendar year, as monetary policy normalises.
  
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• At Close of Business: Who's bought the South Freo Power Station?

  18-02-2022 08:57 via businessnews.com.au
  
  On today's episode of At Close of Business, senior journalist Matt Mckenzie gives an update on Synergy's sale of the South Fremantle Power Station and analyses the state government's record on similar deals.
  
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• Magellan surges, ASX drops 1pc

  18-02-2022 08:54 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Fund manager Magellan has produced a turnaround in form but the Australian share market was weighed down by fighting in Ukraine.
  
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• Superior Lake switches to Frontier Energy

  18-02-2022 08:52 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Superior Lake Resources will undergo a name change amid plans to develop a large-scale solar energy project in WA’s South West.
  
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• $6m donated to children’s hospice

  18-02-2022 08:37 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Cancer Council WA has donated $6 million of mechanical engineer John Street’s estate to the Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation to fund the construction of the state’s children’s hospice.
  
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• KWM lures top Ashurst partners

  18-02-2022 08:31 via businessnews.com.au
  
  King & Wood Mallesons has achieved a major recruiting coup by luring one of Perth’s top corporate lawyers Roger Davies and his experienced colleague Antonella Pacitti.
  
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• Government unlocks Stirling Towers site

  18-02-2022 08:31 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state government has unveiled plans to transform Highgate’s abandoned Stirling Towers into a build-to-rent development, one of 12 sites to be released for housing projects.
  
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• March 3 the date for WA reopening

  18-02-2022 07:27 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Premier Mark McGowan has locked in March 3 as the date for quarantine free travel into WA; with the mask mandate expanded and capacity limits returning.
  
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• How much is this view worth? Tourism giant buys resort built on a boy's daydream

  18-02-2022 07:19 via abc.net.au
  
  How a schoolboy gazing from his outback classroom at "the best view in the world" grew up to build the spectacular Lake Argyle Resort on the site — and then sold it.
  
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• 'We have plans': Canadian police warn protesters to peacefully end truck demonstrations after arrests

  18-02-2022 06:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Hundreds of truckers clogging Canada's capital stood their ground and defiantly blasted their horns as police arrested two protest leaders and threatened to break up the nearly three-week demonstration over COVID-19 restrictions.
  
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• New era for Galvin dynasty

  18-02-2022 06:15 via businessnews.com.au
  
  After nearly a century in business, Galvin Engineering is laying firm plans for its fourth generation of family leadership with Tim Galvin to join his father and uncle as owner and director.
  
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• Local COVID cases grow by 194, smash record

  18-02-2022 05:26 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The number of locally acquired COVID cases in WA has risen by 194 overnight, more than four-times the number of community infections reported just three days ago.
  
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• Local COVID cases grow by 194

  18-02-2022 05:26 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The number of locally acquired COVID-19 cases in WA has risen by 194 overnight, more than four times the number of community infections reported just three days ago.
  
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• 'If we don't act it'll be a free-for-all': Fears for residential boat owners in River City

  18-02-2022 04:35 via abc.net.au
  
  Kangaroo Point residents living close to a popular Brisbane River marina find an ally in a local councillor after a controversial decision to evict commercial operators.
  
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• Perth Airport wins Qantas fee feud

  18-02-2022 04:20 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perth Airport has won its lengthy court bid to retrieve aeronautical fees from Qantas Airways, with the airline expected to pay more than $9 million following a Supreme Court decision this morning.
  
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• Rebuild starts on luxury Kangaroo Island resort destroyed in devastating bushfire

  18-02-2022 04:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Two years after a bushfire turned the Southern Ocean Lodge into a charred wreck, work has started on its replacement that the owner hopes will bring international tourists back to South Australia.
  
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• Outperformer could be left behind

  18-02-2022 04:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Having managed the virus well so far, WA needs to recalibrate its plan to re-engage with the world or be left as an outlier.
  
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• Firms want skilled migration cap lifted

  18-02-2022 02:08 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Business Council is calling for the skilled migration cap to be lifted to 220,000 over the next two financial years to assist acute worker shortages.
  
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• Fears Victorian government plan to drop print notices will leave paper readers in the dark

  18-02-2022 02:05 via abc.net.au
  
  A bill before state parliament could mean public notices are no longer advertised in newspapers, leading to concerns about the impact on readers and news companies.
  
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• A flat the size of a tent is for sale for $100,000 on the London property market

  18-02-2022 01:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Ever wanted to live the camping lifestyle without the inconvenience of that silly tent and pesky nature? Well now's your chance as a 7-square-metre flat goes on the market in London.
  
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• Redesigning city’s forgotten spaces

  18-02-2022 01:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A leading Perth architect says more could be done to activate unused spaces in Perth.
  
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