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• It's not just superhero films that are blowing out in length. So why are movies so long these days?

  25-03-2022 22:23 via abc.net.au
  
  Dramas, comedies, and musicals are joining the leagues of superhero films in racking up huge running times. There could be a few reasons why.
  
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• Carpooling despite COVID: Families turn to sharing lifts as fuel prices soar

  25-03-2022 21:38 via abc.net.au
  
  After years of social distancing, rising fuel prices are forcing regional parents to return to carpooling to ferry children to extracurricular activities.
  
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• Growing taste for goat meat behind expansion of Queensland processor

  25-03-2022 21:19 via abc.net.au
  
  Goat meat is one of the most popular meats globally but remains a niche market in Australia. One company in western Queensland is looking to change that.
  
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• 'This is just the latest bill shock': The Sydney residents hit hardest by rising petrol prices

  25-03-2022 21:11 via abc.net.au
  
  Petrol prices are so high in Sydney, Rebecca Matanale might have to leave her car parked because it's "too expensive to take anywhere". People in the outer regions of Sydney are feeling the bite of rising petrol prices the most, making them think twice about how they travel.
  
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• 'We'd never touch it if we knew': Farmer locked in carbon credit scheme backs inquiry into 'rort'

  25-03-2022 20:10 via abc.net.au
  
  A grazier locked in a 25-year carbon farming project says allegations Australia's carbon credit scheme is a rort are a "wake-up call the industry desperately needs".
  
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• NSW nurses, midwives vote in favour of second statewide strike next week

  25-03-2022 12:42 via abc.net.au
  
  Nurses and midwives will again walk off the job next week after voting in favour of a 24-hour stoppage, the union says.
  
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• More details emerge on WBHO Infrastructure collapse

  25-03-2022 09:01 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A dispute with Mondium, $202 million loss on a Melbourne road project, and an overrun at Stockyard Hill Windfarm helped sink WBHO Infrastructure, with unsecured creditors set to get $11.7 million.
  
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• Regional first home buyers scheme promised by Labor in response to 'skyrocketing' housing prices

  25-03-2022 08:58 via abc.net.au
  
  Federal Labor promises to help ease the burden of skyrocketing house prices in Australia's regions by creating a standalone regional first home buyers support scheme, if the party wins the next election.
  
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• One Richardson directors sued

  25-03-2022 08:55 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The developers behind South Perth’s troubled Richardson Street development are being pursued by Singaporean funding partners for $1 million.
  
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• WA wins $2.4bn GST boost

  25-03-2022 08:49 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The GST distribution deal negotiated in 2018 will deliver a big lift in tax revenue to WA though the gain is partly offset by the effects of the mining boom.
  
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• At Close of Business: Federal budget preview

  25-03-2022 08:49 via businessnews.com.au
  
  On today's episode of At Close of Business, journalists Jordan Murray and Matt Mckenzie discuss where the federal government's priorities should be ahead of preparing its ninth budget.
    
   
   
  
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• Materials, energy lift Aust stocks

  25-03-2022 08:38 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Australian share market has closed at its highest level in more than two months, buoyed by gains in materials, energy and utility stocks amid soaring commodity prices.
  
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• Stirling chosen for Australia's first trackless tram trial

  25-03-2022 08:32 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A trackless tram will be coming to Perth as part of City of Stirling’s ongoing project, the first trial of the technology in Australia.
  
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• Talentko tries to restrain ex-staff, suppress evidence

  25-03-2022 08:02 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Talentko has lost a bid to prevent evidence from being reported by the media in its fight to stop three former employees from working for rival Collar Talent Group.
  
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• Universities ahead $400m in surprise year

  25-03-2022 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state’s public universities have posted more than $400 million of surpluses between them in 2021, thanks largely to rising investment portfolios and short term government support.
  
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• Unis ahead $400m in surprise year

  25-03-2022 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state’s public universities have posted more than $400 million of surpluses between them in 2021, thanks largely to rising investment portfolios and short term government support.
  
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• Mark My Words 25 March 2022

  25-03-2022 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Mark Beyer and Jordan Murray discuss WA's Crown inquiry, lawyers, Nev Power, COVID-19, Santos and Carnavon Energy, WA's most influential and lobbying firms.
  
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• Chill wind: Major renewable energy investor says wind farm ruling to have 'disastrous' effect

  25-03-2022 07:29 via abc.net.au
  
  One of Australia's biggest renewable energy investors says a court's decision to uphold complaints against a Victorian wind farm will have "serious ramifications" for the transition from fossil fuels.
  
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• Chill wind blows: Major renewable energy investor says wind farm ruling to have 'disastrous' effect

  25-03-2022 07:29 via abc.net.au
  
  One of Australia's biggest renewable energy investors says a court's decision to uphold complaints against a Victorian wind farm could have 'dramatic' and chilling effects on the country's transition away from fossil fuels.
  
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• $25m funding boost to tighten WA's cyber security

  25-03-2022 07:23 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state government will invest more than $25 million to strengthen cyber security services in Western Australia.
  
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• AGL adds $40m battery to outback city's green energy projects

  25-03-2022 07:21 via abc.net.au
  
  Traditionally known for its rich mining history and red earth, the outback city of Broken Hill continues to spruik its green credentials with energy giant AGL announcing a $40 million battery project.
  
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• McGowan breaks ground at billion-dollar Mardie

  25-03-2022 06:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The WA Premier was present for formalities at the Kerry Stokes-backed Mardie Project in Karratha this afternoon, but was tight-lipped on answering any questions.
  
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• BCI breaks Mardie ground, flags expansion

  25-03-2022 06:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  BCI boss Alwyn Vorster has hinted the salt and potash play entertained buying Salt Lake Potash’s flagship after the asset was put up for sale by receivers this month.
  
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• Panel approves $95m housing precinct in Fremantle

  25-03-2022 05:32 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A plan to build an affordable housing and arts precinct in Fremantle is one step closer to fruition as a development panel approves the $95 million proposal.
  
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• New York's iconic taxis to join Uber, despite long-held rivalry

  25-03-2022 04:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Rideshare giant Uber says it will list New York City taxi cabs on its mobile app, a partnership which until recently would have been unthinkable.
  
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• Two reported dead as WA records 8,133 new COVID cases

  25-03-2022 03:48 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Two COVID-related deaths were reported as the number of new COVID cases in WA topped 8,000 again overnight.
  
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• Fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose approved

  25-03-2022 02:15 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Vulnerable and older Australians will soon be able to get a fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose.
  
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• Flood-hit roads set for more rain as councils eye $700m damage bill

  25-03-2022 02:11 via abc.net.au
  
  Wet weather forecast for the weekend could create more obstacles for northern New South Wales residents contending with the region's damaged road network.
  
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• Building a more natural environment

  25-03-2022 02:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A career in landscape architecture has led Natalie Busch to the top of Hassell’s Perth operation.
  
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• There are plenty of Days of Our Lives moments in Bridgerton's second season

  25-03-2022 00:34 via abc.net.au
  
  You don't need to have watched season one of Bridgerton to enjoy season two. But why would you want to miss season one? Here's your season two preview. WARNING: spoilers.
  
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• Victorian wind farm ordered to stop night-time noise and pay neighbours $260,000 in landmark ruling

  25-03-2022 00:19 via abc.net.au
  
  A Victorian court has ordered the operators of the Bald Hills Wind Farm in the state's south east to stop emitting noise at night in a momentous court decision.
  
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• Victorian wind farm ordered to pay $260,000 in damages to neighbours for turbine noise

  25-03-2022 00:19 via abc.net.au
  
  A Victorian court has ordered the operators of the Bald Hills Wind Farm in the state's south east to stop emitting noise at night in a momentous court decision.
  
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• Landmark wind farm noise ruling a 'momentous victory' for rural communities

  25-03-2022 00:19 via abc.net.au
  
  A court decision ordering the operators of the Bald Hills Wind Farm to stop emitting noise at night is a "victory" for small rural communities, a lawyer says.
  
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