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• Inflation spikes in Europe and oil rises again, ASX set to follow global markets down

  30-03-2022 23:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Instability and inflation are continuing to weigh on global markets, with the ASX 200 headed for its first trading day down in a week.
  
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• Inflation soars to almost 10pc in Spain and oil rises again; ASX to follow global markets down

  30-03-2022 23:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Instability and inflation are continuing to weigh on global markets, with the ASX 200 headed for its first trading day down in a week.
  
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• Global markets down as Spain's inflation hits almost 10pc; ASX up on mining boost

  30-03-2022 23:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Instability and inflation are continuing to weigh on global markets, but the Australian benchmark is defying that to hit a new 50-day high. 
  
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• EV battery manufacturer up 8pc on ASX as critical minerals get a boost

  30-03-2022 23:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Instability and inflation are continuing to weigh on global markets, but the Australian benchmark is defying that to hit a new 50-day high. 
  
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• EV battery manufacturer gains 9pc as critical minerals boosted, but ASX closes down

  30-03-2022 23:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Instability and inflation continue to weigh on global markets, with the Australian market finally coming down off a winning streak to follow sentiment down.
  
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• 'Under lock and key': Worried farmers on alert as record oil price fuels wave of diesel thefts

  30-03-2022 22:56 via abc.net.au
  
  Criminals turn to increasingly sophisticated and risky tactics to steal fuel from regional farms and businesses as desperation grows over the rocketing price of oil.
  
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• Payroll errors give NT public servants millions in overpayments, including one who received $93,000

  30-03-2022 22:43 via abc.net.au
  
  The Northern Territory Auditor-General says public servants received more than $3 million in overpayments last financial year, including one whose bank balance ballooned by $93,000 in a single payroll error.
  
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• Live: NSW Now: Authorities defend handling of latest flood emergency as recriminations begin

  30-03-2022 22:08 via abc.net.au
  
  MORNING BRIEFING: Questions are being raised about why northern NSW residents were not given more warning of evacuation after being told they could return home.
   
  
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• Regions tell Barnaby Joyce they need workers, houses, childcare before budgeted infrastructure

  30-03-2022 21:47 via abc.net.au
  
  After reluctantly signing the net zero carbon emissions pledge, the Nationals leader amassed a $20 billion regional war chest. But local mayors and voters want funding closer to home, as well as promised infrastructure.
  
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• Will this shiny metal lead Australia into a more sustainable future?

  30-03-2022 21:21 via abc.net.au
  
  As the country comes to terms with its role in climate change, Australia begins to harness its rich vanadium deposits for the first time. Here's why experts are so excited about it.
  
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• More rich households now qualify for paid parental leave, but women will still be the ones who stay home

  30-03-2022 20:48 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government's budget change falls short of calls for 26 weeks' paid parental leave with a "clear, use-it-or-lose-it" component to encourage more take-up by fathers, writes Nassim Khadem.
  
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• Few dads expected to take up the federal budget paid parental leave offer

  30-03-2022 20:48 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government's budget change falls short of calls for 26 weeks' paid parental leave with a "clear, use-it-or-lose-it" component to encourage more take-up by fathers, writes Nassim Khadem.
  
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• Miner Joseph Gutnick is promising to help bankroll a Tasmanian AFL team. But there's a catch

  30-03-2022 20:44 via abc.net.au
  
  The former president of the Melbourne Football Club says he will financially support an AFL team in the state he now calls home. However, it hinges on his plans for a lucrative mine in Tasmania's north-west becoming a reality.
  
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• 'Systemic, sustained and shameful': Senate inquiry calls for laws to stamp out wage theft

  30-03-2022 12:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Wage theft in Australia is systemic, sustained and shameful, according to a damning Senate inquiry's report. Workers are more likely to be ripped off in industries such hospitality, retail, horticulture, cleaning and at universities.
  
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• 'Suck it up ... it's been like this forever': Senate slams 'pervasive' wage theft, calls for change

  30-03-2022 12:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Wage theft in Australia is systemic, sustained and shameful, according to a damning Senate inquiry's report. Workers are more likely to be ripped off in industries such hospitality, retail, horticulture, cleaning and at universities.
  
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• Return of the Red Devils?

  30-03-2022 11:01 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Speculation is rife that English soccer powerhouse Manchester United could be heading back to Perth.
  It's hoped the 13-time English Premier League winners will play an exhibition match against Aston Villa at OPTUS Stadium next year.
  
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• Businesses welcome migration agreement to ease 'dystopian' worker shortages in the Pilbara

  30-03-2022 10:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Businesses in the Pilbara have been quick to welcome a new migration agreement that will help address "dystopian" skills shortages in the region. 
  
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• Edge’s plans to revive troubled Mindarie site

  30-03-2022 10:19 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The apartment developer says it has “a comprehensively-new plan” for the site that sent an M/Group subsidiary into administration.
  
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• Tawarri hot springs deal falls through

  30-03-2022 10:08 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A land deal with the state government over the Tawarri Hot Springs site, which is earmarked for a $25 million revamp, has fallen through as the local council refused to enter a head lease.
  
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• Section 18 approvals continue apace

  30-03-2022 10:02 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state government has been criticised for continuing to approve a large number of section 18 applications under the Aboriginal Heritage Act – the same mechanism that led to the Juukan Gorge controversy.
  
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• FMG sets record on hydrogen spend

  30-03-2022 10:01 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Fortescue Metals has sought to clarify a statement by Andrew Forrest implying that a hydrogen partnership between E.ON and Fortescue Future Industries could see the companies forking out $50 billion.
  
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• FMG clears up $50bn hydrogen deal comments

  30-03-2022 10:01 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Fortescue Metals has clarified a statement by Andrew Forrest implying that a partnership between E.ON and Fortescue Future Industries could see the companies fork out $50 billion.
  
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• Apple CarPlay to put the crooks away

  30-03-2022 10:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  WA Police will be the first law enforcement agency in the world to receive Apple CarPlay for operational policing.
  The technology will replace standard computers in all police cars and has the ability to relay information via Siri voice command to officers as they respond to a call-out.
  
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• McGowan wants COVID deal extended

  30-03-2022 09:52 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Budget: Mark McGowan wants the federal government to extend a COVID-19 health funding deal; cost of living relief praised; Deloitte says budget “short termism to the extreme”.
  
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• What do young Australians worry about? Too much, it seems

  30-03-2022 09:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Climate change and discrimination are the things young Australians are most concerned about, and they are on top of getting a job and buying their first home.
  
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• At Close of Business: Mark Beyer on WA's most influential

  30-03-2022 09:33 via businessnews.com.au
  
  On today's episode of At Close of Business, senior editor Mark Beyer offers his thoughts on Business News' annual ranking of Western Australia's most influential business and political leaders.
  
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• We fact checked Josh Frydenberg's budget speech. Here's what we found

  30-03-2022 09:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Budget speeches are prone to flourishes and embellishment, with treasurers attempting to present their government's record in the best light. With figures flying thick and fast, RMIT ABC Fact Check sorts fact from spin.
  
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• There's a trick treasurers use to seem like they spend more. Did you spot it in the budget speech?

  30-03-2022 09:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Budget speeches are prone to flourishes and embellishment, with treasurers attempting to present their government's record in the best light. With figures flying thick and fast, RMIT ABC Fact Check sorts fact from spin.
  
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• Booth, Champion to lead Black Swan

  30-03-2022 09:02 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Rick Heath is departing from his role as chief executive of Black Swan State Theatre Company of WA after two years at the helm and will be succeeded by former Screenwest boss Ian Booth.
  
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• Davies reallocates Hayward's old jobs

  30-03-2022 09:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  James Hayward's shadow ministries have been reassigned following his move to the crossbench, while a newly created spokesperson job signals a renewed focus for the opposition on Metronet.
  
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• Seven-day streak puts ASX close to record

  30-03-2022 08:57 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A seventh consecutive day of gains on the ASX has delighted investors and moved the market to just over 100 points from reaching its record high.
  
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• City backs $15m domestic violence help hub

  30-03-2022 08:49 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The City of Perth has backed a proposal to build a seven-storey community centre in Northbridge to assist women and children escaping domestic violence.
  
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• Nick Xenophon reacts to claims his work for Huawei was like collaborating with Nazi arms sellers

  30-03-2022 08:12 via abc.net.au
  
  A former ally of Senate candidate Nick Xenophon invokes Nazi Germany as part of a deepening spat between the pair. Senator Rex Patrick compared Mr Xenophon's legal work for Chinese tech giant Huawei to being on the payroll of German arms manufacturers on the eve of World War II.
  
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• Marine Parade progresses amid cost hike, lawsuit

  30-03-2022 08:01 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Barry Baltinas is pushing ahead with plans to complete Gary Dempsey’s Marine Parade development despite a $3.5 million cost hike, as the court battle over the sudden land sale continues.
  
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• Small to medium arts companies under pressure

  30-03-2022 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  More than half of local arts organisations with turnover between $250,000 and $1 million will not be financially viable in 12 months, according to a survey of the sector in WA.
  
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• Be the master of your own destiny

  30-03-2022 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  An MBA doesn’t come with any guarantees, but those who complete one see plenty of career upside.
  
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• Thinking of building in the regions? Be prepared to wait

  30-03-2022 07:54 via abc.net.au
  
  The Regional Home Guarantee, announced as part of the federal budget, may eventually ease housing shortages in the bush but construction delays have created a logjam for new builds.
  
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• Will Smith's brain-snap Oscars slap flipped the script on his image, which suits the bias of some

  30-03-2022 07:41 via abc.net.au
  
  Black rights activists explain how the public narrative around Will Smith's public spat with Chris Rock at the Oscars has troubling political and racial undercurrents.
  
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• Manager tells inquiry of Star casino's 'concerning' lies to Chinese bank

  30-03-2022 07:31 via abc.net.au
  
  A Star casino manager tells a public inquiry about "serious" and "repeated" misrepresentations the company made to the Bank of China concerning the source of millions of dollars. 
  
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• 'We've had a lot of promises': Territorians react to 2022 federal budget

  30-03-2022 06:58 via abc.net.au
  
  Cost-of-living, housing and delivery on key projects are front of mind as Northern Territory residents weigh up what is and isn't in the federal budget.
  
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• Judge 'not satisfied' key witness should be compelled to give evidence in Ben Roberts-Smith trial

  30-03-2022 06:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Lawyers for Nine newspapers say the evidence of a key soldier could have been a path to victory in their defamation case brought by the Victoria Cross recipient, but a judge has decided he does not have to testify.
  
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• 'This is about sharing': Four border councils band together to fight for their region after COVID-19

  30-03-2022 06:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Four councils in NSW and Victoria have signed a deal to work as one, as they help their communities recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• What you should know before you apply for the budget's home loan guarantee scheme

  30-03-2022 06:27 via abc.net.au
  
  The budget has increased the number of government-guaranteed loans available for first home buyers. But what are the pros, cons and potential risks of the scheme? 
  
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• SRG, WBHO deal approved

  30-03-2022 05:52 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Creditors to WBHO Infrastructure have approved a deal to sell the business to SRG Global.
  
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• Airpower Australia denies COVID breach charges

  30-03-2022 05:41 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Businessman Nev Power's company Airpower Australia is expected to go to trial after pleading not guilty to allegations it failed to comply with COVID-19 travel restrictions.
  
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• Centre holds as influencers jostle

  30-03-2022 05:03 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A likely change of power in Canberra this year will have little bearing on the makeup of WA’s political and business leaders.
  
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• WA nears COVID peak with 9,754 new cases, three deaths

  30-03-2022 04:46 via businessnews.com.au
  
  WA has recorded its highest daily caseload since the COVID pandemic began, with 9,754 new infections and three deaths reported overnight.
  
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• McGowan defends eased restrictions as cases near peak

  30-03-2022 04:46 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Premier Mark McGowan has defended the state government's decision to ease restrictions despite WA nearing its predicted peak with 9,754 new infections and three deaths reported overnight.
  
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• $1.5bn earmarked for Pilbara projects

  30-03-2022 04:08 via businessnews.com.au
  
  WA's renewable energy and hydrogen industries are in line to receive billions of dollars in federal funding over the next decade as part of a broader investment program for regional infrastructure.
  
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• Restraints off in court confrontations

  30-03-2022 03:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A tight labour market has prompted a spate of Supreme Court cases dealing with employee restraint litigation.
  
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