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• 'Bigger than the Commonwealth Games': Surf life saving championship kicks off on Gold Coast

  01-04-2022 23:28 via abc.net.au
  
  A record 7,200 athletes from surf clubs across Australia have arrived on the Gold Coast for the 2022 Australian Surf Life Saving Championships, delivering a much-needed boost for accommodation providers.
  
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• Noxious weed to become 'green coal' at new plant in outback Queensland

  01-04-2022 23:00 via abc.net.au
  
  For years, prickly acacia has been the bane of many a farmer's existence. Now it is set to become a valuable renewable energy source.
  
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• This teenager says Subway ripped her off, and she's taking her fight to the Fair Work Commission

  01-04-2022 21:23 via abc.net.au
  
  Seventeen-year-old Chantelle Zentveld was thrilled when she got an after-school hours job at Subway, but she soon suspected she was being underpaid.
  
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• The 'zombie' agreements and 'systemic' wage theft workers say are robbing them of a fair go

  01-04-2022 21:23 via abc.net.au
  
  Seventeen-year-old Chantelle Zentveld was thrilled when she got an after-school job at Subway, but she soon suspected she was being underpaid.
  
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• Government says 'historic' trade agreement with India will allow Australia to reduce economic dependence on China

  01-04-2022 15:02 via abc.net.au
  
  The Coalition hails the agreement as a significant step in its efforts to diversify export markets and reduce Australia's economic dependence on China by opening up new opportunities in a large and expanding economy.
  
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• At Close of Business: What we get from infrastructure billions

  01-04-2022 09:38 via businessnews.com.au
  
  On today's episode of At Close of Business, journalists Jordan Murray and Matt Mckenzie review big infrastructure promises, whether they'll bring benefits, and ask if politicians are best to make decisions on these projects.
  
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• Release the modelling on road move says CCI

  01-04-2022 09:35 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Insourcing road maintenance contracts could cost taxpayers more and reduce road quality, industry has warned, while regional housing and competition for workers are concerns.
  
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• Austral acquires QLD-based seafood processor

  01-04-2022 09:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  WA-based commercial fishing company Austral Fisheries has acquired Brisbane-based seafood processor Moreton Bay Seafoods.
  
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• ASX dithers as RBA rates outlook awaits

  01-04-2022 08:57 via businessnews.com.au
  
  There were no red faces after tame ASX movement on April Fools' Day, although investors may be nervous about the Reserve Bank rates forecast next week.
  
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• Business staring down the barrel

  01-04-2022 08:55 via businessnews.com.au
  
  WA businesses could find themselves in a bind, depending on what China does next about Ukraine.
  
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• Wealthy Russians living abroad are having trouble accessing their money, even if they aren't sanctioned

  01-04-2022 08:47 via abc.net.au
  
  A growing number of wealthy Russians living abroad are having issues accessing their bank accounts, even when they aren't direct targets of Western sanctions.
  
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• Property developer used banned cash card to gamble nearly $100 million at Sydney casino, inquiry told

  01-04-2022 08:32 via abc.net.au
  
  A property developer who was a high roller at Star casino spent nearly $100 million gambling on a prohibited Chinese debit card, an inquiry is told. 
  
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• Property developer used banned cash card to gamble nearly $100 million at Sydney casino, inquiry hears

  01-04-2022 08:32 via abc.net.au
  
  A property developer who was a high roller at Star casino spent nearly $100 million gambling on a prohibited Chinese debit card, an inquiry is told. 
  
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• Caravel outlines copper potential

  01-04-2022 08:07 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Caravel Minerals has delivered a maiden ore reserve for its namesake project in WA’s Wheatbelt, appraising the outfit as one of Australia’s largest undeveloped copper deposits.
  
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• Midway exits WA amid labour shortages, fuel costs

  01-04-2022 07:57 via businessnews.com.au
  
  National forestry services company Midway will wind up its Bunbury-based logistics arm and exit WA, after supply disruptions, labour shortages and rising fuel costs strangled its profits.
  
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• Northern Endeavour clean-up bill grows

  01-04-2022 07:56 via businessnews.com.au
  Petrofac has been awarded a $325 million decommissioning contract for the stranded oil production vessel, while federal parliament has imposed a levy on the industry to foot the bill.
  
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• It's been three years, but tourism operators say there's no sign of $276m promised for Kakadu National Park

  01-04-2022 07:42 via abc.net.au
  
  Hundreds of millions of dollars awarded to an Australian world heritage site has been left sitting in the bank as tourism operators scream out for new facilities.
  
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• Perth house prices on the rise

  01-04-2022 06:33 via businessnews.com.au
  
  House prices in Perth have risen by one per cent in March, above the national increase of 0.7 per cent, as figures in Melbourne and Sydney dropped.
  
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• 'Instant blow out': What are your rights if you hit a pothole and damage your car?

  01-04-2022 06:13 via abc.net.au
  
  As road repair bills across eastern Australia grow due to wild weather, what recourse do you have if you hit a pothole and damage your vehicle?
  
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• Green light for $36m apartment block in Como

  01-04-2022 05:12 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A plan for a $36 million apartment block in Como, near a busy Canning Bridge train station, received unanimous approval by a joint development assessment panel.
  
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• WA records 8,731 new COVID cases, two deaths

  01-04-2022 05:04 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Western Australia has recorded 8,731 new COVID cases and two historical deaths overnight, as the state adjusts to eased public health measures.
  
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• Liddell power station wind-down begins after 50 years of burning coal

  01-04-2022 04:16 via abc.net.au
  
  AGL is closing the first of four units at its Liddell power station in the Hunter Valley today as it develops a low carbon energy hub on the site.
  
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• Aged care reform pledge as election looms

  01-04-2022 04:01 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Anthony Albanese has used his budget reply speech to pledge $2.56 billion to help the country's aged care sector, with the election just weeks away.
  
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• Clinic growth drives research funding

  01-04-2022 03:32 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Lions Hearing Clinic has opened five new outlets in the past 12 months to meet growing demand for its range of audiology services.
  
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• Expansion of 'most gassy' coal mine given conditional approval by planning authorities

  01-04-2022 03:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Despite coming under fire for its level of greenhouse gas emissions, Whitehaven Coal's Narrabri Underground mine extension has been given the green light.
  
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• Landholders say $1m fine for CSG company 'petty cash'

  01-04-2022 02:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Arrow Energy drilled 48 "deviated" wells under properties without the knowledge of the landholders. The Queensland government says the penalty sends a message, but those affected disagree.
  
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• Inflation rise in June quarter: Treasury

  01-04-2022 02:41 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A Senate estimates hearing has heard higher global oil prices and supply-chain pressures are contributing to growing inflation.
  
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• Land values rise by more than 20 per cent in flooded Brisbane suburbs

  01-04-2022 02:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner has called for the valuations to be redone at a later date, but the Resources Minister says historical flooding is taken into account during the process.
  
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• Sealing the Tanami Road has been talked about for decades. Now the government is under pressure to deliver

  01-04-2022 00:45 via abc.net.au
  
  Experts say the disruption to supply chains caused by recent natural disasters shows it is "absolutely essential" for the federal government to deliver the millions of dollars allocated to upgrade outback roads.
  
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