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• Wall Street slips as US inflation hits 40-year high, ASX set to open lower

  12-04-2022 23:33 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares are expected to slip in morning trade, as US consumer prices rose at their fastest pace in 40 years, and Wall Street finished slightly lower.
  
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• New Zealand interest rates jump 0.5pc and could hit 3pc this year; ASX lifts on surging oil price

  12-04-2022 23:33 via abc.net.au
  
  New Zealand announces its fourth straight interest rate hike, US consumer prices rise at their fastest pace since 1981, while surging commodity prices boost the Australian share market.
  
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• New Zealand hikes interest rates to 1.5pc, ASX lifts on surging oil price

  12-04-2022 23:33 via abc.net.au
  
  Surging commodity prices boost the Australian share market, New Zealand announces its fourth straight interest rate hike, while US consumer prices rise at their fastest pace since 1981.
  
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• New Zealand hikes interest rates by 0.5pc amid 'highly uncertain' environment, ASX lifts on surging oil price

  12-04-2022 23:33 via abc.net.au
  
  New Zealand announces its fourth straight interest rate hike, US consumer prices rise at their fastest pace since 1981, while surging commodity prices boost the Australian share market.
  
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• New Zealand hikes interest rates amid 'highly uncertain' environment, ASX lifts on surging oil price

  12-04-2022 23:33 via abc.net.au
  
  New Zealand announces its fourth straight interest rate hike, US consumer prices rise at their fastest pace since 1981, while surging commodity prices boost the Australian share market.
  
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• ASX lifts as oil rebounds above $US100 a barrel, US inflation hits new 40-year high

  12-04-2022 23:33 via abc.net.au
  
  An overnight surge in oil prices has boosted Australia's energy stocks, while Wall Street fell slightly as US consumer prices rose at their fastest pace in 40 years.
  
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• Cruise ships are finally returning to Australia and Jodie 'can't wait to get back on board'

  12-04-2022 23:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Cruising is one of the last industries to reopen in Australia after COVID, but the first ship is about to arrive.
  
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• Considering a home reno? Here's why you could be facing lengthy delays and soaring costs

  12-04-2022 19:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Supply and labour shortages plus surging costs are leaving Australia's building sector in crisis, and that could mean a long wait for repairs for thousands of recent flood and storm victims unless they can do the work themselves.
  
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• A storm left this hole in Gabriela's ceiling. The building sector's crisis means she'll have to fix it herself

  12-04-2022 19:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Supply and labour shortages plus surging costs are leaving Australia's building sector in crisis, and that could mean a long wait for repairs for thousands of recent flood and storm victims unless they can do the work themselves.
  
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• Labor hoping to get election campaign back on track with funding for urgent care clinics

  12-04-2022 16:31 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal opposition will seek to capitalise on healthcare shortcomings highlighted by the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, as leader Anthony Albanese works to get his campaign back on track.
  
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• Tattarang backs low-carbon textiles

  12-04-2022 15:02 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Tattarang has directed $26.8 million into Natural Fiber Welding, a plastic free fabric enterprise that has partnered with the likes of Alexander McQueen, Ralph Lauren, Pangaia and BMW.
  
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• Harvey Water hopes to revive project

  12-04-2022 10:15 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Harvey Water is progressing a market-led proposal for water infrastructure in the South West, after the state government cancelled support for Collie Water's $400 million plan.
  
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• Pilbara output holds steady

  12-04-2022 10:11 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Pilbara Minerals’ spodumene concentrate figures are on target for the March quarter despite contending with COVID-19 induced staff shortages on site.
  
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• PwC leads by releasing pay band info

  12-04-2022 10:04 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Fixed pay bands across PwC Australia for the next financial year have been released, showing how partners are able to accumulate millions per year.
  
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• Yap lawsuit escalates amid 'contempt'

  12-04-2022 09:58 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A lawsuit between Perth’s most prominent real estate agent Vivien Yap and a Mount Claremont client has escalated, with allegations of contempt.
  
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• At Close of Business: Nadia Budihardjo on reforming privacy laws

  12-04-2022 09:48 via businessnews.com.au
  
  On today's episode of At Close of Business, journalist Nadia Budihardjo digs into the curious case of Nextdoor, and weighs the balance businesses must strike between legal and ethical privacy policies.
  
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• Choosing the Power 500

  12-04-2022 09:43 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Business News's long-awaited publication is getting plenty of attention.
  
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• ASX eases lower before US inflation data

  12-04-2022 09:33 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Investors have lowered all ASX share categories before the release of US inflation figures, which are tipped to show a 40-year record.
  
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• Self-driving car pulled over by San Francisco police, but no one was inside

  12-04-2022 09:20 via abc.net.au
  
  A widely circulated video posted on social media reveals San Francisco police pulling over a self-driving vehicle, only to find it empty. The hatchback belonged to autonomous car company, Cruise. 
  
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• More work in iron ore for SCEE

  12-04-2022 09:09 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A Southern Cross Electrical Engineering subsidiary has been awarded approximately $50 million worth of work at BHP’s iron ore operations in the Pilbara.
  
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• Timely reminder of the power of satire

  12-04-2022 08:06 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The WAAPA third year acting students’ sparkling revival of Moliere’s classic Tartuffe speaks to the kind of cynicism so prevalent in our halls of power today, writes Jan Hallam.
  
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• Converting influence to action

  12-04-2022 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  This second article of a two-part series poses questions about the value of allies and alliances, and how Australia can shore up its regional defences.
  
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• COVID concerns affecting work patterns

  12-04-2022 07:32 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Australian Bureau of Statistics has just released its latest survey on the household impacts of COVID-19 in February 2022, and the findings suggest that Australia’s labour markets are still a long way from recovery.
  
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• 'Unscrupulous' scammers take advantage of building industry delays, police say

  12-04-2022 07:05 via abc.net.au
  
  With the building industry facing unprecedented demands, scammers posing as tradies are conning thousands of dollars out of homeowners wanting work done.
  
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• Rents 'explode' across the country, as house prices fall in many Melbourne, Sydney suburbs

  12-04-2022 06:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Record low numbers of available rental properties across the country are pushing up the price of rents in a "crisis" that analysts predict will worsen. 
  
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• Meta ad spend big on the marginals

  12-04-2022 06:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Labor’s top recruit for Christian Porter’s old seat poured thousands of dollars into online advertising last week, while two at-risk Liberal MPs have shored up their position with a spate of Facebook ads.
  
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• Construction giant settles LNG dispute

  12-04-2022 06:27 via businessnews.com.au
  
  CIMIC Group will fork out roughly $492.5 million to settle an arbitration dispute over work at Ichthys LNG plant in Australia’s North West.
  
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• Motorcyclists slam 'discriminatory' electric vehicle subsidy in Victoria

  12-04-2022 06:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Victorians who buy a new zero-emission car can receive a $3,000 subsidy but those selling electric motorcycles say they are being overlooked by the scheme.
  
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• Alinta seeks EPA approval for solar farm

  12-04-2022 05:25 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Alinta Energy has lodged environmental documents for a 90 megawatt Port Hedland solar farm, days after receiving development approval for a battery.
  
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• Albanese channels Swift to shake off gaffe

  12-04-2022 04:53 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Federal Labor leader Anthony Albanese has started day two of the election campaign admitting he "regrets" his performance on day one and plans to do a Taylor Swift and "shake it off".
  
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• WA government's new COVID facility approved

  12-04-2022 04:41 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state government’s $13.5 million proposal for a new COVID-19 patient facility in Perth’s south has been approved in a swift decision by its own development panel.
  
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• WA COVID cases jump by 6,349, three deaths

  12-04-2022 03:55 via businessnews.com.au
  
  WA’s daily COVID cases have jumped again, with 6,349 new infections and three historical deaths recorded overnight, including a man in his 30s.
  
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• Issues compound for timber shortage

  12-04-2022 03:35 via businessnews.com.au
  
  With high demand, insufficient supply and a logging ban, WA’s forestry industry could be facing the perfect storm.
  
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• McLachlan to step down as AFL CEO

  12-04-2022 03:32 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Gillon McLachlan is set to announce that he will step aside as AFL chief executive at the end of the 2022 season.
  
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• Confidence lifts from falling petrol cost

  12-04-2022 02:59 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Consumer confidence rose for a second week in a row as petrol prices continued to retreat from the $2 a litre mark.
  
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• 'Diabolical' housing market stifling dream of developing north, experts say

  12-04-2022 01:59 via abc.net.au
  
  The lack of affordable housing in places like Broome is not only driving locals out of town — it's also stunting economic growth, experts say, and serious reform is needed to put the brakes on the crisis.
  
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• 'We are on our knees': Outdoor educators plead for clarity on return to school camps

  12-04-2022 01:46 via abc.net.au
  
  SA's outdoor education operators say they are in crisis and facing permanent closure as extended COVID restrictions prevent school groups from booking and financial assistance is withheld.
  
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