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• Struggling to pay for strawberries? Here's what it costs the farmer

  24-06-2022 23:46 via abc.net.au
  
  First lettuce and now strawberries are seeing higher prices, but what does it actually cost for a farmer to grow a product like strawberries, versus what a consumer is asked to pay for that same product?
  
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• Inflation is forcing Australians to buy second-hand for the first time — and some are embarrassed

  24-06-2022 20:30 via abc.net.au
  
  As cost of living bites, more Australians are seeking second-hand bargains — but some would prefer you kept that a secret.
  
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• Celine is on a middle-class combined income. So why is she haggling over second-hand clothes?

  24-06-2022 20:30 via abc.net.au
  
  As cost of living bites, more Australians are seeking second-hand bargains — but some would prefer you kept that a secret.
  
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• UN warns of 'unprecedented global hunger crisis' this year

  24-06-2022 16:44 via abc.net.au
  
  The head of the United Nations warns that the world faces a "catastrophe" because of the growing shortage of food around the globe.
  
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• Nike to join McDonald's, Adidas and Puma in Russian exodus

  24-06-2022 10:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Nike is making a full exit from Russia three months after suspending its operations there, the US sportswear maker says, as the pace of western companies leaving the country accelerates.
  
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• Development threatens to 'destroy' Pickle District

  24-06-2022 10:28 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Members of an arts district in West Perth, including Janet Holmes a Court, are opposing a $25.5 million proposal for a five-storey building in which a hardware store could be a major tenant.
  
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• At Close of Business: Mark Pownall recaps The Future of Clean Energy

  24-06-2022 10:16 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Senior editor Mark Pownall talks to journalist Jordan Murray about some of the highlights of Business News' latest sector briefing.
  
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• Strong close means best week in 15 for ASX

  24-06-2022 10:06 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The ASX200 rallied in the final hour of trading on Friday to finish up 0.8 per cent, and 1.6 per cent higher for the week.
  
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• Dempsey sues over contract dispute

  24-06-2022 10:06 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Prominent property developer Gary Dempsey has taken legal action over his proposed oceanfront apartments in Scarborough, claiming the former architects are harboring the concept designs.
  
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• Gold Road moves on DGO buy

  24-06-2022 10:02 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Gold Road Resources will proceed to a compulsory acquisition of DGO Gold after sweetening its all-scrip offer for the Melbourne-based explorer last month.
  
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• Collie poli lined up for Aqwest gig

  24-06-2022 09:56 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Mick Murray, a stalwart of Labor politics who held the state seat of Collie over several difficult election cycles, has been appointed to the board of Bunbury's major water utility.
  
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• Industry gets frank about green transition

  24-06-2022 09:51 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state government is forging ahead with its bid to rapidly transform Western Australia into a renewable energy powerhouse, but questions remain about the practicalities of the shift.
  
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• Blackstone outlines Crown plans

  24-06-2022 09:31 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Blackstone has detailed two development opportunities at Burswood, confirmed John Van Der Wielen as its local chair and conceded governance of its casinos is a work in progress.
  
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• Regulator issues warning after extra fridges dumped at businesses under efficiency scheme

  24-06-2022 09:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Frustrated business owners are reporting having more fridges than they asked for delivered under a state government energy-saving scheme, with the regulator warning it was cracking down on the "completely unacceptable" conduct by private operators.
  
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• WOA kick-starts plant protein production

  24-06-2022 08:58 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Wide Open Agriculture has cut the ribbon on a new pilot-scale facility designed to convert lupin into a plant-based protein it has developed with Curtin University.
  
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• Wide Open Agriculture kick-starts plant protein production

  24-06-2022 08:58 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Wide Open Agriculture has cut the ribbon on a new pilot-scale facility designed to convert lupin into a plant-based protein developed with Curtin University.
  
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• Winter festivals keep fires burning for tourism boost

  24-06-2022 08:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Regional towns and cities are investing heavily in winter tourism events as they try to lure visitors struggling with the rising cost of living. 
  
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• Festivals warm up winter as tourism bodies bank on people saving money by holidaying at home

  24-06-2022 08:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Regional towns and cities are investing heavily in winter tourism events as they try to lure visitors struggling with the rising cost of living. 
  
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• $140m Burswood tower returns to JDAP

  24-06-2022 08:25 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A $140 million office building opposite Crown towers will be reconsidered by a development assessment panel but the local authority still objects to the updated design.
  
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• Qld government accused of failing to enforce environmental laws over alleged mining breaches at New Acland mine

  24-06-2022 08:03 via abc.net.au
  
  An environmental lawyer says the Qld government succumbed to "bullying" by failing to prosecute over alleged illegal mining activity in the state's south, as the company involved awaits approvals for its third stage expansion.
  
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• Qld government accused of failing to enforce environmental laws over alleged mining breaches at New Acland Coal Mine

  24-06-2022 08:03 via abc.net.au
  
  An environmental lawyer says the Qld government succumbed to "bullying" by failing to prosecute over alleged illegal mining activity in the state's south, as the company involved awaits approvals for its third stage expansion.
  
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• WA manages gas its own way

  24-06-2022 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Domestic Gas Reservation Policy is not always loved, but it’s a settled and predictable part of the landscape.
  
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• CEO of Investment NSW to front hearing into John Barilaro's plum US trade job

  24-06-2022 07:58 via abc.net.au
  
  A parliamentary inquiry will investigate the appointment and recruitment process behind John Barilaro's US trade job. It will hold a two-hour public hearing next week, with only one witness.
  
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• Unexploded bombs and missiles left scattered around Ukraine as Russian offensive continues

  24-06-2022 07:28 via abc.net.au
  
  New pictures from Ukraine's front lines reveal the lingering danger left behind by unexploded bombs and other failed weapons — some of which could still detonate.
  
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• WA premier, Qantas chief bury the hatchet

  24-06-2022 06:53 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Qantas will launch direct flights from Perth to Johannesburg and Jakarta as Western Australia continues its reopening after years of border closures.
  
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• Perth lithium play draws major car manufacturer

  24-06-2022 06:20 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Zero carbon lithium aspirant Vulcan Energy has won backing from multinational automaker Stellantis, taking up $76 million worth of stock to become its second-largest shareholder.
  
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• Former cheerleading star facing 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to soliciting sex from child

  24-06-2022 05:58 via abc.net.au
  
  The 22-year-old who starred in a Netflix docuseries about a competitive cheerleading squad admits to soliciting sexually explicit images for money.
  
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• Qantas cuts flights on domestic routes to cope with fuel costs, staffing shortages

  24-06-2022 05:48 via abc.net.au
  
  The airline says the impact on customers is expected to be "minimal" as flights will be removed "mostly from high frequency routes".
  
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• Saffioti to decide Ruah relocation

  24-06-2022 05:28 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Planning minister Rita Saffioti has stepped in to decide on Ruah Community Services’ proposed relocation in Northbridge after the application was refused by City of Perth.
  
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• How the Sri Lankan economy ran out of money to pay for food and fuel

  24-06-2022 04:06 via abc.net.au
  
  The Prime Minister says the island nation is headed for economic "rock bottom" as it asks for help from neighbouring nations. So how serious is the crisis, how is it affecting real people and why did they end up here?
  
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• Labor plans meet budget reality

  24-06-2022 03:14 via businessnews.com.au
  
  CLIMATE change, an Indigenous Voice to Parliament and preserving superannuation may have come in ahead of universal childcare in Anthony Albanese’s victory speech, but the issue will no doubt be a metric by which his government is judged during the next three years.
  
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• No wage price spiral: employment minister

  24-06-2022 03:05 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Employment Minister Tony Burke denies the country is seeing a wage price spiral as policy makers seek to tackle inflation.
  
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• Mine extension could cause 'cracks' in dam, WaterNSW says

  24-06-2022 01:22 via abc.net.au
  
  WaterNSW has opposed a proposal to extend a coal mine under the Sydney water catchment claiming it could damage one of the largest dams in the region. 
  
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• Groceries taking a chunk out of your budget? Imagine feeding 3,500 crocodiles

  24-06-2022 00:55 via abc.net.au
  
  A crocodile farm near Rockhampton is in survival mode as rising input costs and COVID impacts cripple the business.
  
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• Germany reaches the 'alarm stage': Gas now officially a scarce commodity

  24-06-2022 00:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Germany has triggered the "alarm stage" of its emergency gas plan in response to falling Russian supplies but stopped short of allowing utilities to pass on soaring energy costs to customers in Europe's largest economy.
  
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• Germany reaches the 'alarm stage' as Russia reduces gas supply

  24-06-2022 00:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Germany has triggered the "alarm stage" of its emergency gas plan in response to falling Russian supplies but stopped short of allowing utilities to pass on soaring energy costs to customers in Europe's largest economy.
  
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• 'Gas is a scarce commodity': Germany reaches the 'alarm stage' as Russia reduces supply

  24-06-2022 00:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Germany has triggered the "alarm stage" of its emergency gas plan in response to falling Russian supplies but stopped short of allowing utilities to pass on soaring energy costs to customers in Europe's largest economy.
  
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• Was most of Germany's power recently generated by brown coal?

  24-06-2022 00:19 via abc.net.au
  
  A graph purporting to show that Germany was briefly powered by more than two-thirds brown coal has spread widely online. But there's a devil in the detail.
  
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• Environment advocates from Tasmania's north-west want seat at energy table

  24-06-2022 00:10 via abc.net.au
  
  A group of citizens raising issues such as the location of wind turbines and transmission lines wants the Tasmanian energy sector to listen to them, but feel locked out of the conversation.
  
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• Citizens want energy industry to listen to concerns about placement of wind turbines, transmission lines

  24-06-2022 00:10 via abc.net.au
  
  As the fourth annual Tasmanian Energy Development Conference was held in Devonport this week, about 40 citizens stood outside in the rain with handheld signs to advocate for Tasmanian energy issues. 
  
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• 'It's our history, it's our everything': Farmers, wildlife sanctuary devastated at new transport corridor plan

  24-06-2022 00:09 via abc.net.au
  
  Landowners says there was no consultation over revised plans for a transport corridor that will run over the sole water source for four properties in the Midwest.
  
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