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• Cattle survive truck fire thanks to quick-thinking driver on notorious Tanami Road

  04-08-2022 22:57 via abc.net.au
  
  When Cory Stirling's tyres caught fire he knew he had to get the cattle off the truck fast before it was too late.
  
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• Back to the Future: This DeLorean is being converted to an EV to showcase the growth in the zero-emissions industry

  04-08-2022 22:47 via abc.net.au
  
  Where we're going, we don't need… combustion engines? At least, that's the thinking behind Canberra filmmaker Ché Baker's latest project.
  
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• Kim wound up with nowhere to go after transferring her home to her son. Then she planned to win it back

  04-08-2022 20:41 via abc.net.au
  
  Four years ago, Kim agreed to transfer her home to her son. Then she found herself penniless with nowhere to go. Lawyers say it's a "classic case" of financial elder abuse and the issue is increasing.
  
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• Kim trusted her son, then found herself penniless with nowhere to go. It's a classic case of a 'hidden issue'

  04-08-2022 20:41 via abc.net.au
  
  Four years ago, Kim agreed to transfer her home to her son. Then she found herself penniless with nowhere to go. Lawyers say it's a "classic case" of financial elder abuse and the issue is increasing.
  
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• 'He played me for a fool': Woman left with nowhere to go after 'classic' financial abuse case

  04-08-2022 20:41 via abc.net.au
  
  Four years ago, Kim agreed to transfer her home to her son. Then she found herself penniless with nowhere to go. Lawyers say it's a "classic case" of financial elder abuse and the issue is increasing.
  
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• Carbon charge plans for WA grid

  04-08-2022 10:20 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A carbon penalty will be considered for high emission generators in WA's main power grid, with the state government to sound out industry.
  
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• Centuria’s industrial REIT expects $368m profit

  04-08-2022 10:17 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The property fund’s WA assets accounted $34.2 million of an overall $326 million valuation gain.
  
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• Barbaro appointed Western Power boss

  04-08-2022 10:16 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Sam Barbaro will officially take over the reins of government-owned network operator Western Power as chief executive, following the departure of Ed Kalajzic in March.
  
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• Key WA businesses call for cut in visa times to ease chronic skilled worker shortage

  04-08-2022 10:14 via abc.net.au
  
  Major West Australian businesses want barriers to migration dropped to boost the number of skilled workers able to enter the state. 
  
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• Stirling contemplates WALGA exit

  04-08-2022 10:11 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state’s largest local government is weighing up a WALGA exit with claims the association has spent a "disproportionate amount of time" advocating smaller councils.
  
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• Early gains fizzle as ASX finishes flat

  04-08-2022 10:03 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Australian share market closed flat after an early rally to a fresh two-month high faded throughout the day.
  
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• Qube navigates $15m union wages claim

  04-08-2022 09:31 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Fremantle Port operator Qube has vowed to defend a $15.5 million lawsuit it’s facing at the hands of the maritime union over claims it unlawfully docked the wages of up to 1,000 stevedores.
  
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• For the first time in Australian history, a federal environment minister flags rejecting a coal mine

  04-08-2022 09:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Tanya Plibersek proposes rejecting Clive Palmer's Central Queensland Coal Project on the grounds it is likely to damage the Great Barrier Reef. It is the first time in Australian history a federal environment minister has set the wheels in motion to reject a coal mine.
  
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• Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek proposes blocking Clive Palmer's Queensland coal mine

  04-08-2022 09:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Tanya Plibersek proposes rejecting Clive Palmer's Central Queensland Coal Project on the grounds it is likely to damage the Great Barrier Reef. It is the fist time in Australian history a federal environment minister has set the wheels in motion to reject a coal mine.
  
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• Unblocking pipe after snake eats wombat

  04-08-2022 09:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Michael McGowan’s journey to the top of WA’s peak housing body featured a serendipitous alignment of circumstances.
  
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• Goodall named Australia’s best

  04-08-2022 09:12 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Xanadu chief winemaker and La Kooki founder Glenn Goodall has been crowned Halliday Wine Companion’s 2023 Winemaker of the Year.
  
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• Road user charge mooted in WA as electric cars cut into fuel excise revenue

  04-08-2022 08:18 via abc.net.au
  
  The body charged with advising the state government on WA's long-term infrastructure needs believes a per-kilometre charge for motorists could be used to fund the state's roads while also reducing traffic congestion.
  
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• Infrastructure advisory body floats per-kilometre charge to ease congestion on WA roads

  04-08-2022 08:18 via abc.net.au
  
  The body charged with advising the state government on WA's long-term infrastructure needs believes a per-kilometre charge for motorists could be used to fund the state's roads while also reducing traffic congestion.
  
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• At Close of Business 4 August 2022

  04-08-2022 08:16 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Political editor Gary Adshead talks about Business News' latest cover story, including highlights from his discussion with the state's auditor general.
  
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• No new gas connections for Canberra homes and businesses from next year

  04-08-2022 07:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Rising gas prices are already convincing ACT households to switch to electricity, but the government says all newly built homes will not be able to be connected to gas from January 1.
  
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• International flying school students nearing a return to Mildura's skies

  04-08-2022 07:07 via abc.net.au
  
  International flying school students may soon return to Mildura for the first time in a year after pandemic-related travel restrictions, but a flying school south of Shepparton faces a much longer wait. 
  
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• Chinese airline student pilots to return to Mildura's skies after hiatus

  04-08-2022 07:07 via abc.net.au
  
  International flying school students may soon return to Mildura for the first time in a year after pandemic-related travel restrictions, but a flying school south of Shepparton faces a much longer wait. 
  
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• Interconnector helping to build a more reliable power network

  04-08-2022 06:29 via abc.net.au
  
  The SA-NSW interconnector will open renewable energy export opportunities and encourage new developments in regional Australia.
  
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• Call for business leaders to help end homelessness

  04-08-2022 06:20 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Newly appointed boss of the WA Alliance to End Homelessness David Pearson said it was not ‘normal’ for a city like Perth to have high numbers of people experiencing homelessness.
  
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• Education Dept submits new school proposal

  04-08-2022 05:50 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state government’s $22 million proposal for a new primary school in Hammond Park will be considered by its own planning body next week.
  
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• Decmil shares rally amid stoush settlement

  04-08-2022 05:44 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Shares in Decmil have rallied ahead of news the group had finally reached a peace deal in its $11 million stoush with subcontractor Southern Cross Electrical Engineering.
  
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• Climate bill will send a message: Bowen

  04-08-2022 04:03 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen says the government's climate change legislation will send a message to the global community about Australia's renewed action on reduction emissions.
  
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• CBA first big bank to follow RBA rise

  04-08-2022 03:35 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Commonwealth Bank of Australia has matched this week's move by the central bank and raised its variable home loan rates.
  
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• 'Radio silence': Major banks lift interest rates two days after RBA decision

  04-08-2022 02:48 via abc.net.au
  
  After two days of silence, Commonwealth Bank was the first of the "big four" banks to lift interest rates on its variable mortgages by 0.5 percentage points — in an uncharacteristically slow response to the Reserve Bank's rate hike on Tuesday.
  
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• 'Radio silence': Commonwealth Bank, ANZ and Westpac lift rates two days after RBA decision

  04-08-2022 02:48 via abc.net.au
  
  After two days of silence, Commonwealth Bank is the first of the "big four" banks to lift interest rates on its variable mortgages by 0.5 percentage points — in an uncharacteristically slow response to the Reserve Bank's rate hike on Tuesday.
  
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• Commonwealth Bank is first major bank to lift interest rates, two days after RBA rates decision

  04-08-2022 02:48 via abc.net.au
  
  After two days of silence, Commonwealth Bank has finally confirmed it will lift interest rates on its variable mortgages by 0.5 percentage points — in an uncharacteristically slow response to the Reserve Bank's rate hike on Tuesday.
  
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• ANZ follows Commonwealth Bank in lifting interest rates — two days after RBA rate hike

  04-08-2022 02:48 via abc.net.au
  
  After two days of silence, Commonwealth Bank has finally confirmed it will lift interest rates on its variable mortgages by 0.5 percentage points — in an uncharacteristically slow response to the Reserve Bank's rate hike on Tuesday.
  
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• 'Absolutely shocking' remote highway even more dangerous, say locals

  04-08-2022 02:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Remote Arnhem Land residents worry iron ore trucks are making the Roper Highway increasingly more dangerous, and causing dust pollution.
  
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• Demand for Australian Wagyu is booming and producers are struggling to keep up

  04-08-2022 00:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's Wagyu producers are eyeing big opportunities in domestic and foreign markets, but one says he'd need three times as many animals to sate the appetites of buyers.
  
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• Audit reveals Charles Sturt University owes casual employees $4.7m

  04-08-2022 00:22 via abc.net.au
  
  An independent review has found Charles Sturt University owes almost $4.7 million to 2,500 casual employees who were underpaid from 2015 onwards.
  
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