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• City of Fremantle considers restrictions on fossil fuel advertising

  12-10-2022 23:50 via abc.net.au
  
  The City of Fremantle weighs up restricting fossil fuel advertisements on council property as part of its effort to combat climate change.
  
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• A subtle change to the way Fremantle looks could help the 'transition away from fossil fuels'

  12-10-2022 23:50 via abc.net.au
  
  The City of Fremantle weighs up restricting fossil fuel advertisements on council property as part of its effort to combat climate change.
  
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• No 'smoking gun' to justify logging ban, forestry industry says

  12-10-2022 22:48 via abc.net.au
  
  The West Australian government has been accused of ending native logging based on popular opinion as opposed to hard science.
  
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• 'We were assets instead of humans': Australian women detained by Iran's morality police speak out

  12-10-2022 22:28 via abc.net.au
  
  For Arezou and Azadeh, now safe in Australia after escaping Iran almost a decade ago, run-ins with Iran's notorious morality police were part of everyday life.
  
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• In Iran, the morality police thought Arezou's clothes were 'too tight'. Minutes later she was bundled into a van

  12-10-2022 22:28 via abc.net.au
  
  For Arezou and Azadeh, now safe in Australia after escaping Iran almost a decade ago, run-ins with Iran's notorious morality police were part of everyday life.
  
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• In Iran, the morality police thought Arezoe's clothes were 'too tight'. Minutes later she was bundled into a van

  12-10-2022 22:28 via abc.net.au
  
  For Arezou and Azadeh, now safe in Australia after escaping Iran almost a decade ago, run-ins with Iran's notorious morality police were part of everyday life.
  
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• Medibank on halt after cyber incident, Qantas surges on profit forecast, ASX rises

  12-10-2022 22:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares have inched higher, helped by gains in heavyweight financials, while Qantas soared after the airline forecast a return to profit in the first half of 2023 fiscal year for the first time since the pandemic began.
  
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• ASX to open lower, Wall Street falls after hawkish Fed minutes, Qantas forecasts profit

  12-10-2022 22:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares are expected to start the day lower after a choppy session on Wall Street.
  
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• ASX set to open lower, Wall Street falls as US Fed maintains a more restrictive policy stance

  12-10-2022 22:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares are expected to start the day lower after a choppy session on Wall Street.
  
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• ASX opens flat, Wall Street falls after hawkish Fed minutes, Qantas forecasts profit

  12-10-2022 22:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares have started the day flat after a choppy session on Wall Street.
  
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• ASX opens flat, Qantas surges on profit forecast; Wall Street falls after hawkish Fed minutes

  12-10-2022 22:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares start the day flat after a choppy session on Wall Street, but Qantas shares take off after a very upbeat profit forecast.
  
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• ASX higher as Qantas surges on profit forecast; Wall Street falls after hawkish Fed minutes

  12-10-2022 22:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares have inched higher, helped by gains in heavyweight financials, while Qantas soared after the airline forecast a return to profit in the first half of 2023 fiscal year for the first time since the pandemic began.
  
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• ASX ends marginally lower, Qantas surges on profit forecast, Medibank in halt after cyber incident

  12-10-2022 22:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares have closed down marginally lower, reversing early gains helped by heavyweight financials, while Qantas soared after the airline forecast a return to profit in the first half of 2023 fiscal year for the first time since the pandemic began.
  
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• Inside the organisation helping to manage the fallout from the Optus data breach

  12-10-2022 22:14 via abc.net.au
  
  A national identity and cyber support charity is enduring its "toughest" ever period following the Optus data breach, fielding more than 15,000 interactions in three weeks with no signs of slowing down.
  
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• Short-term rental industry pleads for regulation amid blame for housing crisis

  12-10-2022 22:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Short-term rental operators call for the national regulation of their own industry to become part of the solution to Australia's housing shortage and ensure their survival.
  
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• Please regulate us, short-term rental industry asks federal government amid housing crisis

  12-10-2022 22:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Short-term rental operators call for the national regulation of their own industry to become part of the solution to Australia's housing shortage and ensure their survival.
  
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• World's first flying race cars being made in South Australia in a $10m project

  12-10-2022 21:54 via abc.net.au
  
  While the idea of flying cars has long remained science fiction, one Adelaide company has turned imagination into a racing reality.
  
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• Only a select group of casual workers will now be paid to stay home with COVID. Here's who is eligible

  12-10-2022 21:02 via abc.net.au
  
  There are concerns that casual workers who are not entitled to sick pay will hide symptoms of COVID-19 and continue going to work, now that subsidies for most of them are ending.
  
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• Most casual workers will have to choose between no pay or going to work with COVID-19. Here's the exceptions

  12-10-2022 21:02 via abc.net.au
  
  There are concerns that casual workers who are not entitled to sick pay will hide symptoms of COVID-19 and continue going to work, now that subsidies for most of them are ending.
  
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• 'Doing what is right' versus 'being able to pay rent': The COVID dilemma now facing casuals

  12-10-2022 21:02 via abc.net.au
  
  There are concerns that casual workers who are not entitled to sick pay will hide symptoms of COVID-19 and continue going to work, now that subsidies for most of them are ending.
  
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• Australia's sovereign wealth fund still holding $200 million in Russian investments despite war in Ukraine

  12-10-2022 20:01 via abc.net.au
  Earlier this year the Future Fund announced it would divest its holdings in companies listed on the Russian Stock Exchange but on the same day, the Central Bank of Russia banned brokers from executing sales on behalf of non-Russian residents. 
  
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• British pound falls after Bank of England chief rules out extending 'clearly temporary' help

  12-10-2022 14:04 via abc.net.au
  
  The British pound sank against the US dollar early on Wednesday after the Bank of England (BoE) confirmed it will not extend an emergency debt-buying plan introduced last month to stabilise financial markets.
  
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• EU countries turn to Africa as war in Ukraine threatens to cut off Russian gas supplies

  12-10-2022 12:46 via abc.net.au
  
  As Europe seeks to reduce its reliance on Russian natural gas, the leaders of resource-rich African countries rush to cash in on the bonanza, raising questions about energy use in their own markets.
  
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• Northern Territory opens door for fossil fuel companies to buy international offsets instead of reducing emissions

  12-10-2022 12:11 via abc.net.au
  
  Oil and gas companies will be allowed to buy Commonwealth-approved international offsets as a way to keep producing emissions, a Northern Territory government policy has revealed. 
  
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• QLD government winds back controversial pharmacy pilot, but doctors say patients are still at risk

  12-10-2022 11:57 via abc.net.au
  
  The pilot will allow pharmacists in north Queensland to prescribe medicines and vaccines for common conditions such as nausea and vomiting, reflux, and mild skin conditions without GP supervision.
  
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• This 35-year-old longs to be out with her friends. But a lack of accessible taxis has stranded her at home

  12-10-2022 10:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Minna Blaney is desperate to live a full life, but at present, it's a struggle just to leave the house.
  
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• Cloud closer with Perth local zone

  12-10-2022 10:06 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Amazon Web Services’ local head of enterprise talks to Business News about bringing compute and storage capacity closer to Perth users.
  
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• Federal, private funds for net works

  12-10-2022 10:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Public policy shortcomings have continued to pay dividends for private internet network providers.
  
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• King clear on consultation approach

  12-10-2022 09:49 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Resources minister Madeleine King says new projects will need to go above and beyond the letter of the law to navigate the sort of activism that has put Santos’ $4.7 billion Barossa project on ice.
  
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• At Close of Business 12 October 2022

  12-10-2022 09:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Jordan Murray discusses his latest ICT infrastructure feature and offers insights on his cover story on Amazon Web Services.
  
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• Council vetoes $73m Albemarle camp

  12-10-2022 09:21 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The $73 million workforce camp plan for battery minerals giant Albemarle’s growing Kemerton lithium plant may be in jeopardy, with the Shire of Harvey urging the planning body to reject it.
  
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• Nurses double pay demand to 20 per cent

  12-10-2022 09:07 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Nurses and midwives have voted to double their pay claim against the McGowan government to 10 per cent at a packed and rowdy rally in the city.
  
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• ASX closes flat as banks gain, miners fall

  12-10-2022 08:57 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The local share market has spent the day treading water, finishing little changed from where it began with gains for the banking sector and losses for miners.
  
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• How scammers impersonated a real estate agent to exploit a single mum

  12-10-2022 08:49 via abc.net.au
  
  A Sunshine Coast mum is warning others to be vigilant after being scammed out of $4,000 when paying what she thought was a deposit to secure a property on a popular real estate website.
  
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• Skiers at odds with Falls Creek board over snow-clearing proposal

  12-10-2022 06:49 via abc.net.au
  
  A battle is being waged over a snow clearing proposal at Falls Creek with the head of a cross country skiing group receiving legal cease and desist letters over the issue.
  
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• Worker killed in 'devastating loss' at underground gold mine in Western Australia's Goldfields

  12-10-2022 06:26 via abc.net.au
  
  The company that owns the Western Australian gold mine where a worker was killed late yesterday says it will fully cooperate with investigators and has expressed "heartfelt condolences" to the family.
  
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• Worker killed at Hamlet underground gold mine in WA's Goldfields

  12-10-2022 06:26 via abc.net.au
  
  The Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety has confirmed the death of an underground mine worker in WA's Goldfields region.
  
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• Apartment plan at Mediterranean site in limbo

  12-10-2022 06:26 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A development assessment panel was unable to decide on a six-storey apartment proposal on the old Mediterranean restaurant site despite a two-hour meeting today.
  
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• Contractor dies at St Ives site

  12-10-2022 05:56 via businessnews.com.au
  A contractor has been killed in a fatal incident at Gold Field's St Ives mine site south-east of Kambalda.
  
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• Union lashes federal Labor over 'infuriating' gas deal as it warns thousands of jobs at stake

  12-10-2022 05:21 via abc.net.au
  
  A major union takes aim at the federal government over its gas policy, accusing Labor of risking jobs through a "dud handshake agreement" with exporters.
  
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• There will be more pineapples on the shelves this summer, but the surplus won't last

  12-10-2022 05:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Pineapple growers are working through an oversupply of fruit that has bloomed from a wet, cold winter. But the glut isn't going to be around for long.
  
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• SpaceX junk collected from Snowy Mountains farms to be stored, sent overseas

  12-10-2022 04:25 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian Space Agency has begun to collect pieces of spacecraft fragments from the NSW Snowy Mountains, some of which will be sent to the US.
  
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• This unprecedented phosphate shipment could solve a critical food security issue

  12-10-2022 04:22 via abc.net.au
  
  High-grade phosphate rock has been domestically exported in an Australian first that could help to shore up critical supplies of fertiliser.
  
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• ASX edges higher as big banks gain

  12-10-2022 03:43 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The local share market is slightly higher this morning, with gains by the big banks outweighing losses by the mining and energy sectors.
  
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• Auto tech and the drive to innovate

  12-10-2022 02:55 via businessnews.com.au
  
  It’s driving, but not as we know it.
  
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• WA appoints monitor for Perth casino

  12-10-2022 02:46 via businessnews.com.au
  
  An independent monitor has been appointed to oversee the operation of the Perth casino as the Crown Group works to establish its suitability to hold a casino licence.
  
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• Long-awaited Toondah Harbour environmental impact statement released

  12-10-2022 02:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Developer Walker Group says the EIS proves the proposed residential and retail development on Toondah Harbour in Brisbane's east will have low environmental impacts.
  
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• Developers say $1.4 billion Toondah development safe for environment but conservation group claims it's a 'fantasy'

  12-10-2022 02:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Walker Group has released a long-awaited environmental impact statement (EIS) for a controversial proposed development in Moreton Bay that covers land and water used by critically endangered shorebirds.
  
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• Global shipping costs falling at rates not seen 'in decades' in lead up to Christmas

  12-10-2022 00:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Extra capacity in global sea freight due to rising interest rates across the world is reducing costs for exporters, enabling them to access markets lost due to major price hikes during the pandemic.
  
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