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• Murray River floods threaten to wash away much-needed tourism dollars in north-west Victoria

  09-12-2022 22:25 via abc.net.au
  
  A caravan park and houseboat rentals operator says he's already refunded nearly half a million dollars as tourists cancel their Murray River plans at a time when businesses need their money more than ever.
  
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• ATO reveals it raided 35 properties suspected of using technology to evade paying tax

  09-12-2022 20:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian Taxation Office agents, along with federal police, have carried out dozens of raids, as part of a global crackdown on businesses suspected of using technology to under-report sales and avoid paying tax.
  
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• Ten miners killed and four rescued after coal mine explosion in Indonesia

  09-12-2022 15:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Videos from the National Search and Rescue Agency show rescuers carrying victims on stretchers and giving them oxygen from tanks after the accident in West Sumatra.
  
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• Court dismisses Mineralogy’s appeal

  09-12-2022 08:53 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Western Australia’s highest court has dismissed an appeal by Mineralogy in one of the many lawsuits between the Clive Palmer-owned mining company and CITIC Limited's subsidiary Sino Iron.
  
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• At Close of Business 9 December 2022

  09-12-2022 08:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Jordan Murray and Matt Mckenzie talk about the upcoming cabinet reshuffle and takeaways from the federal government's energy market interventions.
  
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• NSW accused of making a 'mockery' of its own climate stance as gas pipeline declared 'critical'

  09-12-2022 08:28 via abc.net.au
  
  A pipeline to connect gas projects in NSW has been declared critical state significant infrastructure, which opponents fear will fast-track approval and limit debate.
  
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• Patriot Lithium makes ASX debut

  09-12-2022 08:03 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A new lithium hopeful chaired by former Tianqi Lithium Australia boss Phil Thick has made a solid start to its first day on the local bourse.
  
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• Blasting mishap under investigation at Kalgoorlie gold mine

  09-12-2022 07:58 via abc.net.au
  
  Safety inspectors are investigating an explosion at an underground gold mine in Western Australia's Goldfields. It's the third serious incident involving explosives in the region in as many months.
  
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• DUG secures $US24m in contracts

  09-12-2022 07:56 via businessnews.com.au
  
  DUG Technology has secured contracts valued at $US24m ($A35m) five months into the financial year, setting it on track to exceed its total revenue for FY22.
  
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• 'What does that mean for us?': Sydney unit owners worried as developer stripped of licence

  09-12-2022 07:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Owners in the Vicinity complex in Sydney's inner west are worried a decision to strip Toplace of its building licence might have unintended consequences in their fight for remediation works. 
  
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• ASX gains, but finishes week down 1.2pc

  09-12-2022 07:41 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The local share market has finished Friday 0.5 per cent higher, but three midweek days of losses made this its worst week since late October.
  
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• Alvey Reels to stay open after acquisition by Australian investment firm

  09-12-2022 07:16 via abc.net.au
  
  The angling business announced that it would shut down earlier this year, but today it has revealed a change of fortune.
  
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• Albo hits the gas amid energy squeeze

  09-12-2022 07:13 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The federal government has promised to subsidise coal mines if necessary to implement a price cap for gas and coal, while pledging $1.5 billion for vulnerable households.
  
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• Albanese “dismantling gas market”: APPEA

  09-12-2022 07:13 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A plan promising a cap on gas and coal prices, potential subsidies for miners, and $1.5 billion for households, has been labelled a “radical intervention” by industry.
  
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• Emerald Life hub sold for $12m

  09-12-2022 07:08 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Property investment group Baron Vanilla Management has acquired a West Leederville aged care facility for $12 million.
  
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• Clough administrators keen to start sale

  09-12-2022 07:07 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Clough's administrators say they have fielded “multiple enquiries” from interested suitors after securing short-term funding to pay workers on projects caught up in the Perth engineer's collapse.
  
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• Who will replace Kelly and MacTiernan?

  09-12-2022 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  ANALYSIS: Factional interests, ambitious backbenchers and demographic representation loom as key considerations for the premier as he mulls over who to promote to cabinet this month.
  
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• Mark My Words 9 December 2022

  09-12-2022 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss Clough, cost pressures, Urbis' apartment report, interest rates, federal EPA, Harry Hoffman, Dave Kelly and preview the next edition of Business News.
  
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• ACCC to investigate safety of 'extremely volatile' lithium-ion batteries

  09-12-2022 05:31 via abc.net.au
  
  In five years, the ACCC has received over 200 product safety reports about lithium-ion batteries with over 20 products recalled.
  
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• OP Properties snaps up last remaining Knutsford site

  09-12-2022 04:53 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The $1.69 million purchase paves the way for a new townhouse development at the DevelopmentWA precinct.
  
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• Gray fails in pursuit against Lavan

  09-12-2022 04:47 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Former University of Western Australia researcher Bruce Gray has failed in his ongoing bid against law firm Lavan, the latest in an almost two decade-long legal dispute.
  
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• Liberty swoops on Exchange Tower

  09-12-2022 04:11 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Liberty Flexible Workspaces has taken on 1,100sqm of flexible workspace in Perth’s Exchange Tower, following Victory Offices' liquidation.
  
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• Beach pulls out of race for Warrego

  09-12-2022 04:07 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The board is set for Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Energy to take control of Perth Basin desirable Warrego Energy after Kerry Stokes-backed Beach Energy declined to match a $342 million cash offer.
  
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• US authorities launch legal action to derail Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard

  09-12-2022 03:03 via abc.net.au
  
  The Federal Trade Commission sues to block Microsoft's planned $US69 billion takeover of video game company Activision Blizzard, saying it could suppress competitors to Microsoft's Xbox game console.
  
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• Michael is one of 30,000 'gutted' Australian crypto investors still in limbo as their assets sit frozen

  09-12-2022 02:56 via abc.net.au
  
  Tens of thousands of Australian investors with superannuation and savings tied up in cryptocurrency remain in suspense, as a major Australian broker collapses into voluntary administration.
  
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• Michael is among the many Digital Surge crypto investors whose savings are still in limbo

  09-12-2022 02:56 via abc.net.au
  
  Tens of thousands of Australian investors with superannuation and savings tied up in cryptocurrency remain in suspense, as a major Australian broker collapses into voluntary administration.
  
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• Youth hub, extra police pledged to address Kimberley town's crime crisis

  09-12-2022 02:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Halls Creek came under the microscope last week when footage of a stolen car being driven recklessly through the town went viral.
  
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• Crisis meeting called to address Kimberley town's soaring youth crime rate

  09-12-2022 02:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Halls Creek came under the microscope last week when footage of a stolen car being driven recklessly through the town went viral.
  
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• Lives turned upside down as Riverland residents brace for flood peak

  09-12-2022 02:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Matt Irvine and his family have to use a boat to get to and from work and school as the River Murray rises ahead of its expected peak later this month. Other residents are getting ready for a long time away while their homes are underwater.
  
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• Star Entertainment Group fined $100 million over Queensland casino breaches, given 12 months to 'get their house in order'

  09-12-2022 01:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Queensland's Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman announces the penalties two months after she found the gambling giant unsuitable to hold a casino licence in Queensland, following a major report.  
  
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• Star Entertainment Group fined $100 million over casino breaches, given 12 months to 'get their house in order'

  09-12-2022 01:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Queensland's Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman announces the penalties two months after she found the gambling giant unsuitable to hold a casino licence in Queensland, following a major report.  
  
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• Leaders consider options in energy crisis

  09-12-2022 01:43 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia's leaders are preparing to meet virtually to discuss how to provide households and businesses with relief from increasing power bills.
  
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• Clock ticking on rivers of black gold

  09-12-2022 01:38 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Green opportunities abound for WA businesses in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and other petro states.
  
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• Tomatoes can cost $17 a kilo in this remote town, but a new supermarket is shaking things up

  09-12-2022 01:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Normanton's new Indigenous-owned shopping centre can outlast cyclones, runs on solar energy and has been created to ensure the survival of some of the most remote communities in northern Queensland.
  
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• Before this supermarket opened, residents of this small community were making a 150km round trip to buy groceries

  09-12-2022 01:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Normanton's new Indigenous-owned supermarket can outlast cyclones, runs on solar energy and has been created to ensure the survival of some of the most remote communities in northern Queensland.
  
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• Europe's largest port eyes WA green hydrogen as source of renewable power

  09-12-2022 01:07 via abc.net.au
  
  The WA government will take part in an international study to determine how to fast-track hydrogen exports from Oakajee, north of Geraldton, to the Netherlands and Germany.
  
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• With this WA fracking company in liquidation, who foots the clean-up bill?

  09-12-2022 01:06 via abc.net.au
  
  New Standard Energy had high hopes of extracting gas in the Kimberley. Now with only $17,000 in the bank, the company has left one of its sites in disarray and three others are yet to be rehabilitated.
  
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• Mckenzie wins AMEC award

  09-12-2022 01:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Business News senior journalist Matt Mckenzie has won the prestigious AMEC media award for excellence in journalism covering the Australian mineral exploration and mining industry.
  
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• Rockliff says he 'would be pleased' to receive updated Hobart cable car proposal

  09-12-2022 00:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff says he would be "pleased" to receive an updated kunanyi/Mt Wellington cable car proposal after the company behind the project hit a major snag in the state's planning tribunal.
  
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• Premier urges cable car proponents to soldier on, in face of planning roadblock

  09-12-2022 00:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff says he would be "pleased" to receive an updated kunanyi/Mt Wellington cable car proposal after the company behind the project hit a major snag in the state's planning tribunal.
  
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• 'My government continues to support a cable car': Rockliff's letter to cable car boss

  09-12-2022 00:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff says he would be "pleased" to receive an updated kunanyi/Mt Wellington cable car proposal after the company behind the project hit a major snag in the state's planning tribunal.
  
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