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• 'It's someone else's turn': Glebe Markets owner on why he's packing it in after 30 years

  03-02-2023 22:09 via abc.net.au
  
  David McCumstie says he gave stall owners at the famous Sydney market adequate notice, despite some saying they felt blindsided by the announcement this week.
  
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• The history of EVs is long and weird. This rusty Porsche, parked in Melbourne, sums it up

  03-02-2023 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Converted from petrol in the 1950s, the world's first electric Porsche is parked in a Melbourne workshop. Here's how it got here — and the forgotten history of early EVs.
  
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• The history of EVs is long and weird and this rusty Porsche, parked in Melbourne, sums it up

  03-02-2023 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Converted from petrol in the 1950s, the world's first electric Porsche is parked in a Melbourne workshop. Here's how it got here — and the forgotten history of early EVs.
  
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• What the heck was that radioactive capsule emergency in Western Australia all about?

  03-02-2023 20:52 via abc.net.au
  
  It began as the scarcely believable tale of a very tiny and very lost radioactive "Tic Tac" in the Australian desert, and ended up a planet-sized news story.
  
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• Move over Hollywood. Japanese anime and manga are experiencing an 'explosion of growth'

  03-02-2023 20:50 via abc.net.au
  
  The secret to the success of Japanese animation. Why your kids are obsessed with it. And what climate change has to do with its popularity. 
  
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• Reserve Bank letters reveal decisions behind dropping King Charles from $5 note

  03-02-2023 11:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Letters from the Reserve Bank to some of the government's most senior ministers have shed light on this week's decision not to show the monarch on Australia's $5 note.
  
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• 7 projects sold in $36m Clough tie-up

  03-02-2023 10:35 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Clough’s new owner Webuild is set to take on more of the collapsed Perth engineer’s projects for $35.9 million, including the $750 million Waitsia gas development.
  
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• ASX hits nine-month high in strong finish to solid week

  03-02-2023 09:03 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The local bourse has finished the day up 0.6 per cent in its best performance in almost three weeks, closing at its highest level since April 21.
  
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• At Close of Business February 3

  03-02-2023 08:59 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Journalists Jordan Murray and Matt Mckenzie discuss the viability of nuclear power.
  
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• Seafarms told to pay $13m to contractor

  03-02-2023 08:55 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Aquaculture company Seafarms Group has been told to pay $13.9 million to construction company Canstruct over disputes with its proposed Project Sea Dragon facility.
  
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• ARTS REVIEW: Shaken, twisted and stirred, Kiwi style

  03-02-2023 08:22 via businessnews.com.au
  
  There’s a lot more to Laser Kiwi’s Rise of the Olive than circus tricks, Nina Levy writes.
  
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• Govt opposes private funding

  03-02-2023 08:04 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state government has rejected calls by its key infrastructure adviser to evaluate asset sales and private funding for new developments.
  
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• ARTS REVIEW: Sharp Floozy is too close for comfort

  03-02-2023 07:53 via businessnews.com.au
  
  There’s brilliance here, although Floozy doesn’t quite hit a home run, writes David Zampatti
  
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• Clough negotiations drag on behind closed doors

  03-02-2023 07:52 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Another deadline has passed and Clough and Webuild are yet to publicly disclose the future of some of the collapsed Perth engineer’s major projects.
  
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• Iluka awards two $14m contracts

  03-02-2023 07:43 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perth-based mineral sands miner Iluka Resources has awarded two $14 million contracts to technology and chemistry company SciDev.
  
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• Supermarket giants told to clean up three Olympic-sized swimming pools worth of soft plastics

  03-02-2023 07:41 via abc.net.au
  
  The Environment Protection Authority warns the enormous stockpiles of soft plastics are sitting in warehouses from "floor to the ceiling, blocking entry ways and preventing adequate ventilation".
  
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• Crawley apartment building sells

  03-02-2023 07:04 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A civil construction company has bought a Fairway apartment complex previously approved for a 25-unit subdivision.
  
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• Mark My Words 3 February 2023

  03-02-2023 07:03 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss Rio Tinto, Libby Mettam, Shane Love, NAB, Property Council of Australia, Westfield, and NightOwl.
  
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• ‘Me old China’ not the friend it once was

  03-02-2023 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Businesses burned by China’s trade bans are finding market appeal elsewhere.
  
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• Taxpayer-funded review that found 'flaws' in Robodebt scheme was discontinued

  03-02-2023 06:02 via abc.net.au
  
  In a deal worth almost $1 million, the Department of Human Services engaged a consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers to review the budget savings program, but then declined to see the end result.
  
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• Perth-Manila direct flights from March

  03-02-2023 05:56 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Direct flights between Perth and Manila will be launched on March 27 after being temporarily put on hold in 2020 due to the pandemic.
  
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• Manila, Perth flight route announced

  03-02-2023 05:56 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Direct flights between Manila and Perth will be launched on March 27 after being temporarily put on hold in 2020 due to the pandemic.
  
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• Maiden blast at Liontown's Kathleen Valley project

  03-02-2023 05:48 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The first open pit blast has been fired at Liontown Resources’ Kathleen Valley lithium mine after the company announced the project's $300 million cost blow out last month.
  
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• Maiden blast at Liontown project

  03-02-2023 05:48 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The first open-pit blast has been fired at Liontown Resources’ Kathleen Valley lithium mine after the company announced the project's $300 million cost blowout last month.
  
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• The eureka moment WA's tiny radioactive capsule was found along an outback highway

  03-02-2023 05:10 via abc.net.au
  
  The potentially deadly device is being held in a secure location in Perth as the team who found it reveal the somewhat "daunting" moment they realised they were standing near the capsule.
  
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• Costs blow out in Westfield Booragoon plan

  03-02-2023 05:10 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Estimated costs for Scentre Group’s updated proposal to build the state’s largest shopping centre in Booragoon have escalated by nearly $300 million.
  
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• Authorities tight-lipped on secret location of radioactive capsule, as team who found it unveiled

  03-02-2023 05:10 via abc.net.au
  
  The potentially deadly device is being held in a secure location in Perth as the team who found it reveal the somewhat 'daunting' moment they realised they were standing near the capsule.
  
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• Strike offer ‘best and final’

  03-02-2023 05:04 via businessnews.com.au
  
  John Poynton-chaired Strike Energy says it will not improve its scrip offer currently before undecided Warrego Energy investors, with the course of the takeover attempt still hanging in the balance.
  
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• Offer ‘best and final’, Strike says

  03-02-2023 05:04 via businessnews.com.au
  
  John Poynton-chaired Strike Energy has iterated it will not improve its scrip offer currently before undecided Warrego Energy investors, with the course of the takeover attempt still hanging in the balance.
  
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• Winsome to raise $60m for lithium projects

  03-02-2023 04:58 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Lithium hopeful Winsome Resources is set to raise $60 million to fast track its exploration projects in Canada.
  
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• PEP-11 project revived after Labor refuses to defend Scott Morrison's secret ministry action

  03-02-2023 04:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Former prime minister Scott Morrison's decision to reject a controversial offshore gas exploration licence off the New South Wales coast is set to be overturned.
  
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• Listen as disempowered find their voice

  03-02-2023 04:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia Day needs to celebrate the entirety of our story
  
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• Federal government teases strategy on battery storage and power prices

  03-02-2023 03:50 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government will spend the next few weeks talking to energy storage companies before revealing what it will do to help build more big batteries around the country. 
  
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• Here's why hardly anyone is registering their Airbnb on the Gold Coast

  03-02-2023 03:30 via abc.net.au
  
  The secret short-term rental market is cheating councils out of millions and exacerbating the housing shortage.
  
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• Gold Coast cracks down on the rogue Airbnb operators making the housing crisis worse

  03-02-2023 03:30 via abc.net.au
  
  The secret short-term rental market is cheating councils out of millions and exacerbating the housing shortage.
  
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• Prison sentence for former financial adviser

  03-02-2023 03:18 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Former Perth financial adviser John Wertheimer has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for making 48 unauthorised client transactions.
  
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• Twiggy Forrest's FFI reports signing contracts with 'more than 50' Esperance landowners

  03-02-2023 02:45 via abc.net.au
  
  Fortescue Future Industries' global campaign to become a green hydrogen superpower will continue its push into Esperance where it claims to have signatures from "more than 50" owners willing to lease it land.
  
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• Independent MP Monique Ryan and chief of staff Sally Rugg agree to mediation in work hours dispute

  03-02-2023 02:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Federal independent MP Monique Ryan and her chief of staff, Sally Rugg, put their legal dispute on ice, agreeing to go to mediation after their lawyers front the Federal Court.
  
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• Hiring rate slumps but some skills shortages remain

  03-02-2023 01:44 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Stormy economic conditions have slowed hiring but some industries, especially those reliant on in-person attendance, are still recruiting.
  
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• A loss becomes a win in GST stakes

  03-02-2023 01:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The results of a new survey could blunt other states’ attacks on WA’s GST share.
  
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• Investing in preparation rather than payouts would push insurance premiums down, industry body says

  03-02-2023 00:33 via abc.net.au
  
  The peak body for insurers wants the Victorian government to invest in preparing communities for natural disasters instead of relying on insurance payouts.
  
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• As premiums rise, insurers call for disaster preparation rather than recovery

  03-02-2023 00:33 via abc.net.au
  
  The peak body for insurers wants the Victorian government to invest in preparing communities for natural disasters instead of relying on insurance payouts.
  
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• Virgin Australia owes this WA town more than $500k and may not pay it all back

  03-02-2023 00:27 via abc.net.au
  
  The local council expects to get about 10 per cent of what it is owed from accrued airport fees, but the vast majority of the debt is likely to be written off.
  
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