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• King Island food could be cheaper, fresher if Apollo Bay sea route goes ahead

  20-03-2023 22:49 via abc.net.au
  
  The island sits between two of the country's biggest food bowls, but often pays far more for produce. A proposal for a new shipping service from Apollo Bay could halve the cost of freight and bring food costs down.
  
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• King Island food could be cheaper and fresher if new sea route goes ahead

  20-03-2023 22:49 via abc.net.au
  
  The island sits between two of the country's biggest food bowls, but often pays far more for produce. A new shipping proposal could halve the cost of freight and bring food costs down.
  
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• 'There's nothing for us': Indigenous community skeptical of gas industry's prediction of 6,000 jobs

  20-03-2023 21:45 via abc.net.au
  
  An unpublished report commissioned by the federal government has cast doubt on the fracking industry's promise of jobs and economic benefits for Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory.
  
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• 'There's nothing for us': Indigenous community sceptical of gas industry's prediction of 6,000 jobs

  20-03-2023 21:45 via abc.net.au
  
  An unpublished report commissioned by the federal government has cast doubt on the fracking industry's promise of jobs and economic benefits for Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory.
  
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• The gas industry claims up to 6,000 jobs will be created from Beetaloo Basin fracking. But how many will go to the local Indigenous people?

  20-03-2023 21:45 via abc.net.au
  
  An unpublished report commissioned by the federal government has cast doubt on the fracking industry's promise of jobs and economic benefits for Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory.
  
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• Live: ASX set to gain as Wall Street rebounds on bank bailout optimism

  20-03-2023 21:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Banks lead US stocks higher amid bailout optimism, as the ASX looks set to recover some of yesterday's fall. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• Live: ASX gains strongly as Wall Street rebounds on bank bailout optimism

  20-03-2023 21:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Banks lead US stocks higher amid bailout optimism, as the ASX recovers most of yesterday's fall. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• Live: ASX gains strongly as RBA confirms it will 'reconsider' a rates pause in April

  20-03-2023 21:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Banks lead US stocks higher amid bailout optimism, as the ASX recovers most of yesterday's fall. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• ASX gains strongly as RBA confirms it will 'reconsider' a rates pause in April — as it happened

  20-03-2023 21:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Banks lead US stocks higher amid bailout optimism, as the ASX recovers most of yesterday's fall. Follow the day's events and insights as they happened with our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• Company fined $60k after worker's arm crushed during luxury apartment build

  20-03-2023 21:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Major Queensland construction company ASP Piling is fined $60,000, as workplace health and safety inspectors probe serious injury at one of the company's other sites.
  
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• How to reduce your risk when signing a builder, in the wake of two major construction industry collapses

  20-03-2023 20:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Two giants in the building industry have failed in recent weeks, leaving trails of unpaid debts. So how can customers keep their money safe?
  
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• Offshore casino illegally 'partners' with Facebook to target Australians

  20-03-2023 19:00 via abc.net.au
  
  A series of advertisements for an online casino that target Australians are being shown on Facebook. The case has reopened the debate about how easy it is for offshore businesses to use the internet to evade Australian law, writes Casey Briggs.
  
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• How an offshore casino ‘partners’ with Facebook to illegally target Australians

  20-03-2023 19:00 via abc.net.au
  
  A series of advertisements for an online casino that target Australians are being shown on Facebook. The case has reopened the debate about how easy it is for offshore businesses to use the internet to evade Australian law, writes Casey Briggs.
  
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• At Close of Business 20 March 2023

  20-03-2023 09:18 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Senior journalist Matt Mckenzie talks to Jordan Murray about his inside look at the fall of FIRM Construction.
  
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• Australian market falls to lowest level since November

  20-03-2023 09:09 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The local share market has suffered another day of heavy losses, dropping 1.4 per cent to finish at its lowest level since early November.
  
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• Australian market falls as local gold stocks rally

  20-03-2023 09:09 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The local share market has suffered another day of heavy losses with WA gold miners finishing up as the strongest performers of the session.
  
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• Rio's audit report finds cultural heritage management shortfalls

  20-03-2023 09:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Rio Tinto is yet to meet its internal cultural heritage management standards following the destruction of ancient rock shelters at Juukan Gorge in 2020, a report finds.
  
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• New era for travel comfort and class

  20-03-2023 08:40 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Qantas has provided a glimpse at its new premium long-haul offering, while a Monaco-based cruise liner provides luxury indulgence.
  
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• Data centre sued amid equipment spat

  20-03-2023 08:39 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Data centre DC Two has been roped into a legal stoush involving the landlord of its Bibra Lake headquarters and a company believed to be claiming ownership of equipment at the site.
  
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• Local space consortium gets $4m grant

  20-03-2023 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  AROSE, a consortium led by Fugro and Nova Systems, has been named one of two companies that will design an Australia-made lunar rover for NASA’s next trip to the Moon.
  
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• New leadership for Meteoric

  20-03-2023 07:48 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Meteoric Resources has appointed Nicholas Holthouse as the company’s new chief executive to lead its rare earth element venture in South America.
  
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• Bushfire warning forces bride and groom to organise 'emergency wedding' in matter of hours

  20-03-2023 07:05 via abc.net.au
  
  When Ash Bent's wedding venue was evacuated 90 minutes before the vows were to be exchanged, he was fairly sure the whole thing would have to be cancelled. As it happened, a hastily formed "plan B" worked out perfectly.
  
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• Flood-damaged West Australian national parks to shut for 2023, tour operators scramble to 'adapt'

  20-03-2023 05:27 via abc.net.au
  
  January's record-breaking floods destroyed key infrastructure and washed away significant portions of one of the Kimberley's most visited destinations.
  
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• Flood-damaged WA national parks to shut for 2023, tour operators scramble to 'adapt'

  20-03-2023 05:27 via abc.net.au
  
  January's record-breaking floods destroyed key infrastructure and washed away significant portions of one of the Kimberley's most-visited destinations.
  
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• Walker resigns from two boards

  20-03-2023 05:22 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Well-known mining identity Jim Walker has stepped down from his board roles at ASX-listed companies Mader Group and MLG Oz.
  
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• Mader's founder steps up, Walker resigns

  20-03-2023 05:22 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Mining services provider Mader Group’s founder Luke Mader will step into the role of executive chairman after Jim Walker announced his resignation from the board.
  
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• Mader founder steps up, Walker resigns

  20-03-2023 05:22 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Mining services provider Mader Group founder Luke Mader will step into the role of executive chairman after Jim Walker announced his resignation from the board.
  
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• Ramelius tables $130m Breaker takeover

  20-03-2023 05:21 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Mark Zeptner-led gold miner Ramelius Resources is continuing an acquisitive streak by launching a friendly scrip takeover for Eastern Goldfields explorer Breaker Resources.
  
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• Population growth rate jumps

  20-03-2023 05:10 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Western Australia’s population grew by a strong 1.8 per cent in the year to September 2022, helped by an unusually large increase in overseas migration into the state.
  
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• Surf’s up at Jandakot

  20-03-2023 03:59 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A development panel has given Aventuur the green light to build the first surf park in Western Australia, with the attraction estimated to cost $100 million.
  
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• Questions raised about the independence of BHP dust report in Pilbara town

  20-03-2023 03:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Documents show regulators backed down on health advice regarding dust after it was "contested" by the mining giant.
  
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• Latitude warns customer data breach could be worse than originally thought

  20-03-2023 03:05 via abc.net.au
  
  The amount of customer data stolen from Australian company Latitude Financial may grow, with the non-bank lender confirming that drivers licenses, passports and Medicare numbers of more than 300,000 people have already been hacked.
  
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• Latitude Financial warns customers that data breach could widen and hack 'remains active'

  20-03-2023 03:05 via abc.net.au
  
  The amount of customer data stolen from Australian company Latitude Financial may grow, with the non-bank lender confirming that drivers licenses, passports and Medicare numbers of more than 300,000 people have already been hacked.
  
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• Latitude Financial warns customers data breach could widen and hack 'remains active'

  20-03-2023 03:05 via abc.net.au
  
  The amount of customer data stolen from Australian company Latitude Financial may grow, with the non-bank lender confirming that drivers licenses, passports and Medicare numbers of more than 300,000 people have already been hacked.
  
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• More cushioning from rate hikes than normal: RBA

  20-03-2023 01:39 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A senior Reserve Bank official says the prevalence of fixed-rate loans and sizeable savings buffers are likely extending the lag time of interest rate hikes.
  
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• Time for the WA way on tourism

  20-03-2023 01:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  BORDER closures and local lockdown measures aimed at containing the COVID-19 virus had massive impacts on local, interstate and international travel across the globe.
  
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• Prolonged flooding 'hard on everyone' but prediction of 'amazing fishing season' ahead

  20-03-2023 00:47 via abc.net.au
  
  Residents cut off by major floods in parts of the Gulf of Carpentaria are facing another month without work while businesses grapple with mass cancellations for the tourist season.
  
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