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• Collapsed Sydney developer Toplace entity owes $25m to Australian Tax Office, administrator finds

  11-08-2023 23:18 via abc.net.au
  
  A report has found a subsidiary of property developer Toplace, failed to pay $25 million it owed to the tax office in 2022 and claims there's little chance of those funds being recovered.
  
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• 'Sing loud, play strong': 'Yothu Yindi inducted into National Indigenous Music Awards Hall of Fame

  11-08-2023 23:02 via abc.net.au
  
  After a career spanning four decades, legendary Northern Territory band Yothu Yindi will tonight be immortalised in the National Indigenous Music Awards Hall of Fame.
  
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• 'Turned a blind eye and accepted it': Women in mining speak out against sexual harassment

  11-08-2023 21:50 via abc.net.au
  
  A growing chorus of women from all levels of the mining sector are speaking out against gendered discrimination, bullying, a lack of opportunity and, at the extreme end, sexual harassment and assault.
  
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• 'This is not acceptable': Women in mining speak out against decades of sexual harassment and discrimination

  11-08-2023 21:50 via abc.net.au
  
  A growing chorus of women from all levels of the mining sector are speaking out against gendered discrimination, bullying, a lack of opportunity and, at the extreme end, sexual harassment and assault.
  
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• Maternity hotels, meal services, nannies for newborns — the Chinese postnatal traditions catching on in Australia

  11-08-2023 21:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Stays in maternity hotels are becoming increasingly popular among Chinese women in Australia, with some new mothers paying up to $50,000 for 26 days.
  
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• Hiro had culture shock after giving birth in Australia – so she found a nanny to follow Chinese postpartum traditions

  11-08-2023 21:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Stays in maternity hotels are becoming increasingly popular among Chinese women in Australia, with some new mothers paying up to $50,000 for 26 days.
  
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• Hiro experienced culture shock after giving birth in Australia – so she sought out a nanny to adhere to Chinese postpartum traditions

  11-08-2023 21:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Stays in maternity hotels are becoming increasingly popular among Chinese women in Australia, with some new mothers paying up to $50,000 for 26 days.
  
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• 'Why are we getting so badly ripped off?': How one bag of onions in the UK sparked outrage in NZ

  11-08-2023 21:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Food prices in New Zealand are growing at the fastest rate in more than 30 years, but there are hopes a new grocery regulator will change things. 
  
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• NZ onions are cheaper in the UK. How the country is trying to fix its grocery problem

  11-08-2023 21:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Food prices in New Zealand are growing at the fastest rate in more than 30 years, but there are hopes a new grocery regulator will change things. 
  
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• Organisers of cancelled Malaysian festival seek $4.1 million from UK band The 1975 over same-sex kiss

  11-08-2023 15:35 via abc.net.au
  
  The organiser of a Malaysian music festival is seeking 12.3 million ringgit ($4.11 million) in losses from British band The 1975, after its lead singer's on-stage protest of the country's anti-gay laws prompted authorities to shut the event down.
  
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• At Close of Business August 11 2023

  11-08-2023 10:09 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Jack McGinn and Tom Zaunmayr discuss an eventful week in Western Australian state politics.
  
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• Joondalup Health Campus gets $67m expansion

  11-08-2023 09:54 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A development assessment panel has approved a six-storey public ward and a two-storey theatre expansion at Joondalup Health Campus, estimated to cost $67.2 million.
  
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• Education official allegedly told 'that's not what the minister's office wants' after revealing winner of school refurbishment tender

  11-08-2023 09:51 via abc.net.au
  
  An Integrity Commission hears an Education Directorate official was told: "That's not what the minister's office wants" when he revealed the winner of the Campbell Primary School refurbishment tender.
  
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• Rio moves on Simandou rail works

  11-08-2023 09:38 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Rio Tinto and its joint venture partners have laid the foundations with the Guinea government to build more than 600 kilometres of new rail lines needed for the mammoth Simandou project.
  
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• RBA governor Philip Lowe says 'the worst is over' for interest rate rises, as his term nears its end

  11-08-2023 09:17 via abc.net.au
  
  RBA governor Philip Lowe says inflation is falling and the worst is over for interest rate increases, but rising property prices are complicating things.
  
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• Pioneer Lithium targets ASX listing

  11-08-2023 09:09 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Another Perth-based, Canadian-focused lithium explorer has launched an initial public offering amid a wave of interest in the country’s prospects for the commodity.
  
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• Aust shares close lower as central bankers stay hawkish

  11-08-2023 09:05 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The local share market has fallen 0.2 per cent after a cooler-than-expected inflation readout in the US failed to quell talk of more interest rate hikes.
  
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• Push to house more students

  11-08-2023 09:04 via businessnews.com.au
  
  WA is falling short on student accommodation options, as experts look for solutions.
  
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• Hancock’s marriage caused schism, court told

  11-08-2023 08:47 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The relationship breakdown between Lang Hancock and daughter Gina Rinehart during his marriage to Rose Porteous was laid bare during a WA Supreme Court trial over iron ore royalties.
  
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• Mine partially shut down as workers demand 'fair share of the pie'

  11-08-2023 08:08 via abc.net.au
  
  South32 says it will have to stand down some staff at Appin mine during the strike, which has been launched amid a dispute over leave arrangements and a productivity bonus.
  
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• WA baby biotech idea to broaden clinical trial

  11-08-2023 07:40 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A homegrown invention treating a common chronic ear condition in infants is ready to expand clinical trials in Perth and the WA outback.
  
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• Man arrested after rock attack on school bus injures two schoolchildren

  11-08-2023 07:14 via abc.net.au
  
  An 18-year-old man is in custody and expected to face criminal charges after an alleged attack on a bus in the remote Northern Territory.
  
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• 8 on the Point Chinese Restaurant revival fails

  11-08-2023 07:10 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The East Perth-based upmarket Cantonese restaurant has gone into liquidation with creditors believed to be owed in the order of at least $750,000.
  
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• Union poll backs nurses’ political party plan

  11-08-2023 06:34 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Western Australian nurses and midwives are overwhelmingly backing plans to form a state political party in the latest escalation of a bitter wages feud between their union and the WA government.
  
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• Nicolas Cage movie rumours spark teen stardom dreams in renowned Aussie surf spots

  11-08-2023 06:20 via abc.net.au
  
  High school students in WA's South West are "pumped" about a chance to star alongside a Hollywood heavyweight when shooting starts in their surfing towns.
  
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• Mark My Words podcast August 11 2023

  11-08-2023 06:12 via businessnews.com.au
  
  In this podcast Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss Aboriginal Cultural Heritage, planning backflip, airlines, road project delays, LNG industrial action, Hancock versus the rest, and Diggers & Dealers.
  
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• Science, conservation key for Perth Zoo

  11-08-2023 05:42 via businessnews.com.au
  
  An ambitious master plan is under way to guide Perth Zoo’s transformation ahead of its 125th birthday.
  
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• Newcrest Mining pays out last, golden dividend count

  11-08-2023 05:17 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Newcrest Mining will pay its biggest-ever dividends in fiscal 2023, in what is likely to be the big goldminer's last months as an Australian company.
  
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• Newcrest Mining pays out last, golden dividend

  11-08-2023 05:17 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Newcrest Mining will pay its biggest-ever dividends in fiscal 2023, in what is likely to be the big goldminer's last months as an Australian company.
  
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• Buru confirms Ungani suspension

  11-08-2023 05:09 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Buru Energy has confirmed it will suspend operations at its Ungani joint venture oilfield after discussions with Main Roads WA.
  
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• Oz Minerals fined but dodges prosecution over bribes

  11-08-2023 05:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  BHP-owned Oz Minerals has agreed to pay $9.3 million in fines after self-reporting employees bribed foreign officials to obtain mining rights in Cambodia.
  
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• China resumes tourism in Australia

  11-08-2023 03:35 via businessnews.com.au
  
  China has announced Australia would be re-added to the nation’s approved list of outgoing group travel destinations, just five days after barley tariffs were lifted.
  
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• Ousted partner wins court battle against consultancy giant PwC over forced retirement notice

  11-08-2023 03:09 via abc.net.au
  
  Richard Gregg had been a partner since 2013 and was named by PwC’s management as one of eight partners who had left or would be departing in July after the tax leaks scandal.
  
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• Ousted partner wins court battle against consultancy giant PwC after being forced to retire

  11-08-2023 03:09 via abc.net.au
  
  Richard Gregg had been a partner since 2013 and was named by PwC’s management as one of eight partners who had left or would be departing in July after the tax leaks scandal.
  
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• WA soil carbon capture attracts Chevron

  11-08-2023 01:59 via businessnews.com.au
  
  LNG producer Chevron says financial commitment to two Western Australian nature-based carbon offset initiatives will help it create a lower carbon business.
  
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• Students fight war on waste with 'Trash to Fash' project

  11-08-2023 01:49 via abc.net.au
  
  A Melbourne primary school starts its own fashion label, saving clothing from landfill while raising money for the local community.
  
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• Your insurance premiums are likely to jump again this year. This is how much and why

  11-08-2023 01:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Two of Australia's biggest insurers warn premiums are likely to rise by another 10 per cent in the coming year, with a surge in natural disasters and rising repair and replacement costs to blame.
  
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• Insurers are set to raise premiums another 10pc this year and severe weather is chiefly to blame

  11-08-2023 01:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Two of Australia's biggest insurers warn premiums are likely to rise by another 10 per cent in the coming year, with a surge in natural disasters and rising repair and replacement costs to blame.
  
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• Embrace the fintech revolution: FINSIA chief

  11-08-2023 00:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Financial services is at an inflection point, as nearly a decade of major regulatory and technological change reshapes the sector, according to the leader of key professional body Financial Services Institute of Australasia.
  
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