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• Live: Qantas CEO ordered into mediation with Transport Workers' Union, Senate inquiry into bank closures, ASX down

  19-09-2023 23:29 via abc.net.au
  
  The Qantas CEO is ordered into mediation with the workers' union, the Senate holds a hearing into regional bank closures by major banks, and the ASX is in negative territory this afternoon.
  
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• Live: Inquiry into regional bank closures hears that NAB has continued shuttering branches

  19-09-2023 23:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Testimony from representatives from Commonwealth Bank, Westpac and NAB this morning will be followed by ANZ this afternoon.
  
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• Live: Inquiry into bank closures in regional Australian begins

  19-09-2023 23:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares are set to open slightly lower, while US markets and Wall Street prepare for a meeting with the Feds, where they will decide on rates.
  
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• Live: Australian shares to open lower, as Wall Street prepares for Fed meeting

  19-09-2023 23:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares are set to open slightly lower, while US markets and Wall Street prepare for a meeting with the Feds, where they will decide on rates.
  
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• Live: Alan Joyce's remuneration revealed as new Qantas CEO ordered into mediation with Transport Workers' Union

  19-09-2023 23:29 via abc.net.au
  
  The Qantas CEO is ordered into mediation with the workers' union, the Senate holds a hearing into regional bank closures by major banks, and the ASX is in negative territory this afternoon.
  
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• Alan Joyce's remuneration revealed as new Qantas CEO ordered into mediation with Transport Workers' Union

  19-09-2023 23:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Alan Joyce's remuneration was revealed, the new Qantas CEO was ordered into mediation with the workers' union, and the Senate held a hearing into regional bank closures by major banks, all while the ASX closed in negative territory — as it happened.
  
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• Airstrips were built before roads in an outback land where walking was the main mode of transport

  19-09-2023 23:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Arnhem Land missionaries cleared dense bushland and eventually trained the first Yolgnu aviation mechanic and pilot.
  
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• 'The street is pretty much empty': Construction sites lie dormant as WA industry pleads for help

  19-09-2023 23:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Building companies warn more of them will go broke if the state government does not give them financial help, as Perth records the tightest residential vacancy rate in the country.  
  
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• Building industry pleads for financial help to finish projects as Perth records lowest vacancy rate in nation

  19-09-2023 23:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Building companies warn more of them will go broke if the state government does not give them financial help, as construction sites lie dormant amid the skills shortage.
  
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• Why Coles has 'reluctantly' raised the price of its milk this week

  19-09-2023 21:44 via abc.net.au
  
  As consumers adjust to the impact of the rising cost of living, Coles has increased its own-brand milk price by 10 cents per litre. But for farmers, it feels like redemption.
  
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• WA's pink diamonds may be a symbol of love, but it took a violent split a billion years ago to bring them to light

  19-09-2023 21:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Pink Argyle diamonds were created some 1.3 billion years ago, when a chunk of an ancient supercontinent started splitting apart, violently blasting hot rock carrying the precious stones to the surface, new research suggests.
  
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• WA's pink diamonds may be a symbol of love, but it took a violent split a billion years ago bring them to light

  19-09-2023 21:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Pink Argyle diamonds were created some 1.3 billion years ago, when a chunk of an ancient supercontinent started splitting apart, violently blasting hot rock carrying the precious stones to the surface, new research suggests.
  
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• 'We just can't rely on the taxis to turn up': Life made that much harder for Mitchell and mum Lynda

  19-09-2023 21:21 via abc.net.au
  
  A wheelchair taxi shortage continues taking a toll on members of the disability community in northern Tasmania, with a mum saying her son's health has deteriorated after having to cancel numerous specialist appointments due to the taxis' unreliability.
  
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• 'Extreme' fire danger warnings for Sydney, Hunter regions as record hot weather persists

  19-09-2023 21:03 via abc.net.au
  
  A day after El Niño was formally declared by the Bureau of Meteorology, fire bans are in place as hot and dry conditions are forecast across New South Wales.
  
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• Forrest’s $30m Cottesloe mansion plan approved

  19-09-2023 13:27 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Billionaire Andrew Forrest has received approval to renovate Le Fanu after the local council greenlit his $30 million proposal for the Cottesloe site.
  
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• Nationals welcome Hayward replacement

  19-09-2023 10:28 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The WA Nationals have formally welcomed Louise Kingston as the upper house replacement for disgraced former MP James Hayward, who was disqualified from parliament late last month.
  
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• At Close of Business podcast September 19

  19-09-2023 10:03 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Tom Zaunmayr and Jack McGinn discuss regional representation in the state's upper house.
  
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• WA must act quickly to boost housing

  19-09-2023 09:55 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The head of the state’s peak land development group says WA will miss out if it does not get its act together on housing.
  
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• Newmont granted foreign investment approval

  19-09-2023 09:44 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Gold mining giant Newmont Corporation has cleared a key regulatory hurdle in Australia to proceed with its takeover of Newcrest Mining.
  
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• Kavanagh calls time as WorkSafe Commissioner

  19-09-2023 09:41 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Darren Kavanagh will step down as WorkSafe Commissioner, three months earlier than his five-year term was due to end.
  
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• Hydrogen refresh reflects rapid change

  19-09-2023 09:40 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Rapid change in the hydrogen context on a national and global scale and technological feasibility are among the reasons cited for the state’s decision to refresh its Renewable Hydrogen Strategy.
  
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• Aust shares fall again as investors stick to sidelines

  19-09-2023 09:32 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The local share market has closed down 0.5 per cent following the release of minutes showing the Reserve Bank considered hiking rates earlier this month.
  
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• Extra Qatar flights would have cut fares: inquiry told

  19-09-2023 08:39 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Qantas is an "exceptionally aggressive competitor", a parliamentary hearing into Qatar Airways' failed bid for extra flights into Australia has been told.
  
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• Keep moving to see the colour

  19-09-2023 08:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Weekend trippers can still find pockets of wildflowers on the Morawa to Yalgoo Road, and beyond.
  
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• Pilbara town where $2000 rent is the norm

  19-09-2023 08:20 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Rental prices in an inland Pilbara town are comparable to luxury Swan River mansions, according to a new government report
  
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• Balancing act required in downstream hope

  19-09-2023 08:11 via businessnews.com.au
  
  It is not cut and dried that battery minerals processing will thrive here but the state is likely to keep investing.
  
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• Push for more dump sites to help homeless people forced to collect 'wees and poos in buckets'

  19-09-2023 07:05 via abc.net.au
  
  The lack of dump spots in Wollongong is forcing mobile homeowners to either travel to a waste facility or empty in unsolicited places.
  
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• Council tries a third time to fix waste disposal issue for homeless

  19-09-2023 07:05 via abc.net.au
  
  The lack of dump spots in Wollongong is forcing mobile homeowners to either travel to a waste facility or empty in unsolicited places.
  
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• Iluka mine $19m power plan approved

  19-09-2023 06:56 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A development body has approved a $19 million solar facility that is expected to power Iluka Resources’ Cataby mining operations for the entire life of the mine.
  
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• WA battery billions for international firms

  19-09-2023 06:31 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state government has awarded more than $1 billion worth of contracts to two international firms tasked with delivering battery energy storage at Kwinana and Collie.
  
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• 'Some of my clients have actually separated': Marriage woes hit once-lavish Chinese wedding industry

  19-09-2023 05:28 via abc.net.au
  
  A plunge in the number of Chinese couples willing to tie the knot is hurting the marriage industry and worrying officials trying to revive marriage and birth rates.
  
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• Fewer and cheaper marriages ruining the party for China's massive wedding industry

  19-09-2023 05:28 via abc.net.au
  
  A plunge in the number of Chinese couples willing to tie the knot is hurting the marriage industry and worrying officials trying to revive marriage and birth rates.
  
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• Premier weighs in on local election

  19-09-2023 05:19 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Premier Roger Cook has weighed in on the upcoming local government elections as campaign season heats up, suggesting Scott Morrison stays out of matters on WA councils.
  
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• Driver used 'all three onboard fire extinguishers with little success' before truck explosion, report says

  19-09-2023 05:02 via abc.net.au
  
  The WA government directs the Department of Mines Industry Regulation and Safety to introduce legislative amendments and develop a new code of practice after a report finds the incident was largely preventable.
  
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• RBA can't rule out another rate rise this year but higher petrol costs complicate matters

  19-09-2023 04:37 via abc.net.au
  
  The increasing cost of petrol could complicate the Reserve Bank's attempts to get inflation down, board minutes shows.
  
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• RBA can't rule out another rate rise this year, amid rising petrol prices

  19-09-2023 04:37 via abc.net.au
  
  The increasing cost of petrol could complicate the Reserve Bank's attempts to get inflation down, board minutes shows.
  
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• Unions vow to 'grind down' Queensland's newest coal-fired power station with warnings of potential blackouts

  19-09-2023 04:35 via abc.net.au
  
  Workers at the Kogan Creek power station will take industrial action with warnings it could threaten power supplies ahead of summer. 
  
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• The US screen industry is facing an existential crisis. Is Australia next?

  19-09-2023 04:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian screenwriters and actors say our local industry provides a worrying blueprint for their US counterparts, as a reckoning over royalties and writer's rooms begins to brew here.
  
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• Calls to extend use-by, best-before dates to reduce waste

  19-09-2023 03:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Supermarkets reaping big profits are slow to support the removal of unnecessary use-by-date labels as Australian food waste soars, according to information gathered by The Australia Institute. 
  
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• NSW Labor hands down first budget in a decade, spruiks 'new age' of public investment

  19-09-2023 03:16 via abc.net.au
  
  In Labor's first NSW budget in more than a decade, Treasurer Daniel Mookhey increases a tax on big multinationals to fund a promised $3.6 billion in pay rises for public sector workers.
  
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• Live: NSW Labor hands down first budget in a decade, spruiks 'new age' of public investment

  19-09-2023 03:16 via abc.net.au
  
  In Labor's first NSW budget in more than a decade, Treasurer Daniel Mookhey increases a tax on big multinationals to fund a promised $3.6 billion in pay rises for public sector workers. Follow live.
  
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• Live: NSW frontline workers winners in Minns government's first budget

  19-09-2023 03:16 via abc.net.au
  
  In Labor's first NSW budget in more than a decade, Treasurer Daniel Mookhey increases a tax on big multinationals to fund a promised $3.6 billion in pay rises for public sector workers. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Minns government set to hand down its first budget

  19-09-2023 03:16 via abc.net.au
  
  The Minns government will deliver its first budget soon, with Treasurer Daniel Mookhey to announce the books will be back in the black with a surplus next financial year. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Billions pledged for housing and infrastructure in Minns government's first budget

  19-09-2023 03:16 via abc.net.au
  
  In Labor's first NSW budget in more than a decade, Treasurer Daniel Mookhey increases a tax on big multinationals to fund a promised $3.6 billion in pay rises for public sector workers. Follow live.
  
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• Barramundi company in liquidation owing $73m

  19-09-2023 03:03 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Marine Produce Australia has been placed into liquidation owing $73 million to unsecured creditors after its asset-rich subsidiaries were sold to Tassal Group last month.
  
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• Why Jordon Steele-John spent his parliamentary paycheque on his family's debt

  19-09-2023 02:16 via abc.net.au
  
  When Senator Steele-John became the youngest-ever senator, he put his new paycheque toward removing "that knot of fear in the stomach" that came with his family's debt. 
  
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• Jordon Steele-John on how paying down his family's debt was a 'privilege'

  19-09-2023 02:16 via abc.net.au
  
  When Senator Steele-John became the youngest-ever senator, he put his new paycheque toward removing "that knot of fear in the stomach" that came with his family's debt. 
  
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• City slickers may yet boost regions at poll

  19-09-2023 02:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A smart campaign could save or even increase regional representation in the upper house, if the parties put forward enough good candidates
  
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• When money is tight, Kris will go without food before letting her dog's bowl go empty

  19-09-2023 01:02 via abc.net.au
  
  After her husband and daughter died in a car crash, Kris McMillan's son bought her a Labrador-cross for company. Max will never go without — but as the cost-of-living crisis worsens, not all pets are so lucky.
  
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