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• Shirley Smith intended to travel the world. Fifty years later she's being celebrated as an outback trucking pioneer

  10-10-2023 23:51 via abc.net.au
  
  Working as a barmaid in the Queensland bush to save for a trip around the world, Shirley's plans were thrown out the window when a strapping young bloke ordered a beer.
  
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• The original Mother and Son never mentioned dementia. Why not then, and why now?

  10-10-2023 23:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Russell Martin, who lives with dementia, jokes that he's learned a trick or two from Mother and Son's eccentric matriarch Maggie, but does the show reflect the reality of living with the condition?
  
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• Qantas board set for a shake-up as Richard Goyder becomes latest high-profile exit, ASX rises for fifth straight day — as it happened

  10-10-2023 23:46 via abc.net.au
  
  The Qantas chairman continues to defy public pressure to immediately step down, instead announcing he will retire next year, and the Australian share market closes higher for the fifth day in a row.
  
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• Live: Qantas chairman Richard Goyder to retire next year, ASX to follow Wall Street higher

  10-10-2023 23:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Qantas chairman Richard Goyder has continued to defy public pressure to immediately step down, by announcing he will retire next year, while the Australian share market is set to rise in morning trade as concerns about higher-for-longer interest rates subsided. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Qantas board set for a shakeup as Richard Goyder becomes the latest high-profile exit, ASX to follow Wall Street higher

  10-10-2023 23:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Qantas chairman Richard Goyder has continued to defy public pressure to immediately step down, by announcing he will retire next year, while the Australian share market is set to rise in morning trade as concerns about higher-for-longer interest rates subsided. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Qantas board set for a shakeup as Richard Goyder becomes the latest high-profile exit, ASX rises for fifth straight day

  10-10-2023 23:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Qantas chairman Richard Goyder has continued to defy public pressure to immediately step down, by announcing he will retire next year, while the Australian share market has risen for its fifth day in a row as concerns about higher-for-longer interest rates subsided. Follow live.
  
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• Live: ASX to follow Wall Street higher, US bond yields and oil prices drop

  10-10-2023 23:46 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market is set to rise in morning trade as concerns about higher-for-longer interest rates subsided, while oil prices eased towards $US87 a barrel, a day after they rose sharply from the conflict in Israel. Follow the latest updates in our live blog.
  
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• How Mother and Son tackles the 'D-word' — dementia

  10-10-2023 23:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Russell Martin, who lives with dementia, jokes that he's learned a trick or two from Mother and Son's eccentric matriarch Maggie, but does the show reflect the reality of living with the condition?
  
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• Blow for treasure hunters as biggest swap meet in southern hemisphere axed

  10-10-2023 23:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The Ballarat Swap Meet is cancelled for a fourth consecutive year after failing to lock in a new home, in a "tough" move for organisers.
  
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• 'It's very novel': Could this portable charger with solar panels solve range anxiety in the outback?

  10-10-2023 22:13 via abc.net.au
  
  There are not many electric car chargers along one of Australia's longest roads, but one local company has developed a prototype it hopes will help range anxiety in the outback.
  
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• Charging electric vehicles in the outback takes 'a bit of planning', but these solar panels could make it easier

  10-10-2023 22:13 via abc.net.au
  
  There are not many electric car chargers along one of Australia's longest roads, but one local company has developed a prototype it hopes will help range anxiety in the outback.
  
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• Cosmetic skin blemishes on this Brahman mean it can't be exported to Indonesia. Why?

  10-10-2023 21:47 via abc.net.au
  
  Large numbers of healthy cattle are being rejected from Australia's live export trade to Indonesia due to skin blemishes. Producers say there's no alternative market and are calling on government to act.
  
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• 'I don't have time to be fixing up big companies' errors': Industry report shows rise of complaints about Optus

  10-10-2023 21:44 via abc.net.au
  
  The telecommunications watchdog releases its annual report card on the country's telcos, and while complaints are down across the board, there’s one notable exception — Optus.
  
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• How a 'sharp deterioration' in China's property market could affect housing affordability in Australia

  10-10-2023 21:19 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's biggest trading partner is facing its biggest economic slowdown in decades, and the Reserve Bank has warned that stress in China's economy will be felt across the world — including here in Australia.
  
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• Evergrande has become the poster child for China's debt-fuelled property crisis. Will Australia notice if it collapses?

  10-10-2023 21:19 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's biggest trading partner is facing its biggest economic slowdown in decades, and the Reserve Bank has warned that stress in China's economy will be felt across the world — including here in Australia.
  
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• School camp tradition under threat as insurers refuse to cover venues

  10-10-2023 21:09 via abc.net.au
  
  Dozens of schools across three states are desperately trying to come up with a plan B after a popular school camp venue was unable to secure insurance to host students.
  
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• Spotify is taking on Audible in the battle for the audiobook market but are authors getting paid?

  10-10-2023 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  While some are optimistic about the streaming giant's move into audiobooks, others fear it will threaten authors' already precarious livelihoods.
  
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• Authors fear Spotify's move into audiobooks risks 'killing the golden goose'

  10-10-2023 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  While some are optimistic about the streaming giant's move into audiobooks, others fear it will threaten authors' already precarious livelihoods.
  
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• At Close of Business Podcast October 10

  10-10-2023 10:48 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Jack McGinn and Claire Tyrrell discuss how property funds are navigating economic headwinds to deliver returns.
  
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• NRW lines up $200m contract pipeline

  10-10-2023 10:32 via businessnews.com.au
  
  NRW Holdings has secured a series of major contracts worth $200 million for work across Western Australia and major residential developments in Queensland.
  
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• Hancock's Liontown stake continues to grow

  10-10-2023 10:23 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting has continued what has become a near-daily acquisition of Liontown Resources shares, advancing its stake to 18.4 per cent.
  
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• Australian shares rally to key marker in eight-day high

  10-10-2023 10:04 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The ASX200 index finished 1.0 per higher following dovish remarks by several US Federal Reserve officials overnight.
  
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• Cathay and AirAsia X regaining altitude

  10-10-2023 10:02 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The two airlines, among Western Australians’ favourites, are almost back to full strength. Business News spoke to the chief executives about their growth plans.
  
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• Industry welcomes apartment scheme change

  10-10-2023 09:49 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state government has expanded the stamp duty rebate to apartments under construction, in a bid to bolster supply.
  
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• BHP investing for iron ore growth

  10-10-2023 09:47 via businessnews.com.au
  
  BHP has released details of new measures to debottleneck its Pilbara port and rail operations and boost its mine efficiency as a step toward annual production of 305 million tonnes.
  
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• Wright lawyers rebut 23-year delay claim

  10-10-2023 09:42 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Lawyers have refuted Hancock Prospecting’s allegation that Wright Prospecting took more than 20 years to start its legal action, during a Supreme Court trial over mining royalties.
  
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• Conlon calls time at Lynas

  10-10-2023 09:18 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Lynas Rare Earths chairman Kathleen Conlon has announced she will retire after 12 years with the ASX-listed company.
  
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• Fremantle hotel and hospitality hub underway

  10-10-2023 09:13 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Major property developer Silverleaf has quietly commenced construction of a hotel and hospitality precinct at its historic convict foothold in Fremantle.
  
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• Power tilts to unions in maritime sector

  10-10-2023 07:47 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Concerns that labour claims could threaten productivity, timelines, costs and national security objectives.
  
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• Finding value is a waiting game

  10-10-2023 06:12 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Property funds are navigating economic headwinds to deliver returns to their investors.
  
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• Cyber safety is good governance

  10-10-2023 06:06 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Improving cyber security regulation has the potential to nurture better business practice.
  
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• Foreign-owned WA pastoral empire up for sale

  10-10-2023 04:39 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A sprawling 2.9 million-hectare Kimberley pastoral empire owned by a Chinese property mogul has hit the market one year after rumours first surfaced of its impending sale.
  
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• RAC reveals plans for Coral Bay resort

  10-10-2023 03:43 via businessnews.com.au
  
  WA insurer RAC has unveiled its $70 million plan to transform Coral Bay’s Ningaloo Reef Resort in what it describes as one of the most significant tourism projects in the state’s history.
  
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• Wall Street advances as investors monitor Mideast

  10-10-2023 02:46 via businessnews.com.au
  
  US Defence stocks up, index adds 5.6 per cent; Energy biggest S&P sector gainer; Indexes up: Dow 0.59 per cent, S&P 0.63 per cent, Nasdaq 0.39 per cent.
  
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