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• Qld government told appeal against $2.7m payout to mortgage fraud victims could 'destroy' them

  16-02-2024 22:35 via abc.net.au
  
  Correspondence obtained by the ABC shows state government ministers "sympathised" with Gold Coast mortgage-fraud victims Jess and Jackie Morecroft but were unable to stop an appeal against their $2.7m compensation payout.
  
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• Government refused to abandon appeal over $2.7m payout to mortgage fraud victims that could have 'destroyed' them

  16-02-2024 22:35 via abc.net.au
  
  Correspondence obtained by the ABC shows the Queensland attorney-general "sympathised" with mortgage-fraud victims Jess and Jackie Morecroft but continued to support an appeal against their compensation payout.
  
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• Will Brisbane property prices keep surging? Here's what the experts say

  16-02-2024 22:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Brisbane property rose by 1 per cent in January, which has caught many people by surprise. Buyers, not so much — they say many places are selling almost as soon as they hit the market. 
  
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• Eyebrows raised over RBA advice to Treasury on stage 3 tax cuts

  16-02-2024 20:44 via abc.net.au
  
  The Reserve Bank of Australia did no independent modelling of the inflationary impact of the stage 3 tax cuts, the ABC has confirmed.
  
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• From 150,000 visitors a year to over a million. How Afrofuture has turned Ghana into a cultural mecca

  16-02-2024 20:33 via abc.net.au
  
  With the UN estimating that one in four people will be African by 2050, the annual Afrofuture festival is providing a glimpse into African music, fashion and culture and its influence on the world.
  
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• Sick of office politics? Japan's new digital nomad visa may be your way out

  16-02-2024 20:30 via abc.net.au
  
  The pandemic transformed living as a digital nomad from an influencer-fuelled fantasy to a liveable reality, and Japan is the latest country in Asia to offer a way in for foreign workers, but how much it will help the aging country that's facing economic woes? 
  
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• How deepfakes gave rise to the 'liar's dividend' and troubling questions over what's real on the internet

  16-02-2024 20:25 via abc.net.au
  
  Could you spot a news article written by a chatbot? Generative AI is changing the way we make, access and share information, and reshaping the future of journalism.
  
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• How deepfakes gave rise rise to the 'liar's dividend' and troubling questions over what's real on the internet

  16-02-2024 20:25 via abc.net.au
  
  Could you spot a news article written by a chatbot? Generative AI is changing the way we make, access and share information, and reshaping the future of journalism.
  
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• AI has turned the internet into the 'Wild West'. Here's how we could save ourselves from the info apocalypse

  16-02-2024 20:25 via abc.net.au
  
  Could you spot a news article written by a chatbot? Generative AI is changing the way we make, access and share information, and reshaping the future of journalism.
  
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• New club owner for Perth Glory

  16-02-2024 09:04 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Family-owned property development and construction business Pelligra Group, backed by Ross Pelligra, is the new owner of Perth Glory.
  
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• Antoinette Lattouf loses bid to force ABC to produce emails calling for her dismissal

  16-02-2024 09:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Ms Lattouf has lodged a case against the ABC in the Fair Work Commission, alleging she was unlawfully terminated from a casual presenting position in December following a social media post about the war in Gaza.
  
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• At Close of Business podcast February 16 2024

  16-02-2024 08:59 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Claire Tyrrell and Nadia Budihardjo discuss plans for the future of Floreat Forum.
  
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• Aust shares rise for 2nd day to finish week higher

  16-02-2024 08:55 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The ASX200 has finished up 0.7 per cent after a big fall in US retail sales revived talk of midyear rate cuts.
  
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• Centuria office values dip

  16-02-2024 08:52 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The property giant has wiped $150 million off its office REIT nationally and $9.6 million in WA, but its leasing activity remains strong.
  
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• This eye is not real — and the groundbreaking new AI video tool behind it is capable of more

  16-02-2024 08:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Mind-boggling AI is thick on the ground in 2024, but even the most hardened AI experts are impressed by OpenAI’s new text-to-video tool, Sora.
  
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• OpenAI launches video model that can instantly create short clips from text prompts

  16-02-2024 08:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Mind-boggling AI is thick on the ground in 2024, but even the most hardened AI experts are impressed by OpenAI’s new text-to-video tool, Sora.
  
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• Lag a 'greater threat to AUKUS than Trump': Reynolds

  16-02-2024 08:31 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Concerns over the delivery of infrastructure to accommodate nuclear submarines in Rockingham have reared their head once more, as the deadline for delivery draws nearer.
  
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• NT land council CEO defends 'conflicted' allocations of mining royalties

  16-02-2024 08:25 via abc.net.au
  
  The chief executive of a Northern Territory land council has roles at two entities that are beneficiaries to $24 million in royalties distributed by the council.
  
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• Hastings signs deal to enhance project economics

  16-02-2024 07:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Shares in Hastings Technology rose to a high of 72 cents on Friday, after the rare earths developer announced it had signed a binding term sheet with China-based Baotou Sky Rock Rare Earth New Material, which included integrated tolling and offtake agreements.
  
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• Retail rumble to ramp-up online

  16-02-2024 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Geopolitics isn’t the only arena where US and Chinese interests are clashing, with the battle for e-commerce supremacy heating up.
  
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• Harmony in density a manners matter

  16-02-2024 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Infill means more neighbours, so it pays to make nice.
  
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• Lisa Wilkinson feared she would have to sell home to pay legal costs of Bruce Lehrmann's defamation case, court documents reveal

  16-02-2024 06:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Federal Court documents from the costs dispute between Lisa Wilkinson and Network Ten reveal claims she was almost hysterical on a call with her boss after learning Bruce Lehrmann planned to sue her for defamation over an interview with Brittany Higgins.
  
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• Mark My Words February 16 2024

  16-02-2024 05:50 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss updates in the nickel and iron ore sectors, Wally Edwards' Holman Industries, Liberal party preselections, Minderoo Foundation, and grain harvest results.
  
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• Ayers Rock Resort owner mulls sale of famed tourism business

  16-02-2024 05:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The parent company of the Ayers Rock Resort in Yulara has announced it is considering selling the famed Central Australian tourism business.
  
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• Pitch to bring desert warfare training to Pilbara mines

  16-02-2024 04:35 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A Pilbara shire is spruiking the region’s mines and sparse land as ideal desert warfare training grounds as it taps the armed forces to pour funds into an airport expansion.
  
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• K-TIG not proceeding with acquisition

  16-02-2024 04:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Welding technology company K-TIG has confirmed it will not proceed with the acquisition of UK-based advance manufacturing company Graham Engineering, citing multiple factors.
  
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• Welshpool real estate agency, director fined

  16-02-2024 04:25 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A real estate agency and its director have been fined after failing to lodge more than $30,000 in tenancy bonds within the 14-day deadline.
  
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• Nickel added to critical minerals list

  16-02-2024 04:07 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Nickel has been placed on Australia’s critical minerals list in a bid to aid the flailing industry, which federal resources minister Madeleine King says faces substantial structural challenges.
  
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• Nickel to be placed on critical minerals list, giving miners access to $4 billion fund

  16-02-2024 04:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Federal Resources Minister Madeline King says she will put nickel on the critical minerals list, allowing nickel miners to apply to access a $4 billion fund.
  
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• Amsterdam to Detroit flight turns back as maggots rain down on passenger

  16-02-2024 03:56 via abc.net.au
  
  The woman had to wait for flight attendants to come, who tracked the insects to the overhead compartments.
  
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• Floreat provides forum for infill action

  16-02-2024 03:23 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Talks to develop a residential precinct around Perth’s first American-style shopping centre have been ongoing for almost a decade.
  
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• $45m Sydney beachside home once owned by late radio star is demolished less than a year after sale

  16-02-2024 03:16 via abc.net.au
  
  'Lang Syne', which sat along the famed Bondi to Bronte walk, was sold last May for $45 million. Now sits a pile of rubble.
  
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• Pearson to leave Megado

  16-02-2024 03:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Exploration aspirant Megado Minerals is on the hunt for a new managing director and chief executive officer, following the resignation of Ben Pearson.
  
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• FBI informant charged with lying about Joe and Hunter Biden's ties to Ukrainian energy company

  16-02-2024 02:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Prosecutors claim the informant only had routine business dealings with the company and made the bribery allegations after he "expressed bias" against Joe Biden.
  
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• Lithium prices 'unsustainable': Albemarle

  16-02-2024 02:27 via businessnews.com.au
  
  US chemicals giant Albemarle has warned that low lithium prices could stifle investment decision-making but has faith in the long-term vision of the business.
  
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• Feds pour $1.7m into Perth medical invention

  16-02-2024 02:16 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A Perth invention which could improve the success rate of one of the medical sector’s most common procedures has received a $1.7 million windfall to help bring the product to market.
  
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• Wall St higher, retail slump feeds hopes for rate cuts

  16-02-2024 01:07 via businessnews.com.au
  
  US stocks have closed buoyed by hopes that a large fall in retail sales data may point to an earlier cut to interest rates.
  
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