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• Live: Health insurers jump on ASX as premiums go up, gold and Bitcoin push toward record highs

  04-03-2024 22:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Healthcare stocks are among the strong performers on the ASX today as the government announces a 3 per cent lift to premiums. Investors continue to pile into gold and Bitcoin as the traditional and new hedges against currency devaluation near record highs. Follow live on our markets blog.
  
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• Live: Australian market to open weakly, Japan shares hit all-time high

  04-03-2024 22:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's share market is expecting a lacklustre start this morning, after Wall Street's three major indices closed slightly down overnight.
  
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• Live: ASX eases as gold and Bitcoin push on towards record highs

  04-03-2024 22:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's share market is experiencing a lacklustre start this morning, but investors continue to pile into gold and Bitcoin, as the traditional and new hedges against currency devaluation near record highs. Follow live on our markets blog.
  
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• Health insurers jump on ASX as premiums go up, gold and bitcoin push toward record highs — as it happened

  04-03-2024 22:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Healthcare stocks were among the top performers on the ASX today, after the government announced a 3 per cent lift to premiums. Investors continue to pile into gold and bitcoin as the traditional and new hedges against currency devaluation near record highs.
  
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• Two bedrooms, air conditioning and no stove: would you buy Queensland's cheapest habitable home?

  04-03-2024 21:34 via abc.net.au
  
  It may sound like chump change in the real estate world, but in a small outback Queensland town, $110,000 is enough to buy you a two-bedroom house — albeit without a stove.
  
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• On the market for $110,000, this outback fixer-upper is one of Australia's cheapest homes

  04-03-2024 21:34 via abc.net.au
  
  It may sound like chump change in the real estate world, but in a small outback Queensland town, $110,000 is enough to buy you a two-bedroom house — albeit without a stove.
  
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• Australia promises $2 billion fund for South-East Asian countries

  04-03-2024 20:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to unveil a $2 billion fund to boost Australian trade and investment in South-East Asia as the government tries to build stronger commercial ties with the booming region.
  
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• Increase in frequency and severity of fires puts future of plantation forestry in danger

  04-03-2024 20:28 via abc.net.au
  
  An out-of-control fire burnt through hundreds of hectares of timber plantation in Victoria last month, sending 1,000 hectares of pine trees destined for timber mills up in smoke. 
  
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• Bushfire that burnt through plantation causes timber giant's biggest loss since Black Summer

  04-03-2024 20:28 via abc.net.au
  
  A large volume of pine destined for mills is declared "unsalvageable" following an out-of-control blaze west of Ballarat last month.
  
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• A shortage of EV mechanics could worsen under vehicle efficiency scheme, industry warns

  04-03-2024 20:20 via abc.net.au
  
  A faster uptake of electric vehicles could make an acute shortage of EV repairers even worse without a plan, the industry warns, with more than half of job vacancies in the sector already going unfilled.
  
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• Extreme conditions for renters described as 'needle in a haystack type stuff' as housing crisis deepens

  04-03-2024 19:45 via abc.net.au
  
  There is further evidence Australia's ongoing housing crisis is deepening as the national vacancy rate hits a record low of 0.7 per cent, according to Domain.
  
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• What exactly is a sinkhole, and should we be concerned?

  04-03-2024 19:13 via abc.net.au
  
  An investigation is underway into how a large sinkhole under a building in Rockdale and above construction for the M6 occurred.
  
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• Sinkhole above M6 in Sydney's south under investigation, but what exactly causes them?

  04-03-2024 19:13 via abc.net.au
  
  An investigation is underway into how a large sinkhole under a building in Rockdale and above construction for the M6 occurred.
  
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• Concrete trucks spent days filling a void under a Sydney office block. How concerning are sinkholes?

  04-03-2024 19:13 via abc.net.au
  
  An investigation is underway into how a large sinkhole under a building in Rockdale and above construction for the M6 occurred.
  
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• 'Work to do' on female candidates, says Liberal Party MP

  04-03-2024 15:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Liberal MP Keith Wolohan says the party must "lift its game" on female representation, as another woman loses a preselection contest.
  
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• Apple fined $3 billion by European Union over music streaming competition

  04-03-2024 13:45 via abc.net.au
  
  The European Commission levels its first antitrust penalty against Apple, which says it will challenge the bloc's decision in court and says there is no evidence its practices have harmed consumers.
  
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• Pole top fires leave tens of thousands of Perth homes and businesses without power

  04-03-2024 06:21 via abc.net.au
  
  Wet weather triggers widespread power outages across Perth, as Western Power warns full restoration of services may not happen until Tuesday.
  
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• Hancock, SQM progress Azure takeover

  04-03-2024 03:45 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Hancock Prospecting has urged Azure Minerals shareholders to back the $1.7 billion takeover offer to “avoid future challenges and uncertainties” amid market volatility.
  
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