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• Heavily reduced Southern Ocean offshore wind zone officially locked in

  05-03-2024 23:07 via abc.net.au
  
  The government says the 1,000 square-kilometre zone could generate enough energy to power up to two million homes.
  
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• Indigenous entrepreneur trains next generation with big dreams for the future

  05-03-2024 22:49 via abc.net.au
  
  When Jordan Nye wanted to start his own business, he had an exciting idea but no-one to turn to for help. Now, he's inspiring a new generation.
  
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• El Questro tourism precinct flags crackdown on fee dodging as locals call for cheap passes

  05-03-2024 22:14 via abc.net.au
  
  The remote resort is famous globally for showcasing the Kimberley's gems, but those who have been relaxing in springs and gorges for free may soon have to pay up. 
  
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• White House National Security Council monitoring after Meta outage

  05-03-2024 22:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Meta-owned Facebook and Instagram have resolved a more than two-hour outage that was caused by a technical issue and impacted hundreds of thousands of users globally.
  
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• Renewed rate cut hopes as Australia's economy slows to a crawl, ASX ends higher after late rally — as it happened

  05-03-2024 21:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's economy grew by a modest 0.2 per cent in the December quarter, while the ASX closed slightly higher on Wednesday, despite a fall on Wall Street. Look back on the day's financial news with our blog.
  
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• Live: What do today's GDP numbers tell us about the economy and where we're headed? We're answering your questions

  05-03-2024 21:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's economy grew by a modest 0.2 per cent in the December quarter, while the ASX is trading lower after a fall on Wall Street following bitcoin plunging hours after setting a record high. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Optus fined $1.5m for public safety failures, ASX to drop as Wall Street sinks

  05-03-2024 21:40 via abc.net.au
  
  A fall on Wall Street is likely to send Australian stocks lower, while the Bureau of Statistics releases the fourth-quarter GDP data. Follow the latest updates in our live blog.
  
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• Live: Bitcoin hits record high above $US69,000 before plunging, ASX set for weak start on Nasdaq drop

  05-03-2024 21:40 via abc.net.au
  
  A fall on Wall Street is likely to send Australian stocks lower, while the Bureau of Statistics releases the fourth-quarter GDP data. Bitcoin plunges 14 per cent hours after hitting a record high. Follow the latest updates in our live blog.
  
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• Live: ASX to drop ahead of December quarter GDP data, Wall Street sinks

  05-03-2024 21:40 via abc.net.au
  
  A fall on Wall Street is likely to send Australian stocks lower, while the Bureau of Statistics releases the fourth-quarter GDP data. Follow the latest updates in our live blog.
  
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• The Greens want the government to compete with private property developers

  05-03-2024 19:44 via abc.net.au
  
  The Greens want the federal government to enter the property development game as part of a new housing policy to be unveiled on Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• No sign of 'outright price gouging' in Australian companies' mega profits

  05-03-2024 19:42 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's largest companies are reporting better-than-expected profits, despite their customers struggling with the cost of living and higher interest rates.
  
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• Thousands of people pass through this station each day, but experts say it has some of the worst air in Melbourne

  05-03-2024 19:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Melbourne's Southern Cross Station is a gateway for commuters and visitors to the city, but experts say secret data shows the air quality poses a health risk to workers and passengers.
  
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• The ABC fought for months for data on air quality at one of Melbourne's biggest stations. This is what it says

  05-03-2024 19:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Melbourne's Southern Cross Station is a gateway for commuters and visitors to the city, but experts say secret data shows the air quality poses a health risk to workers and passengers.
  
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• Melbourne's Southern Cross Station is notorious for its smell — now air quality data shows why

  05-03-2024 19:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Melbourne's Southern Cross Station is a gateway for commuters and visitors to the city, but experts say secret data shows the air quality poses a health risk to workers and passengers.
  
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• For years Keith sought answers about air quality at one of Melbourne's busiest train stations. Now it's been released

  05-03-2024 19:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Melbourne's Southern Cross Station is a gateway for commuters and visitors to the city, but experts say secret data shows the air quality poses a health risk to workers and passengers.
  
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• Exclusive Taylor Swift deal was not 'unfriendly' towards neighbours, Singapore PM says

  05-03-2024 12:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Lee Hsien Loong denies it was unfriendly that Singapore paid to host Taylor Swift's only tour stop in South-East Asia.
  
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• Australian company's satellite-repairing satellite blasts into space on SpaceX rocket

  05-03-2024 10:56 via abc.net.au
  
  The Optimus satellite is packed with Australian-made tech, and aims to help keep other satellites in space.
  
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• China's economy is teetering towards crisis. This is Xi's plan to pull it back from the brink

  05-03-2024 09:29 via abc.net.au
  
  China's government uses its most important political meeting of the year, the National People's Congress, to respond to increasing pressure over its dire economic situation, outlining a plan to grow GDP and boost spending on defence.
  
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• Paper manufacturer Opal announces plan to axe 220 workers

  05-03-2024 09:18 via abc.net.au
  
  One of Australia's largest paper and packaging manufacturers announces a plan to cut hundreds of jobs at its Australian and New Zealand businesses.
  
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• Shave to chair Foundation for the WA Museum

  05-03-2024 08:40 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Foundation for the WA Museum has appointed Anna Shave as chair, after nearly two years of service as a board member and Investment Committee member.
  
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• At Close of Business podcast March 5 2024

  05-03-2024 08:31 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Claire Tyrrell and Nadia Budihardjo discuss the hotel sector in Perth.
  
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• Australian shares quiet as Bitcoin and gold surge

  05-03-2024 07:54 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The local share market has finished down 0.15 per cent, while Bitcoin and gold were close to breaking their all-time record highs against the US dollar.
  
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• Health funds lift insurance premiums above average

  05-03-2024 07:47 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Major health fund HBF is preparing to hike its insurance premiums by 3.95 per cent, after the federal government signed off on an industry average increase of 3.03 per cent.
  
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• Prospectors found dead in WA’s hot and remote outback

  05-03-2024 07:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Police say a father and son have died while prospecting on a remote station in WA's Murchison region.
  
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• Father and son found dead while prospecting in WA's hot and remote outback

  05-03-2024 07:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Police say a father and son have died while prospecting on a remote station in WA's Murchison region.
  
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• AUKUS partners to share in military tech boom

  05-03-2024 07:15 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A “brand new” agreement to ensure AUKUS partners will be able to use technology and military training advancements freely will be crucial to inspiring young people into careers in the sector
  
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• Young children in this industrial town with high blood lead levels doubles, but better results for toddlers

  05-03-2024 07:11 via abc.net.au
  
  SA Health says findings in the latest report on blood lead levels in children living in Port Pirie are "mixed".
  
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• Resources lead export prices higher

  05-03-2024 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Recent data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics has revealed the significant role the state’s resources sector plays in supporting Australia’s economic activity.
  
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• Education key to democratic fight

  05-03-2024 06:53 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Democracies need to assert their ideological position more aggressively amid rising autocratic behaviours worldwide.
  
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• Sinéad O'Connor's estate reminds Donald Trump she thought he was the 'biblical devil' and demands he stop using her music

  05-03-2024 06:44 via abc.net.au
  
  The US presidential hopeful has been playing the late musician's trademark hit Nothing Compares 2 U at political rallies and campaign events.
  
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• Hotels an investment drawcard

  05-03-2024 06:43 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Hotels are an increasingly attractive market segment for investors and owners.
  
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• Russia has accused Germany of preparing for war after a leaked military conversation. How did this happen?

  05-03-2024 06:26 via abc.net.au
  
  An audio recording of German military officers discussing the hypothetical use of Taurus missiles in Ukraine is leaked to Russian state media, embarrassing Germany and leading to accusations it was preparing for war.
  
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• MinRes inks Goldfields lithium rights deal

  05-03-2024 06:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Mineral Resources has struck a deal worth up to $20 million to buy an interest in the lithium rights held by junior miner Dynamic Metals across its Goldfields exploration project.
  
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• FBR teams up with Liebherr

  05-03-2024 06:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  FBR has announced it will team up with German manufacturing company Liebherr, as plans to deploy its building and construction robot units, dubbed Hadrian X, to the US continue.
  
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• Cost-of-living stress causing poor health in Australia's most vulnerable, says new report

  05-03-2024 05:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Australians say they're experiencing heat stroke as they battle power bills amid record heatwaves across the country, a new report by the Australian Council of Social Services finds.
  
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• Two killed in NSW house blaze believed to be state's first recorded lithium-ion battery-related deaths

  05-03-2024 05:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Two people killed in a Lake Macquarie house fire last week appear to be the state's first causalities from a lithium-ion battery-related blaze, Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) says.
  
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• Higgins, Reynolds in Perth for peace talks

  05-03-2024 05:17 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Brittany Higgins and partner David Sharaz have arrived in Perth for a scheduled two-day mediation with Senator Linda Reynolds, who are suing them for defamation.
  
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• Gas policy inquiry will be considered: Cook

  05-03-2024 05:11 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The government won’t ‘necessarily agree’ with the findings of an inquiry into domestic gas policy, but Premier Roger Cook says the report will be considered in policy decision making.
  
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• Major pipeline fire cuts off gas supply to Queensland city

  05-03-2024 04:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Authorities are shutting down a gas pipeline as investigations begin into a "significant" blaze that flared up this morning.
  
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• Gas pipeline fire triggers warning for major industrial companies to stop or limit gas usage

  05-03-2024 04:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Authorities shut down a major gas pipeline as investigations begin into a "significant" blaze that flared up in central Queensland this morning.
  
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• NT government flags possibility of buying idle solar farms from private operators

  05-03-2024 04:11 via abc.net.au
  
  Northern Territory Chief Minister Eva Lawler says her government remains open to purchasing solar farms from private operators, but has refused to detail the estimated cost to taxpayers.
  
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• Harrison to lead Kwinana Council

  05-03-2024 04:08 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Kwinana Industries Council has recruited university executive David Harrison to replace its long-serving director Chris Oughton.
  Mr Harrison commences today at the KIC, which represents about 50 industrial businesses across the Kwinana and East Rockingham industrial areas.
  
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• Peppermint raises $1.1m amid loss

  05-03-2024 04:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  ASX-listed Peppermint Innovation announced it has raised $1.1m to maximise various artificial intelligence and customer service opportunities.
  
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• Hesperia plans $100m BTR apartments

  05-03-2024 03:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Adrian Fini and Ben Lisle-led developer is pairing with Foundation Housing to deliver a 24-storey affordable and social housing complex in Murdoch.
  
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• Sanderson hopeful $11m vaccine spend will ease PCH strain

  05-03-2024 03:02 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Health Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson is hopeful a new $11 million child vaccine program targeting respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) will ease the strain on the Perth Children’s Hospital.
  
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• Chalmers hints at ‘warning sign’ ahead of GDP figures

  05-03-2024 01:47 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Weaker sales figures in the retail sector are a warning sign ahead of national growth figures, the treasurer says.
  
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• Satterley with Victorian land buy

  05-03-2024 01:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The West-Perth based property giant plans to transform the site of the former Kingswood Golf Course into a residential land estate.
  
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• Iron ore the winner if China scraps plan

  05-03-2024 01:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Predictions for notoriously unpredictable iron ore prices are one reason the issue of GST allocation is so fraught.
  
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