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• Getting changed in a filthy old sheep shed — the bleak reality for country netball players

  22-03-2024 23:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Regional Victorian netball clubs are running with substandard facilities, with players describing some as "putrid", "medieval" and a barrier to participation in sport for girls and women.
  
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• Couple 'working their guts out' in the city heads west for mortgage-free life

  22-03-2024 21:54 via abc.net.au
  
  After struggling to pay rent in Brisbane, Donna Burn and her husband decided to move 300 kilometres west and they're living the dream after buying a house for $150,000.
  
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• Couple 'working out their guts' in the city heads west for mortgage-free life

  22-03-2024 21:54 via abc.net.au
  
  After struggling to pay rent in Brisbane, Donna Burn and her husband decided to move 300 kilometres west and they're living the dream after buying a house for $150,000.
  
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• Rental shortage in Blue Mountains has left people like Julie with 'nowhere to go'. Angry locals blame Airbnb

  22-03-2024 21:41 via abc.net.au
  
  It is estimated that 90 per cent of advertised rental listings in the popular NSW tourist area and mountain region west of Sydney are short-term accommodation. 
  
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• The Australian Grand Prix is expecting a record turnout — but how much does it benefit Victorians?

  22-03-2024 21:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian Grand Prix organisers say this year's event will attract a record-breaking crowd. But is the benefit as it seems?
  
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• Overhead powerlines the preferred method for connecting offshore wind to grid, agency announces

  22-03-2024 20:15 via abc.net.au
  
  The government agency planning the route of transmission lines for offshore wind in Gippsland rules out putting the lines underground because of the high cost.
  
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• The surprise group of people driving a resurgence of the cruise industry

  22-03-2024 19:43 via abc.net.au
  
  It has long been considered a cheesy holiday for the elderly or families. But now, cruises have started to appeal to an unlikely cohort: people in their 20s. 
  
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• Many thought COVID killed the cruise industry. Then Gen Z and millennials stepped in

  22-03-2024 19:43 via abc.net.au
  
  It has long been considered a cheesy holiday for the elderly or families. But now, cruises have started to appeal to an unlikely cohort: people in their 20s. 
  
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• It used to be the 'iron bowl' for upwardly mobile Chinese kids. Could it ruin the rising superpower's economy?

  22-03-2024 19:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Jobs in China's "iron rice bowl" once offered financial security and stability for life. But now, Beijing has to address the unusual challenges that come with too many young people vying for public service jobs. 
  
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• 'We knew this was going to happen': Argentines struggle to make ends meet as support for president remains high

  22-03-2024 10:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Many Argentines say their economic situation is worse now than a year ago as a consequence of a series of austerity and deregulation measures ordered by President Javier Milei in his first 100 days in office. Yet they appear to be willing to give him time to fix the economy — for now.
  
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• At Close Of Business Podcast March 22 2024

  22-03-2024 08:49 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Liv Declerck and Isabel Vieira discuss five inspirational women inducted into the WA Women's Hall of Fame.
  
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• Mark My Words March 22 2024

  22-03-2024 08:44 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss new economic data, an update on Perdaman's $6.3 billion urea project, green steel plans, job cuts and more.
  
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• Australian shares slip but finish the week in front

  22-03-2024 08:35 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The ASX200 finished down on Friday but ended the week up 1.1 per cent following Thursday's rally.
  
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• Qube calls for Mandogalup rezone

  22-03-2024 08:28 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The land developer says Alcoa’s curtailment of its operations was a “slap in the face” to landholders around the site.
  
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• Lawsuit argues barrier to buy Hermes Birkin bags is too high

  22-03-2024 08:14 via abc.net.au
  
  The proposed federal class-action lawsuit, filed in San Francisco, alleges that Hermes is violating antitrust law by making customers buy other goods in the store first.
  
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• EVM Nickel administrators flag assets sale

  22-03-2024 08:13 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Administrators of EVM Nickel have succeeded in securing a four-month extension to potentially start a sales campaign for the company’s mining assets.
  
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• Contractors shortlisted for $1bn road upgrades

  22-03-2024 07:49 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Two groups of contractors have been shortlisted for the first stage of the state government's $1 billion road upgrade project to extend Tonkin Highway and upgrade Thomas Road.
  
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• Perth builder ordered to repay homeowner

  22-03-2024 07:20 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Shuttered residential building company Beyond Builders has been ordered to cough up $55,000 after a homeowner launched legal action over construction delays.
  
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• Foreign investors swoop on Australia’s major egg, cotton companies

  22-03-2024 07:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Two major Australian egg and cotton companies could soon be owned by overseas interests following a week of historic negotiations.
  
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• New CEO for Lotterywest and Healthway

  22-03-2024 07:01 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Jointly-run government agencies Lotterywest and Healthway will be hoping for leadership stability after Colin Smith was given a five-year contract as chief executive.
  
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• Providers struggle to get in on the Act

  22-03-2024 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Legislation can only be effective if it is backed up by action on the ground, and the aged care sector is struggling to deliver.
  
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• BHP commits $3m to Pilbara education

  22-03-2024 06:55 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The partnership between BHP and the Department of Education will continue for a further 12 months, with millions of dollars committed to extend a program in the Pilbara.
  
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• Nationals pledge to cut payroll tax

  22-03-2024 06:24 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Payroll tax would be reduced for small and medium businesses and the threshold increased to $1.3 million should the WA Nationals form government at the 2025 state election.
  
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• For six months, John Lawrence has been fearing an 'absolute disaster' as highway hole kept getting bigger

  22-03-2024 05:57 via abc.net.au
  
  A large hole is causing serious concerns to motorists using the Silver City Highway between Broken Hill and Tibooburra in NSW's Far West.
  
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• Accelerating progress in gender equity

  22-03-2024 05:48 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Business News spoke to five influential professional women about their workplace experiences and the importance of gender representation.
  
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• TV series to showcase WA tech innovators

  22-03-2024 05:04 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Western Australian innovators will be thrust onto the small screen on a new series showcasing ideas born in the state which could solve pressing global issues.
  
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• 'I don't think it's a Ponzi scheme,' leading economist says, as Australia's median property value rises by $63,000 in a year

  22-03-2024 04:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Property analysis firm CoreLogic says that despite extraordinary property market price gains in recent years, demand remains robust. 
  
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• Most locals don't want them, but this WA tourist town is keeping its e-scooters to ease parking

  22-03-2024 04:35 via abc.net.au
  
  A council in a tourist hotspot in the South West of WA has opted to keep hireable e-scooters saying it eased parking frustrations and created better accessibility to businesses.
  
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• Sugar mill closure leaves 150 workers without jobs after buy-out falls through

  22-03-2024 04:15 via abc.net.au
  
  A rescue package promised earlier this year has failed to materialise for one of Australia's oldest sugar mills that will close in Far North Queensland.
  
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• Rambal updates $6bn urea project, future plans

  22-03-2024 03:37 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perdaman chair Vikas Rambal announced the company has secured almost $US1 billion of procurement orders for the $6 billion urea project, among other topics at a Business News event.
  
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• Pioneer taps investors for $10m

  22-03-2024 02:44 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Financial services provider Pioneer Credit will raise $10 million in a bid to further its growth opportunities throughout the remainder of the 2024 financial year.
  
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• Western Power conducts private power pole inspections, tells WA residents to replace them at own cost

  22-03-2024 02:15 via abc.net.au
  
  The electricity network operator began the private power pole inspection program in 2021 after a fallen pole on private property in the Perth Hills sparked the 2014 Parkerville bushfires, leading to the loss of 57 houses.
  
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• 'Climateflation' tipped to drive up food prices, new study finds

  22-03-2024 02:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Food prices and overall inflation will rise as temperatures climb with climate change, a new study by an environmental scientist and the European Central Bank finds. 
  
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• Australia's banks safe even as up to 100,000 borrowers risk running out of cash, RBA review finds

  22-03-2024 01:53 via abc.net.au
  
  The Reserve Bank estimates around 5 per cent of mortgage borrowers are spending more on their repayments and essential living expenses than they earn, and more than 2 per cent could run out of savings by the end of next year.
  
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• Australia gives UK $4.6bn to boost AUKUS subs build

  22-03-2024 01:25 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia is one step closer to attaining its nuclear-powered submarines, after pledging more than $4.6 billion to help bolster construction in the UK.
  
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• Australia gives UK $4.6b to boost AUKUS subs build

  22-03-2024 01:25 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia is one step closer to attaining its nuclear-powered submarines, after pledging more than $4.6 billion to help bolster construction in the UK.
  
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• Australia has outranked New Zealand for happiness. But why?

  22-03-2024 01:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Our neighbours across the ditch have been bumped down to number 11 in the Global Happiness Report, but is Australia really happier?
  
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• New lounge a premium experience

  22-03-2024 01:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The new SilverKris Lounge and additional daily flights add to Singapore Airline’s relationship with WA.
  
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