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• Queensland's go card to be scrapped, replaced with new public transport fare pass

  17-04-2024 22:32 via abc.net.au
  
  The cards used by public transport commuters in South East Queensland for well over a decade will be phased out and replaced with a new fare card system — but Translink is yet to determine when.
  
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• A restaurant visit can be 'stressful' for people with disabilities — but app Pavely is helping pave the way for change

  17-04-2024 22:32 via abc.net.au
  
  For many people living with disability, catching up with friends for a coffee or a night out often involves a level of extra planning – but an app is making crucial information about whether a venue or activity is accessible much more readily available.
  
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• Shortage of health professionals sees another Queensland maternity ward announce its closure

  17-04-2024 21:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Another private hospital is poised to shut down maternity services in Queensland, as new data shows a significant shift away from private births.
  
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• Another birthing ward to shut amid 'maternity crisis'

  17-04-2024 21:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Another private hospital is poised to shut down maternity services in Queensland, as new data shows a significant shift away from private births.
  
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• Former energy watchdog alarmed by rise of 'incomprehensible' market and power prices

  17-04-2024 20:53 via abc.net.au
  
  For a decade, he regulated the energy industry in one of Australia's biggest states. Now Ron Ben-David is alarmed by the rise of complex, and often punishing, power tariffs.
  
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• 'Blind faith and ideology': Former energy watchdog boss slams shift towards complex power prices

  17-04-2024 20:53 via abc.net.au
  
  For a decade, he regulated the energy industry in one of Australia's biggest states. Now Ron Ben-David is alarmed by the rise of complex, and often punishing, power tariffs.
  
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• Already struggling households hurt by complex time-of-use power price, consumer watchdogs say

  17-04-2024 20:53 via abc.net.au
  
  For a decade, he regulated the energy industry in one of Australia's biggest states. Now Ron Ben-David is alarmed by the rise of complex, and often punishing, power tariffs.
  
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• 'Leave my hopes, dreams and country behind': Desperate HECS debtors brace for another large increase

  17-04-2024 20:52 via abc.net.au
  
  HECS-HELP debts are forecast to rise between 4.2 and 4.8 per cent this year, the second-highest rise in a decade.
  
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• 'I wish I'd dropped out of school when I was 15': Looming HECS indexation worrying debtors as cost of living bites

  17-04-2024 20:52 via abc.net.au
  
  HECS-HELP debts are forecast to rise between 4.2 and 4.8 per cent this year, the second-highest rise in a decade.
  
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• Rinehart receives lifetime achievement award

  17-04-2024 11:35 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Gina Rinehart received the 2024 Ayn Rand/The Atlas Society lifetime achievement award in Fremantle on Thursday afternoon, during the closing stages of the Australia: The Road Ahead conference.
  
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• Nullarbor floodwaters still waist-deep a month after drought-breaking rain

  17-04-2024 11:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Floodwaters on the Nullarbor are slowly starting to recede more than a month after drought-breaking rain cut off outback pastoral stations in one of Australia's most isolated regions. 
  
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• Hundreds protest, arrests made in clash over Brunswick Heads housing development

  17-04-2024 11:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Police arrest a number of protesters fighting to block a housing development bound by a tract of coastal heathland in northern New South Wales. The 18-hectare site in the popular coastal town has been approval for 124 houses.
  
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• At Close of Business podcast April 17

  17-04-2024 10:12 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Justin Fris and Jack McGinn discuss the rise of Revo Fitness.
  
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• Aust shares edge lower as losing streak hits five days

  17-04-2024 10:06 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The ASX200 finished down 0.1 per cent, giving up its modest morning gains, as Fed chairman Jay Powell spoke of keeping rates high for longer.
  
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• Wyloo fails in Minderoo station licence appeal

  17-04-2024 10:04 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Andrew Forrest’s Wyloo Metals has failed its bid to throw out a Supreme Court judgment over a mining lease that includes a portion of Minderoo Station.
  
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• Financing meets fan feedback

  17-04-2024 08:32 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Sporting organisations and clubs need loyal fans, but they also need money.
  
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• Critical minerals loan will help export sector grow: PM

  17-04-2024 08:32 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Anthony Albanese says a $400 million loan to the critical minerals sector will help expand exports into nearby southeast Asia.
  
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• Clean energy shift offers opportunity

  17-04-2024 08:28 via businessnews.com.au
  
  WA has the ingredients for a green hydrogen industry, but good intent needs to be combined with bold decisions, actions and policy making.
  
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• MACA Interquip acquires Mintrex

  17-04-2024 08:16 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Thiess subsidiary MACA Interquip has acquired engineering firm Subiaco-based Mintrex, with the companies set to integrate in the coming weeks.
  
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• Woodside to explore Greater Sunrise development

  17-04-2024 08:09 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Woodside Energy will explore the viability of developing the Greater Sunrise gas field in both Timor Leste and Australia, as it embarks on a concept study with its joint venture partners.
  
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• How an unexpected call from a debt collector paved the way for one of Mr Luke's biggest financial wins

  17-04-2024 08:02 via abc.net.au
  
  It's Pay Day! Luke Springer — better known as Mr Luke — reveals the splurges he refuses to give up, and how getting called upon by a debt collector paved the way for an important financial victory. 
  
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• Cost to clean up Wittenoom revealed

  17-04-2024 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Wittenoom’s asbestos tailings would cost $200 million to clean up, according to a buried state government report which also details a preferred remediation method
  
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• Monford expands to Brisbane

  17-04-2024 07:56 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perth-based construction company Monford Group has announced it will be expanding its footprint on Australia's east coast by opening a new regional office in Brisbane.
  
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• Hancock spends $49m on Lynas foothold

  17-04-2024 06:58 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting has amassed a substantial stake in Lynas Rare Earths, cementing its foothold in another major rare earth producer.
  
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• Neurotech to raise $10m

  17-04-2024 05:37 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Nedlands-based Neurotech International has announced it will raise $10 million in a bid to primarily further its clinical trials.
  
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• Rio posts lower iron ore production, shipments

  17-04-2024 05:29 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Mining major Rio Tinto has recorded a slight drop in Pilbara iron ore shipments and production citing weather disruptions but has stuck by guidance forecasts.
  
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• Defence set for spending boost as strategy unveiled

  17-04-2024 04:47 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The first national defence strategy will see a $50 billion boost to the sector over the next 10 years.
  
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• Townsend details Inpex’s Darwin choice, LNG future

  17-04-2024 04:35 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Inpex senior vice president corporate Bill Townsend has opened up on how WA lost its bid to host the $60 billion Ichthys liquefied natural gas plant during a Business News event.
  
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• Townsend details Inpex’s Darwin choice, energy future

  17-04-2024 04:35 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Inpex senior vice president corporate Bill Townsend has opened up on how WA lost its bid to host the $60 billion Ichthys liquefied natural gas plant during a Business News event.
  
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• Optus customer who lost $10,000 from bank will leave telco after second fraud attack

  17-04-2024 04:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Andrew Ryder was recovering from a $10,000 fraud attack when his Optus account was hacked a second time.
  
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• Optus customer hit by fresh security breach a week after $10,000 was taken from bank account

  17-04-2024 04:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Andrew Ryder was recovering from a $10,000 fraud attack when his Optus account was hacked a second time.
  
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• 'They can get some out or miss out': Cash-only country pub gets tick from punters

  17-04-2024 04:01 via abc.net.au
  
  While many businesses across Australia are becoming cashless, Western Australia's King River Tavern only accepts cash — and its owner Sam James says the approach has struck a mostly positive chord.
  
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• As more businesses becomes cashless, this country pub is cash-only and there are few complaints

  17-04-2024 04:01 via abc.net.au
  
  King River Tavern owner Sam James says her cash-only approach has struck a mostly positive chord in recent years.
  
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• WA sporting organisations pulling out all stops

  17-04-2024 04:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Sport has become big business in WA, but who runs these organisations and how do they navigate the differing needs of stakeholders?
  
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• Members first as Revo lifts profile

  17-04-2024 03:33 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Revo Fitness founder Andrew Holder has never lost sight of what brought his vision to life.
  
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• Kennedy’s rally cry for US-Aus minerals pact

  17-04-2024 03:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Chinese state-owned companies are “exploiting” Indonesia, US Ambassador Caroline Kennedy says, amid a call for WA’s battery metals miners to lead decarbonisation efforts.
  
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• CBD retail asset sells for $35m

  17-04-2024 01:57 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Jeff Leach has sold a Murray Street Mall retail complex to Banjo Bond, in the largest retail transaction in the CBD this year.
  
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• The cracks in Australia's economy are starting to appear as business insolvencies hit record highs

  17-04-2024 01:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's economic cracks are widening, with a record number of businesses now under external administration and many heading for collapse under the weight of weak demand, rising costs and large tax debts. 
  
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• 'I had to beg and grovel': Why banks are refusing to give older people credit cards

  17-04-2024 01:14 via abc.net.au
  
  When Jacqui Bauer applied for a credit card she discovered she had no credit rating, due to only having a joint bank account with her former husband, and was therefore deemed "high risk" by the banks despite earning a stable income.
  
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• Outback miner ditches 4WD for EV amid potential expansion of charging network

  17-04-2024 00:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Justin Searle's mates raised their eyebrows when he decided to go electric, but the Queenslander says he is yet to hit a bump in the road.
  
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