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• ANU to review military investments after pro-Palestine protests

  12-07-2024 23:24 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian National University has acknowledged "changing expectations" around its investments.
  
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• 'Smoke and mirrors': Pilots raise concern over resourcing problem at Australian airports

  12-07-2024 23:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Since the pandemic, aviation services all over Australia have seen a reduction in resources "across the board", which has sparked safety concerns. 
  
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• Pilots raise concern over firefighting resources at Australian airports but airport safety body says all standards are being met

  12-07-2024 23:12 via abc.net.au
  
  A pilots association is claiming aviation services all over Australia have seen a reduction in firefighting resources while Airservices Australia argues it has not reduced rescue firefighting resources.
  
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• Prison is an information black hole. One newspaper hopes to shine a light inside

  12-07-2024 22:43 via abc.net.au
  
  An anonymous column from a former police officer, an investigation into a death in custody and a visual arts gallery feature in the first edition of a national prison newspaper. 
  
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• Behind the screens: Japanese anime creators reveal a billion-dollar industry in crisis

  12-07-2024 22:42 via abc.net.au
  
  Here's what artists and producers involved in the creation of Japan's billion-dollar anime industry say about the reality of living and working behind the scenes.
  
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• Nickel operation closures leave towns in WA's Goldfields facing uncertain future

  12-07-2024 21:56 via abc.net.au
  
  To some, it was no surprise — perhaps it was even inevitable — that BHP would choose to close its WA nickel mines and smelters. But the decision has left people living and working in nearby towns feeling numb.
  
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• Venice's debated tourist fee expected to increase 'in coming years', says tourism councillor

  12-07-2024 16:20 via abc.net.au
  
  A Venetian councillor behind the measure introduced to thin out tourism says the trial run has been successful even though large crowds remain. 
   
  
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• Completing this mothballed 1980s rail line will create a NSW 'mega-region', lobby group says

  12-07-2024 11:10 via abc.net.au
  
  One of the largest unfinished infrastructure projects in New South Wales could turn Wollongong and south-west Sydney into a region "of national significance", according to a new report.
  
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• MNG acquires LandPartners

  12-07-2024 09:41 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The WA-based land surveying company has joined forces with the Queensland company.
  
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• At Close of Business podcast July 12 2024

  12-07-2024 09:39 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Nadia Budihardjo and Claire Tyrrell discuss Indigenous engagement in the property industry.
  Plus job losses due to cutbacks and shutdowns in resources hit 6300 for the year; ammonium nitrate plant restarts; and rains bring farmers relief.
  
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• Perth-to-Paris direct flight to take off

  12-07-2024 09:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A non-stop flight from Perth to Paris will take to the skies tonight, with the new route to operate four days a week during the Olympics and European summer.
  
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• Aussie shares hit record high amid talk of US rate cuts

  12-07-2024 09:29 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The local share market has closed at its highest level ever after a bigger-than-expected inflation drop in the United States firmed bets the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates in September.
  
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• CSBP secures $7m federal govt grant

  12-07-2024 09:19 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Chemicals and fertilisers manufacturer CSBP has notched a $7.5 million grant from the federal government to help curb emissions from its plant in Kwinana.
  
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• Mark My Words podcast July 12 2024

  12-07-2024 09:07 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss BHP's Nickel West operations; the resources sector fallout; South32 project approval; new Wildcats owner; the West Coast Eagles; and Perth's retail market.
  
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• Ian Armstrong retires from Perron board

  12-07-2024 09:03 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Ian Armstrong has stepped offthe board of major private conglomerate Perron Group, to be replaced after 35 years as a director by Victorian Ken Marshman.
  
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• What next for the town nickel built

  12-07-2024 08:44 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Leinster's fortunes are joined at the hip to BHP and nickel. As the company town nears its 50th anniversary, its future is more uncertain than ever
  
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• Retailers at odds with ATCO on pipe payback

  12-07-2024 08:36 via businessnews.com.au
  
  ATCO has doubled down on its calls for accelerated depreciation across its WA gas pipeline network, despite an earlier knock back from the Economic Regulation Authority.
  
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• A week to learn, and celebrate

  12-07-2024 08:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Resilience and an unwavering commitment to justice and equality are among the themes of this year’s Naidoc Week.
  
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• Grain industry body forecasts 16Mt yield

  12-07-2024 07:15 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Recent rainfall has given Western Australian farmers some reprieve for the start of the crop season but an industry body says more was needed to hit a potential 16 million tonne yield.
  
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• Wubin explosives plant reopens

  12-07-2024 06:43 via businessnews.com.au
  
  An ammonium nitrate plant north of Perth which has been gathering cobwebs for three years has been fired back up as demand grows for explosives.
  
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• Regulator refuses Perth builder rego

  12-07-2024 06:08 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Building Services Board has knocked back Consbuild Development’s registration renewal over inadequate financial requirements.
  
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• BHP Nickel West fallout hits contractors, fellow miners

  12-07-2024 06:05 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The fallout from BHP mothballing its Nickel West operations in Western Australia has had a ripple effect through local contractors, fellow miners, aviation services and haul companies.
  
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• 'The death knell': BHP mine closures spark worries for mining towns and nickel industry

  12-07-2024 05:01 via abc.net.au
  
  The impact of the closure of BHP's Nickel West operations will be far and wide and "almost signals the end of the Australian nickel industry", a prominent mining analyst says.
  
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• Cost underpins alumina plant’s Kwinana move

  12-07-2024 03:45 via businessnews.com.au
  
  An aspiring Goldfields alumina miner has revealed it will shift its proposed processing plant from Kalgoorlie to Kwinana to reduce costs.
  
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• Legal 'breakthrough' sees roles reversed for First Nations fishers forced to prove connection to country

  12-07-2024 02:56 via abc.net.au
  
  A court has reversed the burden of proof in a long-running legal battle over cultural fishing rights between First Nations people and the NSW government.
  
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• Defence minister to meet with new UK counterpart Healey

  12-07-2024 02:53 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles will head to the UK following a key NATO security summit in the first ministerial visit since Labour swept to power there.
  
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• Building on First Nations stories

  12-07-2024 02:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Indigenous engagement is increasingly manifesting in the way buildings are designed.
  
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