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• 'An important moment for my mob': Bridget Brennan to co-host ABC News Breakfast

  14-08-2024 23:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Bridget Brennan will be the new co-host of ABC News Breakfast, taking over from Lisa Millar when she farewells the show in late August.
  
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• This couple aren't supporting their kids in retirement. They credit early financial education

  14-08-2024 22:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Andrew and Michele are dipping into their retirement funds to travel the world, and they don't feel guilty about it. Their daughters are financially independent, which they credit to early education on money matters.
  
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• How teaching their kids financial literacy helped set this couple up for retirement

  14-08-2024 22:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Andrew and Michele are dipping into their retirement funds to travel the world, and they don't feel guilty about it. Their daughters are financially independent, which they credit to early education on money matters.
  
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• Young people are struggling to find houses. It's even harder for at-risk youth

  14-08-2024 22:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Advocates say more need to be done to support at-risk youth to break the poverty and homelessness cycle.
  
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• Whyalla steelworks contractors owed tens of thousands of dollars by GFG Alliance

  14-08-2024 22:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Multiple sources have told ABC News several contractors who supply services to the Whyalla Steelworks are owed payment by the plant's owner, with some fearing there may be job losses if the situation does not improve.
   
  
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• This is what young people say is needed to help them transition into independent living

  14-08-2024 22:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Advocates say more need to be done to support at-risk youth to break the poverty and homelessness cycle.
  
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• Melbourne's decision to ban share hire e-scooters could send 'shock waves' to other Australian cities

  14-08-2024 21:47 via abc.net.au
  
  Experts say the City of Melbourne's snap decision to end its share hire e-scooter scheme is sending shock waves around the country, as states decide whether the vehicles are worth the safety risk.
  
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• Melbourne is set to end e-scooter hires in its CBD. What could this mean for the rest of the country?

  14-08-2024 21:47 via abc.net.au
  
  Experts say the City of Melbourne's snap decision to end its share hire e-scooter scheme is sending shock waves around the country, as states decide whether the vehicles are worth the safety risk.
  
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• Spanish officials investigate Katy Perry music video over potential environmental damage

  14-08-2024 13:21 via abc.net.au
  
  The Balearic regional government issued a statement from their environmental ministry, saying Perry's production company did not request authorisation to film.
  
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• At Close Of Business Podcast August 14 2024

  14-08-2024 10:07 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Liv Declerck and Isabel Vieira discuss this year’s Indian Ocean Craft Triennial.
  
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• Australian shares finish higher for fourth straight day

  14-08-2024 09:57 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The ASX200 has finished up 0.3 per cent as Commonwealth Bank, Pro Medicus, Evolution Mining, Seven Group and other big companies report earnings.
  
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• Renewable power project approved for Mullewa

  14-08-2024 09:50 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Reliable power could be one step closer for the Mid West town of Mullewa, after planning authorities approved a small-scale renewable energy project.
  
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• Reynolds’ ex-chief of staff in doubt for trial

  14-08-2024 09:43 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Senator Linda Reynolds' chief of staff when Brittany Higgins was allegedly raped in parliament may not be able to give evidence to the politician's high-profile defamation trial with her former staffer.
  
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• Perseus snaps up PDI stake

  14-08-2024 09:31 via businessnews.com.au
  
  African goldminer Perseus Mining has spent more than $65 million on a strategic stake in fellow ASX-lister Predictive Discovery, but says it is not currently seeking to take over the company.
  
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• WA and Bears submit NRL bid

  14-08-2024 09:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The submission deadline for National Rugby League expansion bids closes on Wednesday, with a Western Australia-backed consortium in the mix to become the league’s 18th franchise in 2027.
  
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• Westbridge divests Victorian asset for $30m

  14-08-2024 09:23 via businessnews.com.au
  
  WA’s Westbridge Funds Management has divested one of its industrial assets in Victoria, pocketing $30 million from the transaction.
  
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• Nats offer relief for homeowners ‘in limbo’

  14-08-2024 09:04 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Nationals WA have pledged to establish a $10,000 relief payment for homeowners affected by stalled builds, should the party form government at the 2025 state election.
  
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• Insurance injection for Mt Gibson after fire

  14-08-2024 09:04 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Mount Gibson Iron has finalised a $27 million business interruption insurance payout arising from a 2022 fire at its Koolan Island processing plan.
  The fire ripped through the processing plat on August 12, 2022, leading to a four-month-long operation to return the site to capacity.
  
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• Concern over port strike impacts

  14-08-2024 08:54 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A local shipping expert has warned of potential impacts to government projects like the Murdoch Medihotel, ahead of strike action scheduled at Fremantle Ports this week.
  
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• Vale Vern Wheatley

  14-08-2024 08:41 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The man who built Automotive Holdings Group into the country’s largest dealership group has passed away at the age of 89.
  
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• Premier moves to bring Spirit of Tasmania port debacle back on track as TT-line vows to 'set record straight'

  14-08-2024 08:29 via abc.net.au
  
  A fed-up Tasmanian government intervenes in the ongoing saga of the Spirit of Tasmania ferry port construction, while the state-owned ferry company vows to set "the record straight" over the matter.
  
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• Ferry boss out as Premier moves to bring Spirit of Tasmania port debacle back on track

  14-08-2024 08:29 via abc.net.au
  
  The chair of the state-owned company that runs Tasmania's Bass Strait ferries resigns on the day the Tasmanian government intervenes in the ongoing saga of the Spirit of Tasmania ferry port construction.
  
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• Seven Group revenue up 10pc

  14-08-2024 08:10 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Stokes-led Seven Group Holdings has posted a 10 per cent increase in revenue for 2024 financial year, buoyed largely by strong growth from its industrial services businesses.
  
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• Disaster zone nurse Helen thought she was poor until a school social experiment revealed she was 'well off'

  14-08-2024 08:06 via abc.net.au
  
  It's Pay Day! An emergency nurse answers the questions we don't like to talk about as we seek to demystify personal finance and normalise conversations about how we think about money, what we earn and how we spend it.
  
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• Bill to hasten approvals enters parliament

  14-08-2024 08:03 via businessnews.com.au
  
  New measures to slash green tape could shave years off approvals as the state government prepares to focus its environmental watchdog on housing and the energy transition.
  
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• Akkodis wins $75m Landgate contract

  14-08-2024 07:29 via businessnews.com.au
  
  IT services company Akkodis Australia Consulting has extended its relationship with WA government agency Landgate by winning a major contract to provide managed applications support services.
  
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• Westgold expands Murchison reserve

  14-08-2024 07:26 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Mid-tier goldminer Westgold Resources has released a maiden ore reserve for its South Junction project, within the broader Bluebird-South Junction complex near Meekatharra.
  
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• 'Like a loved one dying': Musicians and locals mourn demise of Byron's Bluesfest

  14-08-2024 07:24 via abc.net.au
  
  After 35 years, one of Australia's most iconic music festivals will hold its "final curtain call". Musicians and community members are devastated by the news.
  
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• Bluesfest demise 'like a loved one dying' as Byron Bay counts the cost of loss

  14-08-2024 07:24 via abc.net.au
  
  After 35 years, one of Australia's most iconic music festivals will hold its "final curtain call". Musicians and community members are devastated by the news.
  
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• ASIC takes stock exchange to court for alleged 'very significant corporate governance failure'

  14-08-2024 05:58 via abc.net.au
  
  In a statement ASX managing director and CEO Helen Lofthouse said, "We recognise the significance and serious nature of these proceedings."
  
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• Hadrian X unit completes outdoor test

  14-08-2024 05:29 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Shares in High Wycombe-based FBR rose by 14 per cent to 4.2 cents early on Wednesday morning, following promising news in the US.
  
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• Ardea, Mitsubishi receive FIRB tick

  14-08-2024 05:29 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Foreign Investment Review Board has given the green light for a “globally significant” joint venture to develop a nickel-cobalt resource near Kalgoorlie.
  
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• Golden times as Evolution profit surges

  14-08-2024 05:19 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Mungari goldmine owner Evolution Mining has reported a massive 158 per cent net profit increase across its business, amid a record gold price environment for Australian producers.
  
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• Corporate regulator sues ASX

  14-08-2024 04:59 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The corporate regulator is suing Australian Securities Exchange for allegedly making misleading statements about the progression of its paused project.
  
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• Communicating culture through craft

  14-08-2024 04:23 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Artists throughout the Indian Ocean region will converge on WA to celebrate all thing crafty.
  
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• Tony Armstrong might become the first Indigenous person to win a Gold Logie. That matters to him

  14-08-2024 04:22 via abc.net.au
  
  In less than five years, Tony Armstrong has gone from ex-AFL player to one of TV's most recognisable faces. Now he could become the first Indigenous Gold Logie winner.
  
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• As a kid, Tony Armstrong wasn't allowed to watch TV. Now he's up for the Gold Logie

  14-08-2024 04:22 via abc.net.au
  
  In less than five years, Tony Armstrong has gone from ex-AFL player to one of TV's most recognisable faces. Now he could become the first Indigenous Gold Logie winner.
  
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• Facebook is about to kill the tool we used to expose Africa-based trolls targeting the UK race riots

  14-08-2024 04:12 via abc.net.au
  
  ABC NEWS Verify used a Meta-owned tool called CrowdTangle to help up-end a disinformation operation on Facebook that was targeting the UK race riots. Now, after years of it bringing the company public humiliation, Meta is killing off CrowdTangle for good.
  
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• A cup of tea and a chat recorded as neighbour support for proposed vanadium plant

  14-08-2024 03:33 via abc.net.au
  
  A Mid West farming family say they have been ignored and disrespected by a company planning to process minerals on the property next door. 
  
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• Telstra, Optus to delay 3G network closure amid public safety concerns

  14-08-2024 02:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Telstra and Optus will delay the planned closure of their 3G networks in order to conduct a final public safety awareness campaign amid concerns that emergency services calls could be affected.
  
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• Test the waters before diving in

  14-08-2024 02:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: New vice-chancellors must take a careful and considered approach to balance progress and tradition.
  
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• SWM condemns "unacceptable behaviour"

  14-08-2024 01:56 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Seven West Media told investors the actions of some individual do not reflect the business as a whole, as it reports a slimmed profit for financial year 2024.
  
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• ANU to stop long-term investments in 'controversial' weapons manufacturers following months-long Gaza protest on campus

  14-08-2024 01:55 via abc.net.au
  
  The ANU has announced it will no longer invest in certain weapons companies in the long term, following months of pressure from pro-Palestinian student groups.
  
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• Commonwealth Bank finds younger Australians are spending less, after posting profit of $9.5 billion

  14-08-2024 00:18 via abc.net.au
  
  The Commonwealth Bank has posted a profit of $9.5 billion, down 6 per cent from its record results last financial year, while noting that younger Australians are bearing the brunt of the impact of the rising cost of living.
  
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• Commonwealth Bank earnings drop to $9.5 billion

  14-08-2024 00:18 via abc.net.au
  
  The Commonwealth Bank has posted a profit of $9.5 billion, down 6 per cent from its record results last financial year.
  
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