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• Three Melbourne councils band together for e-scooter hire despite City of Melbourne ban

  22-08-2024 23:32 via abc.net.au
  
  The City of Melbourne is putting an end to e-scooter hire in the CBD, but the mayors of Darebin, Moonee Valley and Merri-bek are teaming up to create an inner-north zone for share hire vehicles.
  
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• Inner-Melbourne mayors band together for e-scooter hire despite City of Melbourne ban

  22-08-2024 23:32 via abc.net.au
  
  The City of Melbourne is putting an end to e-scooter hire in the CBD, but the mayors of Darebin, Moonee Valley and Merri-bek are teaming up to create an inner-north zone for share hire vehicles.
  
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• Snowy Hydro buys another boring machine, hoping to make up for lost time

  22-08-2024 20:42 via abc.net.au
  
  After delays, multi-billion-dollar cost blowouts and a disappointing performance by boring machine Florence, Snowy Hydro picks up an additional boring machine hoping to make sure the project can be completed on time. 
  
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• Burning holes through a child's insides – the destructive path of a button battery

  22-08-2024 20:40 via abc.net.au
  
  A new study reveals the horrific injuries suffered after swallowing or inserting button batteries but manufacturers aren't prioritising their redesign.
  
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• Academics, parents call for redesign of deadly button batteries

  22-08-2024 20:40 via abc.net.au
  
  A new study reveals the horrific injuries suffered after swallowing or inserting button batteries but manufacturers aren't prioritising their redesign.
  
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• David Pocock, Greens call for investigation into $1.5 billion Middle Arm investment 'shrouded in secrecy'

  22-08-2024 09:59 via abc.net.au
  
  In a senate inquiry report, the Greens and high-profile crossbencher David Pocock have called for an investigation into the federal government's $1.5 billion commitment to the Middle Arm Industrial Precinct and recommended funds be directed away from supporting fossil fuel projects.  
  
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• At Close of Business podcast August 22 2024

  22-08-2024 09:52 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Sam Jones and Mark Beyer discuss the state of renewables projects in WA.
  Plus all the latest on the BGC legal dispute, Patriot's billion-dollar lithium project; and Roger Cook tells Anthony Albanese to apologise.
  
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• Australian shares extend winning streak to 10 days

  22-08-2024 09:29 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The ASX200 rose 0.2 per cent after Federal Reserve minutes all but confirmed the US central bank will cut rates in September.
  
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• Builder hit with $90k fine

  22-08-2024 09:14 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perth construction firm Apollo Construction & Renovation has been fined $90,000, after an incident in Carine in which an employee fell four metres from a patio roof.
  
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• BGC takes legal action against Iplex

  22-08-2024 08:57 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Perth home builder’s legal move is additional to a class action against pipe manufacturer Iplex and comes after it spent $18 million repairing damaged properties.
  
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• Uluu, Hey Sister! among innovation awards finalists

  22-08-2024 08:54 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Plastic made from seaweed, a novel way to detect tissue leakage from IV drip and a microchip to monitor pet health have been named among WA’s most innovative technologies.
  
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• Renewables rollout takes a pause

  22-08-2024 08:40 via businessnews.com.au
  
  All the talk is on renewables, yet there are no major wind or solar projects currently under construction in WA’s South West.
  
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• Coal miner dies in second fatal incident at Bowen Basin mine this month

  22-08-2024 08:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Byerwen coal mine workers are reeling from the death of a second worker at the same Bowen Basin mine this month.
  
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• Govt seeks new venture capital fund

  22-08-2024 08:15 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state government is seeking global backers for a new venture capital fund focused on a broad suite of industries including defence, mining, and agriculture.
  
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• Perth property prices headed for slowdown

  22-08-2024 08:07 via businessnews.com.au
  
  OPINION: The red-hot sector is tipped to cool as demand and supply start to move to a more balanced setting.
  
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• Govt’s ‘lazy land’ scheme progresses

  22-08-2024 08:05 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Property developers have eight weeks to lodge their submissions to government on which land should be unlocked for housing.
  
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• Hancock-led JV retracts iron forecasts

  22-08-2024 07:39 via businessnews.com.au
  
  ASX-listed partners in an iron ore joint venture 51 per cent owned by Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting have retracted production forecasts, conceding they were not made on a reasonable basis.
  
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• Hancock JV partners retract iron forecasts

  22-08-2024 07:39 via businessnews.com.au
  
  ASX-listed partners in an iron ore joint venture 51 per cent owned by Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting have retracted production forecasts, conceding they were not made on a reasonable basis.
  
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• Centuria posts $102m profit

  22-08-2024 07:39 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The property fund giant has grown its assets under management back to $21.1 billion and reported a 3.5 per cent drop in net profit after tax.
  
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• Fears temporary port may put SeaRoad and Spirit of Tasmania ships at 'huge' risk of collision

  22-08-2024 07:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Tasmania's largest shipping company says it expects its Devonport operations will be "substantially" impacted by a stop-gap measure to accommodate the new Spirit of Tasmania ferries and fears there is a "huge" risk of collision.
  
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• Lennon to retire after 39 years

  22-08-2024 07:13 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Peet chairman Tony Lennon plans to retire later this year, bringing an end to one of the longest periods any individual has led a major listed company.
  
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• Cook wants PM apology over export gaffe

  22-08-2024 06:56 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Premier Roger Cook has called on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to apologise for rubbing salt into the wounds of the agricultural sector, after a joke about live export angered stakeholders.
  
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• Patriot unveils $1.4bn plan for lithium mine

  22-08-2024 06:22 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Patriot Battery Metals has unveiled its billion-dollar plan to turn its Canadian hard rock lithium deposit into a major mining operation targeting 800,000 tonnes per annum.
  
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• Slim St Barbara maps golden turnaround

  22-08-2024 06:20 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Cashed up St Barbara reported a statutory loss of $54 million last financial year, with its cost of production outweighing the average realised price of gold produced across its portfolio.
  
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• DUG results bolster share price

  22-08-2024 06:14 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Shares in high powered computing company DUG Technology have gained 10 per cent after the company posted several records in its FY24 results.
  
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• ABC managing director David Anderson to resign after almost six years at helm of national broadcaster

  22-08-2024 05:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Mr Anderson says he will remain in the role until a new managing director is appointed at the request of ABC chair Kim Williams.
  
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• ABC managing director David Anderson resigns after almost six years at helm of national broadcaster

  22-08-2024 05:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Mr Anderson says he will remain in the role until a new managing director is appointed at the request of ABC chair Kim Williams.
  
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• ABC managing director David Anderson announces intention to resign from national broadcaster

  22-08-2024 05:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Mr Anderson says he will remain in the role at the request of ABC chair Kim Williams until a new managing director is appointed, likely early next year.
  
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• Simplified Emeco looks ahead

  22-08-2024 05:27 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Equipment rental and service provider Emeco Holdings met its earnings guidance last financial year, delivering 27 per cent profit growth after selling off its Pit N Portal business to Macmahon.
  
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• Feds introduce paid parental leave super bill

  22-08-2024 05:08 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The federal government has introduced legislation to pay superannuation on Government-funded paid parental leave.
  
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• Tomkinson joins advisory panel

  22-08-2024 05:07 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Mining lobbyist Rebecca Tomkinson and KPMG partner Paul Howes are among seven people appointed to the federal government’s Green Metals Advisory Panel.
  
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• McPhillamys leads Regis to loss

  22-08-2024 04:31 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A “shattered and perplexed” Regis Resources has posted a $186 million net loss for the 2024 financial year, as the fallout continues from a controversial ruling at its McPhillamys project in New South Wales.
  
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• Worried about online accommodation scams? Here's what to know

  22-08-2024 04:14 via abc.net.au
  
  Online platforms have made it easier and cheaper to organise accommodation, but their rise in popularity has also led to a spike in scams. Here's how to check if your booking is legitimate, and how to avoid being scammed in the first place.
  
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• How to know if your accommodation booking is a scam

  22-08-2024 04:14 via abc.net.au
  
  Online platforms have made it easier and cheaper to organise accommodation, but their rise in popularity has also led to a spike in scams. Here's how to check if your booking is legitimate, and how to avoid being scammed in the first place.
  
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• Jetstar passenger describes how man 'ripped off' plane's emergency exit door at Melbourne Airport

  22-08-2024 03:59 via abc.net.au
  
  The flight from Sydney had just parked at Melbourne Airport when a man opened an emergency exit door, in a situation a passenger described as "really strange".
  
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• Jetstar passenger arrested for opening plane emergency exit door upon arrival in Melbourne

  22-08-2024 03:59 via abc.net.au
  
  The flight from Sydney had just parked at Melbourne Airport when a passenger opened an emergency exit door. 
  
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• Donga surplus in the Pilbara

  22-08-2024 03:42 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Occupancy at workforce accommodation camps in Karratha is languishing despite a strong pipeline of resources projects in the region
  
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• Silver prices rising sharply with miners hoping to reap the rewards

  22-08-2024 03:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian companies are hoping to capitalise on the rising silver prices, with some analysts predicting the commodity could reach $US100 an ounce in coming years.
  
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• Super to be paid on parental leave to close gender gap

  22-08-2024 02:52 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Parents will get an extra $3000 in their super balance while on government-funded paid parental leave under laws introduced to federal parliament.
  
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• Profit record for Northern Star

  22-08-2024 02:38 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Kalgoorlie Superpit owner Northern Star Resources made an after-tax profit of $639 million last financial year, as it rode the wave of a record Australian dollar gold price.
  
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• Rex administrators seek to extend sales process for troubled airline

  22-08-2024 01:35 via abc.net.au
  
  Hundreds of former Rex employees could face an even longer wait to be paid their entitlements after administrators applied for an extension to find a buyer for the airline.
  
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• Rex administrators request more time to secure 'highest possible value' for collapsed airline

  22-08-2024 01:35 via abc.net.au
  
  Hundreds of former Rex employees could face an even longer wait to be paid their entitlements after administrators applied for an extension to find a buyer for the airline.
  
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• Timber mill to remain closed during investigation into death of long-time worker

  22-08-2024 01:22 via abc.net.au
  
  The owner of a major timber mill in regional South Australia says it will be shut until Monday while authorities investigate the death of a long-time worker at the site.
  
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• Major SA timber mill shut as authorities investigate early morning death of worker on site

  22-08-2024 01:22 via abc.net.au
  
  A major timber mill in regional South Australia has been shut as authorities investigate the death of a worker at the site.
  
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• Major SA timber mill shut after death involving front-end loader

  22-08-2024 01:22 via abc.net.au
  
  A major timber mill in regional South Australia has been shut as authorities investigate the death of a worker at the site.
  
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• Turning down streetlights at night shown to reduce light pollution and carbon emissions

  22-08-2024 00:07 via abc.net.au
  
  An "adaptive lighting" project in Canberra, which reduced the brightness of streetlights by up to half, showed a 25 per cent reduction in light pollution.
  
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