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• Tennis fans share mixed feelings on cost of attending Australian Open

  14-01-2025 23:54 via abc.net.au
  
  With more than 1 million people expected to walk through the gates this year, how affordable do punters reckon it is to head to the Australian Open?
  
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• How affordable are fans finding the Australian Open?

  14-01-2025 23:54 via abc.net.au
  
  With more than 1 million people expected to walk through the gates this year, how affordable do punters reckon it is to head to the Australian Open?
  
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• Contaminated water pumped onto vegetation at Beetaloo Basin fracking site

  14-01-2025 21:58 via abc.net.au
  
  The NT's environmental regulator is investigating the "inadvertent release" of highly salinated water near a fracking site in the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin. Environmental experts and advocates are warning the incident could be a sign of things to come.
  
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• Lessons from foreign fish farms could put Aussie barramundi back on the table

  14-01-2025 21:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Battered barramundi eaten in Australia is unlikely to be Australian wild-caught, instead coming from farms in countries such as Thailand.
  
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• Barramundi producers take lessons from Thai fish farmers

  14-01-2025 21:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Battered barramundi eaten in Australia is unlikely to be Australian wild-caught, instead coming from farms in countries such as Thailand.
  
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• Live: Upbeat outlook for Guzman y Gomez pushes shares higher, ASX up

  14-01-2025 21:45 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market is trading higher this afternoon, led by strong gains from Mexican-inspired fast food restaurant chain Guzman y Gomez after a positive note by UBS analysts. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Macquarie to invest in AI data centres, ASX to edge higher

  14-01-2025 21:45 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia futures are pointing higher after a mixed finish on Wall Street. Macquarie will invest at least $1.5 billion in AI data centres in the US. Follow the latest updates in our live blog.
  
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• Live: Elon Musk sued over Twitter share purchase, ASX higher

  14-01-2025 21:45 via abc.net.au
  
  Elon Musk has been sued by the US SEC for allegedly failing to disclose his purchase of Twitter shares in 2022 quickly enough, while Australian shares have opened higher. Follow live.
  
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• Live: ASX to edge lower with investors cautious ahead of US CPI data

  14-01-2025 21:45 via abc.net.au
  
  A mixed session on Wall Street is likely to send Australian stocks lower, as investors remain cautious ahead of US consumer price data due out on Thursday. Follow the latest updates in our live blog.
  
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• ASX closes down, upbeat outlook for Guzman y Gomez pushes shares higher — as it happened

  14-01-2025 21:45 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market has lost earlier gains to close lower, ahead of key jobs data out tomorrow, along with US inflation numbers.
  
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• US firms up crackdown on cars containing Chinese technology

  14-01-2025 21:07 via abc.net.au
  
  It came on the same day US President Joe Biden announced new measures that would allow data centres for artificial intelligence to be built on federal land.
  
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• US firms up crack down on cars containing Chinese technology

  14-01-2025 21:07 via abc.net.au
  
  It came on the same day US president Joe Biden announced new measures that would allow data centres for artificial intelligence to be built on federal land.
  
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• Victorians affected by bushfires left ineligible for financial aid

  14-01-2025 20:47 via abc.net.au
  
  Halls Gap is dependent on tourism and some businesses have lost more than a third of their income, but many don't qualify for government support.
  
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• Grampians businesses fear closures as they wait for government grants

  14-01-2025 20:47 via abc.net.au
  
  Halls Gap is dependent on tourism and some businesses have lost more than a third of their income, but many don't qualify for government support.
  
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• Inside the world of monetised Facebook groups, and what to look out for

  14-01-2025 20:41 via abc.net.au
  
  Many people sign up for Facebook groups to find a like-minded community. But sometimes things aren't as they appear. Here's what to look out for. 
  
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• Illegal tanning 'hack' not a 'harmless alternative', medicines watchdog says

  14-01-2025 20:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Nasal tanning sprays are illegal and can cause serious side effects according to Australia's drug and medical device watchdog.
  
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• Rate of uninsurable Australian homes increases amid natural disasters

  14-01-2025 19:48 via abc.net.au
  
  One in 10 homes across Australia will be considered uninsurable within the next decade, according to climate change risk analysis modelling.
  
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• One in 10 homes could become uninsurable by 2035 climate analyst warns

  14-01-2025 19:48 via abc.net.au
  
  One in 10 homes across Australia will be considered uninsurable within the next decade, according to climate change risk analysis modelling.
  
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• 'Unprecedented surge' in foreign boats entering Australian waters

  14-01-2025 19:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Officials are investigating whether organised crime is behind a wave of illegal foreign fishing boats in Australian waters, which locals say are more sophisticated than ever before. 
   
  
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• 'A wicked problem': Australia's latest tactic to deter foreign boats

  14-01-2025 19:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Officials are investigating whether organised crime is behind a wave of illegal foreign fishing boats in Australian waters, which locals say are more sophisticated than ever before. 
   
  
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• Parents working more and making sacrifices to get kids through school

  14-01-2025 19:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Families are facing crippling costs to educate their kids — even at public schools. It has led some to withdraw their children from hobbies and plan carefully simply to get them through school. 
  
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• Parents turn to credit, grandparents in face of rising education costs

  14-01-2025 19:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Families are facing crippling costs to educate their kids — even at public schools. It has led some to withdraw their children from hobbies and plan carefully simply to get them through school. 
  
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• Renters don't have capacity to pay much more so market may have peaked

  14-01-2025 14:06 via abc.net.au
  
  New data shows rent rises may have peaked, with prices rising at almost half the rate of 2023. Sydney and Melbourne recorded the largest deceleration in price growth, and rental yields for investors in Brisbane and Adelaide dropped below Melbourne for the first time in more than 15 years. 
  
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• National rent prices grow at slowest rate in four years

  14-01-2025 14:06 via abc.net.au
  
  New data shows rent rises may have peaked, with prices rising at almost half the rate of 2023. Sydney and Melbourne recorded the largest deceleration in price growth, and rental yields for investors in Brisbane and Adelaide dropped below Melbourne for the first time in more than 15 years. 
  
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• Cooper & Oxley books $44m hospital work

  14-01-2025 08:56 via businessnews.com.au
  
  South Perth-based Cooper & Oxley Builders has won a $44 million contract over redevelopment work at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.
  
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• At Close of Business podcast Jan 14 2025

  14-01-2025 08:55 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Dick Smith's nuclear splurge; Forrest submits $400m Carillon plan; Scentre Group seeks extension; Cook promises more houses.The regular interview portion of the podcast will resume from January 20.
  
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• Albo’s abattoir comments draw ire

  14-01-2025 08:11 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s response to the latest abattoir closure in WA has gone down like a lead balloon with the sheep industry, according to Nationals senate hopeful Paul Brown.
  
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• PBA welcomes $37.5m stadium pledge

  14-01-2025 07:54 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Perth Basketball Association has welcomed a $37.5 million pledge by the Liberal Party of WA to build an indoor multi-sport stadium in Kensington, should it win the upcoming state election.
  
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• Iron ore rally helps lead Australian shares higher

  14-01-2025 07:52 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The ASX200 index finished up almost 0.5 per cent, with the heavyweight mining sector climbing the most on a jump in Chinese demand.
  
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• Mount Lawley social home plans revealed

  14-01-2025 07:44 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state government has engaged Bethanie Housing Limited for the construction of 90 social housing dwellings for over 55s in Mount Lawley.
  
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• Dick Smith, Miss America in WA nuclear push

  14-01-2025 07:36 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A nuclear energy advocacy group backed by entrepreneur Dick Smith will bring 2023 Miss America winner Grace Stanke to Perth this month, in a bid to win public support.
  
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• New suburb unveiled with 1,300 houses on former West End Brewery site

  14-01-2025 06:56 via abc.net.au
  
  The $1-billion housing development will become a new suburb in Adelaide's inner-west, consisting of "up to" 1,300 homes, the SA government has said.
  
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• Govt funds clean energy projects

  14-01-2025 06:56 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Three Western Australian projects being developed for the clean energy industry have received a $34 million funding boost.
  
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• Election cash to solve GROH crunch

  14-01-2025 06:43 via businessnews.com.au
  
  WA Premier Roger Cook has promised to address the government’s exacerbation of regional rental market woes with a $104 fund to build more government staff housing.
  
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• 'A bit peculiar': One by one, charges against logging protesters are being dropped

  14-01-2025 04:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Protesters disrupting logging in Tasmania appear to be gradually having trespass charges dropped by prosecutors, with 16 people walking free so far.
  
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• Sydney Trains employees offered 13 per cent pay rise

  14-01-2025 04:33 via abc.net.au
  
  Sydney Trains employees have been offered a 13 per cent pay rise over four years as part of the NSW government's attempt to resolve a long-running industrial dispute with the state's rail union.
  
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• Westfield Booragoon plan in time crunch

  14-01-2025 04:26 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Scentre Group has sought a four-year extension to start the $792 million Westfield Booragoon redevelopment, citing “extenuating circumstances.”
  
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• Scentre seeks Garden City delay

  14-01-2025 04:26 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Scentre Group has sought a four-year extension to start the $792 million Westfield Booragoon redevelopment, citing “extenuating circumstances”.
  
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• Farmers end decade-long legal battle against Qld coal mine expansion

  14-01-2025 03:43 via abc.net.au
  
  A group of farmers has withdrawn its appeal of a licence for a Queensland coal mine expansion after 10 years of fighting the proposal in court.
  
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• Production under way at Lance

  14-01-2025 03:26 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Uranium producer Peninsula Energy has begun early-stage operations at its flagship Lance project in the American state of Wyoming.
  
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• Carillon redevelopment plans lodged

  14-01-2025 03:15 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Fiveight has submitted its $400 million-plus proposal to redevelop Perth’s Carillon City, two and a half years on from purchasing the building.
  
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• Wellard to sell up, considers delisting

  14-01-2025 03:03 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Fremantle-based livestock vessel operator Wellard will sell its last remaining ship and consider delisting from the ASX, in a $80m windfall for shareholders.
  
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• Wellard to sell up, consider delisting

  14-01-2025 03:03 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Fremantle-based livestock vessel operator Wellard will sell its last remaining ship and consider delisting from the ASX, in a $80m windfall for shareholders.
  
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• Wellard to sell only remaining ship and considers delisting from ASX

  14-01-2025 02:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Livestock shipping company Wellard strikes a deal to sell its only remaining income-producing asset and considers delisting from the stock exchange.
  
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• Cost warning on $172m youth facility

  14-01-2025 01:57 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A youth detention facility proposed at Banksia Hill to replace the controversial Unit 18 will cost more than $170 million, but an independent body has warned the bill could come in higher.
  
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• LA fires exposed an insurance crisis and Australians may have to pay

  14-01-2025 01:50 via abc.net.au
  
  The Los Angeles fires are shaping up to be one of the most expensive disasters in US history, and due to the global nature of the insurance industry, the costs may be felt in Australia. 
  
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• Minerals 260 to buy Bullabulling for $166.5m

  14-01-2025 01:16 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Tim Goyder-chaired Minerals 260 has filed documents to acquire the Bullabulling gold project, located 25km south-west of Coolgardie.
  
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• Mixed Wall Street results overnight

  14-01-2025 00:41 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Nasdaq fell overnight, while the benchmark S&P 500 bounced off a two-month low and eked out a slight gain.
  
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