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• WA to relax border rules with other states and allow full capacity at venues including Perth Stadium and theatres

  09-04-2021 07:14 via abc.net.au
  
  The WA government makes major changes to its COVID-19 restrictions by relaxing its interstate border rules to open to states quicker, while also confirming quarantine-free travel for New Zealand arrivals from April 19.
  
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• Tough new solar power export limits for some Adelaide suburbs in smart meter trial

  14-04-2021 22:02 via abc.net.au
  
  New solar homes in parts of Adelaide will be forced to choose between tough new export limits or a flexible system that would give the state's electricity distributor the power to control how much they sell to the grid.
  
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• Fewer than 10 per cent of NSW dining and entertainment vouchers redeemed

  14-04-2021 21:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Only a small percentage of vouchers have been redeemed under the government's $500 million Dine and Discover program, despite being touted as part of the NSW economy's recovery after COVID-19. 
  
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• Andrea wanted to drive a Tesla for the 'rest of her days'. Scammers got in the way

  14-04-2021 21:14 via abc.net.au
  
  Two Australian Tesla customers lost thousands of dollars after invoices sent by Tesla were hacked and the payment details changed. They say something needs to change to protect consumers.
  
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• Pranay is paying for his store’s rent out of his savings, while major retailers strike cheap deals

  14-04-2021 21:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Major retailers are striking “brutal” deals with their landlords off the back of the pandemic but some small stores that can least afford it are back to paying full rent.
  
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• New home build scheme 'wasn't thought out' as calls grow to extend deadline

  14-04-2021 16:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Nervous home builders are urging the federal government to tweak rules around its HomeBuilder scheme and spare them a $25,000 hit to their finances as time runs out.
  
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• Home builders nervous about $25,000 hit as government deadline looms

  14-04-2021 16:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Nervous home builders are urging the federal government to tweak rules around its HomeBuilder scheme and spare them a $25,000 hit to their finances as time runs out.
  
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• Antarctic explorers return to COVID world

  14-04-2021 11:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Antarctic expeditioners caught up in a fire at sea on Australia's resupply ship now face a foreign world of check-ins and masks on home soil.
  
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• Fed staffer underpayment audit

  14-04-2021 10:54 via businessnews.com.au
  
  KPMG has been asked to assist in an audit of potential underpayments to federal political staffers, Business News understands.
  
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• Growers slam decision to block arrival of international workers in WA

  14-04-2021 10:18 via abc.net.au
  
  The WA horticulture industry has labelled the state government's decision to decline a charter flight of 150 Ni-Vanuatu seasonal workers as a "massive blow" for the sector.
  
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• Resolute wins back Ghana lease

  14-04-2021 10:04 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Ghanaian government has restored a gold lease to Resolute Mining weeks after it was terminated, although it has forbid the mine’s sale to a Chinese buyer.
  
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• Iceni Gold makes ASX debut

  14-04-2021 09:56 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Western Australian exploration and mining company Iceni Gold has made a promising start to its first day of trading, with shares almost 50 per cent higher than the issue price.
  
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• $15m theatre restoration begins

  14-04-2021 09:43 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Major construction work is now officially under way as part of a $15 million plan to restore the balconies and verandahs of His Majesty's Theatre.
  
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• ASX200 has highest close since Feb 2020

  14-04-2021 08:51 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia's share market has closed at its highest level since February 2020, before the coronavirus market crash.
  
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• 'No plans to ban': Australian live cattle exporters may win contracts as NZ ends the trade

  14-04-2021 07:32 via abc.net.au
  
  We're different: Australia's livestock export industry has distanced itself from the New Zealand trade which has been banned from exporting livestock by sea. 
  
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• GST deal not in dispute: PM

  14-04-2021 05:51 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Prime Minister Scott Morrison has quashed any speculation that the GST deal the federal government cut with WA could be unravelled, reaffirming his support for the reforms.
  
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• National property firm targets Broome

  14-04-2021 05:12 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australian real estate company Belle Property has made its debut in Western Australia, opening its 135th office in Broome.
  
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• No apology to Holgate

  14-04-2021 04:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Scott Morrison has stopped short of offering former Australia Post chief executive Christine Holgate an apology after she accused him of bullying.
  
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• Morrison offers no apology to Holgate

  14-04-2021 04:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Scott Morrison has stopped short of offering former Australia Post chief executive Christine Holgate an apology after she accused him of bullying.
  
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• PM refuses to apologise to Christine Holgate after claims he humiliated her

  14-04-2021 03:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Scott Morrison is refusing to apologise to former Australia Post boss Christine Holgate after she accused him of "bullying" her in the wake of the Cartier watch scandal.
  
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• PM wants premiers' help on vaccine rollout

  14-04-2021 03:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Scott Morrison will soon meet state and territory leaders much more frequently to try and get the derailed vaccine rollout back on track.
  
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• Morrison signals shift to mass vaccination hubs

  14-04-2021 03:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Australia is set to shift to mass coronavirus vaccination clinics in a bid to roll-out more jabs under the troubled immunisation program.
  
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• WA cyclone Seroja declared catastrophe

  14-04-2021 02:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Tropical Cyclone Seroja has been declared an insurance catastrophe after inflicting widespread damage on Western Australia's mid-west coast.
  
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• McGowan, PM to discuss Seroja relief

  14-04-2021 02:30 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Premier Mark McGowan will use the prime minister's visit to Western Australia to discuss financial assistance for people affected by Tropical Cyclone Seroja.
  
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• The Ever Given is still stuck in the Suez Canal, but this time it's an outstanding bill holding it up

  14-04-2021 01:13 via abc.net.au
  
  One of the notorious container ship's insurers says it made a generous compensation offer to the Suez Canal Authority, but it is unlikely the ship will move before investigations into its grounding are finalised.
  
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• Just how large is Rupert Murdoch's reach within Australian media?

  14-04-2021 00:53 via abc.net.au
  
  As a Senate inquiry delves into media diversity in Australia, RMIT ABC Fact Check looks at the depth and breadth of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp across the nation.
  
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• Heartbroken locals caught in cyclone's path of destruction don't even know when they can start rebuilding

  14-04-2021 00:11 via abc.net.au
  
  Victims who are still counting the cost of the devastating Cyclone Seroja in WA's Mid West may be left homeless as they face a two-year wait to rebuild amid labour and materials shortages.
  
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• Cyclone victims face two-year wait to rebuild in WA as they pick up the pieces after freak storm

  14-04-2021 00:11 via abc.net.au
  
  Locals in WA's Mid West may be left homeless while they wait to rebuild after Cyclone Seroja amid labour and materials shortages, as they continue to count the cost of the devastating category three system.
  
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• Bitcoin soars to record high ahead of Coinbase public float

  14-04-2021 00:05 via abc.net.au
  
  A surge in technology stocks pushes the benchmark S&P 500 index to a record closing high with investors shrugging off higher inflation and a pause to the rollout of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. 
  
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• Bitcoin soars to record high ahead of Coinbase listing on Nasdaq

  14-04-2021 00:05 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares open higher and a surge in technology stocks pushes the benchmark S&P 500 index to a record closing high, with investors shrugging off higher inflation and a pause to the rollout of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.
  
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