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| UpdatedQantas will offer a refund or change of destination to passengers affected by the United States' new temporary ban on immigration.
Topics: air-transport, world-politics, travel-and-tourism, australia, united-states
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| UpdatedAfter a couple of years of falling earnings, corporate Australia looks set to finally deliver some growth in the February results season.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, markets, consumer-finance, international-financial-institutions, currency, oil-and-gas, gold, trade, mining-industry, industry, australia
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| UpdatedSA's Opposition wants to overhaul Adelaide's freight network by creating a new road and rail bypass of the city and building a 24-hour airport at Monarto.
Topics: air-transport, rail-transport, road-transport, industry, states-and-territories, business-economics-and-finance, liberals, sa, murray-bridge-5253, adelaide-5000, monarto-south-5254
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Tasmania's tourism industry wants an overhaul of parks and reserves legislation, saying stakeholders are mired in conflict without a proper management framework.
Topics: tourism, rural-tourism, national-parks, tas, hobart-7000, launceston-7250
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| UpdatedA small internet provider helping to end the data drought in regional Queensland says it could soon be outbid by big telcos on digital spectrum access due to a proposed rule change by the Australian Communications and Media Authority.
Topics: telecommunications, activism-and-lobbying, regulation, federal-government, rural, community-development, regional-development, dalby-4405, qld, bowenville-4404, australia, toowoomba-4350
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| UpdatedPrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will meet with Port Lincoln business leaders to discuss energy security in the wake of the September blackout, and attend the annual Tunarama festival fish toss.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, environment, alternative-energy, federal-government, rural, port-lincoln-5606, sa
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Country music often depicts the hardships of relationships and living on the land, but there is one issue you do not often hear sung about — domestic violence.
Topics: music-awards, music, music-industry, community-and-multicultural-festivals, tamworth-2340, nsw
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| UpdatedThe UN humanitarian chief accuses the Syrian Government of blocking aid to hundreds of thousands of the country's most needy people, despite a nationwide ceasefire that has given "a glimmer of hope" that the conflict might be coming to an end.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, international-aid-and-trade, relief-and-aid-organisations, refugees, syrian-arab-republic
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| UpdatedFormer mining magnate Nathan Tinkler will not be able to board a flight to the US this weekend, after a judge ruled his travel deadlines were not genuine.
Topics: courts-and-trials, laws, mining-industry, nsw
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| UpdatedShe is venomous, eats her mate after sex and is the epitome of female power — Cate Blanchett is the Australian redback spider.
Topics: film, film-movies, contemporary-art, art-house, australia, sa
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Will Mexico be footing the bill for Donald Trump's border wall or American consumers? What items will become more expensive? Is this even legal?
Topics: immigration, community-and-society, trade, world-politics, international-aid-and-trade, business-economics-and-finance, united-states, mexico
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| UpdatedUS President Donald Trump's trade policies and wall spat bring simmering tensions between Mexican farmers and their Government to the surface.
Topics: agreements-and-treaties, fruit, farm-labour, immigration, vegetables, united-states, canada
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| UpdatedForeign Minister Julie Bishop warns the United States against retreating into isolationism under President Donald Trump, saying most Asian nations want to see it take more leadership in the region despite concerns about tensions in the South China Sea.
Topics: trade, business-economics-and-finance, foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, australia, united-states
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Having hit record highs yesterday, stocks in the United States experiences a mixed session as investors digest several corporate earnings reports.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, markets, currency, futures, stockmarket, united-states, australia
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| UpdatedA Fair Work Ombudsman audit of 34 Pizza Hut franchisees finds the majority are failing to comply with workplace laws, with many drivers not being paid the correct minimum hourly rate.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, small-business, rights, australia
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The British Government's bill seeking authorisation to start the formal Brexit process by triggering Article 50 of the European Union's Lisbon Treaty is formally introduced to Parliament.
Topics: government-and-politics, forms-of-government, trade, united-kingdom
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Residents on Queensland's Sunshine Coast vow to fund a $200,000 legal battle against a proposed sand mine.
Topics: courts-and-trials, activism-and-lobbying, mineral-sands, mining-environmental-issues, local-government, maroochydore-4558, qld, australia
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| UpdatedAn animal law expert demands an overhaul of Tasmania's livestock regulations after more cattle die while being shipped across the Bass Strait.
Topics: animal-welfare, sea-transport, beef-cattle, livestock-welfare, livestock, rural, tas
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| UpdatedThe Dow Jones Industrial Average breaks through 20,000 points for the first time, thanks to some business-friendly policy decisions by US President Donald Trump and strong corporate earnings results.
Topics: stockmarket, business-economics-and-finance, company-news, economic-trends, markets, currency, futures, united-states, australia
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| UpdatedSheep numbers in Western Australia fall to their lowest level in 20 years, sparking concerns the state will not be able to capitalise on rising international demand.
Topics: sheep-production, livestock, trade, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedChina uses a US television network interview to send its strongest message yet to Donald Trump that it will not back down on its claims in the South China Sea.
Topics: world-politics, foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, territorial-disputes, business-economics-and-finance, trade, china, asia, united-states
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| UpdatedMore Victorian real estate agents are caught by a taskforce targeting the widespread practice of underquoting property values to entice prospective buyers.
Topics: housing-industry, consumer-protection, regulation, fraud-and-corporate-crime, australia, vic
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| UpdatedA 58-square-kilometre parcel of coal seam gas-producing land in the Surat Basin is set aside exclusively for the Australian market by the Queensland Government.
Topics: mining-industry, business-economics-and-finance, industry, environment, mining-environmental-issues, rural, mining-rural, surat-4417
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Having held on to their margins as interest rates fell last year, Australian banks could hit pay-dirt if the cycle rolls over and rates start to rise again.
Topics: banking, consumer-finance, australia
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BHP Billiton says it produced a record amount of iron ore at its mines in Western Australia for the second half of 2016 due to the ramp-up of its Jimblebar mine in the Pilbara.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, economic-trends, coal, iron-ore, mining-industry, australia, port-hedland-6721, wa