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| UpdatedAGL Energy is preparing to shut down the Tomago Aluminium Smelter for the second day running to curtail electricity and prevent blackouts across the state.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, nsw
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New low-emission buses are about to go into service in Adelaide, with dozens more to be built to fill interstate orders, as part of manufacturing efforts to fill the jobs hole when Holden closes in northern Adelaide.
Topics: programs-and-initiatives, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, work, community-and-society, manufacturing, industry, business-economics-and-finance, sa, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedNew South Wales escapes enforced power blackouts due to record-high electricity demands caused by a heatwave that's moving across the state.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, weather, nsw, sydney-2000
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A new technique for crushing rock could make reopening a disused gold mine near Katherine economically viable, says the American company who owns the site.
Topics: gold, mining-industry, business-economics-and-finance, industry, mining-rural, katherine-0850
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| UpdatedSouth Australians enduring a severe heatwave have been warned they could face power cuts as the state struggles to meet power supply demands. We take a look at the process of load shedding and why it takes place.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, alternative-energy, environment, wind-energy, solar-energy, states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, sa, australia
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| UpdatedWestern Australia could go from one lithium mine to seven over the next 18 months, opening up hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue.
Topics: mining-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, consumer-electronics, electronics, kalgoorlie-6430, boulder-6432, port-hedland-6721, southern-cross-6426, greenbushes-6254, ravensthorpe-6346, china
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Former NSW Labor minister Ian Macdonald did not show any favour to a mining company when he granted a licence without a tender, a Supreme Court trial is told.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, mining-industry, industry, government-and-politics, nsw
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| UpdatedThe mobile phone company is placed into voluntary administration with the immediate loss of 69 jobs after the company's owners admit failure in their attempts to turn the struggling business around.
Topics: industry, retail, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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| UpdatedChina's e-commerce giant Alibaba sets up in Melbourne, but the Australian Retailers Association warns this could increase pressure on local businesses already doing it tough.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, globalisation---economy, retail, industry, melbourne-3000, australia, china
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| UpdatedFormer interior decorator and graphic artist Deborah Parkhouse lives in a shed with a rack of clothes and her rescue pets in country Victoria after being evicted from her home following a long battle with her bank Credit Union Australia.
Topics: homelessness, community-and-society, banking, industry, business-economics-and-finance, kyneton-3444, vic, australia
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| UpdatedLow-cost airline Tigerair ceases its Australia to Bali flights permanently, saying the Indonesian Government refused to provide regulatory approval for the flights.
Topics: air-transport, industry, bali, indonesia, perth-6000, melbourne-3000, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedResources Minister Matt Canavan opens the $5 billion Northern Australia Infrastructure Fund to fund new so-called clean-coal power stations.
Topics: coal, industry, business-economics-and-finance, federal-government, government-and-politics, qld, australia
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Tourism Tasmania suspends a digital Instagram display at Hobart Airport while it resolves a legal dispute with local social media photographers.
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The big four banks are not being fair when they enter into contracts with small and medium-sized businesses and are "kicking the can down the road" when it comes to improving their practices, the Small Business Ombudsman says.
Topics: banking, industry, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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| UpdatedTelstra confirms all of its mobile services have been restored after a fire at its Chatswood exchange in Sydney caused outages across the country.
Topics: information-and-communication, telecommunications, industry, mobile-phones, nsw, perth-7300, perth-6000, wa, tas, qld, vic, sa, nt, act
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| UpdatedThe South Australian Liberal Party finds itself at odds with the Federal Government over unconventional gas extraction, after federal Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg says he would like to see "all moratoriums" lifted during a visit to the state.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, oil-and-gas, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
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| UpdatedAn ongoing court action into allegations of money laundering and ambitious plans to expand the business have dragged down the profit of wagering giant Tabcorp.
Topics: company-news, industry, gambling, australia
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| UpdatedCoal seam gas company Santos is accused of misleading its shareholders after releasing its Environment Impact Statement for developing its gas reserves in northern New South Wales.
Topics: industry, mining-environmental-issues, mining-rural, business-economics-and-finance, environment, environmental-impact, narrabri-2390, nsw
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| UpdatedA 100-megawatt solar power facility will be established at Tailem Bend in South Australia to serve customers of the fourth-biggest retailer in the national electricity market.
Topics: company-news, solar-energy, alternative-energy, environment, industry, electricity-energy-and-utilities, business-economics-and-finance, tailem-bend-5260, adelaide-5000, sa
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Car manufacturer Toyota will close its Altona plant in Melbourne's west in October, with the loss of more than 2,500 jobs.
Topics: industry, manufacturing, community-and-society, work, altona-3018
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Coalition ministers are defending the Government's renewable energy target following criticism from former prime minister Tony Abbott, who has accused them of taking the public for "mugs" and losing touch with voters.
Topics: climate-change, environment, electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, government-and-politics, federal-government, sa, australia
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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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Workers at Coffs Harbour engineering company WE Smith demand answers after they turn up to work to find the gates locked and signs relating to the business removed.
Topics: manufacturing, industry, unions, coffs-harbour-2450
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Topics: engineering, manufacturing, industry, business-economics-and-finance, unions, government-and-politics, coffs-harbour-2450