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Australia's biggest lender, Commonwealth Bank, unveils a record first-half profit of $4.9 billion, up 6 per cent on the previous record.
Topics: banking, industry, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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| UpdatedA 65 per cent hike in the price of ice-cream might not sound like a great idea, but what if it could add years to your life? Melbourne researchers say a sugar tax, combined with subsidies for healthy foods, could add 2.1 years to the lives of average Australians.
Topics: obesity, diet-and-nutrition, food-and-cooking, food-and-beverage, health, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedOngoing job cuts in Airservices Australia leave the network at "breaking point" and senior managers express fears the new regime is "a huge risk to public safety", an ABC investigation reveals.
Topics: air-transport, industry, business-economics-and-finance, government-and-politics, federal-government, melbourne-3000, melbourne-airport-3045, vic, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedToshiba may have reached the end of the road, with the Japanese company delaying a release of its earnings report amid a huge one-off loss.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, corporate-governance, nuclear-energy, information-technology, japan
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Perth-based conglomerate Wesfarmers announces its industrials chief Rob Scott is to take over from long-standing managing director Richard Goyder when he stands down in November.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, retail, wa
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| UpdatedEnergy experts say the West Australian Labor party must undertake a detailed feasibility study before backing a wave power farm in the Great Southern.
Topics: alternative-energy, tidal-energy, environment, electricity-energy-and-utilities, albany-6330, wa
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Iraqi and Syrian refugees are struggling to find places to live in Sydney, with non-profit organisations calling on the Federal Government to step up funding to provide more affordable housing.
Topics: housing-industry, refugees, immigration, government-and-politics, fairfield-2165, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedThe ABC's Fact Check unit is back in business as a collaboration with the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, after being closed in 2016 due to budget cuts.
Topics: media, industry, education, university-and-further-education, melbourne-3000, australia
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| UpdatedThe price of iron ore continues to defy market expectations, climbing beyond $US90 a tonne for the first time in more than two years, prompting one mining analyst to give up trying to forecast the price of the commodity.
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| UpdatedDonald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vow to push ahead with closer trade ties and downplay their differences over refugees in their first face-to-face meeting at the White House.
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, donald-trump, trade, united-states, canada
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| UpdatedThe first national audit of batteries that store solar power shows almost 7,000 were installed in Australian homes last year — and that's predicted to triple this year.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, business-economics-and-finance, alternative-energy, environment, energy, science-and-technology, australia
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| UpdatedOne of the country's largest operators of coal-fired power stations warns big bills are on the way after recent extreme weather and says renewables are the key to driving down prices.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, alternative-energy, australia
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| UpdatedThe leaking of documents on Twitter prompts Seven West Media's Jeff Kennett to engage in Twitter battle.
Topics: media, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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| UpdatedAdele may have dominated the Grammys, but even she bowed down to Beyonce, declaring she could not accept the Album of the Year award over her idol "Queen Bey".
Topics: dance-music, music, arts-and-entertainment, music-awards, music-industry, united-states, australia
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| UpdatedIt's easy to see why young Australians might feel like they'll never catch up to rising house prices. But there are ideas out there for dealing with the problem. We've listed the pros and cons of some of the top suggestions.
Topics: housing, housing-industry, australia
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| UpdatedSouth Australia's Liberal Opposition promises to scrap the state's target to source half its energy from renewable sources in bid to "restore affordable, reliable power".
Topics: alternative-energy, states-and-territories, coal, government-and-politics, sa
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| UpdatedBankwest confirms that property investors are no longer able to include the tax benefits of negative gearing when applying for a home loan from the institution.
Topics: consumer-finance, banking, housing-industry, australia
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government agency considering a $1 billion loan to mining giant Adani rejects an FOI request from Greenpeace for information about its upcoming board meetings, saying it could encourage protesters and media interest.
Topics: mining-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, mining-environmental-issues, environment, australia, qld
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| UpdatedA diverse alliance of industry, community and environmental groups is calling for a new bipartisan approach to energy policy.
Topics: environment, government-and-politics, federal-government, environmental-policy, federal-parliament, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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| UpdatedAustralia's major banks are sharpening up incentives to business to win a greater slice of lucrative default superannuation schemes, according to research out today.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, industry, banking, superannuation, australia
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| UpdatedA big wool processing firm in Adelaide is shutting down at times because spot power prices hit $13,000, compared with $10 at times of low demand.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, industry, electricity-energy-and-utilities, rural, salisbury-5108, sa, china, adelaide-5000
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The Northern Territory will be a small but crucial part of the United States' pivot towards Asia over the coming years, and local businesses are hoping to profit from a growing Defence spend.
Topics: defence-forces, defence-and-aerospace-industries, economic-trends, nt, darwin-0800, katherine-0850
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With the Chinese Government lending the PNG Government hundreds of millions of dollars for major infrastructure projects, Australia's defence and diplomatic community express unease about China's growing influence on the country.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, papua-new-guinea, china, australia
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Teenage turtles like Cliff are lucky to be rescued, because many others like him are dying after eating hidden plastic pollution in Sydney Harbour and the Hawkesbury River.
Topics: environmental-impact, environmental-policy, animals, animal-welfare, plastics-and-rubber, retail, sydney-2000
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Wall Street's three key indices all hit record highs on Friday and, along with another spurt in commodities, should produce a positive start to a busy week on the Australian market.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, consumer-finance, industry, markets, australia