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| UpdatedA second Sydney airport was locked in today when Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Federal Infrastructure Minister Paul Fletcher signed off on the Badgerys Creek plan
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| UpdatedA report by the nation's energy regulator recommends a multi-billion-dollar investment in electricity infrastructure — such as a second interconnector with South Australia — to help secure the stability of Australia's power grid.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, industry, electricity-energy-and-utilities, government-and-politics, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedTasmanian baby formula company Bellamy's Organic, which earlier this year recorded 331 per cent growth in revenue from sales to wealthy Chinese consumers, is put in a trading halt, with new regulations in China blamed for hurting sales and prices.
Topics: food-and-beverage, industry, business-economics-and-finance
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Direct flights from Perth to London will be introduced in 2018, marking the first time Australians will be able to fly direct to Europe.
Topics: industry, air-transport, travel-and-tourism, lifestyle-and-leisure, state-parliament, government-and-politics, perth-6000, australia, united-kingdom, england
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| UpdatedUnited States President-elect Donald Trump chooses Australian-born businessman Andrew Liveris to head the American Manufacturing Council, as Exxon Mobil boss and a Vladimir Putin ally emerges as frontrunner to be the next secretary of state.
Topics: manufacturing, industry, business-economics-and-finance, united-states
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| UpdatedAn increase in emissions from nearby industry will accelerate decay at the world's largest rock art gallery, former public servant and conservation scientist Ian MacLeod says.
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| UpdatedThe world's first project to mine the seabed for minerals is expected to begin operations in Papua New Guinea in early 2019, amid concerns about the affect on the environment.
Topics: mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, industry, business-economics-and-finance, copper, gold, oil-and-gas, oceans-and-reefs, papua-new-guinea, pacific
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| UpdatedA group of former employees from lingerie chain Honey Birdette publicly burn their bras in protest over a "sexist dress code" and general working conditions at the company, which they say encourages daily harassment.
Topics: retail, business-economics-and-finance, industry, activism-and-lobbying, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedSouth Australia's Opposition Leader rules out ever supporting an emissions intensity scheme despite Australia's chief scientist and other groups saying it is a good option.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, states-and-territories, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedSouth Australia's statewide blackout in September cost business $367 million with the state's big companies bearing the burnt of losses, figures show.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, states-and-territories, adelaide-5000, sa
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Adani might be planning to start construction of its mega coal mine in central Queensland but one energy commentator says big questions remain about whether the project is financially viable or "strategically required".
Topics: rural, mining-rural, industry, mining-industry, coal, environment, environmental-impact, environmental-policy, charters-towers-4820, moranbah-4744, bowen-4805, townsville-4810, mackay-4740, cairns-4870, qld
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| UpdatedThe WA Chamber of Minerals and Energy has been forced to pull an anti-mining tax television advertisement after one of the participants complained he had been misrepresented.
Topics: industry, advertising, mining-industry, perth-6000, geraldton-6530
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Basslink claims the Tasmanian Government's rejection of its Bass Strait cable failure explanation is "misinformed", and the Energy Minister is either "misadvised or he's a part-time international cable expert".
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, business-economics-and-finance, tas
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| UpdatedWorkers for Adani's mega coal mine will be sourced from regional Queensland, with the Indian giant's chairman agreeing not to use foreign workers on 457 visas.
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Almost 200 people take to the street in Townsville to protest what will be Australia's largest coal mine, ahead of a meeting today between the Premier and Indian mining giant Adani.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, urban-development-and-planning, community-and-society, activism-and-lobbying, mining-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, state-parliament, townsville-4810, qld, mackay-4740, cairns-4870
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Energy Networks Australia CEO John Bradley says there are opportunities to leverage the renewable energy Australian households are generating.
Topics: industry, electricity-energy-and-utilities, environment, environmental-policy, australia
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Those who blamed last week's blackout in South Australia on renewable energy are dead wrong, but that does not mean the state's renewable-heavy power mix is not posing problems as ABC political reporter Nick Harmsen explains.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, states-and-territories, state-parliament, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, weather, sa, adelaide-5000, australia
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| UpdatedThe $22-billion Carmichael coal and rail project secures Queensland Government approval for a permanent rail line and a temporary construction camp, as hundreds protest against the mine in Melbourne.
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| UpdatedThe big questions for the week are whether Australia's famed multi-speed economy has found another gear — namely reverse — and whether the Reserve Bank will move out of neutral.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, oil-and-gas, industry, banking, australia
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| UpdatedA rail line that will link Adani's $21 billion Carmichael coal mine to the Abbot Point port is one step closer, after passing its first assessment hurdle for a Federal Government loan.
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The NT Environmental Defenders Office raises concerns miners are over-represented on the board set up and appointed by the former Government to monitor the industry.
Topics: mining-environmental-issues, environment, mining-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, borroloola-0854
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Singapore Airlines struggled to fill its planes in the first week it flew between Canberra and Wellington in New Zealand, data reveals.
Topics: travel-and-tourism, air-transport, industry, canberra-2600, act
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Lara Webster takes a walk around a hoop pine plantation at Eungella, in north Queensland. Read story.
Topics: rural, timber, industry, mackay-4740