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Volkswagen announces plans to cut 30,000 jobs in a wide-ranging restructuring of its namesake brand as it tries to recover from a scandal over cars rigged to cheat on diesel emissions tests.
Topics: industry, business-economics-and-finance, automotive, germany
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| UpdatedInvestment and insurance giant AMP is in crisis with the chief executive under siege and earnings being squeezed.
Topics: banking, industry, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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| UpdatedWork on the Sunshine Coast's new $347 million international airport will begin early next year after the Federal Government approved a $181 million concessional loan for a new runway and terminal.
Topics: air-transport, industry, business-economics-and-finance, marcoola-4564, maroochydore-4558
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WorkSafe ACT puts the construction industry is on notice over non-compliance issues with tower cranes.
Topics: building-and-construction, industry, unions, government-and-politics, workplace, accidents, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedA dramatic shift to renewable energy is underway in China and India, a comprehensive report analysing the global energy market finds, prompting a warning that Australia is one of the countries most exposed to the changing dynamic.
Topics: industry, coal, business-economics-and-finance, energy, science-and-technology, wind-energy, tidal-energy, solar-energy, nuclear-energy, hydro-energy, geothermal-energy, alternative-energy, environment, electricity-energy-and-utilities, china, australia, india
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| UpdatedGrattan Institute research shows superannuation top-up measures to help low-income earners are poorly targeted and too expensive.
Topics: superannuation, government-and-politics, federal-government, industry, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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| UpdatedThe Queensland Government charges five former executives of Linc Energy with environmental offences over the failed company's alleged contamination of huge swathes of prime farmland in the state's south-east.
Topics: industry, environment, courts-and-trials, oil-and-gas, company-news, law-crime-and-justice, activism-and-lobbying, chinchilla-4413, toowoomba-4350, bundaberg-4670, qld
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| UpdatedThe global markets' initially gloomy view of a Donald Trump presidency changes drastically, with traders intoxicated by the Republican's victory.
Topics: markets, industry, australia, united-states
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| UpdatedA coalition of Australia's most influential doctors' groups come together to push for a tax on sugar sweetened drink and changes to the way obesity is defined.
Topics: obesity, health-policy, health, diet-and-nutrition, food-and-beverage, industry, business-economics-and-finance, tax, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedThe High Court throws out a bid by the former Federal MP to stall questioning over his role in the collapse of Queensland Nickel, while Mr Palmer objects to any "inquisition".
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, mining-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, canberra-2600, act, australia
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The media as an institution in the United States is in a deplorable condition, and president-elect Donald Trump has been the beneficiary of its failings.
Topics: us-elections, government-and-politics, world-politics, media, industry, social-media, internet-culture, print-media, business-economics-and-finance, united-states
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Only one country has ever left the European Union: Greenland. Why did it leave and are there any lessons for the UK as it wrestles with its own divorce from Europe?
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, globalisation---economy, industry, government-and-politics, world-politics, history, greenland, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedLaws to ban large mining companies from using 100 per cent fly-in-fly-out workers are introduced to Queensland Parliament with the State Government vowing to ensure locals are not overlooked.
Topics: mining-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, rural, mining-rural, qld
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| UpdatedSupermarket giant Woolworths is being urged to honour the spirit of its agreement with SPC Ardmona amid reports it may walk away from the $70-million deal.
Topics: food-processing, retail, industry, business-economics-and-finance, regional, states-and-territories, parliament, shepparton-3630, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedThe Australian Federal Police launch an investigation into 15 hoax calls made to planes and air traffic control over a two-week period, one of which caused a passenger flight to abort landing as it approached Melbourne Airport.
Topics: air-transport, industry, business-economics-and-finance, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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While Australian food and grocery exports increase, there is grim news regional areas, where jobs growth across the sector stall completely.
Topics: rural, industry, manufacturing, food-processing, canberra-2600
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Increased competition in shipping container handling pushes stevedoring prices to their lowest level in at least 17 years, according to to the market watchdog.
Topics: sea-transport, trade, company-news, business-economics-and-finance, industry, australia
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| UpdatedThere is one certainty in the uncertainty surrounding the United States presidential election — global markets hate it.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, industry, markets, australia
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ABC speaks with members of All Girl Electronic, a Western Sydney program encouraging young women to make music, and address gender imbalance in the industry.
Topics: industry, music-industry, music, australia
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The WA Premier urges Australia's largest iron ore miners to end the state's tax debate by eliminating a production rental fee in exchange for an upfront cash payment, as major Chinese firms voice concern about the proposed tax hike.
Topics: government-and-politics, industry, mining-industry, wa
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| UpdatedThe liquidator of Senator Bob Day's failed businesses will investigate funds given to Family First, after it is made clear unsecured creditors are unlikely to get any of the money owed to them.
Topics: company-news, business-economics-and-finance, building-and-construction, industry, government-and-politics, federal-parliament, minor-parties, political-parties, parliament, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedAirbnb is the world’s largest accommodation sharing website, but there's still a lot of conflicting information about its legality and the risks involved. This is what you need to know before putting your house up for rent this summer.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, tourism, hospitality, industry, lifestyle-and-leisure, travel-and-tourism, laws, australia
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| UpdatedThe organisation that manages the national electricity market is accused of hanging the wind industry out to dry to protect its own reputation after the recent statewide blackout in South Australia.
Topics: industry, electricity-energy-and-utilities, regulation, business-economics-and-finance, alternative-energy, environment, wind-energy, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, port-augusta-5700, sa, australia
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| UpdatedA special economic growth zone will be created for the Victorian Latrobe Valley to include infrastructure spending and tax breaks for communities moving to the area, following the announcement Hazelwood power station will close next year.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, business-economics-and-finance, state-parliament, states-and-territories, morwell-3840, vic, australia
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A disgruntled group of Arrium shareholders try to mount a fight against administrator plans to sell off the embattled steel-making company, suggesting part of the business should be sold off to pay debts.
Topics: steel, industry, company-news, states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, whyalla-5600, adelaide-5000, sa