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| UpdatedA major Hunter Valley mine expansion, Anglo American's Drayton South project, is rejected for the fourth time amid concerns it poses too many risks to the environment.
Topics: mining-industry, industry, mining-rural, environment, environmental-impact, singleton-2330, scone-2337, muswellbrook-2333
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The Nationals MP representing the area covered by the proposed Narrabri Gas Project has expressed confidence that CSG company Santos will pass the relevant checks.
Topics: oil-and-gas, industry, business-economics-and-finance, community-and-society, narrabri-2390, pilliga-2388
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| UpdatedElectricity retailers ERM Power and Alinta Energy opt to pay more than $130 million in penalties, rather than meeting their renewable energy obligations, raising fresh questions about the Renewable Energy Target.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, business-economics-and-finance, environment, climate-change, australia
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| UpdatedWhat are the arguments for and against to cut Sunday penalty rates for some hospitality, retail and fast-food workers?
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, industry, hospitality, retail, federal-government, australia
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Workers at Patties Foods in Bairnsdale are concerned redundancies announced by the food manufacturing company are just the tip of the iceberg.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, unions, industry, manufacturing, bairnsdale-3875
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| UpdatedHundreds of workers walk off the job at Adelaide shipbuilder ASC over an ongoing enterprise bargaining dispute that has spanned two years.
Topics: unions, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, manufacturing, industry, osborne-5017, adelaide-5000, sa
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Australia's energy operator finds power plant failures contributed to the unprecedented pressure on the New South Wales electricity grid during this month's heatwave.
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| UpdatedOnline sales of branded beef could be improved in Australia with better marketing and value adding less popular cuts according to a Queensland producer.
Topics: rural, industry, food-processing, food-and-cooking, beef-cattle, mackay-4740
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| UpdatedThe New South Wales Government plans to set up a panel of scientific experts to assist in the assessment of a coal seam gas project near Narrabri, in northern New South Wales.
Topics: oil-and-gas, industry, business-economics-and-finance, community-and-society, narrabri-2390
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An overnight issue with Suncorp Bank's systems causes some accounts to appear anywhere between $15 and $1,400 overdrawn.
Topics: banking, industry, business-economics-and-finance, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedANZ's move to cut credit card interest rates by up to 2 per cent is cold comfort for the bank's customers who have been paying too much for too long, consumer advocate group Choice says.
Topics: banking, business-economics-and-finance, industry, australia
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With global markets on pause waiting for news about tax cuts in the US and the wobbly world of European politics, the busiest week of the domestic reporting season will capture most of the attention in coming days.
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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Donald Trump has promised to boost US manufacturing and punish companies for moving jobs overseas, during a visit to a South Carolina Boeing factory to celebrate the unveiling of the company's latest Dreamliner jet.
Topics: world-politics, business-economics-and-finance, industry, us-elections, government-and-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedPresident Donald Trump promises to boost US manufacturing and punish companies for moving jobs overseas, during a visit to a South Carolina Boeing factory to celebrate the unveiling of the company's latest Dreamliner jet.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, industry, environmental-policy, environment, air-transport, us-elections, united-states
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| UpdatedIn a time of so-called "alternative" facts, fake news and spurious claims, it's perfect timing for the return of Fact Check to ABC news outlets, writes founding editor Russell Skelton.
Topics: media, industry, journalism, education, university-and-further-education, australia
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| UpdatedLet's just say the latest national snapshot of the state of renting a home in Australia does not paint a pretty picture. That's putting it lightly. It's dire.
Topics: housing, government-and-politics, housing-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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| UpdatedMalcolm Turnbull is particularly critical of the SA Government for what he describes as its renewable energy scheme, but it's the Commonwealth's scheme, says energy expert Danny Price.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, business-economics-and-finance, industry, electricity-energy-and-utilities, alternative-energy, australia
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| UpdatedPeople with criminal records, single parents and pet owners are facing discrimination when it comes to renting in Tasmania, and there are reports of racial discrimination, a tenant's advocacy group says.
Topics: housing, government-and-politics, housing-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, tas
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| UpdatedA New South Wales abattoir owner calls on Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg to "keep some gas for Australians" as the east-coast braces for a huge surge in prices.
Topics: oil-and-gas, industry, small-business, australia, cowra-2794
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| UpdatedThe nation's first national survey of housing tenants reveals renters in Australia have little security and lack the power to demand standard property maintenance.
Topics: housing, government-and-politics, housing-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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| UpdatedA Queensland's sugar industry report warns that the pain from increasing electricity prices under a new tariff proposal is almost guaranteed.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, agribusiness, industry, federal-government, irrigation, sugar, bundaberg-4670, brisbane-4000
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Origin Energy finally bites the bullet and wipes more than $1 billion off the value of its stake in the $25 billion APLNG gas export project in Queensland.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, oil-and-gas, industry, qld, australia
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| UpdatedAustralia'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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| 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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| 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