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In this update: troubled law firm, slater and gordon, says it's broke and is operating at the mercy of its lender; major insurer,QBE, says it expects the market backdrop to remain challenging this year despite posting a strong rise in annual profit; shares in QBE rose today and by the close were up just over 2 percent; the broader Australian share market closed in the red
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Official data show wages going backwards while company profits surge, with mining and construction leading the trend.
Topics: economic-trends, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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In this update: The latest in finance. Troubled law firm Slater and Gordon says it's broke. Major insurer QBE says it expects the market backdrop to remain challenging.
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In this update: the latest in finance. Troubled law firm Slater and Gordon says it's broke. Major insurer QBE says it expects the market backdrop to remain challenging.
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In this update: The latest in finance. Major insurer QBE says it expects the market backdrop to remain challenging. The first ever mass produced mobile phone the Nokia 3310 has been officially relaunched in Spain.
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| UpdatedThe sugar lobby group Canegrowers says a joint announcement by Australia and Indonesia to reduce import tariffs will improve competitiveness.
Topics: rural, business-economics-and-finance, sugar, agricultural-crops, mackay-4740
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In this update: The first-ever mass produced mobile phone, the Nokia 3310, has been officially relaunched in Spain, nearly 17 years after its debut. ; A customer survey has found Australian businesses could be losing out by not catering to people of diverse backgrounds. ;
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Malcolm Turnbull is facing not just the expected sniping from the sidelines but growing discontent from the political middle as tax reform and renewable energy policy go nowhere, writes Ian Verrender.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, government-and-politics, electricity-energy-and-utilities, alternative-energy, tax, australia
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| UpdatedDespite being warned of "potential conflicts of interest", the Queensland Government appointed an Adani company director to chair the authority overseeing the Abbot Point coal port.
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| UpdatedTax breaks for property investors should be slashed and the Medicare levy lifted to pump more funding into welfare spending, according to the Australian Council of Social Service.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, industry, tax, government-and-politics, social-policy, welfare, australia
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The latest batch of GDP figures and US President Donald Trump's address to a joint sitting of Congress will be the big-ticket items for this week.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, markets, stockmarket, corporate-governance, australia, united-states
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| UpdatedIndonesian President Joko Widodo hears first-hand the challenges Australian businesses face in investing in his country during Sydney visit.
Topics: federal-government, government-and-politics, trade, international-aid-and-trade, business-economics-and-finance, foreign-affairs, agreements-and-treaties, defence-and-national-security, indonesia, australia
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| UpdatedScientists in the US are coming together to fight back against Trump's apparent attack on their profession.
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| UpdatedIt's harder than ever to make money in the film industry, but there are some winning avenues — and aspiring film-makers would do well to consider the key trends.
Topics: film-movies, film, industry, business-economics-and-finance, arts-and-entertainment, australia
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In this update: The Reserve Bank Governor says it's possible that altering tax breaks for property investors could take some heat out of the housing market; Milk processor Murray Goulburn has swung from a profit to a loss for the half year because of a plunge in milk supplies; and Australian stocks have been pulled down by mining stocks because of lower iron ore prices.
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| UpdatedIn wide ranging comments, the RBA Governor Phillip Lowe noted that local retailers are under pressure from the invasion of global chains.
The ability of big overseas names to undercut local labels has seen half a dozen brands collapse this summer.
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| UpdatedThe commercial property giant Charter Hall owns more than 300 properties; renting space to Woolworths, Westfarmers, the Commonwealth Bank and Telstra. It's Managing director and CEO, David Harrison, speaks to Alicia.
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| UpdatedThe Aussie Dollar rose to another high for the year as the Greenback sinks. Equities analyst for Bell Direct, Julia Lee speaks to Alicia.
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With discount clothes and fast fashion, Australian shoppers have never had it so good. But it's sending local retailers to the wall, with the collapse of half a dozen brands this summer, and predictions of more to come.
Topics: retail, business-economics-and-finance, company-news, economic-trends, australia
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In this update: the Reserve Bank Governor says it's possible that altering tax breaks for property investors could take some heat out of the housing market.
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| UpdatedYou've probably heard of athletes 'tanking' by deliberately losing a game, but a new report into businesses doing the same thing — referred to as 'phoenixing' — says it's costing the Australian economy billions of dollars a year.
Topics: fraud-and-corporate-crime, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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Topics: human-interest, animals, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, business-economics-and-finance, environmentally-sustainable-business, small-business, rural-women, women-in-agriculture, harcourt-3453