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| UpdatedThe national energy regulator takes the highly unusual step of reassuring South Australians that it is not forecasting supply shortfalls as temperatures reach the high 30s over the next four days.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, states-and-territories, parliament, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, alternative-energy, environment, sa, adelaide-5000
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Nationals MP Andrew Broad and Labor MP Pat Conroy are launching a new inquiry into modernising the power grid.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, business-economics-and-finance, federal-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedThe Australian Workers Union is urging Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to "act decisively and rationally in the national interest" to ensure a portion of Australia's natural gas is quarantined for domestic use.
Topics: oil-and-gas, industry, business-economics-and-finance, government-and-politics, 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.
Topics: mining-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, coal, state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, bowen-4805, weipa-4874, mackay-4740, qld
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| UpdatedSunday penalty rates will be a major issue as MPs head to Canberra for a new sitting week, with Bill Shorten asking Malcolm Turnbull to support a Labor push to keep them.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, hospitality, industry, australia
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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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In a world of steel and concrete, timber is making a comeback on industrial building sites.
Topics: industry, building-and-construction, campbelltown-2560
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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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| UpdatedThe New South Wales Government launches a new campaign to recruit more women to become train drivers, saying there is no reason it should be a male-dominated field.
Topics: rail-transport, industry, transport, government-and-politics, parliament, states-and-territories, nsw
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| UpdatedThe Meatworkers Union slams a northern Tasmanian abattoir run by JBS Australia for standing down workers for a second time in six months.
Topics: livestock, rural, industry, longford-7301, tas
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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