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A warning about potential blackouts across South Australia is issued ahead of planned maintenance on the link that feeds the interconnector and exports power from Victoria into the state.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedThe former head of the NSW casino regulator, Chris Sidoti, warns that Crown's Australian casino licences should be reviewed if any of its staff under arrest in China are convicted of an offence.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, industry, law-crime-and-justice, china, australia, asia
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| UpdatedChina cuts its growth target for this year as the world's second-largest economy pushes through painful reforms to address a rapid build-up in debt, and constructs a "firewall" against financial risks.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, globalisation---economy, defence-and-national-security, steel, industry, coal, china
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Two new tracks have opened on the Blue Derby mountain bike circuit as the booming region gears up for an international race.
Topics: rural-tourism, rural, travel-and-tourism, tourism, industry, derby-7264, tas
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| UpdatedThe Reserve Bank steps back into the spotlight this week but it will be far from dramatic, with no movement likely and a performance limited to a dry monologue extolling the virtues of monetary neutrality.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, markets, consumer-finance, international-financial-institutions, trade, industry, australia
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| UpdatedSome property watchers say Sydney and Melbourne are headed into bubble territory. Louis Christopher from SQM Research and Nerida Cornisbee, the chief economist with REA group speaks to Alicia.
Topics: industry, business-economics-and-finance, housing-industry, australia
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A new Chinese-funded solar farm in the ACT is sparking debate over the future of solar manufacturing in Australia.
Topics: solar-energy, alternative-energy, environment, electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, business-economics-and-finance, canberra-2600, act, australia
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Global miner BHP Billiton calls for "short-to-medium term" incentives to build new baseload power generation in South Australia.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, business-economics-and-finance, mining-industry, coal, australia, sa
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| UpdatedPlanned work on a Victorian transmission line will be delayed following SA's power station fire.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, emergency-planning, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
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Amber Harrison's planned counter claim against Seven West Media could contain "scurrilous and scandalous material", the NSW Supreme Court is told.
Topics: media, industry, business-economics-and-finance, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, nsw
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| UpdatedDoubling the grant offered to people buying their first home in regional Victoria will help push house prices down, Premier Daniel Andrews says.
Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, community-and-society, business-economics-and-finance, industry, housing, housing-industry, vic
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| UpdatedWhile Australia enjoys a near-record run of economic growth without experiencing a recession, some bellwether businesses say the economy is more fragile than it looks.
Topics: sea-transport, economic-trends, mining-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, manufacturing, small-business, australia
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| UpdatedAustralian Wool Innovation defends generous redundancy payments and rejects any proposed relocation plans.
Topics: agricultural-marketing, wool, federal-government, industry, agribusiness, agricultural-policy, research, parliament-house-2600
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| UpdatedEnvironmentalists want the Federal Government to scrutinise Queensland's proposed Colton mine, which they say will pour a billion litres of untreated waste into waters around the World Heritage-listed Fraser Island.
Topics: federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, industry, business-economics-and-finance, coal, environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-policy, mining-environmental-issues, maryborough-4650, qld
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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