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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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Airbnb gives neighbours unhappy about short-term rentals a way to provide feedback.
Topics: tourism, regional, state-parliament, programs-and-initiatives, coffs-harbour-2450, port-macquarie-2444
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Construction of the first hemp house in WA has sparked calls to build a processing plant so local farmers can supply the industry with a sturdy, fireproof, termite-resistant building material.
Topics: agricultural-crops, building-and-construction, environmental-technology, environmentally-sustainable-business, margaret-river-6285
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| UpdatedSydney Airport made $97.8 million in profit from car parking fees in just one year, a report released by the ACCC shows, as the consumer body calls for greater regulation of airport competition.
Topics: air-transport, sydney-airport-2020, sydney-international-airport-2020, sydney-2000
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Retail sales rebound in January, rising 0.4 per cent according to the Bureau of Statistics, while job ads data from ANZ show a dip of 0.7 per cent in February after a solid rise the month prior.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, retail, money-and-monetary-policy, australia
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An elite group of Communist billionaires with a combined worth of nearly $700 billion are being accused of holding China back as they profit from bloated state enterprises.
Topics: markets, business-economics-and-finance, foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, china
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When it comes to tackling soaring house prices in Australia, one outspoken Liberal MP says his Coalition Government should take a "no guts, no glory" approach to policy.
Topics: housing, government-and-politics, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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| UpdatedAirlines and their passengers have paid up to $1.6 billion too much for airport access over the past decade due to a textbook example of how not to privatise monopoly assets, the competition regulator says.
Topics: air-transport, regulation, privatisation-and-deregulation, australia, melbourne-airport-3045, sydney-airport-2020, brisbane-airport-4007, perth-airport-6105
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| UpdatedA Hunter Valley's winemaker blasts New South Wales tourism officials for failing to support the industry adequately.
Topics: viticulture, tourism, cessnock-2325, pokolbin-2320
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Assaults have dropped in Kings Cross but risen in parts of Sydney outside of the city's lockout law zones, in some places as much as 17 per cent, new statistics reveal.
Topics: alcohol, assault, law-crime-and-justice, hospitality, kings-cross-2011, sydney-2000, newtown-2042
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| UpdatedThe mystery of what happened to the audio console used to record one of modern music's most iconic songs has been solved, with the two men responsible for its "punk death" confessing to the crime.
Topics: music-industry, music, arts-and-entertainment, social-media, tas
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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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Hundreds of East and North Fremantle residents stage what they say is their last stand against the Liberal Government's controversial Perth Freight Link project, before next Saturday's West Australian election.
Topics: road-transport, government-and-politics, fremantle-6160, east-fremantle-6158, north-fremantle-6159
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Solar provides rays of hope for the small mining town of Collinsville in north Queensland as companies vie to take advantage of the region's 300 days a year of perfect sunshine.
Topics: solar-energy, alternative-energy, environment, mining-environmental-issues, mining-rural, mining-industry, community-development, activism-and-lobbying, local-government, regional, regional-development, collinsville-4804, qld, australia, townsville-4810
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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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Grape growers in the Canberra region expect to pick about 3,000 tonnes of fruit this harvest, after great conditions across spring and summer.
Topics: viticulture, food-and-beverage, agricultural-crops, rural, canberra-2600, act, australia
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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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China's annual Parliament opens for 10 days to approve decisions made by the leadership and announce GDP growth rate figures.
Topics: economic-trends, world-politics, china, asia
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It's not just potential homebuyers feeling the heat of Sydney's soaring prices, a real estate group warns, releasing data showing there has also been a surge in rental demand.
Topics: housing-industry, community-and-society, narrabeen-2101, sydney-2000, nsw
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The Southern Communications Network is referred to the Fair Work Ombudsman over claims it is paying workers as little as $10 an hour, well below the minimum wage.
Topics: industrial-relations, hobart-7000
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| UpdatedIt might take about two weeks to repair some of the electricity infrastructure damaged by spot fires at Adelaide's Torrens Island Power Station.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, community-and-society, adelaide-5000, sa
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The US Federal Reserve is set to raise interest rates this month and is on track to lift them further later this year, its chair Janet Yellen signals, in evidence the fears forcing it to keep borrowing costs near zero for so many years are firmly on the wane.
Topics: money-and-monetary-policy, economic-trends, markets, currency, united-states
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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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The director-general of ASIO warns that as IS fighters return home to South-East Asia, the threat of attacks in that region increases.
Topics: terrorism, unrest-conflict-and-war, travel-and-tourism, tourism, asia