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The minister said the plan would also create about 650 jobs, although it stopped short of guaranteeing the new gas plant ...

SA to build battery, gas plant under energy plan

South Australia will build Australia's largest battery to store renewable energy and a new 250 megawatt gas-fired power plant under a six-point plan to secure the state's energy needs.

'Not a good move': Property industry slams stamp duty plan

Labor's plan has been slammed by property industry, which says it would harm supply.

A rare point of emerging bipartisan consensus on increasing the foreign investor levy has been slammed by the property industry, after a snapshot of residential property purchases showed that foreign buyers outpaced first home buyers in NSW in the July quarter last year.

Markets Live: Biz less bullish

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Early, mining-inspired gains on the ASX have been erased amid selling in the big banks, while NAB's monthly business confidence survey shows a pullback from recent heights.

The Gateway: Problem crocs told to move on

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 07: Spencer Howson Brisbane Times. on February 7, 2017 in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by ...

There were coughing fits and technical glitches, and he wasn't as chatty as Adele, but Justin Bieber still managed to pump up the 40,000-strong crowd at Suncorp last night.  And speaking of Adele, guess where she was performing last night when the lights went out. Poor old South Australia.  Your two must-know moments from TV last night were protesters at Q&A; - more on that shortly - and Casey Donovan being crowned Queen of the Jungle. In the world of radio, the first ratings of the year come out today. Lots of interest because of changes to several breakfast shows - including Triple J, Hit 105, 97.3, 882, ABC and Triple M (now with Robin Bailey, pictured). You'll find the numbers here. Meanwhile, for a fun thrown-back to the '80s and '90s, Jamie Dunn has revealed more of his secrets in this week's Game Changers: Radio podcast.

Springboks star fractures vertebrae

Uncertain: Pat Lambie will be out for at least six to eight weeks.

South Africa's Sharks will be without captain Pat Lambie for an estimated six to eight weeks after the flyhalf suffered a fractured vertebrae in the warm-up before Saturday's 37-14 Super Rugby victory over the New South Wales Waratahs.