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For many Australians, times are tough. So our ABC audience sent through their best tips on getting innovative to save cash.
Topics: money-and-monetary-policy, consumer-finance, australia
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Cyber attacks pose a growing threat to the global financial system, with many services now delivered over the internet, and more needs to be done to cope with the new risks, financial regulators say.
Topics: international-financial-crisis, regulation, business-economics-and-finance, markets, australia, singapore
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The Government has no plan to allow first home buyers access to their superannuation to fund a deposit, Treasurer Scott Morrison says.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, housing, business-economics-and-finance, housing-industry, superannuation, australia
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| UpdatedAirline REX says six of its planes will remain grounded, pending the outcome of an investigation into a plane that lost a propeller.
Topics: air-transport, albury-2640, sydney-2000, orange-2800, dubbo-2830, wagga-wagga-2650, melbourne-3000, broken-hill-2880
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| UpdatedAustralia's Treasurer and chief corporate regulator both flag a further crackdown on property investor loans, as the regulator implies house prices are at risk of a massive fall.
Topics: housing-industry, banking, regulation, australia
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| UpdatedThe lobby group for industry super funds has declared war against the big four banks with a new ad that compares them to foxes raiding a hen house.
Topics: superannuation, banking, consumer-finance, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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| UpdatedAs visitor numbers surge in Tasmania, a plan for cabins and guided tours in a wilderness area causes a split between experienced bushwalkers and environmentalists.
Topics: tourism, travel-and-tourism, environmental-impact, environmental-management, national-parks, tas
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| UpdatedQueensland is losing more than 500 regional jobs and about $15 million a month in royalties because the State Government is favouring a multinational company over an independent, state-owned company, a mine owner says.
Topics: mining-industry, business-economics-and-finance, industry, mining-rural, activism-and-lobbying, public-sector, government-and-politics, community-development, federal---state-issues, regional, glenden-4743, moranbah-4744, mackay-4740, qld, australia, rockhampton-4700
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| UpdatedFrench officials conduct an autopsy to determine whether a suspected Islamic extremist was drunk or high on drugs when he took a soldier hostage at Orly Airport in Paris and was shot dead by her fellow patrolmen.
Topics: terrorism, air-transport, defence-forces, france
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| UpdatedSimon Birmingham and Julie Bishop defend business leaders campaigning for same-sex marriage after the group comes under fire from Immigration Minister Peter Dutton.
Topics: marriage, gays-and-lesbians, business-economics-and-finance, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedThe South Australian Opposition calls on the State Government to reveal exactly how it will pay for its $550 million plan to secure the state's power supply.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, solar-energy, alternative-energy, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, programs-and-initiatives, environment, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedTasmania's tourism boom shows no signs of slowing down with record growth in the past year, partially driven by a massive uptake on the Three Capes Track.
Topics: tourism, travel-and-tourism, states-and-territories, tas
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| UpdatedA number of major tourist accommodation projects proposed for Tasmania's north-west are facing backlash from locals worried about the impact on their small, quiet towns.
Topics: rural-tourism, tourism, stanley-7331, wynyard-7325, boat-harbour-7321
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| UpdatedHaving been driven along by a storm of political change since late last year, markets are now somewhat becalmed.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, markets, consumer-finance, international-financial-institutions, trade, industry, australia
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| UpdatedAs concern grows about the cost of power and the stability of the electricity grid, the head of the Food and Grocery Council says manufacturers will quit Australia if affordable, reliable energy cannot be guaranteed.
Topics: energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, business-economics-and-finance, manufacturing, coal, alternative-energy, australia
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| UpdatedAs the Canberra Craft Beer and Cider Festival turns 10, the local brewing scene continues to go from strength to strength.
Topics: food-and-beverage, community-and-society, community-and-multicultural-festivals, braddon-2612, canberra-2600, act, australia
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The Greens want assurances no taxpayer funds will be used to seal a possible deal bringing a Victorian sawmill to Tasmania's north-west coast.
Topics: timber, forests, forestry, states-and-territories, burnie-7320, heyfield-3858
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| UpdatedA greener energy mix has helped keep energy-related carbon dioxide emissions flat in 2016 according to International Energy Agency data, showing countries are able to have economic growth while reducing emissions.
Topics: environment, environmental-impact, climate-change, industry, environmentally-sustainable-business, australia
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| UpdatedThe Parliamentary Budget Office investigates a proposal to abolish stamp duty and replace it with a broad-based land tax, adding to a fierce political battle over housing affordability.
Topics: tax, housing-industry, housing, australia
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Annastacia Palaszczuk and a group of regional mayors hope their visit to India will help convince Adani to go ahead with the Carmichael coal mine, despite protesters promising to disrupt its construction.
Topics: coal, environmental-policy, mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, india, qld
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| UpdatedThe owners of the Heyfield sawmill plan to strike a deal to process Tasmanian plantation timber when they relocate to Burnie on the north-west coast
Topics: timber, states-and-territories, state-parliament, community-and-society, regional, unemployment, vic, heyfield-3858
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Farmers say they support the idea to compensate landowners for hosting gas wells on their property, but they still have concerns about the potential damage gas extraction could have on their land and water.
Topics: energy, hydro-energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, government-and-politics, australia, sa
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| UpdatedThe iconic and ubiquitous Kikkoman soy sauce bottle draws its Japanese design principles from war and peace.
Topics: art-and-design, industrial-design, design, food-and-beverage, japan
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| UpdatedAustralia's booming craft beer industry, which has more than doubled in the past five years, is demanding a fairer deal from the Federal Government, saying the current tax regime is holding it back.
Topics: alcohol, tax, government-and-politics, manufacturing, australia, nsw
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Kawasaki Heavy Industries is rejecting claims it owes millions of dollars to Laing O'Rourke and said the company had made "significant efforts to resolve" the situation which left hundreds jobless earlier this week.
Topics: oil-and-gas, unions, unemployment, darwin-0800