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As the debate rages over how to bring rein in rising energy prices, and ensure a reliable power grid, a snapshot of 2,000 households shows the majority of people see solar batteries as the key to cheaper and more reliable energy.
Topics: environmental-technology, environment, solar-energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, australia
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| UpdatedThe head of the troubled wealth management division, Annabel Spring, is also departing following CEO, Ian Narev out the door. The sale comes as the Commonwealth battles a raft of allegations over the Austrak money laundering scandal.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, banking, australia
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| UpdatedANZ has become the second big bank in a week to forecast the Reserve Bank will turn hawkish and raise rates twice next year. The ANZ said it's new forecast is based on a more positive view of the local economy, with both growth and inflation picking up.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, stockmarket, australia
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| UpdatedRobert Millner is chairman of Washington H Soul Pattison which, along with its 25 per cent holding in TPG has large stakes in New Hope coal mine and Brickworks among others.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, australia
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Experts call for a dedicated Australian space agency to help claim a slice of the growing space business pie.
Topics: industry, science-and-technology, astronomy-space, defence-and-aerospace-industries, spacecraft, space-exploration, australia, adelaide-5000
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Following the death of Indigenous leader and social justice campaigner, Dr Evelyn Scott, Jackie Huggins remembers her mentor as a woman of courage and grace.
Topics: community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, australia
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The Australian dollar fell as the US dollar surged in response to a rate hike foreshadowed by the US Federal Reserve.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, currency, company-news, melbourne-3000, australia
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Toowoomba Regional Council Mayor Paul Antonio has championed inland rail for many years and has spoken publicly in support of the base case.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, government-and-politics, federal-government, regional-development, business-economics-and-finance, rail-transport, regional, community-and-society, toowoomba-4350, australia, qld
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Spending time in the kitchen is about more than food: it builds important skills for children and their parents, writes Kat Wieczorek-Ghisso.
Topics: food-and-beverage, lifestyle-and-leisure, food-and-cooking, family-and-children, children, parenting, australia
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Best-selling children's author and Hiroshima bombing survivor Junko Morimoto urged the Prime Minister to sign a treaty banning nuclear weapons before her death today.
Topics: nuclear-issues, books-literature, federal-government, australia, japan
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Fairfax Media warns that its revenues are down 4-5 per cent on last year's levels, as it prepares to reveal its Domain separation plan as early as Friday.
Topics: media, housing-industry, company-news, business-economics-and-finance, print-media, australia
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Jesse Earl Langlands is sentenced to three years in prison for a violent carjacking, of which his lawyer says he has no recollection, as evidenced by the fact "he went Christmas shopping the next morning".
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, courts-and-trials, children, road, laidley-4341, qld, australia
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| UpdatedA Federal Government MP says women who breastfeed in Parliament are a "bit over the top" and are trying to make a "statement".
Topics: breastfeeding, breast-feeding, federal-government, parliament, federal-parliament, australia
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| UpdatedAustralia meets India in Kolkata in the second one-day international of their series, looking to bounce back from an opening loss in Chennai. Follow our live ScoreCentre.
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A bold Government foray into artificial intelligence to deliver critical services to the public has stalled, amid concern politicians and the bureaucracy have been spooked by the census and 'robo-debt' bungles.
Topics: science-and-technology, government-and-politics, federal-government, robots-and-artificial-intelligence, disabilities, australia
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The Department of Defence was "naive" to delay suspending the use of Chinese-made drones after concerns were raised about their security, a former senior Defence official says.
Topics: science-and-technology, defence-forces, australia
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| UpdatedA Government foray into artificial intelligence — featuring a virtual assistant voiced by Cate Blanchett — is shelved over concerns politicians have been spooked by the 'robo-debt' and census bungles.
Topics: robots-and-artificial-intelligence, disabilities, federal-government, australia
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The Reserve Bank governor is optimistic Australia's economy is on the path to a new post-mining growth phase, despite the challenges of weak wages growth, rising debt, and looming interest rate increases.
Topics: economic-trends, money-and-monetary-policy, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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Statistics reveal Melbourne, Brisbane and the Sydney Roosters are dominating the NRL like Canterbury, Canberra and Manly did in the 1980s and 1990s.
Topics: sport, rugby-league, nrl, melbourne-3000, vic, brisbane-4000, qld, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedFarmers in southern Queensland say the decision to build the Melbourne-to-Brisbane route through a floodplain could be "catastrophic" and the consultation process lacked transparency.
Topics: rail-transport, federal-government, government-and-politics, regional-development, business-economics-and-finance, regional, community-and-society, toowoomba-4350, qld, australia
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| UpdatedA solid eight hours is something many of us aim for but is sleeping through the night something we've always done? Or is it something new?
Topics: health, diseases-and-disorders, sleep, sleep-disorders, australia
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Another injury blow for the Crows, with forward Mitch McGovern joining Brodie Smith on the sidelines ahead of the preliminary final against Geelong.
Topics: sport, australian-football-league, adelaide-5000, sa, geelong-3220, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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Sophia Martini, who died after falling off the back of a scooter being driven by her boyfriend, was due to get married when she returned to Australia.
Topics: road, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, bali, indonesia, australia, qld
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| UpdatedFor the past few decades Australia's deregulated banks gobbled up almost every financial services business they were allowed to take over. Now it seems they have a severe case of asset reflux.
Topics: banking, insurance, consumer-finance, business-economics-and-finance, takeovers, superannuation, australia
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| UpdatedOne of the leading figures of the decade-long campaign for constitutional recognition, Dr Evelyn Scott AO, is remembered as a "striking presence" and "towering" figure within the Aboriginal and Islander communities.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, aboriginal, townsville-4810, ingham-4850, qld, australia