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The operator of the Yallourn power station, Energy Australia, has labelled planned industrial action as reckless and disappointing.
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The 'brain drain in reverse' phenomenon has the potential to provide Australia with a valuable economic opportunity, but are employers recognising the value of international...
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Wall Street rose overnight, as US investors took a more optimistic view on what the Federal Reserve may announce tomorrow.
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If you're fed up with your stop-start commute, European car giant BMW is working on new technology to speed things up.
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A new labelling standard that identifies 'green' toiletries and cosmetics is being released today.
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The Federal Government is under pressure to say how it will hand out Tasmania's $100 million regional development fund.
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China has launched its first pilot carbon emission trading scheme in the southern city of Shenzhen.
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A study by the Australian Bureau of Statistics has found almost half of all locally made television content in Australia is news.
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China, the world's largest carbon emitter, has launched its first carbon trading scheme as it tries to reduce pollution from greenhouse gases.
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The ABC has confirmed that Rio Tinto is sacking more staff at its iron ore operations in Western Australia, as part of attempts to cut expenses globally.
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The share market has ended the day moderately down as investors wait for the US Federal Reserve to meet on Wednesday over the future of America's stimulus program.
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A consumer fraud forum in Melbourne has been told online shopping licences for people who wish to purchase goods on the internet could be used as a way to stamp out fraud.
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A consumer fraud forum in Melbourne has been told online shopping licences for people who wish to purchase goods on the internet could be used as a way to stamp out fraud.
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Carmaker Holden is in discussions with staff and unions about cutting costs at its South Australian plant.
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The Reserve Bank has signalled it is counting on further falls in the high Australian dollar to help rebalance the economy.
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Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill is in Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, for talks on trade and investment between the neighbouring countries.
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The Australian share market has shrugged off positive leads from overseas to fall moderately.
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Mining billionaire and Palmer United Party founder Clive Palmer says The Australian has printed information that was stolen from his Brisbane office.
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Thick morning fog across a wide part of Adelaide has delayed arrivals and departures at the airport.
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The State Government says the latest report on local content shows more than 100,000 jobs have been created in the resources sector in two years, belying Opposition claims local...
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Gains on Wall Street and in Europe ahead of US Federal Reserve's decision on economic stimulus.
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has launched Federal Court action against a company it has accused of ripping off people in Indigenous communities,...
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Queensland's chief health officer Jeannette Young says new strategies will be rolled out over coming months to get more children tested for lead levels in Mount Isa in the state's...
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The Yallourn open cut mine in Gippsland has been affected by heavy rain.
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A Greek court has ruled that closed-down state broadcaster ERT must reopen immediately, offering the squabbling ruling coalition a way out of a political crisis over the station's...
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The price of New York's main oil benchmark has hit a nine-month peak, as traders worry that the Syria crisis could hit supplies from the crude-rich Middle East, analysts say.
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Indonesia's parliament paves the way for fuel price hike after promising compensation for poor.
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Western Australian contractor Clough says the mining services industry is ripe for consolidation and it is on the hunt for takeover targets as the heat comes out of the resources boom.
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As interest rates hit their lowest in recent history increasing numbers of borrowers are choosing fixed home loans, and economists say now is the time to lock in.
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A Senate inquiry has heard extraordinary allegations that Tasmanian forestry contractors who were paid by the Government to leave the industry are using a legal loophole to continue work.
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The coastal town of Agnes Water in central Queensland has been isolated by a large sinkhole that has opened up on a flood-damaged road.
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It has been a volatile start to the new trading week, with the market swinging from steep losses early on to solid gains by the session's close.
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Socceroos star Tim Cahill has been given a boost ahead of tomorrow night's Soccer World Cup qualifier, with the Premier Barry O'Farrell temporarily renaming the Cahill expressway...
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The NSW Nationals have declared their opposition to any sell-off of the state's electricity distribution network.
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PNG's Prime Minister says it's not enough to be hosting the 2015 Pacific Games, his athletes need to win.
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Clive Palmer's office has denied the Queensland mining magnate is short of cash, despite a written request for funds from a Chinese business partner being made public.
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The Federal Government has rejected calls to wind down the coal industry, after a Climate Commission report suggested the majority of the world's coal must be left unburned.
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A union says foundry workers and their employer Bradken have reached an in-principle agreement on pay.
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Electricity prices in NSW will rise from next month, but by around half the amount originally proposed.
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The Australian Macadamia Society (AMS) says many Queensland growers are facing their fourth successive year without making a profit.
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Australian Food and Grocery Council will soon release a new code of conduct for supermarkets which includes a dispute resolution process.
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A recovery in banking stocks has helped the Australian share market rebound from a fall during morning trade.
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A broken down train at the Perth undergound is affecting commuters on the northern line to Clarkson.
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A high dollar, cheap overseas labour and a global market are putting pressure on Australia's manufacturing sector, and the car industry represents the malaise like no other.
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The Australian share market is set to start the week down, after Wall Street suffered another fall on Friday.
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Consumer groups think a proposed industry code will make buying free-range eggs less confusing for shoppers.
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The Opposition says the State Government failed to mention its plan to merge Queensland's two biggest electricity suppliers in the budget less than two weeks ago.
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New research says mining emissions are a cause of lead poisoning in children in Mount Isa in north-west Queensland.
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The Queensland Government has unveiled its latest move on electricity prices in a bid to drive down household costs.
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The New South Wales Government has warned federal MPs against breaching rules that prohibit them from using classrooms for political purposes.
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Australian healthcare company Virtus Health has become the world's first in-vitro fertilisation company to be listed on a stock exchange after it got its IPO away this week.
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Unions say it will be a huge setback for the state's mining workforce if the mothballed Oakajee Port and Rail project is not revived.
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The value of government subsidies to industry has been called into question in the wake of job cuts at Ford and Holden.
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The future for workers remains unclear, with the union warning Holden will fail to reach its redundancy target.
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The Federal Member for Perth Stephen Smith says q radio shock-jock should have "fallen on his sword" after quizzing the Prime Minister over her partner's sexuality.
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US stocks ended the week in the red as market speculation boiled over the Federal Reserve's stimulus program ahead of the Fed monetary policy meeting next week.
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The Geraldton Iron Ore Alliance says the suspension of the multi-billion dollar Oakajee deep water port project will not immediately affect Mid West miners.
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The British government has reportedly asked airlines to block the US whistleblower Edward Snowden from boarding flights to the United Kingdom.
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Airbus's new A350 plane has glided smoothly through its maiden flight, leaving company executives relieved and brimming with confidence for the battle with Boeing that lies ahead.
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The United Nations says it has been allowed to deliver emergency aid to northern Myanmar for the first time in nearly a year.
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The share market has had its biggest one-day gain since April on the back of a Wall Street rally overnight.
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Queensland National Parks Minister Steve Dickson says he wants to see more tourism operators invest in infrastructure at the state's natural attractions.
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Oakajee Port and Rail has suspended all work on the $6 billion port and rail project in the Mid West. Chief executive John Langoulant (pictured) will step down at the end of the month.
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Changes will be made to the maintenance cycle for the Navy's Collins-class submarines to keep more in service.
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A $10,000 reward has been posted by hoteliers over an armed robbery at a hotel in Hobart's northern suburbs.
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A mining company says it may take legal action over the Northern Territory Government ban on seabed mining in waters off Groote Eylandt in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
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A former beverage supplier has been fined $5,400 by the Environment Resources and Development Court for contravening South Australia's container deposit laws.
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Federal treasury spokesman Joe Hockey says new abattoirs in northern Australia should be considered to help the region's struggling beef sector.
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There will be a modest rise in electricity prices for ACT households next financial year.
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The Australian share market has surged ahead, with the Australian dollar also up around 1 US cent.
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A sugar mill at Bundaberg in southern Queensland is using macadamia nuts to create hotter and cleaner renewable fuel.
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The Rainbow Beach Commerce and Tourism Association says a court decision to reject a $1.5 billion beachfront development at Rainbow Beach on Queensland's Cooloola Coast is a major...
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Adelaide's thinker-in-residence investigating the live music scene said it would not be hard to kick-start a revival.
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Wall Street rose sharply overnight, as investors once again welcome positive readings on the US economy.
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Indonesia's Vice President Boediono has admitted the country's $20 billion fuel subsidy program is inefficient.
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Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has filed for divorce from his third wife, Wendi Deng, after 14 years of marriage.
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A new banking initiative being launched today aims to help stamp out financial abuse of vulnerable members of the community.
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Thousands of Australian jobs are being shipped across the Tasman to New Zealand as firms chase lower wages and less restrictive labour laws.
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The latest construction delays at the multi-million dollar Brighton Transport Hub near Hobart have been blamed on a mistake in the installation of water and sewerage infrastructure.
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The Australian Vaccination Network, which promotes the link between autism and vaccines, is fighting an order to change its name.
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The Government is touting a new five-star food labelling system as the latest tool to help fight the obesity epidemic in Australia.
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Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister has called for talks with Newcrest Mining as fallout from the company's asset writedown continues.
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The share market has extended its recent losing streak, finishing down almost the same level it started at this year.
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Queensland's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 5.8 per cent in May, from an upwardly revised 5.7 per cent in April.
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The breakthrough of Brisbane's latest traffic tunnel did not go completely to plan this morning.
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Suncorp expects to take a financial hit by offloading a portfolio of poorly performing loans.
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The Bunnings hardware chain is closing a frame and truss plant in Victoria's north east resulting in the loss of 47 jobs.
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Local shares have coming under pressure from a broad-based sell-off, reflecting weakness on US and European markets overnight.
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NSW Labor questions why the State Government renewed a coal seam gas licence as toxic leaks were being investigated.
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Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has used a national address to reassure the country after markets took a hit of almost four per cent in one day.
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Two Victorian franchises are among nine Harvey Norman stores being taken to court for misrepresenting consumer rights.
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Official figures show unemployment eased slightly to 5.5 per cent, but with almost no new jobs created.
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The Planning and Environment Court has quashed plans for a controversial beachfront development at Rainbow Beach on Queensland's Cooloola Coast.
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Rinehart mine boss says 1,700 foreign workers may not be needed for the Roy Hill iron ore project.
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Today's labour force figures are expected to show the unemployment rate crept higher in May, as Australia's economic growth remains sluggish.
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A popular surfing spot on Queensland's Gold Coast has been added to a list of Australia's most endangered waves.
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The Australian Workers Union has cut back its wage rise bid for Bradken foundry workers in Adelaide.
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It was an extremely volatile trading session in the United States overnight.
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ActewAGL has cut the rate of return for households that generate solar power by more than half.
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ERT closure: Unions, coalition partners and the media unite in Greek to revolt against the government's abrupt shutdown of the state broadcaster.
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Julia Gillard and Arnold Schwarzenegger have written a joint opinion piece to urge global action on climate change.
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Australia is increasing emergency drought assistance to the Marshall Islands, in the face of a dire food and water shortage.
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Economists warn an increase of casual and part-time work means Australia's unemployment rate is higher than we think.
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The NSW government has decided to prosecute coal seam gas operator Santos for breaches of its production licence in the Pilliga.
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The share market has fallen to a near five-month low with losses across the board that were the steepest in energy and bank stocks.
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Coles says it will defend itself against claims it misled consumers about where and when its bread is baked.
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News Limited has announced it is removing David Fagan as Queensland's editorial director.
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The Northern Territory Government has placed a total ban on seabed mining around Groote Eylandt in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
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The Australian Uranium Association says regulatory reform is needed to strengthen the industry in Australia.
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From American pork producers to Sydney's tallest apartment project, China is heralding a mighty new wave of investments across the globe.
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US agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland is intensifying its campaign to win regulatory approval for its controversial takeover of Australia's GrainCorp.
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Tasmania's Premier Lara Giddings does not believe the sale of state-owned company Aurora Energy will be jeopardised by a push to reduce power prices.
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The Rockhampton council in central Queensland has handed down its budget with a $1 million surplus, but there will be rate rises.
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One of the companies involved in the development of the Abbot Point Coal Terminal in north Queensland says several sites are still being considered as the location to dump dredged spoil.
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Mining company Anglo American Coal says the decision to close a central Queensland mine was based on low coal price forecasts.
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The Master Builders Association (MBA) says the Toowoomba council on southern Queensland's Darling Downs is passing costs onto the building industry by pushing for compulsory water tanks.
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The latest consumer confidence survey has found Australians are increasingly positive about the future of their personal finances.
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Newcrest denies it withheld information from the market amid a price inquiry by the securities exchange and the corporate watchdog.
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The Premier, Lara Giddings, says the construction industry has entered a growth phase, despite predictions the sector is heading for a big slump.
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The globe's poorest nations have won an eight-year extension of a waiver on intellectual property rules.
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The number of visitors to the state has increased to record levels.
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An Indigenous broadcaster has used his nationally-syndicated radio program to say the Northern Territory town of Katherine "reeks of racism".
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Global markets fell overnight after the Bank of Japan held off on expanding its economic stimulus program.
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Retailer Target has confirmed 260 jobs will be lost at the head office in Geelong following a company restructure.
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The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has ramped up its pre-election advertising campaign to highlight the challenges confronting small businesses.
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Cash strapped junior miners are facing tough conditions with a new report warning hundreds could go under globally before the end of the year.
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The Tasmanian Greens wants the ANZ bank to forego its claim against debt owed by failed timber giant Gunns.
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Greece's government has announced the immediate closure of public television and radio broadcaster ERT, in a shock move that affects nearly 2,700 jobs.
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The New South Wales Greens say they have evidence a recent report from a government-owned corporation on coal train dust in the Hunter Valley was changed before it was published.
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Volkswagen has confirmed it will recall some of its cars in Australia after a fatal accident in Victoria sparked safety concerns about some models.
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Companies supplying mining equipment and services are flagging lower profits and job cuts as the investment boom loses steam.
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Solid gains in energy and healthcare stocks has seen the share market close higher after the long weekend.
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Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk says the city will reap the benefits from hosting the Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
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A new airline rating website rates carriers in Africa and Indonesia as among the worst performers.
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The Premier Colin Barnett says the Chinese government expressed a strong interest in importing beef from Western Australia.
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Mining remains the most pessimistic sector of the economy, according to National Australia Bank's leading business survey.
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China's Ansteel is set to take a majority stake in the Karara magnetite iron ore mine in WA's Mid West as part of a restructure of finances with its joint venture partner, Gindalbie...
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Groote Eylandt traditional owners are asking the Northern Territory Government to ban seabed mining.
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The call for volunteers to exit the West Australian Newspapers group is yet another signal print media is moving onto life support.
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Queensland Agriculture Minister John McVeigh says the Federal Government needs to provide more detail before he will sign up for the new farm finance scheme.
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The operator of the Australian share market has announced plans to raise more than $500 million through a share offer.
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The latest official figures show the number of new home loans around Australia increased slightly in April.
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Up to 100 jobs are to be cut at West Australian Newspapers through voluntary and potentially forced redundancies.
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Hundreds of unionists have gathered outside Parliament House in Perth to protest against the potential loss of jobs in the gas industry.
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Taxi drivers are blockading the feeder rank at Melbourne Airport preventing cabs from picking up passengers.
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The Sunshine Coast Environment Council (SCEC) says it has concerns about federal approval of Australia's biggest master-planned community at Caloundra South in south-east Queensland.
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Businesses in Queensland's Surfers Paradise say they should not have to pay to keep the streets safe at night.
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The receiver for failed timber company Gunns believes it is unlikely creditors will recoup any money with the resumption of woodchip sales to Japan.
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A mining company in north-west Queensland says it is planning to convert its workforce to entirely local employees.
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Three Victorian rail services were shut down after thieves stole copper cables during the night.
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BP says its investigation into a spill at its Cairns depot in far north Queensland in January has found no adverse environmental effects.
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The Chinese company blocked from working on Australia's National Broadband Network has set its sights on shaking off its image as a stalking horse for Chinese spies.
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A proposed code of conduct for the automotive industry would be "weak" and does not go far enough for consumers, say industry representatives.
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Papua New Guinea has opened the region's biggest fish processing plant in the industrial city of Lae.
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Jetstar says passengers on an international flight to Perth, which was diverted to Kalgoorlie, are still on the ground in the Goldfields but will fly out tonight.
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Tokyo's Nikkei index has climbed by almost 5 per cent after an erratic month of trade.
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New figures highlight the decline in the Falcon’s popularity, which was a major factor in Ford’s decision to end Australian production.
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The SA Government will consult with the Port Pirie community about new legislation introduced to Parliament.
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Weak economic data from China sent the Australian dollar below 94 US cents for the first time in 20 months.
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The State Government hopes a new six-storey hotel and restaurant to be built in Northbridge will help rejuvenate and transform the entertainment district.
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The head of the powerful US Business Council says Australia's business climate is in "rigor mortis" and must stop being complacent.
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Australia's engineering industry is undergoing a major contraction, with one insider saying up to 7,000 jobs have been lost in the past six months.
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Avram Zeleznikow, a Holocaust survivor and founder of Melbourne's famous Scheherazade restaurant, has died aged 89.
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Shop owners in New South Wales have been warned to clear their shelves of synthetic drugs or face fines of up to $1.1 million.
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Authorities have launched a criminal investigation into a bus fire which killed at least 47 people and injured dozens more.
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BHP Billiton has signed off on the sale of its stake in the $45 billion Browse gas project in Western Australia.
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United States employers stepped up hiring in May in a show of economic resilience that suggests the Federal Reserve could begin to scale back the amount of cash it is pumping into...
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A Darwin tradesman has blown the whistle on what he says were asbestos handling breaches at a roll-out site for the National Broadband Network.
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The share market extended this week's falls, ending sharply down and is now back to where it started at the beginning of the year.
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The Federal Government and car industry chiefs have pledged to continue working together to guarantee the survival of Australia's automotive sector.
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WA's building industry is predicting increased tension on worksites as a result of Federal Government changes that expand union right of entry.
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The Shire of Broome says it has launched a crackdown on illegal camping because some of the town's most popular beaches are starting to resemble shanty-towns.
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The Federal Government says it is confident new tourism facilities at Hanging Rock in central Victoria will be sensitive to the site and provide the region with an economic boost.
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A former tax consultant has been sentenced to jail over insider trading committed while he worked at accounting and consulting giant PwC.
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With one billion serious savers and more than a million millionaires, a new generation of Chinese investors are making their presence felt in the Australian property market.
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Volkswagen has written an open letter to customers, offering free inspections in response to growing public concern about serious mechanical problems.
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The Australian share market is extending its early losses, with the resources sector worst performer.
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Food giants Nestle and Mars and a network of independent wholesalers have been accused of an alleged criminal conspiracy to fix the prices of leading chocolate bars.
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A wholesaler has been banned from selling fireworks for Territory Day this year under new powers granted to the Police Commissioner.
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Gold mining giant Newcrest is planning to close its Brisbane office and suspend production at its high-cost operations as part of a cost-cutting drive.
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On the face of it, a court case against the environmental approval of an abandoned project seems like a silly waste of time and money.
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A woman is in hospital after she was mistakenly given a kitchen cleaner to alleviate her hiccups at a restaurant on Queensland's Gold Coast.
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Samoan leaders have expressed disbelief over the demands of a Chinese company hoping to invest in the nation.
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New figures show Australia's construction sector has been in decline for three full years in a row.
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It was a volatile trading session in New York, but US markets managed to close more than 0.5 per cent higher.
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Kmart and Target have become the first Australian retailers to sign up to a safety accord in a bid to improve conditions for Bangladeshi garment workers.
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The Productivity Commission says it is prepared to look at what action can be taken to help protect SPC Ardmona.
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Consumer confidence in WA has fallen to a record low.
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The head of the United Nations Development Programme, Helen Clark, says Myanmar needs to address poverty, not just reach out for international investment.
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Hundreds of workers at Target's head office in Geelong are expected to hear about possible job cuts today.
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Talks are being held in Melbourne today to begin work on a long-term survival plan for the car industry once Ford closes its local manufacturing plants.
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One of Australia's major food manufacturing companies is warning that it may shut down two of its vegetable processing factories in New South Wales and Tasmania.
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The Australian dollar has dropped 1 per cent against the greenback and is expected to fall further putting pressure on the share market.
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The NSW Government announces that trains on Sydney's North West Rail Link will be driverless despite initially ruling out a fully-automated service.
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Fairfax Media says it is hoping to replicate the success of its international digital subscription service when it launches a metered paywall in Australia next month.
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Gas company AGL is facing investigation for a potential breach of an environment protection licence.
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A former head of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) says the authority could use its recall powers if Volkswagen fails to act on product safety issues.
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After three terrible years, Australia's lucerne seed industry is back on track, bringing smiles in SA.
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The Treasury secretary rubbishes claims by commentators that parts of the economy are on the brink of recession.
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The Australian Conservation Foundation says a Northern Territory man it has chosen to honour with an environmental heroism award sacrificed millions of dollars to protect his land.
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Retailer Target is expected to shed a number of jobs as part of a restructure of the business.
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Queensland Opposition Leader Annastacia Palaszczuk has made her budget reply speech, accusing the State Government of breaking its promise to reduce the cost of living.
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The Queensland Government will open a new trade and investment office in Jakarta in Indonesia.
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Queensland Police Union (QPU) president Ian Leavers says the Gold Coast has a serious organised crime problem and outlaw motorcycle gangs are to blame.
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A north-west Queensland grazier has questioned the efforts of Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) to improve conditions for drought-affected producers.
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The Australian dollar has fallen more than 1 per cent after yesterday's weaker-than-expected economic growth figures.
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A central Queensland tourism expert says if international tourists believe the Great Barrier Reef is endangered they will stop visiting.
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The Outback Regional Roads Group says road funding drying up for western Queensland councils will put pressure on local workforces.
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Ports North says it will not hold off on plans to dredge Trinity Inlet in Cairns in far north Queensland to allow seagrass levels to recover.
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The South Australian Government said it was in discussions with two airlines China Southern and China Eastern to fly direct to Adelaide, as it worked to tap the potential of the...
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The Greens have started a new campaign to push the Future Fund to stop investing in coal companies.
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Canberra's water authority ACTEW is axing eight positions as part of a major shake-up of its management.
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Telstra is considering a long-term plan to completely remove asbestos from all its pits, amid concerns members of the public may have been exposed to the deadly fibres.
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The union movement will launch a multi-million-dollar advertising campaign during tonight's State of Origin match which they say is designed to show workers how much they could lose...
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The share market has closed at a near five-month low after official figures showed Australia's economic growth has slowed by more than expected.
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Hundreds of world leaders and industry chiefs have gathered in Myanmar for the World Economic Forum on East Asia.
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A chief economist says a contraction in WA's economy during the March quarter is just the start of a downward trend as the construction phase ends and production begins.
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The manager of a popular venue in Port Hedland says business has never been better since it banned patrons from wearing high visibility work gear.
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The State Government has slashed Tourism WA's marketing budget by $1 million forcing planned international campaigns to be cut.
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A report has found that a railway project in Cambodia has significantly impoverished hundreds of people who were forced to relocate outside the capital in late 2011.
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The United Voice union says almost 50 workers have been sacked from casinos in Brisbane and the Gold Coast in south-east Queensland.
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Queensland Energy Minister Mark McArdle has confirmed the State Government will not be reducing the solar feed-in tariff.
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Queensland sugar lobby group Canegrowers has cautiously welcomed the State Government's decision to cap electricity prices for farmers and irrigators.
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Funding for health services has increased in this year's state budget for Queensland's Gold Coast, but little else.
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Community and business leaders in Townsville in north Queensland have given a mixed assessment of this year's state budget.
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A south-west Queensland mayor says the Great Artesian Basin is a "national treasure" and needs to be protected from the impacts of resource exploration and development.
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The Queensland Government is being warned of a voter backlash if it makes changes to the solar feed-in tariff.
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The Queensland Government says the Mackay region in the state's north has fared well in yesterday's state budget, despite "trying financial circumstances".
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Australia's economic growth slows by more than expected in the first three months of the year amid sharp contractions in the mining states of Western Australia and the NT.
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Health has been one of the biggest winners in an otherwise austere Queensland budget for the Cairns region in the state's far north.
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The first commercial sugar export will leave Bundaberg next week, five months after floods extensively damaged the port in the southern Queensland city.
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Mount Isa MP Rob Katter says there are very few positives in this year's Queensland budget for the state's north-west.
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Central Queensland's resources sectors seems to be one of the biggest winners in the State Government's second budget.
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The Queensland Farmers Federation (QFF) says there has been nothing "new" handed down to struggling farmers in this year's state budget.
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The managing director of Simplot says he is confident the Tasmanian Government will help keep its Devonport factory viable.
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An audit has found the majority of Canberra restaurants are breaching workplace laws.
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More than 150 marine scientists have called on the federal and Queensland governments to stop all construction outside major ports along the Great Barrier Reef.
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Another Australian media company has announced it is cutting staff.
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Wall Street snapped its remarkable 20-week Tuesday winning streak after a jump in consumer and business spending increased volatility on the market.
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New figures shows there are more Queensland public servants earning over $100,000 a year than when the Liberal National Party (LNP) Government started its job cuts.
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The WA Premier Colin Barnett says foreign investment rules discriminate against China and are holding back investment in Australia.
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The corporate regulator has revealed a second instance of inadvertently blocking large numbers of websites while trying to shut down access to investment scams.
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A minerals company with extensive interests in Tasmania is to relocate its head office from the rich mining state of West Australia.
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Small businesses are to receive a temporary payroll tax concession as part of this year's South Australian budget, which the Premier will unveil on Thursday.
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Sydney Airport has released the draft version of its 20 year 'Master Plan' which outlines how it will double passenger capacity without any changes to curfews, runways or the flight cap.
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Australian researchers say the country is sitting on potentially huge shale gas deposits, but more environmental assessment and proper regulation are needed to develop the industry.
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A new report has found that the profits of the world's biggest miners have slumped by half since 2011 as the mining boom peaks.
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Seven suburban newspapers in Melbourne's south-east will be shut down, with the loss of 32 jobs.
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A public health expert has downplayed fears that work on telecommunication pits could lead to harmful asbestos exposure among nearby residents.
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