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Yep, he’s missing the empathy gene. At the ABC: An Australian family stranded in London have expressed frustration their pet dog and cat have already arrived in Sydney while they are still stuck overseas. The Fotheringhams have been in the UK for the past two and a half years and were in the process of

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The Australian Federation of Travel Agents has urged the federal and state governments to provide targeted assistance for the industry, which has been amongst the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Travel agents qualify for financial hardship assistance if their turnover has fallen by 30%, but many have experienced a decline of 90% or more.

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GE's newly upgraded Haliade-X units will be used for 3.6GW Dogger Bank project off the UK coast, marking first time a 13MW turbine is installed.
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The mask has slipped and the reason Australia has had such high immigration rates has been revealed: The Property Council has called on the Federal Government to extend its successful HomeBuilder stimulus program for new housing construction for a further six months to July 2021. The Property Council has also recommended a ‘Welcome to Australia’

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The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has released its Weekly Payroll Jobs and Wages in Australia survey, which reveals that the number of payroll jobs remains 4.5% lower than pre-COVID levels, whereas total wages are down 4.3%: Key statistics Between the week ending 14 March 2020 (the week Australia recorded its 100th confirmed COVID-19 case) and

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Historically low interest rates and government incentives are prompting more first-home buyers (FHBs) to enter the housing market. However, according to Robert Gottliebsen, renewed talk of reintroducing death taxes will sap the confidence of FHBs: After lying dormant for many years, death taxes are suddenly re-entering the speculative arena. And so to treasurer Josh Frydenberg

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Victoria recorded 28 new COVID-19 infections overnight, a significant rebound from yesterday’s multi-month low of 11. However, it recorded only 3 deaths.   The 14-day trend, which is what the Victorian Government is looking at in order to ease Melbourne’s restrictions, has fallen to 32.8: NSW recorded only 2 new COVID-19 infections, with the trend

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MB usually has a pretty good view of, Adam Creighton. His economics are usually well-grounded and, over time, he’s woken up to the scourge of mass immigration. But his record of pro-virus rants cannot go unmentioned. More today: The aim of such blunt policies, enacted contrary to advice and without empirical support, has steadily shifted

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Amendments to the Corporations and Bankruptcy Acts – including the relaxation of insolvent trading laws for six months – have delayed business insolvencies and related personal bankruptcies during the COVID-19 crisis. These rules, alongside massive emergency income support and debt repayment deferrals, have seen personal insolvencies plunge to record low levels: Whereas the number of

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By William Olson   The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) and leaders from three of its affiliated unions banded together on Monday to call for a reform package for the beleaguered aged care sector to be adopted, ratified and legislated in favour of, to the Morrison government for anytime in the near future. The Australian…

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A recent report from the Centre for Future Work showed that enrolments in apprenticeships and traineeships have collapsed since 2012, and projected a further 30% drop in new apprenticeships (with 130,000 fewer positions) resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic to 2023: The report also showed that government Vocational Education and Training (VET) spending has languished far

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It is great shame that Greg Jericho is such a hypocritic about mass immigration because otherwise, his analysis is often excellent: The August labour force figures surprised everyone – unemployment was expected to rise given the Melbourne lockdown, and yet it fell. And while this is good news, a dig into the figures reveals that

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