Friday, October 14, 2016

Women half as likely to benefit from tax cuts as men and other top stories.

  • Women half as likely to benefit from tax cuts as men

    Women half as likely to benefit from tax cuts as men
    Male mining engineers, school principals, surgeons and anaesthetists will be the biggest beneficiaries of the high-end tax cut  before the Senate, with men more than twice as likely to benefit as women.The analysis, by the Australian Greens, comes ahead of a vote on the $4 billion cut which is supported by both the government and the opposition. More Business Videos Previous slide Next slide Budget 2016: Do you get tax relief? 'Flash crash' decimates pound st..
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  • Barrick Super Pit sale draws local, foreign bidders

    Barrick Super Pit sale draws local, foreign bidders
    Barrick Gold's stake in the Kalgoorlie Super Pit mine – Australia's largest open-cut mine – has drawn interest from a range of local and overseas miners in a deal that could raise as much as $US1billion.Australian producers Newcrest Mining, Northern Star Resources and Evolution Mining are also reviewing data on the mine ahead of possible indicative bids, which are due by the end of October. Chinese companies including China National Gold Group and Shandong Gold Mining are also considering offer..
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  • Melbourne Airport monorail idea not a priority, but worthy of discussion, Premier says

    Melbourne Airport monorail idea not a priority, but worthy of discussion, Premier says
    Melbourne Airport monorail idea not a priority, but worthy of discussion, Premier says Updated October 09, 2016 13:59:00 A plan for a monorail to Melbourne Airport is not high on the list of priorities but is worth discussing at some point in the future, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrew says.A private consortium held discussions with some members of the Government over a $1.2 billion plan for a fast monorail to the airport.The Government is facing pressure to improve tra..
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  • Can we rely on renewables?

    Can we rely on renewables?
    SA blackout 'due to weather, not renewables'1:42SA Premier Jay Weatherill says last week's blackout was caused by severe weather, not renewable energy. South Australia’s newest wind farm at Hornsdale was switched on to the electricity grid on July 7.WHEN an entire state went dark last week, rightly or wrongly, people started questioning whether renewables were reliable.The huge storm that swept through South Australia produced a tornado and brought down 23 transmission towers eventually leading..
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  • Driverless bus a weirdly normal experience

    Driverless bus a weirdly normal experience
    Angus LivingstonAustralian Associated PressIs it weird sitting in a driverless shuttle bus as it slowly drives you along a Melbourne road?No. In fact it's almost unsettling how quickly normal it seems.The Transdev shuttle humming through Albert Park on Sunday is already in full use in Europe, moving at a top speed of 40km/h.If you've ever been a passenger in a bus or even in a theme park ride, the experience is similar.There's an emergency stop button and an automated ramp that slides out when n..
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  • Carmichael mine to be given 'essential' status in sign of Palaszczuk support

    Carmichael mine to be given 'essential' status in sign of Palaszczuk support
    The Queensland government is poised to declare Adani’s proposed Carmichael coal project “critical infrastructure”, a rare step that will elevate its status to an operation that is “essential to [the] state’s economic and community wellbeing”. The Palazsczuk government appears to be bolstering its visible signs of support for the controversial and stalling coal export project. The state mines minister, Anthony Lynham, is reportedly due to accord it the highest priority development status on Mon..
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  • Gina Rinehart launches $370m bid for Kidman cattle empire

    Gina Rinehart launches $370m bid for Kidman cattle empire
    Australia's richest businesswoman, Gina Rinehart, is diversifying into agricutlure. Joe Armao Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting has launched a joint bid with a Chinese partner for the nation's largest landholder, S.Kidman & Co, in what will be a further political test for Australia's foreign ownership rules and signals the biggest push so far by Australia's wealthiest businesswoman into agriculture.Hancock will own 67 per cent of Kidman's gia..
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