Focus on opportunities, not cost: NBN boss
Lilly VitorovichAustralian Associated PressNBN Co boss Bill Morrow is urging Australians to forget the $49 billion price tag on the national broadband network and focus on the many opportunities it offers.Mr Morrow believes the public's attention should be on the technological advances the NBN could afford in health, education and entertainment."The NBN is unique globally, it will give Australia a unique edge," he said at an Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce lunch on Friday."We're now enterin..>> view originalSA storms leave residents without phones, power
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Striking Centrelink public servants 'absurd' says government
Labor has tried to increase the pressure on the Coalition government to settle its three years dispute with tens of thousands of its public servants. 'Absurd': Minister for Employment Michaelia Cash blames "games" by the CPSU for the disruption. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen Commonwealth officials from a number of departments walked off the job on Friday invoking the scorn of Employment Minister Michaelia Cash, who said they were in an "absurd position" and Public Service Commissioner John L..>> view originalTourism boom: overseas visitors explode as Australia enjoys superstar status
There's nothing like Australia1:30Watch Tourism Australia's latest advertising campaign, 'There's Nothing Like Australia', which lets the nation's best elements 'speak for themselves'. Tourist Jesica Melul from Argentina at Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast. Picture: Luke MarsdenRobyn IronsideNews Corp Australia NetworkAUSTRALIA is on track to welcome more than eight million overseas visitors in 2016 after another double-digit increase in monthly arrivals. Data from the Australian Bureau of St..>> view originalMarkets Live: Draghi drags on ASX
That's it for Markets Live for today. Thanks for reading and have a great weekend. See you all again Monday morning from 9. Australian shares closed down for the fourth week in a row after the European Central Bank failed to extend its monetary stimulus program and investors piled out of the big banks. Oil surged higher throughout Friday, giving energy stocks a boost, but the number of companies going ex-dividend this week kept pressure on shares, which traded sideways for most of the week bef..>> view originalNick Xenophon seeks Labor support for compromise to save Arena renewable fund
Nick Xenophon has revealed his party will oppose cuts to the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Arena) and propose amendments to allow the agency to recoup some funds or take equity in projects it invests in. The compromise comes after sustained Greens opposition and uncertainty within Labor over whether to accept the $1.3bn cut to Arena contained in the government’s omnibus savings bill. Xenophon told Guardian Australia on Friday he will write to shadow climate change and energy minister, Mar..>> view originalClive Palmer questioned in court over Queensland Nickel collapse
Stress in the aged care sector is likely to spread
"We spend our time responding to, dare I say, government whims", says Paull English, General Manager of Residential Services with BaptistCare. Alex Ellinghausen "We spend our time responding to, dare I say, government whims," says BaptistCare general manager Paull English."We make significant changes to our business, like the billing process for example, and then 12 months later we find, oh, they are not allowing us to use that anymore."Mr Engl..>> view originalDebt jam blocking Origin's advance, says incoming chief Frank Calabria
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
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