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Coronavirus NTCall for national plan to support trucking industry for border closures

THE Australian Livestock and Rural Transporters Association wants a cohesive national plan for the management of border closures after the trucking industry was caught out by the NT Government’s recent coronavirus hot spot announcement

GARY SHIPWAY

North Australia Infrastructure FacilityNAIF rejects criticism as the Territory gains $830m

TEN key Northern Territory projects with a combined value of about $833 million have been approved by the North Australia Infrastructure Facility

GARY SHIPWAY, Business Editor

Business SA surveySA business confidence on the mend

SA business confidence made a comeback in the June quarter, exemplified by a Lonsdale family-owned business that employs 500 staff and has its eye firmly on the future of manufacturing in Australia.

Valerina Changarathil

election 2020Territory Alliance promises to overhaul VET sector if elected

TERRITORY Alliance would overhaul the Territory’s Vocational, Education and Training sector, including the installation of a Territory Skills Commission, if elected

SARAH MATTHEWS

Incentive canned‘Failed’ NT population incentive dropped by Gunner Government

THE Gunner Government has dropped a “failed” cash incentive that offered families up to $15,000 to settle in the NT

Natasha Emeck, natasha.emeck@news.com.au

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WA jobs to be bolstered by two new resources corridors

The Federal Government has ticked off two potential new resources corridors stretching the length of the nation in a bid to drive local and international investment, The West Australian can reveal.

Lanai Scarr

Qld BusinessBrisbane rich-listers ink tattoo removal deal

THE Queensland rich-listers who built a billion-dollar cancer-busting health empire are moving into a new lucrative field where the scars are largely self-inflicted.

Glen Norris

Struggling‘Soul destroying’: Rural debt soars as farmers battle

Rural debt has surged to more than $19 billion, as Queensland farmers continue to battle the effects of “very challenging circumstances” of the past two years. One farmer has described her family’s ongoing suffering and the painful decisions they’ve had to make, saying COVID was “nothing in comparison”.

JACK McKAY, ISABELLA MAGEE

OpinionABC hacks eyeing Media Watch gig

The ABC’s Media Watch host, Paul Barry, must be getting ready to step aside, judging by the number of leftists auditioning through their attacks on News Corp, writes Terry McCrann.

Terry McCrann

Freo to KwinanaUnion claims port move would replace jobs with ‘robots’

Mark McGowan has been told to ‘hang his head in shame’ by WA’s most militant union after a report commissioned by the State Government recommended construction of a new Kwinana port by 2032.

Josh Zimmerman and Peter Law

Mining uptickMader sees skills shortages

Mader Group, whose maintenance crews help keep WA’s mining fleets in running order, is seeing “definite” shortages in some key skills.

Sean Smith

ENERGYPower saving plan hits the water

Drawing on cheaper power during the day – while there’s an abundance of sunlight – could save us each $50 per year.

Chris Russell

DefenceMG Engineering to build frigate “mini blocks”

SA shipbuilder MG Engineering has been chosen to build four “mini blocks”, which will be used to test leading-edge manufacturing techniques for the $35 billion future frigates program.

Giuseppe Tauriello

Kingwest boosts coffers by $2m in “non-core” asset sale

ASX-listed gold hopeful, Kingwest Resources, has offloaded a couple of non-core assets that are not part of its flagship Menzies gold project, pocketing just over $2 million which it intends to sink into exploration and development drilling work at Menzies.

Matt Birney

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Ora Banda reels off high-grade gold hits at Riverina

Ora Banda Mining has banked more impressive RC drill hits from its Riverina South prospect as it eyes a maiden resource estimate for the deposit next month. The company is also looking to get into production at its nearby Davyhurst gold processing plant, 120km north-west of Kalgoorlie – based on initially mining several satellite deposits – in early 2021.

Matt Birney

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Classic posts exceptional gold recoveries from Kat Gap

Classic Minerals is barrelling down the road to production at Kat Gap near Southern Cross in WA with its latest test-work showing that simple processing techniques can recover of up to 96 per cent of the contained gold in the ores from the deposit.

Matt Birney

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EmploymentCOVID boosts demand for SA accounting software

Adelaide-based accounting software provider Cashflow Manager is bucking the economic trend, with demand for its subscription service prompting the need to bring on more staff in Adelaide and abroad.

Giuseppe Tauriello

Impact outlines text-book copper-gold porphyry at Apsley

Impact Minerals looks to be tugging on the tail of a tiger with recent geochemical sampling at Apsley in NSW outlining a sizeable anomaly that flaunts all the hallmarks of a classic ‘text-book’ porphyry copper-gold deposit according to the company.

Matt Birney

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‘Material synergies’Failed bikini company Seafolly buys rival JETS

Failed swimwear company Seafolly has bought rival JETS, just a week after its creditors approved a rescue by its private equity owners, L Catterton.

Sean Smith

TechnologySmart suit that can check your baby’s health

Decades ago, it was a Simpsons plot – but now the future has caught up and an Adelaide start-up has invented a smart-singlet for babies that can interpret their babies’ cries.

Giuseppe Tauriello

Keating takes the helm at Lindian

Lindian Resources has further bolstered its senior management ranks with another bauxite expert after experienced Guinea Mining Engineer, Danny Keating, was appointed to the role of Chief Executive Officer. The appointment follows hot on the heels of the company also securing the services of 45-year bauxite and alumina veteran, Yves Occello, as a Non-Executive Director.

Matt Birney

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RetailFurniture giant to open new flagship SA store

Furniture sales are booming amid the COVID-19 pandemic, prompting one of the country’s biggest importers to open a new flagship SA store on Anzac Highway.

Giuseppe Tauriello

Caeneus joins Pilbara gold hunt with exquisite nearology

Caeneus Minerals has joined the hunt for gold in the Pilbara, recruiting terrane expert and accomplished company maker, Rob Mosig to lead the charge as it seeks to explore its newly granted tenements that have arguably the best nearology argument of all the hopefuls when it comes to De Grey’s magnificent Hemi discovery in the region.

Matt Birney

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Grain gainsPush for WA to host national grains body

The new Grains Australia board should be announced this week, and there will be a big push to get the new organisation to base its headquarters in WA, the biggest grain-producing State.

Jenne Brammer