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Stuck with a 2G mobile network and slow internet speeds, a group of Norfolk Islanders are looking for the ultimate technology boost: fibre-to-the-island.
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British 28-year-old Chloe Pincho is pretty clear about the impact of backpackers paying more tax. "This tax is just not acceptable because they're robbing you already," Ms Pincho tells Fairfax Media at Bondi Beach a few hours after the deal sealing the ...
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The ability of telecoms company Telstra Corporation to offset the fall in its traditional revenue streams by diversifying into a range of technology and other businesses is in doubt.
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Unscrupulous companies will no longer be able to charge struggling Australians 880 per cent interest on consumer leases for goods such as fridges and dryers under new "small amount credit contract" laws.
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The scorecard has been released for the annual ratings battle between the television stations. But rather than a drumroll event, 2016's award - which goes to Seven (again) - is more a pyrrhic victory.
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A former Westpac financial planner has been banned from providing financial services, 2½ years after concerns were raised by his employer.
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Investors began the week cautiously, ignoring climbing metals prices and instead selling out of energy stocks after a sharp drop in the oil price.
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US retail giant Amazon has yet to contact Metcash about its mooted launch in Australia, as the wholesaler declares the past six months as the most competitive the country's $90 billion grocery sector has ever seen.
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Shares fall in a cautious start to the week as a sharp fall in the oil price weighs on energy stocks, with climbing metal prices not enough to lift miners overall, while Metcash jumps on results.
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ASX-listed drone detection outfit DroneShield has unveiled a rifle-style handheld drone jammer, which the company boasts can help fight terrorism.
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The head of one of Australia's largest companies has urged the West Australian government to do what it can to ensure Perth Airport gets direct flights from London.
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Electronics retailer JB Hi-Fi has formally closed the $870 million acquisition of home appliance chain The Good Guys. The deal announced in September will take the total JB Hi-FI network to 295 stores across Australia and New Zealand.
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The furore over the backpacker tax could soon be over, with federal Treasurer Scott Morrison announcing the Coalition will compromise again on the rate, and push for 15 per cent.
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The NSW government's controversial ethanol mandate is costing Sydney motorists up to $85 million a year, a report by the federal competition regulator has found.
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Construction giant Lendlease is backing last-minute changes to soften or remove retrospective aspects of the government's legislation to revive the Australian Building and Construction Commission.
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The Australian share market has closed lower led by heavy falls from oil and gas producers and the major miners. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was down 0.79 per cent at the close with most sectors in negative territory, including the big four banks.
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A painting at the 4D Magic Fantasy exhibition during a beer festival in Qingdao, eastern China's Shandong province. STR/AFP/Getty Images.
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Many of Australia's coal-fired power stations will shut in coming years no matter what the government does, but a national plan will be needed to ensure the lights stay on and price rises are limited while they are replaced with cleaner models, Labor ...
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This year's wet winter and spring did not dampen the spirits or efforts of Australia's gold miners who increased production in the September quarter.
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