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Federal government spent $4m on Facebook ads in past 12 months

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Original article by Miranda Ward
The Australian Financial Review – Page: Online : 29-Jun-21

US-based Pathmatics states that the federal government has spent an estimated $4 million on Facebook advertising in the past 12 months, with $3.1 million of that coming in the last five months. Much of the government’s Facebook advertising has related to the pandemic, but other areas that it has spent advertising on include campaigns on domestic violence against women and on how its $110 billion infrastructure plan is better connecting Australia’s states.

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Ban stands for euthanasia phone tips

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Original article by Lydia Lynch
The Australian – Page: 3 : 24-Jun-21

National legislation passed in 2005 ban doctors from encouraging suicide by phone, email or videoconference, with fines of $222,000 in place. With Queensland due to pass voluntary assisted dying legislation in September, it has written to the federal government to ask that the legislation to be amended to ensure that doctors who give voluntary assisted dying advice to terminally patients over the phone or internet are not caught up by the suicide legislation. However, the federal government has declined to give such an exemption.

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Pilbara gold find WA’s biggest since Gruyere and Tropicana

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Original article by Peter de Kruijff
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: Online : 24-Jun-21

De Grey Mining has reported a 6.8 million ounce maiden mineral resource for its Hemi deposit in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, making it the largest gold discovery in WA since the Gruyere project in 2013 and the Tropicana project in 2005. The Hemi deposit is part of its Mallina Gold Project, which now has a total mineral resource of nine million ounces. Gold exploration expenditure rose 16 per cent in Australia in 2020 to $1.3 billion, with $908 million spent in WA alone.

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DE GREY MINING LIMITED – ASX DEG, CHALICE MINING LIMITED – ASX CHN

No mafia-style threats: VC hero

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Original article by Kieran Gair
The Australian – Page: 3 : 24-Jun-21

Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith is suing three newspapers over articles in 2018 that allege he committed murder while on deployments in Afghanistan, allegations which he denies. Appearing for his ninth day in the witness box on 23 June, he denied claims that he sent letters containing "mafia-style" threats to former soldiers. Roberts-Smith also denied allegations he poured petrol on his laptop and set it alight in 2018 after being informed that his behaviour in Afghanistan was the subject of an "open" investigation into alleged war crime

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Solo buyers a growing force in the housing market

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Original article by Nila Sweeney
The Australian Financial Review – Page: Online : 24-Jun-21

Solo first home buyers accounted for 38 per cent of ME Bank’s home loan applications in 2020, up three per cent on the previous year. Single women accounted for 49 per cent of all solo home loan applications, down one per cent on the previous year. ME Bank also reported that single men made their first home loan application at the average of 32 in 2020, down from an average age of 35 in 2018. Single woman took out their first home loan application at the average age of 34 in 2020, also down from an average age of 35 in 2018.

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BHP sacks second worker accused of rape

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Original article by Brad Thompson
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 10 : 24-Jun-21

News that BHP has sacked a second worker accused of rape will not encourage women or men to join the mining industry, according to women in mining advocate Sabina Shugg. The two former employees are both ‘fly in, fly out’ workers accused of raping female colleagues in unrelated incidents. Both have denied the police charges against them and have accused BHP of unfair dismissal.

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BHP GROUP LIMITED – ASX BHP

ALP (50.5%) leads L-NP (49.5%) on a two-party preferred basis – no bounce for PM from G7 trip

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 24-Jun-21

ALP support is now 50.5% (down 0.5% points since early June) cf. L-NP on 49.5% (up 0.5% points) on a two-party preferred basis following Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s overseas trip to the G7 in the United Kingdom according to the latest Morgan Poll on Federal voting intention. If a Federal Election were held now it would be too close to call with the chance Australia would have a hung Parliament for the first time since 2013. Interviewing was conducted on the weekends of June 12/13 & June 19/20, 2021 with a representative cross-section of 2,782 Australian electors using a combination of telephone and online interviews. Primary support for the L-NP was up 1.5% points to 41.5% compared to the ALP on 34.5% (down 1% point). Greens support was up 0.5% points to 12%. Support for One Nation was up 0.5% points to 3.5% while support for Independents/Others has dropped by 1.5% points to 8.5%. Voting Intention by State shows ALP ahead in Victoria but the L-NP leading in NSW, QLD & WA.

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Two jabs needed for Delta coverage

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Original article by Natasha Robinson
The Australian – Page: 5 : 24-Jun-21

Data from the UK suggests that Australians will need two Covid-19 vaccine doses for them to be adequately protected against the Delta variant, and only around five per cent of Australians have had two doses. Public Health England estimates the Pfizer vaccine offers only about 36 per cent protection against the Delta variant after one dose, while the AstraZeneca vaccine offers only around 30 per cent protection after one dose. Protection from the Delta variant rises to 88 per cent for Pfizer and 67 per cent for Astra-Zeneca after two doses. The Delta variant is estimated to be about 50 per cent more infectious than the original Wuhan strain, and Australian health authorities have warned it can be transmitted as the result of "inadvertent" contact between people, sometimes lasting just a matter of seconds.

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PFIZER INCORPORATED, ASTRAZENECA PLC

Virgin to give away business-class flights

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Original article by Tom McIlroy
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 5 : 24-Jun-21

Virgin Australia has announced it will give away free business class flights and Velocity frequent flyer points to encourage passengers to get vaccinated against COVID-19. It will also be encouraging its staff to get vaccinated, offering them flexible work arrangements to help them make appointments, along with extra annual leave, lounge memberships and business class flights. Sixty-five per cent of its flight crews and airport teams have been vaccinated against COVID-19, while 58 per cent of its corporate teams are already vaccinated or have made an appointment.

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VIRGIN AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS LIMITED

Construction wages barrier to developing lithium battery industry

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Original article by Jacob Greber
The Australian Financial Review – Page: Online : 24-Jun-21

Australia has the potential to develop the first legitimate mine-to-lithium battery industry outside of China, according to a report prepared for the Future Battery Industries Co-operative Research Centre. Such an industry would have the potential to inject $7.4 billion into the economy by 2030, as well as creating almost 35,000 jobs. The report contends the high cost of construction wages as being one barrier to developing a lithium battery industry, along with a lack of university-educated specialists. Global lithium battery sales are tipped to be worth between $US133 billion ($176 billion) and $US151 billion by 2030.

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CO-OPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE FOR FUTURE BATTERY INDUSTRIES