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Labor climate policy put fear of God in people and alienated blue-collar base

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Original article by Greg Brown
The Australian – Page: 7 : 15-Oct-19

Cathy O’Toole lost the Queensland seat of Herbert at the 18 May federal election; it was the only seat in central and north Queensland that Labor lost in a dismal performance in the state. O’Toole says Labor must rethink its climate change policy in the wake of the election loss, arguing that the policy had alienated Labor’s traditional blue-collar voter base. She has ruled out contesting the seat at the next election.

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Santos seizes Australian oil and gas crown

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Original article by Paul Garvey
The Australian – Page: 19 : 15-Oct-19

Santos expects a $US1.39bn deal to acquire the northern Australia assets of ConocoPhillips to boost its earnings by about 16 per cent. The deal includes the US group’s controlling stake in the Darwin LNG plant, as well as its interests in the Bayu-Undan, Barossa and Poseidon gas fields. Santos will now surpass Woodside Petroleum as Australia’s biggest oil and gas producer. ConocoPhillips still has a 37.5 per cent stake in the Australia Pacific LNG project in Queensland.

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A growing number of Australians want marijuana legalised

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 15-Oct-19

New research from Roy Morgan shows that 42% of Australians aged 14+ now support legalisation of marijuana, up 9% points in just four years. The percentage who say marijuana should remain illegal is down 7% over the same period, to 49%. A further 9% are undecided. Australians aged 18-34 are the most likely to support the legalisation of marijuana. This is also the segment of the population where opinion has shifted to the greatest degree over the last four years. In 2015 only 36% of 18 to 24 year-olds supported legalisation, now 50% do. The next age-group, 25 to 34 year-olds, has also seen a dramatic rise in support, from 34% in 2015 to 46% now. These are the two age groups in which support for legalisation is higher than opposition to the idea. Perhaps surprisingly, the two groups most opposed to the legalisation of marijuana are the youngest and oldest Australians. Only a little over a quarter of 14-17yr olds (26%) and a third of those aged 65+ (33%) support such a move. These are the latest findings from the Roy Morgan Single Source survey, derived from in-depth face-to-face interviews with over 50,000 Australians each year in their homes.

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Sportsbet/BetEasy merger would dominate online betting market

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 15-Oct-19

New research from Roy Morgan shows that a global merger of The Stars Group and Flutter Entertainment, the online betting companies in control of Sportsbet and BetEasy, would dominate the Australian online betting market. Over 52% of the estimated 1.7 million Australians aged 18+ who place bets online use either Sportsbet (44% of online bettors) or BetEasy (15%) or both. Other leading online betting sites include TAB.com.au/UBET (35%), Ladbrokes (19%), Bet365.com (11%), TABtouch.com.au (3%) and Betfair.com.au (2%). These are the latest findings from the Roy Morgan Single Source survey, derived from in-depth face-to-face interviews with over 50,000 Australians each year in their homes.

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Tools down if workers hot, sticky

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Original article by Ewin Hannan
The Australian – Page: 1 & 4 : 11-Oct-19

The Queen’s Wharf project in Brisbane is among the construction sites in southeast Queensland that will be subject to a new hot weather policy. The agreement between the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining & Energy Union and Multiplex will allow building workers to stop work temporarily when the temperature reaches 28C and humidity tops 75 per cent at least three hours before the start of a shift. Master Builders Queensland CEO Grant Galvin says the policy will be an occupational health and safety nightmare, and he warns that it could be exploited by the CFMMEU.

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Pay gap worsens for women barristers

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Original article by Michael Pelly
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 33 : 11-Oct-19

Female barristers received 25 per cent of reported briefs in 2017-18, according to the Law Council, but only 17 per cent of the value of those briefs. This is according to a report to be released by the Council on 11 October, with the eight per cent gap between the number of briefs and their value up from five per cent in the previous financial year. The Law Council adopted an equitable briefing policy in 2016, setting a target of 30 per cent of briefs for women and at least 30 per cent of the value of brief fees by 2020.

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AMP to hit costs in bank merger

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Original article by Cliona O’Dowd
The Australian – Page: 17 & 23 : 11-Oct-19

Bell Potter analyst Lafitani Sotiriou has questioned AMP’s decision to merge its bank and Australian wealth divisions, suggesting that it is "strategy on the run". Allan Gray Australia CEO Simon Mawhinney in turn says the move raises conflicts of interest concerns. An AMP spokeswoman says the two businesses will have separate financial services licences and will remain separate legal entities after being folded into the new AMP Australia. Alex Wade will be CEO of the combined business.

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Older coal-fired power stations are better bet

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Original article by Simon Evans
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 11 : 11-Oct-19

Trevor St Baker contends that there is no ‘natural life’ for a coal-fired power station. St Baker, who was speaking at a national energy summit on 10 November, is the co-owner of the coal-fired Vale power station in New South Wales; he says keeping such stations operating for longer is better than taking a gamble on new technologies such as high-efficiency low emissions plants or carbon capture and storage. Tony Wood from the Grattan Institute told the summit that coal-fired power stations should be allowed to reach the end of their natural life.

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Records galore as Toni tops ARIAs

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Original article by Andrew McMillen
The Australian – Page: 3 : 11-Oct-19

Singer-songwriter Toni Watson has received eight nominations in the 2019 ARIA awards, including best female artist, breakthrough artist and best independent release. Watson’s ‘Dance Monkey’ has been Australia’s number one song for a record 10 consecutive weeks, while it has also topped the charts in countries such as Britain and France. The Teskey Brothers and Hilltop Hoods have been nominated for seven ARIAs.

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Savers come out second best as banks quietly slash interest rates on deposits

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Original article by Michael Roddan
The Australian – Page: 17 & 27 : 11-Oct-19

Lenders have cut interest rates on term deposits by between one and and 35 basis points since the Reserve Bank cut the official cash rate by 25 basis points on 1 October, according to data from ­RateCity. National Seniors Australia’s chief advocate Ian Henschke notes that a third of its members have their money in term deposits, with interest rates on term deposits now at their lowest since the 1950s. He claims that the federal government is "profiteering off the backs of pensioners", by not reducing the deeming rate.

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