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Scientists create the world’s thinnest gold

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cosmosmagazine.com – Page: Online : 7-Aug-19

Researchers from the University of Leeds in the UK have created what they contend is the world’s thinnest unsupported gold. The material is one million times thinner than a human finger nail and regarded as 2D, and the researchers claim it is 10 times more efficient as a catalytic substrate than the currently used gold nanoparticles. They claim the material, which they have dubbed ‘nanoseaweed’ because of its shape and because it appears green in water, could have a wide range of applications in the electronics and medical devices industries. They also state it could be used as a catalyst to accelerate chemical reactions in a range of industrial processes

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UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS

Brickworks sees new strength in housing nationwide

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Original article by Simon Evans
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 15 : 20-Sep-19

Brickworks released its results for the year ending 31 July on 19 September, with Australia’s biggest brickmaker reporting a net profit of $154.6 million, down 12 per cent. Brickworks’ Australian business recorded EBIT of $57 million, down 27 per cent, while it declared a final dividend of $0.38 per share, up six per cent, with payment of the dividend to be made on 27 November. Brickworks MD Lindsay Partridge says the housing market is starting to improve, while he called for greater regulation and tighter control of poor-quality building products and sub-standard construction practices.

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BRICKWORKS LIMITED – ASX BKW

Former Silverchair frontman sues Sunday Tele

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Original article by Max Mason
The Australian Financial Review – Page: Online : 20-Sep-19

Former Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns is suing ‘The Sunday Telegraph’ for defamation over an article that appeared in its 11 August edition. The article alleged Johns frequently attended an infamous brothel called The Kastle in the Sydney suburb of Chippendale. Johns, who has commenced proceedings against the newspaper, its editor and the journalist who wrote the story in the Supreme Court of Victoria, says the article is "simply untrue" and that he had not been aware of the brothel’s existence until he saw the story.

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Measuring Australia’s digital divide – The Australian Digital Inclusion Index 2019

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Market Research Update – Page: Online : 20-Sep-19

The 2019 edition of the Digital Inclusion Index has been released, with the Index looking at the online participation of Australians through three measures – affordability, access and digital ability. The Index is developed and produced by RMIT University’s Digital Ethnography Research Centre and the Centre for Social Impact at Swinburne University in partnership with Telstra and Roy Morgan. The 2019 Index reveals there was marginal improvement in digital ability, and that access continued to improve. The share of total household budgets spent on internet services increased in 2019, while the affordability gap between high and low-income households remains at the same level as in 2014. Affordability is unlikely to improve unless household income rises for those in low-income brackets or a low-cost NBN product becomes available.

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RMIT UNIVERSITY, SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, ROY MORGAN LIMITED

Amazon slated for western Sydney estate

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Original article by Ben Wilmot
The Australian – Page: 23 : 20-Sep-19

Goodman Group and Brickworks received approval on 19 September to proceed with development of the Oakdale ­West estate in western Sydney. The estate, which will be completed over five stages, is located close to under-construction Western Sydney Airport and a number of freeways. Coles has already signed an agreement to move into the Oakdale ­West estate, and is due to do so in 2023. There is also expectation e-commerce company Amazon will establish a distribution centre there.

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GOODMAN GROUP – ASX GMG, BRICKWORKS LIMITED – ASX BKW, COLES GROUP LIMITED – ASX COL, AMAZON.COM INCORPORATED

Plan to modernise gritty Queen Vic Market sparks fears

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Original article by Jewel Topsfield
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: Online : 18-Sep-19

Melbourne Lord Mayor Sally Capp says new modernisation plans for that city’s historic Queen Victoria Market will enable it to keep operating successfully for another 100 years. The new plans include increased refrigeration for fresh produce stall holders and centralised waste and recycling facilities. However, Friends of Queen Victoria Market president Mary-Lou Howie says the market would lose its ‘gritty’ appeal under the proposed plans, which she contends are the work of ‘neatniks’. She says the main concern of traders remains the proposed replacement of the market’s open-air park with a public space.

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CITY OF MELBOURNE

Some women lie about domestic violence: Hanson

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Original article by Tom McIlroy
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 5 : 19-Sep-19

Labor plans to oppose an inquiry into the family law system, with the inquiry to be headed up by Kevin Andrews, with One Nation leader Pauline Hanson as deputy chair. Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese claims Prime Minister Scott Morrison went back on a promise to consult Labor about the proposed inquiry, accusing him of acting unilaterally to do a deal with Hanson. Hanson has campaigned for years for changes to the Family Court and for the rights of men to be better heard in family breakdown cases. She angered Labor, the Greens and domestic violence campaigners on 18 September when she alleged some women lie about domestic violence in order to "game the courts".

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AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, ONE NATION PARTY, AUSTRALIAN GREENS, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET

No point building new dams: minister

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Original article by Ean Higgins
The Australian – Page: 2 : 19-Sep-19

Victorian Water Minister Lisa Neville has ruled out building any more dams for that state, citing a forecast that water in the state’s rivers will halve by 2065. Neville says Victoria’s existing dams are in the best locations for capturing water, although she notes the Thomson Dam, which was intended to ‘drought proof’ Melbourne, has only filled three times in its history, with the last time being in 1996. Neville says that rather than the federal government offering Victoria money for more dams, it should give it funds to expand its desalination plant.

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VICTORIA. DEPT OF ENVIRONMENT, LAND, WATER AND PLANNING

ALP poll review team: let’s air laundry in public

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Original article by Greg Brown
The Australian – Page: 5 : 19-Sep-19

Jay Weatherill and Craig Emerson’s review of Labor’s election campaign is expected to be handed to its national executive in early November. It is understood that Weatherill and Emerson have asked their full report be made public, although this could cause embarrassment to Bill Shorten and expose shortcomings regarding his campaign. It is likely that the report will be released, but that elements that might suggest future campaign strategies would be withheld. Meanwhile, Shorten said on 18 September that he had no regrets about his use of ‘class warfare’ language during the campaign.

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AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY

Retailers warn tax cut stimulus effect is months away

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Original article by Sue Mitchell
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 17 : 19-Sep-19

Lower interest rates do not seem to be having a positive impact on retail sales, according to Peter Allen, the CEO of shopping centre owner Scentre Group. Allen told an Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce retail forum in Sydney on 18 September that consumers are seeing rate cuts as a sign the economy is slowing, and that they may need to be more careful with their spending. Daniel Agostinelli, the CEO of footwear retailer Accent Group, said that tax offset payments have not had any positive impact on its sales as yet, while Erica Berthold, the CEO of online fashion retailer The Iconic, said stimulus on its own was not enough to lift sales. Meanwhile, the latest ANZ-Roy Morgan Index has revealed that consumer confidence declined 3.5 per cent to a two-year low of 109.3 points.

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SCENTRE GROUP – ASX SCG