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Oil surges more than 10% on OPEC hope

05 December 2016

December 1, 2016 Australian Associated Press REUTERS – Oil has soared more than 10 per cent to over $US50 a…

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Queensland government decides to ban plastic bags

05 December 2016

AFN Staff Writers 30th November 2016 The Queensland State Government has decided to ban the use of single-use plastic bans…

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Solomon Lew complains of weekend penalty rate inaction

05 December 2016

ELI GREENBLAT December 2, 2016 The Australian Rag-trade billionaire Solomon Lew has characterised the past five years as the most…

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Electric cars could take an OPEC-sized bite from oil demand

05 December 2016

Jessica Shankleman DECEMBER 4 2016 The Age A boom in electric vehicles made by the likes of Tesla Motors could…

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Nestle scientists find method to cut sugar in chocolate by 40 per cent

05 December 2016

Thomas Mulier Dec 1 2016 Nestle says it found a way to reduce the amount of sugar in chocolate by…

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How retailers are bracing for Amazon's arrival

05 December 2016

Sue Mitchell Dec 1 2016 As Australian retailers step up preparations ahead of Amazon’s arrival, Wesfarmers managing director Richard Goyder…

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OPEC deal threatens new slug to drivers’ wallets

05 December 2016

CHRIS KOHLER December 2, 2016 The Australian Motorists could be forced to shell out 6c to 8c a litre more…

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Arcadis says road user charging needed urgently to avoid Tesla, Uber disruption

05 December 2016

Jenny Wiggins Dec 4 2016 AFR Australia needs to urgently push ahead with road user charging to avoid fuel taxes…

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Next Howard Schultz wants to take Starbucks upmarket

05 December 2016

Craig Giammona Dec 4 2016 AFR Howard Schultz, the billionaire who built a caffeine empire by bringing Italian coffee culture…

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Plan to replace fuel tax with user charges

28 November 2016

Phillip Coorey Nov 24 2016 AFR The federal government will investigate dumping fuel tax and instead charge motorists for every…

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Start-up heavyweights back YourGrocer as it prepares to do battle with Amazon

28 November 2016

Yolanda Redrup Nov 28 2016 Start-up heavyweights including Envato co-founder Cyan Ta’eed and DealsDirect co-founder Mike Rosenbaum have backed online…

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Metcash first-half profit falls 4.7pc as competition takes toll

28 November 2016

Sue Mitchell Nov 28 2016 Metcash’s first-half underlying net profit fell 4.7 per cent to $82.8 million as losses in…

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