Qantas stand downs 2,500 staff over Sydney lockdown – BBC News
The airline says it expects Australia’s largest city to be closed for at least two more months.
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Capital-raising to boost production of Newcastle-developed clean-energy-storing ‘hot blocks’ – ABC News
A Newcastle factory creating thermal energy storage blocks has raised $8 million to expand production and boost exports to Europe…
Two Hunter Region banks consider merging as nation’s largest customer-owned financial outfit – ABC News
Two of Australia’s largest mutual banks have announced they are considering a merger, creating a combined base of nearly 600,000…
Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates finalise divorce – ABC News
Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates, co-founders of one of the world’s largest private charitable foundations, end their 27-year…
Official recommends rerun in Amazon union fight – BBC News
A National Labor Relations Board official wants another union vote for Amazon workers in Alabama.
Official recommends rerun in Amazon union fight – BBC News
A National Labor Relations Board official wants another union vote for Amazon workers in Alabama.
EXCLUSIVE Citi, HSBC, Prudential hatch plan for Asian coal-fired closures -sources – Reuters UK
Financial firms including British insurer Prudential, lenders Citi and HSBC and BlackRock Real Assets are devising plans to speed…
Bill’s Single Again, Folks – Gizmodo
Here are five reasons why you should think about dating him.
Alberta solar projects raise tensions over agricultural land use – The Globe and Mail
The projects have councils walking a delicate line between welcoming a lucrative new industry and preserving valuable agricultural…
Asia-Pacific stocks mixed; Australia central bank rate decision ahead – CNBC
The Reserve Bank of Australia is set to announce its interest rate decision at 12:30 p.m. HK/SIN on Tuesday.