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‘Green zone’PremiumAus-NZ travel bubble opens: What you must know

From how the Australia-NZ travel bubble works, to where you can go and how travel insurance will cover you, this is how it works.

David Aidone

New proposalPremiumPush to rein in financial advice costs

The nation’s peak body for the wealth industry is proposing to put a lid on soaring financial advice costs by making legislative and regulatory framework more consumer-oriented and streamlined.

Danielle Le Messurier

Bidders worriedPremiumGolden Grove owner eyes listing or mine sale

EMR Capital insists interest in its WA mine in the Mid West remains strong — despite it looking at listing the asset on the Australian share market.

Stuart McKinnon

Scaling upPremiumAlone together fuels big growth

Australia’s sole traders served as a “pilot light” for entrepreneurship during the height of COVID-19 and helped drive the creation of new businesses during the pandemic, according to a new report.

Danielle Le Messurier

Flexible workPremiumWomen the losers in stampede back to the office

Women who keep working from home post-COVID risk missing out on promotions and pay rises as men race back to the office, the head of Australia’s workplace gender equality agency has warned.

Kate Emery

EducationPremiumLocal Arrernte and Kaytetye man hopes to ‘inspire’ mob with law degree

Local Arrernte and Kaytetye man Jared O’Neill’s journey into university has been a long and challenging one, but he’s now on the verge graduating from law and hopes to inspire other Aboriginal kids into the profession.

Raphaella Saroukos

ExclusivePremiumWagners’ $175m project precinct on verge of collapse

A massive sport and entertainment precinct proposed by Toowoomba billionaires the Wagners is on ice after the Morrison Government declined to provide $40m in funding.

MADURA MCCORMACK

BusinessBuoyant confidence sign of strong spending

Retail spending is expected to have jumped one per cent in March, buoyed by the continued strength of confidence among consumers.

Colin Brinsden, AAP Economics and Business Correspondent

More women drivers neededPremiumTAKING THE WHEEL: Kim quits retirement to become bus driver

When Kim Bell retired from the Territory Police Force after 17 years driving was on her mind, but not behind the wheel of a bus. READ HER STORY.

GARY SHIPWAY

businessPremiumConstruction on $5m storage expansion under way

National company Kent Removals and Storage has begun a multimillion expansion in Darwin.

Raphaella Saroukos

No reviewPremiumMorrison pours cold water on GST review call

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he won’t be reviewing WA’s new GST deal, despite calls by South Australia to do so.

Joe Spagnolo

BusinessFeds sign new energy deal with SA

The South Australian and federal governments have signed a $1 billion energy deal to cut prices and emissions.

Tim Dornin

AgricultureNT's unirrigated cotton industry booming

The Top End's rain-fed cotton growers are set for a bumper harvest after a big wet season but conservationists have concerns about the environmental impact.

Aaron Bunch

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Call for FIFO wages to help tradies rebuild Mid West

WA’s peak building body has called on the State and Federal governments to provide tradies with free accommodation and $2000 bonuses if they move north to work in the cyclone-ravaged Mid West.

Kim Macdonald

Art of the nailCommentsPremiumNail business booms as beauty is the new Bali

West Australians unable to travel overseas thanks to the border closure are spending big on beautification, with nail salons turning into artistic studios where self-expression knows no bounds.

Jenna Clarke

HomeBuilderPremiumHomeBuilder start date extension a boost for Territory builders, homeowners

The Territory construction industry and new homeowners have received a boost, with the federal government extending the construction start requirement for the successful HomeBuilder program from six months to 18 months for all existing applicants.

GARY SHIPWAY

ExclusivePremium$1m upgrades for road into Litchfield

The popular road from Batchelor through to Buley Rockhole and Florence Falls is set to be widened to make for a safer and more comfortable visitor experience.

WILL ZWAR

DefencePremium1300 US Marines now in the Top End, as Air-Ground Task Force readies for action

THE build up of the US Marine Air-Ground Task Force in Darwin has moved into overdrive this week with a series of aircraft from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367 joining a new tranche of 300 US Marines who touched down in the Top End.

GARY SHIPWAY

TourismPremiumTourism NT launches campaign to lure more drive tourists to the Territory

With the Territory’s tourism industry licking its lips in anticipation of a bumper season, Tourism NT is doing its bit by launching another domestic marketing campaign.

GARY SHIPWAY

QLD NewsPremiumThe real reason Queenslanders are paid less than those in NSW

Queenslanders have long been told their wages don’t match their NSW counterparts because it’s simply more expensive to live in cockroach territory. This is not the full truth, writes Dan Petrie.

Dan Petrie

Drug chargesPerth journalist freed from Burma jail after 3 years

Newspaper co-founder Ross Dunkley has been released from a Burma jail after serving three years of a 13-year drug sentence, as part of a large-scale pardon by the country’s military junta.

Brianna Dugan

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Hundreds of WA homes empty as rental crisis worsens

More than 900 government-owned houses are sitting empty in WA, while desperate families are having to pitch tents in family and friends’ backyards because they have nowhere to live.

Joe Spagnolo

BusinessPremium$250m boost for housing stimulus scheme after late surge in applicants

A surge of last-minute home builders has boosted the local investment from the NT government’s BuildBonus scheme to over $250m as it officially closes.

SARAH MATTHEWS

Dry seasonPremiumNT Govt, major event organisers have no fears over worker shortages

MAJOR events and hospitality and tourism businesses could see an influx of southerners fill some of the 7000 required roles heading into the Territory’s dry season

Will Zwar

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