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- Business Company News
- 20/08/2026
- 14:33
UGL Transport renews long-term maintenance agreement with One Rail Australia
UGL Transport has renewed its long-term maintenance agreement with One Rail Australia, extending a partnership that has supported the safe and reliable movement of…
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- Environment
- 20/08/2026
- 14:09
Test of nature law standards is major curb on deforestation
SYDNEY, Thursday 20 August 2026 — Commenting on the release of the government’s final nature law standards made today, including for Matters of National Environmental Significance, the following lines can be attributed to Glenn Walker, Head of Nature at Greenpeace Australia Pacific: “Ultimately the test of the new nature law standards will be whether they materially bring down Australia’s shockingly high rates of deforestation caused by bulldozing for beef and logging of native forests. “Deforestation severely threatens the forest homes of some of Australia’s most threatened species including the koala, greater glider and swift parrot. In Queensland the bulldozing of…
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- Entertainment, General News
- 20/08/2026
- 14:06
Limited attention. Hollywood anatomy. Blow-up broccoli. Aus-Chile astro connection. Who owns where you’ve been?
Thursday 20 August Researchers, experts, and other interesting people available for interview around the country. VIC: Why attention is a precious and limited resource.…
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- Finance Investment, Government Federal
- 20/08/2026
- 13:54
CA ANZ welcomes reform package to strengthen consumer protections and financial advice
20 August 2026 Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) welcome the Australian Government's proposed consumer protection reforms, describing them as a significant response to weaknesses exposed across the superannuation, financial advice and investment sectors. The reforms follow the collapse of the Shield and First Guardian Master Funds, which affected almost 12,000 Australians and involved around $1 billion in retirement savings. CA ANZ Group Executive Advocacy, Public and Government Affairs, Damian Ogden, said the reforms were a necessary response to recent failures in the financial services system. "The Shield and First Guardian collapses demonstrate the devastating consequences when failures…
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- Animal Animal WelfareRights, Environment
- 20/08/2026
- 12:19
Save The Koala Month Returns This September
Key Facts: The Australian Koala Foundation’s Save the Koala Month returns this September. Supporters are encouraged to host morning teas, organise community fundraisers and…
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- Industrial Relations, Property Real Estate
- 20/08/2026
- 12:18
Public Works Committee to hear from the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
This Friday, theParliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works(the Committee) will examine witnesses from the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (the Department) on theirproposed fit-out of new leased premises at London Central, 40-60 London Circuit, Canberra City. The Department is proposing to fit-out 46,389 square metres of newly leased office accommodation at 40-60 London Circuit, Canberra. The London Central development is scheduled for completion in early 2030, with the Department expected to start move staff into the new building in March 2030. The proposed works will enable the Department to consolidate its Canberra-based workforce from five buildings into a single…
- Building Construction
- 20/08/2026
- 12:13
Design failures are stalling Australia’s infrastructure pipeline
New industry-backed Design – Best Practice Principles designed to help address the construction productivity challenge, have been launched at today's Foundations and Frontiers forum in Sydney The Design Principles developed through collaboration between designers and constructors are part of the Australian Constructors Association (ACA) and Consult Australia's Partnerships for Change initiative. With increasing pressure on governments to deliver housing, transport, energy, defence and social infrastructure projects, the new principlesidentifythe design phase as a major bottleneck driving cost blowouts,delaysand wasted capacity across major projects. ACA CEO Peter Colacino said improving project design is one of the fastest and most practical ways…
- Technology Innovation
- 20/08/2026
- 12:09
Ant International’s FalconTST Model 2.0 Achieves SOTA, Elevating Predictive AI Application in Finance to New Levels
FalconTST 2.0 has achieved state-of-the-art performance on MASE metricon top global benchmark. Banks use FalconTST 2.0 to better forecast liquidity exposure with Barclays, Citi,…
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- Technology Innovation
- 20/08/2026
- 12:09
Toshiba Launches Small 80V Electronic Fuse (eFuse IC) Suitable for 48V Power Line Protection in Industrial Equipment
– Protective functions help improve circuit safety; industry-leading[1] small package helps save space on boards – KAWASAKI, Japan–BUSINESS WIRE– Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage…
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