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  • Community, Environment
  • 17/12/2025
  • 11:02
Return and Earn

Return and Earn is even more convenient in Lake Macquarie

Lake Macquarieresidents have even more locations to recycle their eligible bottles,cansand cartons with the opening of a new Return and Earn machine. TheWoodrising Shopping…

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  • Industrial Relations, Union
  • 17/12/2025
  • 10:47
Mining and Energy Union

MEU welcomes court decision confirming full rights of workplace delegates

The Mining and Energy Union has welcomed today’s Federal Court decision confirming that the Closing Loopholes laws give workplace delegates the right to represent workers on site regardless of labour hire or employment arrangements, delivering a significant win for workers and their unions across Australia.The decision follows a legal challenge brought by the MEU, with the support of the ACTU and its affiliates, after the Fair Work Commission inserted a delegates’ rights clause into modern awards that significantly limited the scope of the rights Parliament intended to provide. Under the Closing Loopholes legislation, workplace delegates were granted new statutory rights…

  • Banking, Finance Investment
  • 17/12/2025
  • 10:42
Imperium Markets

FIRST EVER TOKENISED CORPORATE BOND ISSUED IN AUSTRALIA

MEDIA RELEASE Wednesday 17 December 2025 Top of FormBottom of Form Imperium Markets has issued the first evertokenisedcorporate bond in Australia as part of Project Acacia’s wholesale tokenised asset and settlement research project. In a use case led byMacropod, the bond was issued on Imperium’s ASIC-licenced marketplace and settled on Redbelly Network using Macropod stablecoin AUDM. It was purchased by Barrenjoey Markets Pty Ltd who then executed a secondary trade to JellyC, a digital asset management company. The two transactions, which would currently take up to four days in total to be completed, took four minutes in total. "Imperium is…

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  • Business Company News
  • 17/12/2025
  • 10:38
Thiess

Thiess Group companies awarded critical minerals contracts for Hillgrove antimony gold projects

Underground mining services provider PYBAR, and mining engineering specialist MACA Interquip Mintrex, both part of the Thiess Group, have secured contracts with Larvotto Resources…

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  • Agriculture Farming Rural
  • 17/12/2025
  • 10:28
Rabobank

Tasmanian farmers finish year as most confident in nation

Key Facts: Results at a glance: ■ Tasmanian farmer sentiment continues to sit well above national levels. ■ Optimism is driven by commodity prices…

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  • Agriculture Farming Rural
  • 17/12/2025
  • 10:09
Rabobank

Victorian farm sector confidence climbs to four-year high

Key Facts: Results at a glance: ■ Improving seasonal conditions, strong commodity prices and international market opportunities drive sense of optimism for Victorian farmers.…

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  • Agriculture Farming Rural, Business Company News
  • 17/12/2025
  • 09:56
Rabobank

Farmer confidence holds steady in South Australia as late spring rain lifts yield expectations

Results at a glance: South Australian rural confidence remains relatively stable, with only a marginal dip this quarter. Rising input costs are the leading…

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  • General News
  • 17/12/2025
  • 09:44
THE AUSTRALIAN POOLS & OCEAN LIFEGUARD ASSOCIATION (APOLA)

APOLA Commends Bondi Lifeguards for Heroic Response Following Bondi Beach Attack

Sydney, Australia — Wednesday, 17 December 2025 — The Australian Pool & Ocean Lifeguards Association (APOLA) has today formally commended the Bondi Lifeguards for…

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  • Agriculture Farming Rural, Business Company News
  • 17/12/2025
  • 09:44
Rabobank

Cost concerns see NSW farm sector sentiment soften

Results at a glance: Concerns around high fertiliser, fuel, agrochemical and labour costs have seen NSW farmer confidence ease in the last quarter of…

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