au-hotdailynews: 2015-07-25 Australia Business

deficit a threat to credit rating
The Australian
Australia's AAA credit rating is in jeopardy with ratings agency Standard & Poor's warning that it has run out of patience with the constant failure of the budget deficit to narrow in line with excessively optimistic Treasury forecasts. The dollar ...
Australia risks losing top investment ranking, Standard & Poor's warns   ABC Online
Parliamentary gridlock could cost Australia its AAA credit rating: Standard ...   Sydney Morning Herald
S&P says Australia's AAA rating at risk without budget repair   The Australian Financial Review
Bloomberg
Nasdaq
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Banks, miners lead Aust stocks lower
Herald Sun
Turmoil across the commodities markets has taken over as the centrepiece issue for the Australian sharemarket, as the Greek debt negotiations and China's equity bubble burst fade from investor memory. Falling resources stocks hit the local market ...
Australian economic prosperity built on more than just luck   The Australian
Resources stocks weigh on Aust market   Sky News Australia
Weak resources hold back Aust stocks   The Daily Telegraph

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Lomax charged with blackmail
The Australian
Canberra Raiders star turned construction union official John Lomax was arrested and charged with blackmail by the police taskforce attached to the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption yesterday. Mr Lomax, an organiser with the ...

Former Canberra Raiders player and CFMEU official John Lomax arrested   The Canberra Times
Former Kiwi charged in Aussie union probe   3News NZ
CFMEU official charged with blackmail   NEWS.com.au
ABC Online
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AWE abandons Mid-West fracking plan
Herald Sun
OIL and gas company AWE Ltd has abandoned plans to frack a shale gas prospect on pastoral land 220 kilometres north of Perth. THE company said in a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange on Friday that it had decided not to hydraulically ...

Oil and gas company AWE aborts Mid West fracking plan, citing lack of ...   ABC Online
AWE won't frack Drover well   Business News

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Cyber criminals target Telstra customers
Sky News Australia
Telstra customers are being warned after cyber criminals have been found to be sending fake bills in an attempt to steal money. More than 22,000 people have been targeted via email. The scam alerts customers that an error has occurred and they're ...
22000 Telstra customers have been sent fake bills   Business Insider Australia
Telstra customers receive fake phone bills from cyber criminals in online scam   Daily Mail
Telstra scam affecting thousands   Perth Now
The West Australian
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Nuclear royal commissioner Scarce finds plenty of information
The Australian
After travelling the world to visit countries with uranium-powered reactors, South Australia's nuclear royal commissioner remains unsatisfied with what he has unearthed on the safety of the controversial energy source in the wake of the Fukushima disaster.
Nuclear commission takes overseas experiences on board as SA considers uranium ...   ABC Online
Canada's $6b nuclear industry a role model for Aust says royal commissioner   Sydney Morning Herald
Update on SA nuclear energy inquiry   Yahoo7 News

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How Echo stole Brisbane's crown
The Australian Financial Review
Echo Entertainment Chief Executive Matt Bekier, at left, with Chairman John O'Neill will soon celebrate their winning hand. Robert Shakespeare. by Michael Smith and Perry Williams. It was a nail-biting moment for Matt Bekier as he paced the floor of ...
Queen's Wharf: How Echo chief Matt Bekier beat Packer's Crown   The Australian
'Too much heritage' in Queens Wharf casino plans: Deen brother   Sydney Morning Herald
Brisbane's new casino-resort project: Can it be a punters' palace and people's ...   Courier Mail
InterGame
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ALP conference 2015: Tax breaks, wealthy on hit list
The Australian
Labor has embraced the idea of increasing taxes on the rich and cracking down on expensive tax breaks for property investors, putting voters on notice of its ambitions if it wins the next election. The decisions at the party's national conference ...
The 'Buffett rule' is fair tax policy. Will the government follow Labor's lead?   The Guardian
Labor to target tax-dodging millionaires with minimum rate   Herald Sun
Australian Labor Party backs Warren Buffett-inspired 35 per cent tax on the rich   The Australian Financial Review
NEWS.com.au
Sydney Morning Herald
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Iron ore miners shine despite falling prices
The Australian
The good news for world's big four iron ore miners — Australian trio BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Fortescue Metals Group, along with Brazilian giant Vale — is that their mines are humming along better than ever before. The bad news for the trio is ...
Brazil's Vale posts record iron ore output despite price drop   Fox News Latino
Short iron ore, says Citigroup as commodities sink   Sydney Morning Herald
Iron ore miners winning the cost war, but price keeps chasing them down   The Australian Financial Review
THE BUSINESS TIMES
Engineering & Mining Journal
Bloomberg
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Share market closes lower amid falling commodity prices, threats to Australia ...
ABC Online
Falling commodity prices have taken their toll on the Australian share market today, with mining companies finishing the last trading day of the week lower. The financial sector also weighed on the market after a threat of a downgrade to Australia's ...
Mining losses weigh heavy on the ASX   Sydney Morning Herald
Did you miss the major news on the ASX this week?   Motley Fool Australia
Outlook: ASX set to resume weekly descent   Brisbane Times
Finance News Network
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