Letter from Scott Morrison raises questions about why the NT received a financial windfall

Posted November 14, 2018 18:59:34 Photo: The then federal treasurer Scott Morrison said the NT Government’s decision to approve fracking was unrelated to the GST funding. (ABC News: Steven Schubert) A Freedom of Information request has raised more questions about whether the Federal Government’s decision to give the Northern Territory $260 million extra in GST

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Fall in business investment points to slowing GDP, but prospects look brighter

Posted November 29, 2018 16:42:39 Photo: Resources projects winding up was responsible for the decline in the capex spending in the September quarter. (Supplied: Jemena) On the evidence so far, Australia’s economy looks to have slowed over the September quarter, with disappointing capital expenditure and construction data releases ahead of next week’s national accounts. Key

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Seafood industry continues to call for Senate inquiry into seismic surveys

Updated November 16, 2018 07:30:32 Photo: The Southern Bluefin Industry is concerned about the effect of seismic testing on marine ecosystems. (ABC News: Samantha Jonscher) Members of the Australian seafood industry are persisting in their calls for an inquiry into seismic testing, despite the Senate having twice rejected the idea. Seismic surveys, which are used

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A builder who was allowed to keep trading after defaulting on a debt later collapsed owing $42m

Updated November 28, 2018 15:32:13 Photo: The Cullen Group collapsed while it was building the Boheme Apartments at Robina on the Gold Coast. (Supplied) Related Story: Inquiry to probe collapses that have ‘left small businesses owed millions’ Regulators allowed the company at the centre of one of Queensland’s biggest building industry collapses to keep trading

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