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Job loss concern as wood supplier scales back manufacturing operations
By Callum Marshall

A north-east Victorian community raises concerns about the partial closure of ForestOne's manufacturing site in Benalla.

abc.net.au/news/2025-07-26/ben

ABC News · Benalla workers worried about job losses as ForestOne scales back operationsBy Callum Marshall

North Qld city divided on plan to re-criminalise public drunkenness
By Meghan Dansie and Georgia Loney

Townsville, a city once described as "ground zero" in Queensland's crime crisis, has its say on public drunkenness and antisocial behaviour.

abc.net.au/news/2025-07-26/qld

ABC News · Townsville businesses speak on public drunkenness as Queensland government looks to re-criminalise itBy Meghan Dansie

Tax big businesses that don't invest in new technology, science body argues
By Daniel Ziffer

The solution to Australia's productivity problem could be more investment in research and development, and a new tax on big business might be one way to achieve that.

abc.net.au/news/2025-07-25/tax

ABC News · Tax big businesses that don't invest in new technology, science body arguesBy Daniel Ziffer

'We're at breaking point': Drought and soaring water prices push wine grape growers to exit
By Jessica Schremmer and Will Hunter

Ballooning water prices in Australia's largest wine grape growing region are pushing farmers to the brink amid a global oversupply of some wines and ongoing drought in southern Australia.

abc.net.au/news/2025-07-22/win

ABC News · Drought and ballooning water prices force wine growers to leave vineyards behindBy Jessica Schremmer
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In reaction to #Trump’s 30% tariffs on the #EU, EC president Ursula #vonderLeyen said in a statement that such #tariffs “would disrupt essential transatlantic #SupplyChains, to the detriment of #businesses, #consumers & #patients on both sides of the Atlantic.” She also threatened to hit back, though she did not make a retaliation sound imminent, talking about the “adoption of proportionate countermeasures if required.”

Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Seeing war through the lens of Putin’s narcissism — ‘Torture was not just cruel, it was inhuman’ — Ukrainian soldier dies weeks after release from Russian captivity — Ukraine sanctions 5 Chinese firms for supplying components used in Russian drones — Russia’s Black Sea Fleet shrinks presence in key Crimean bay — Russia’s crude exports fall to lowest level since February … and more

activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025

#Ministry moves to #shutdown #illegalfactories
"surge of #Chinese-owned #industrial firms setting up in #Thailand over te past several years.. Many of these #businesses r engaged in #unlawful practices, resulting in widespread harm to both te #economy & te #environment.. Te crackdown has received strong support fr #civil #society & #NGOs.. #Akanat, now 8 months into his role, stressed tt tis isn't a new direction but rather a #longoverdue return to proper #governance" 1/2
bangkokpost.com/thailand/gener

#Insurers Want #Businesses to Wake Up to Costs of #ExtremeHeat
#SwissRe, the Zurich-based #reinsurance firm, focused in-depth on extreme heat – a natural catastrophe we don’t normally associate with insurers.
“Up to half a million people globally succumb to the effects of extreme heat each year, according to recent scientific research,” the report noted, “exceeding the combined impact of floods, earthquakes and hurricanes.
bloomberg.com/news/newsletters
archive.ph/0d0NE

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The new guidance comes after #protests in #LosAngeles against the #Trump admin’s #immigration raids, including at #farms & #businesses. It also came as Trump made a rare concession this week that his crackdown was hurting American farmers & #hospitality businesses.

The guidance was sent Thurs by a snr #ICE ofcl, Tatum King, to regional leaders of the ICE dept that generally carries out #criminal investigations, including #workplace ops, known as Homeland Security Investigations [#HSI].