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Clancy and Artacho del Solar reign victorious at Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour in Portugal

Tokyo Olympic silver medalists Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar experienced a familiar feeling on Sunday in Espinho, Portugal, winning gold at the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Challenge tournament at the Praia da Baia. “It was definitely a tough one, but we’re so happy that we got the win. I’m very proud of our team, we showed grit and a lot of fight. “We had our ups and downs during the week, but we stuck together and that’s how we made it,” she said.

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AN AWARD-WINNING MILK FOR YOUR CAFE

“We’ve always set out to achieve excellence, and this award is evidence that, as a small business, we’re well on our way to achieving that.” Ms Rinehart says she shares her partners’ excitement about taking out “this wonderful award” and looks forward to seeing the company continue to thrive. “It’s very exciting to hear of the win for our fresh milk in the prestigious 2022 AGDA People’s Choice Award – a most deserved recognition for the efforts of the hard-working team and a great reward for their commitment and dedication to taking care of everything, from the paddock through to deliveries, and particularly in these challenging times since early 2020,” she says. “I’m very proud of Bannister Downs winning this best in Australia accolade.”

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Perth Royal Dairy Awards 2022 | Bannister Downs Dairy Shines again

Bannister Downs Dairy is very proud to share the news that for the second year running, we have been awarded the trifecta of CHAMPION MILK, CHAMPION FLAVOURED MILK, and CHAMPION CREAM at the 2022 Perth Royal Dairy Awards, hosted by the Royal Agricultural Society (WA). It was a superb result to receive either a gold or silver medal for every product in our range and particularly rewarding to achieve the Champion product in all categories where we were eligible. A great reflection of the effort and care that is made each and every day at Bannister Downs Dairy.

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Jeong-woo Choi, CEO of POSCO Group secures the supply chain of key raw materials for future businesses in Australia

Jeong-woo Choi said, “POSCO Group and Hancock have been working together since 2010, and have been expanding the partnership every year including the success of Roy Hill mine development project and recent joint acquisition of Senex Energy.” “If POSCO Group, which has value chains from developing secondary battery materials to the production of cathode and anode materials, and Hancock, which has excellent experience and capabilities in the mining industry, cooperate in the secondary battery material businesses such as lithium and nickel, it will be able to create great synergy,” he added.

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SKILLS SHORTAGE CONUNDRUM

Australia has half a million jobs up for grabs but is finding it near impossible to fill most of them. The Prime Minister’s $5.4b plan to make child care cheaper for families also forms a central part of his strategy to address the skills shortage. But Mr Albanese is also facing calls to encourage pensioners to return to the workforce. New Liberal leader Peter Dutton has pressed the Albanese Government to allow pensioners to earn more money without seeing their pensions being cut back — borrowing an idea championed by WA mining magnate Gina Rinehart and rejected by the Coalition. Currently pensioners can earn $300 a fortnight before their pension payments are reduced, but Mr Dutton wants the income threshold to be increased to $600.

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AGE-OLD RULES NOT WORKING

Estimates from Deloitte Access Economics have a 5 per cent rise in the number of over-55 s in the workforce as boosting national gross domestic product by $48 billion. The idea has long been championed by WA mining billionaire Gina Rinehart, pictured right. Mr Dutton confirmed conversations with Mrs Rinehart had helped inform his stance.
Mrs Rinehart said she applauded Mr Dutton “for the leadership he has shown on this issue”. “I would encourage the Government to not only consider the benefits to the department of eliminating pensioners’ paperwork but the revenue generated from additional income tax … and businesses then able to generate more taxable profits,” she said. Mrs Rinehart wants the Government to go further than Mr Dutton’s policy however, by eliminating any upward limit to what pensioners can earn, “and just let them contribute like other Australians by paying income tax” .

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DUTTON IN PENSIONER WORK PLAN | Leader’s Gina-Inspired Policy

Peter Dutton is in Perth for the second time in less than a fortnight , this time to spruik his calls for the Albanese Government to let pensioners earn more money without their pensions being cut back. WA mining magnate Gina Rinehart championed a similar policy before the Federal election as a way to help solve Australia’s worker shortage, but the idea was never adopted by former prime minister Scott Morrison.

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