Stress in the aged care sector is likely to spread and other top stories.

• Stress in the aged care sector is likely to spread

  

  "We spend our time responding to, dare I say, government whims", says Paull English, General Manager of Residential Services with BaptistCare. Alex Ellinghausen "We spend our time responding to, dare I say, government whims," says BaptistCare general manager Paull English."We make significant changes to our business, like the billing process for example, and then 12 months later we find, oh, they are not allowing us to use that anymore."Mr Engl..

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• SA storms leave residents without phones, power

  

  SA storms leave residents without phones, power for more than 24 hours Posted September 09, 2016 20:13:25 Parts of South Australia's Eyre Peninsula and West Coast regions have been without electricity and phone services for more than 24 hours, following wild storms on Thursday afternoon.SA Power Networks estimates 10,000 properties are still without power, while Telstra has reported problems with landlines, mobiles and internet services.SA Police said residents who ne..

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• send money to London via your mobile

  

  CBA chief Ian Narev says the bank needs to develop the agility to be able to "react quickly to threats" and adopt a less conservative approach to new products and services. Commonwealth Bank of Australia has announced a joint payments system with Barclays that will allow customers to transfer money immediately between Britain and Australia using only a mobile number in a partnership the banks describe as a world first. In yet another sign the Big Four ..

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• Markets Live: Draghi drags on ASX

  

  That's it for Markets Live for today. Thanks for reading and have a great weekend. See you all again Monday morning from 9. Australian shares closed down for the fourth week in a row after the European Central Bank failed to extend its monetary stimulus program and investors piled out of the big banks. Oil surged higher throughout Friday, giving energy stocks a boost, but the number of companies going ex-dividend this week kept pressure on shares, which traded sideways for most of the week bef..

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• Debt jam blocking Origin's advance, says incoming chief Frank Calabria

  

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• User-pays road scheme to replace fuel excise tax trialled in Victoria

  

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• Nick Xenophon seeks Labor support for compromise to save Arena renewable fund

  

  Nick Xenophon has revealed his party will oppose cuts to the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Arena) and propose amendments to allow the agency to recoup some funds or take equity in projects it invests in. The compromise comes after sustained Greens opposition and uncertainty within Labor over whether to accept the $1.3bn cut to Arena contained in the government’s omnibus savings bill. Xenophon told Guardian Australia on Friday he will write to shadow climate change and energy minister, Mar..

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• Clive Palmer's security clashes with media after Queensland Nickel collapse court hearing

  

  Clive Palmer's security clashes with media after Queensland Nickel collapse court hearing Updated September 09, 2016 20:16:20 Clive Palmer's security detail has clashed with reporters as the former federal MP left court after giving evidence at a hearing into the collapse of his Queensland Nickel refinery.Security guards aggressively held reporters and cameramen away from the businessman and the ABC understands their behaviour has been reported to court authorities.Whil..

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• Focus on opportunities, not cost: NBN boss

  

  Lilly VitorovichAustralian Associated PressNBN Co boss Bill Morrow is urging Australians to forget the $49 billion price tag on the national broadband network and focus on the many opportunities it offers.Mr Morrow believes the public's attention should be on the technological advances the NBN could afford in health, education and entertainment."The NBN is unique globally, it will give Australia a unique edge," he said at an Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce lunch on Friday."We're now enterin..

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• Tourism boom: overseas visitors explode as Australia enjoys superstar status

  

  There's nothing like Australia1:30Watch Tourism Australia's latest advertising campaign, 'There's Nothing Like Australia', which lets the nation's best elements 'speak for themselves'. Tourist Jesica Melul from Argentina at Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast. Picture: Luke MarsdenRobyn IronsideNews Corp Australia NetworkAUSTRALIA is on track to welcome more than eight million overseas visitors in 2016 after another double-digit increase in monthly arrivals. Data from the Australian Bureau of St..

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