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Australia supplants China as the dominant lender and infrastructure investor across the Pacific as the government ploughs billions of dollars into the region through both foreign aid and loans. Source link

A man’s body has been recovered from the site of a landslide at Solomon Islands’s only large-scale gold mine. Source link

One of the world’s largest heavy-lift ships has made anchor in Hobart’s River Derwent, as it awaits its role in “one of the most complex maritime events” in Tasmania’s history. Source link

ACT independent MLA Thomas Emerson calls for more transparency from energy provider ActewAGL after learning the company is not explicitly revealing the best possible plans on its bills. Source link

Further doubt has been cast over the future of an aluminium smelter in Tasmania’s north-east after a federal MP said it would not be eligible for a green energy scheme. Source link

The Reserve Bank governor says the world has become more shock-prone in recent years, and the latest oil spike is a complication for the central bank’s monetary policy. Source link

The two businesses misled customers into taking out credit cards and paying additional fees in a 60-month interest-free payment scheme, the corporate regulator says. Source link

Origin Energy says it started reviewing a “potential security threat” early this month but deemed it not credible, before new information indicated a breach. Source link

Unregistered builder Steve Preston has been operating in New South Wales after falling foul of authorities in Western Australia and Queensland.  Source link

Shares in energy giant Origin are down after it provided an update on its data breach, while the Australian share market has reversed earlier losses after oil prices plunged more than 9 per cent overnight. Follow live. Source link