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How Leading Construction Contractors Are Standardizing Asset Data Across Projects

In commercial construction, asset data has quietly become one of the most expensive points of failure.

inkl · Feb 9

Father time won't stop Australia's moguls medal hope

Australia's Matt Graham is injury free and in masterful form with the 31-year-old, four-time Olympian saying age won't stop him adding to his medal collection.

AAP · Feb 9

Isaac Herzog meets survivors of Bondi terror attack as thousands in Sydney and Melbourne protest visit

Israeli president will meet prime minister Anthony Albanese and travel to Canberra and Melbourne as pro-Palestine supporters stage protests

The Guardian - AU · Feb 9

Police clash with protesters as thousands rally to oppose Israeli president’s visit – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Feb 8

Morning Mail: ‘sense of doom’ for NDIS families, Gout Gout out of Commonwealth Games, Coalition back but can Ley survive?

Dramatic changes on the way for NDIS scheme; some Liberals unhappy at concessions made to Nationals; Gout Gout to miss Glasgow games

The Guardian - AU · Feb 8

Australia fall to Ecuador in sensational Davis Cup loss

Lleyton Hewitt's under-strength Australian Davis Cup team have suffered a boilover loss on the clay to rank outsiders Ecuador.

AAP · Feb 8

Why scrapping a key health promotion agency makes little economic sense

News the world’s first independent health promotion agency – Australia’s own VicHealth – is to be abolished has been called “incomprehensible” and “a disaster” that places democracy at risk.

The Conversation · Feb 8

Is Australia’s terrorism definition still fit for purpose?

With the alleged attempted bombing at Perth’s Invasion Day protest now declared a terrorist act, the release of coronial findings into the Bondi Westfield stabbing, and ever-growing fears around hate crime and extremism, there’s a difficult question to grapple with: what is terrorism?.

The Conversation · Feb 8

How cutting the capital gains tax discount could help rebalance the housing market

Capital gains tax is once again the subject of parliamentary debate, with Treasurer Jim Chalmers declining to rule out options for reform.

The Conversation · Feb 8

Signs of softening spending could stay RBA's rates hand

A surprise slide in consumer spending has thrown more uncertainty around the Reserve Bank's next move on interest rates.

AAP · Feb 8