Australia

A tsunami warning has been issued following an earthquake off Japan's coast.

‘Evacuate now’: Japan on alert after powerful earthquake hits off coast ↗

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Tim Day warns Australia is racing towards an investment cliff edge and says the mining giant is losing a battle against unions in the Pilbara.

Australian Financial Review

‘The ship has sailed’: BHP iron ore head’s dire IR warning ↗

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The country’s supermarket giants will benefit from higher shelf prices and fewer consumers dining out over the next year, according to analysts at UBS.

Australian Financial Review

War and inflation point to $125m profit boost for Woolworths, Coles ↗

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School boy dragged over 300m beside bus in Melbourne

Mum speaks out after her son is dragged by bus for hundreds of metres ↗

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Scarlet fever was probably not introduced to the Americas by European colonists, after all.

A Bolivian Mummy's Tooth Is Rewriting The History of Scarlet Fever ↗

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Jim Chalmers said intergenerational wealth will be a target of this year’s federal budget.

Chalmers to target ‘unfair’ intergenerational wealth in federal budget ↗

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Treasurer Jim Chalmers flagged the “savings package” would reflect Treasury analysis of the economic consequences of the Middle East war.

Australian Financial Review

Budget to include ‘severe’ wartime downside scenario ↗

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Shares mixed as energy weighs; Oil spikes on Strait of Hormuz tensions; NAB boosts provisions on Iran war; Conflict to dent Qube, Worley earnings; ASX turns on new CHESS system. Follow live.

Australian Financial Review

ASX trims losses as CBA turns up 1pc; Worley, NAB dive on war impact ↗

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