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The federal government says it will crackdown on "unscrupulous" employers who hold back their workers' superannuation entitlements to boost their own cash flows.
Executive, HR - AFL Execs Resign Over 'Inappropriate Relationships'
Two AFL executives were forced to resign after being caught in "inappropriate relationships with two younger women who work in the AFL industry".
World AM News Briefs For Friday, 14 July 2017
Good Morning Australia!! - An advocate for freedom dies in Beijing's custody - Lula defies the prosecution - Iraq is investigating executions of IS fighters - And more on your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Government - Native American Artists Call For Counterfeit Crackdown
Fake Native American art is threatening indigenous livelihoods, and the real craftspeople want the US government to step up its enforcement of a law prohibiting sales of counterfeit tribal art.
Government, Energy - Labor Hits Back At Renewable Death Claim
Labor is accusing a Turnbull government MP of scaremongering after he speciously claimed that renewable energy will cause hardship and death in Australia.
World AM News Briefs For Thursday, 13 July 2017
Good Morning Australia!! - Antarctica loses a big chunk of itself - Brazil's beloved former president vows to appeal a corruption conviction - Trump ties to leave his problems behind - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Resources, Government - NSW Scales Back Coal Mine
The New South Wales government bought back a majority of a controversial mining license issued for a huge Chinese-run coal mine to protect prime agricultural land in the Liverpool Plains.
Water, Health - Nitrate Links To WA Health Problems
High levels of nitrate in deep-bore wells serving Western Australia remote indigenous are being linked to numerous health problems, including diabetes and kidney disease.
World AM News Briefs For Wednesday, 12 July 2017
Good Morning Australia!! - Gun, meet smoke: Donald Trump Jr.'s emails appear to prove collusion with Russia - The founder of IS reportedly has been killed - Beijing insists it is not its North Korean brother's keeper - Cops shut down Italy's Mussolini beach party - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Green - Sixth Mass Extinction Underway, Say Scientists
Over 500 million years, the Earth has had five mass-extinction events. Now, scientists say the sixth is underway and humans are to blame.
World AM News Briefs For Tuesday, 11 July 2017
Good Morning Australia!! - Trump's son lawyers up after being caught in a questionable meeting with a connected Russian - Malcolm visits London - South Korean researchers find startling evidence of a major human rights tragedy - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Health - Aussies May Not Know They Have Type-2 Diabetes
Screening rates for Type-2 diabetes are so low that as many as a half-million Australians may have the disease, but they don't know it.
Logistics, Finance - Cosco Bids For Orient Overseas
Cosco Shipping is offering US$6.3 billion to acquire the container carrier Hong Kong's Orient Overseas International Ltd (OOIL). If it goes through, the deal will make Cosco of mainland China the world's third-largest shipping line.
World AM News Briefs For Monday, 10 July 2017
Good Morning Australia!! - Cardinal Pell returns to Australia - Iraqi celebrates a big victory over IS - Malcolm talks about what he wished would have happened at the G20 - Trump wants to put a fox in charge of a hen house - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
World News Briefs For Sunday, 9 July 2017
Hello Australia!! - We might as well call it the G19 after an isolated Trump leaves Germany without a final word - How Malcolm managed to smooth out a G20 sticking point - Venezuela releases an opposition leader from prison - Art Deco paradise gets UNESCO recognition - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
World News Briefs For Saturday, 8 July 2017
Hello Australia!! - Putin leaves footprints on Trump - PM Turnbull's security message seems to reverberate in Hamburg - IS stages a counter attack in Mosul - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Energy, Green, State Government - Tesla, Neoen To Build Big Battery In South Australia
Tesla will build the world's biggest lithium ion battery in South Australia in partnership with Neoen to store power generated from the French energy utility's wind power farm that's currently under construction.
Finance - Cirque Du Soleil Buys Blue Man Group
Two entertainment institutions that specialize in otherworldly performances are getting together. Canada's Cirque du Soleil is buying Blue Man Group of the US, and it seems like a logical choice.
World AM News Briefs For Friday, 7 July 2017
Good Morning Australia!! - They're having a hot time in Hamburg tonight, as protesters rock the G20 - Poland's first lady casts some shade on Trump - A girl is sentenced to prison for stillbirth - A White Tiger is spotted in the wild - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:
Green, Government - Great Barrier Reef Avoids 'In Danger' Status
Despite two years of widespread bleaching, the United Nations' World Heritage Committee decided not to list the Great Barrier Reef off Queensland as "in danger".
Government, Finance - Germany Gets The Panama Papers
The German government has reportedly paid for the Panama Papers, the secret files of a Panamanian law firm that helped some of the world's richest people hide their money from tax authorities.