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John Reed @johnreedwrites.ft.com · 23/07/2026
"Rocket Lab has been an extraordinary success story for Beck and for New Zealand. A far-flung sheep farm on the thinly populated east coast of the North Island is now a hotspot for rocket launches." @nicfildes.ft.com as.ft.com/r/feebf415-2...
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New Zealand’s ‘rocket man’ takes on Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos
Peter Beck’s Rocket Lab builds internet satellite business to rival Starlink and Amazon Leo
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Nic Fildes (FT) @nicfildes.ft.com · 30/04/2026
Could plasma be the new climate change? My column on how Australia's dwindling blood - and plasma - stocks are becoming an expensive problem. Perhaps the answer lies in the office if the right incentives are offered: as.ft.com/r/e502f0be-4... (plus #Metallica references)
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Australia’s drive to get more blood flowing
The country has more recreational beekeepers than regular donors and is forced to rely on imports
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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Ian King - the veteran City journalist - writes here on why the UK stock market and its small caps might benefit from the global shift by investors www.ft.com/content/47c9...
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Nic Fildes (FT) @nicfildes.ft.com · 02/12/2025
Column: Mixing Pop and Politics: how the cringeworthy band t-shirt debate in Australia shows the pitfalls of hitting the wrong note (probably the first Radio Birdman and Celibate Rifles mentions in the FT) on.ft.com/3XtuPk0
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Why Australia loves muso politicians
[FREE TO READ] An attempt to criticise the prime minister’s tastes in rock and post-punk has fallen flat
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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Australia's PM Anthony Albanese is a big music fan, even inviting Amyl and the Sniffers to Parliament - writes @nicfildes.ft.com after the PM was spotted getting off a plane in a Joy Division t-shirt www.ft.com/content/514c...
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Nic Fildes (FT) @nicfildes.ft.com · 12/08/2025
US appetite for Australian beef is booming and is poised to grow further on an unexpected tariff advantage (or as one analyst put it - beef is the new crypto of ag) www.ft.com/content/e593... via @ft
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US appetite for Australian beef poised to grow on tariff advantage
Australia’s cattle ranchers say higher levies on rival producers such as Brazil will further boost exports
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Nic Fildes (FT) @nicfildes.ft.com · 06/08/2025
US investors on the hunt for more ‘kangaroo-nicorns’ after backing $420mn Australian VC fund www.ft.com/content/8eb0... via @ft
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US investors hunt for ‘kangaroo-nicorns’ in $420mn Australian VC fund
Airtree closes financing round as country once dismissed as tech backwater becomes target for foreign capital
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Nic Fildes (FT) @nicfildes.ft.com · 30/07/2025
"We can’t control the ocean but we can police the sharks." Australia adds YouTube to under-16s social media ban www.ft.com/content/c498... via @ft
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Australia adds YouTube to under-16s social media ban
Legislation passed last year excluded video-sharing service due to its role in education and children’s entertainment
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Nic Fildes (FT) @nicfildes.ft.com · 30/07/2025
My column on the two strikes rule and whether it works: ‘Millionaires’ Factory’ Macquarie faces Aussie pay test www.ft.com/content/eb84... via @ft
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‘Millionaires’ Factory’ Macquarie faces Aussie pay test
‘Two strikes’ rule looms over Macquarie Bank after shareholder rebuke on remuneration
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FT Edit @ftedit.ft.com · 29/07/2025
Welcome to FT Edit! When the news is overwhelming, we bring you eight stories a day, chosen by editors, offering clarity, fresh perspectives, insight and inspiration — plus some extra treats! Explore more at www.ft.com/ftedit or, if you're reading on iOS, find us on the FT app: on.ft.com/44SHfGA
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Nic Fildes (FT) @nicfildes.ft.com · 23/07/2025
A 'vale' post doesn't really do justice to the influence of Ozzy, a key progenitor of a subset of music that changed the world alongside Iommi, Butler and Ward, has passed. Reposting this 'War Pigs' piece in tribute: ig.ft.com/life-of-a-so... #ozzy #blacksabbath
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War Pigs — how Black Sabbath’s song paved the way for heavy metal
The eight-minute track’s complex structure proved highly influential
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Chris Cook @chriscook.news · 16/07/2025
Who built a system where someone can export a list of Taliban murder targets into excel on a computer with internet access.
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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
This could not end well..I had not realised this problem with AI - @pilitaclark.bsky.social here on how it is being used to produce voluminous complaints that companies and organisations have to deal with. Much easier to send that complaint with more legal citations etc www.ft.com/content/adda...
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Problem at work? You’ll be hearing from my chatbot
A flood of AI-generated complaints means a new kind of unwarranted hassle for HR and customer services
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Climate Adaptation and Restoration Team @clubadaptation.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Australian miners and smelters call for state aid during energy transition—A host of Australia’s biggest industrial names are appealing for government aid as high energy prices threaten to force them out of business, in a test for… www.ft.com/content/d893... @nicfildes.ft.com @financialtimes.com
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Australian miners and smelters call for state aid during energy transition
Some of the country’s biggest industrial names are hit hardest as rising electricity costs and volatile commodity prices put their businesses at risk
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Nic Fildes (FT) @nicfildes.ft.com · 13/06/2025
It burns, burns, burns: Canada to fast-track ‘Ring of Fire’ mining project over First Nations’ objections www.ft.com/content/d57f... via @financialtimes.com
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Canada to fast-track ‘Ring of Fire’ mining project over First Nations’ objections
Ontario premier insists development of remote critical minerals reserve is a priority in response to Trump’s tariffs
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Nic Fildes (FT) @nicfildes.ft.com · 11/06/2025
Trust an Aussie to pull out the Get Smart references in court: Lex Greensill says he suffers from ‘PTSD’ after SoftBank rescue talks www.ft.com/content/a852... via @ft @bondhack.ft.com
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Lex Greensill says he suffers from ‘PTSD’ after SoftBank rescue talks
Greensill Capital founder says negotiations with Japanese group left him with ‘third-degree burns’
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Nic Fildes (FT) @nicfildes.ft.com · 27/05/2025
I always hear 'Nick Candy' in Iggy Pop's voice.
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Nic Fildes (FT) @nicfildes.ft.com · 26/05/2025
Life of a Song: Ace of Spades — Motörhead’s 1980 track was fast, furious and influential on.ft.com/43L2d9x
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Ace of Spades — Motörhead’s 1980 track was fast, furious and influential
[FREE TO READ] With lyrics growled by Lemmy Kilmister, the thundering song helped spawn thrash metal — and punks loved it too
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Ian Smith @iankmsmith.ft.com · 21/05/2025
“Lex, I can’t send those words” 🙃
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Nic Fildes (FT) @nicfildes.ft.com · 21/05/2025
Inside China’s ‘stolen iPhone building’ - great piece by the FT's Will Langley on how that iPhone that was nicked from you in Mayfair ended up in a chop shop outside Shenzhen www.ft.com/content/752f... via @ft
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Inside China’s ‘stolen iPhone building’
We track the roaring trade of mobiles grabbed in London and New York, then sold in a single district in Shenzhen
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Nic Fildes (FT) @nicfildes.ft.com · 13/05/2025
Sussan Ley urged to ‘spill blood’ to revive opposition following crushing defeat: Australia’s Liberal party elects first female leader ft.com/content/4402... via @ft
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Australia’s Liberal party elects first female leader
Sussan Ley urged to ‘spill blood’ to revive opposition following crushing defeat
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Nic Fildes (FT) @nicfildes.ft.com · 12/05/2025
Australian wine giant spies Americas opportunity from Donald Trump’s tariffs. Come for the outlook, stay for the reader comments about the quality of Australian plonk ("whale piss") www.ft.com/content/a78d... via @ft
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Australian wine giant spies Americas opportunity from Donald Trump’s tariffs
Newly formed Vinarchy expects growth in Canada and Latin America as US brands fall out of favour
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Nic Fildes (FT) @nicfildes.ft.com · 02/05/2025
Anthony Albanese urges Australians to vote for continuity in poll overshadowed by Trump - heads to Dickson, Dutton’s seat, in a move that could look like hubris/rubbing it in by tomorrow. via @FT on.ft.com/4jCuzbR
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Anthony Albanese urges Australians to vote for continuity in poll overshadowed by Trump
[FREE TO READ] Surveys suggest narrow advantage for incumbent Labor party
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Nic Fildes (FT) @nicfildes.ft.com · 01/05/2025
FT Big Read on the 'lucky country' and whether the luck is running out: Australia: caught between a slowing China and a chaotic US on.ft.com/4iKQHQ3 via @financialtimes
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Australia: caught between a slowing China and a chaotic US
[FREE TO READ] As it heads to the polls, the country is facing a geopolitical crunch and deep economic challenges. Analysts fear politicians are looking the other way
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A Reader of the FT @a-reader-ft.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Australia’s China ties in focus as election rivals hunt for votes—While the race has largely been fought on domestic cost of living issues, it also comes as Australia is grappling with how to balance… www.ft.com/content/e32e... @nicfildes.ft.com @financialtimes.com
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Australia’s China ties in focus as election rivals hunt for votes
Donald Trump’s hard line on Beijing forces Canberra into uncomfortable balancing act
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Nic Fildes (FT) @nicfildes.ft.com · 17/04/2025
BHP says China boosting domestic consumption is key to global economy on.ft.com/4jAOIhU via @financialtimes
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BHP says China boosting domestic consumption is key to global economy
[FREE TO READ] World’s biggest miner says tariff impact ‘limited’ so far
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Gideon Rachman @gideonrachman.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
FT Headlines right now: One on top of the other. US fires Greenland base commander after JD Vance visit Top Chinese general removed in Xi’s latest purge
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Nic Fildes (FT) @nicfildes.ft.com · 11/04/2025
Heavy metal thunder: on.ft.com/3XQTHTh Australian miners benefit from new Chinese restrictions on heavy rare earth exports
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Australian miners benefit from new Chinese restrictions on rare earth exports
[FREE TO READ] Sector ‘ideally positioned’ to take advantage of disruption to global supply chain
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Nic Fildes (FT) @nicfildes.ft.com · 10/04/2025
There's always a telecoms angle: The Australian company behind cameras that catch drivers using their phones looks to drunk driving and construction sites for new growth - Eyes on the road convince drivers to hang up the phone www.ft.com/content/236e... via @ft
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Eyes on the road convince drivers to hang up the phone
Australian start-up Acusensus’s cameras have already been linked to a fall in road fatalities
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Nic Fildes (FT) @nicfildes.ft.com · 08/04/2025
First penguins, now sea eagles?
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Nic Fildes (FT) @nicfildes.ft.com · 08/04/2025
Protecting ‘Australianess’ in the Netflix age - why a 'Neighbours Tax' remains in development hell and faces an uphill task in the Trump trade war. on.ft.com/3FXHAh4 via @financialtimes
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Protecting ‘Australianess’ in the Netflix age
[FREE TO READ] Australia’s television producers want a ‘Neighbours’ law to support local content
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Nic Fildes (FT) @nicfildes.ft.com · 04/04/2025
In depth and fantastic piece on the military preparations in the Arctic: Meet the warriors trying to teach the west how to fight in the Arctic on.ft.com/3YigrLY via @financialtimes
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Meet the warriors trying to teach the west how to fight in the Arctic
[FREE TO READ] Melting sea ice, rising tensions and the relearning of what it will take to master the art of Arctic warfare
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Nic Fildes (FT) @nicfildes.ft.com · 31/03/2025
Gwen Robinson, a driving force in Asia journalism, dies at 65 asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Ob...
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Gwen Robinson, a driving force in Asia journalism, dies at 65
Trailblazing correspondent and mentor instrumental in shaping Nikkei Asia's global presence
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Nic Fildes (FT) @nicfildes.ft.com · 27/03/2025
@benwinkley.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/football/pic...
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David Squires on … a tribute to Jackson Irvine as told by the Socceroo’s arm tattoos
Our cartoonist looks at the midfielder’s creative ideas and inspirations that are leading Australia closer to the 2026 World Cup
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Nic Fildes (FT) @nicfildes.ft.com · 25/03/2025
That ultra-long haul flight from Australia to London/New York is now coming in 2027 according to Qantas. Another slip on launch (due to regulation) but Qantas is confident www.ft.com/content/0e88... via @ft with @sylviapfeifer.bsky.social with nothing Toulouse
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Qantas to start world’s longest direct flights from Australia in 2027
Carrier says customer satisfaction is high on its current direct service between London and Perth
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Nic Fildes (FT) @nicfildes.ft.com · 25/03/2025
Some punchy quotes in this piece on the Australian budget which unveiled surprise tax cuts in a pre-election battler bribe…none more so than Saul Eslake’s “Thylacine on my front lawn” on.ft.com/4hJmxfo Australia unveils unexpected tax cuts in pre-election budget
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Australia unveils unexpected tax cuts in pre-election budget
[FREE TO READ] Labor sets out measures to alleviate cost of living pressure
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Nic Fildes (FT) @nicfildes.ft.com · 14/03/2025
This is a fantastic read
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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 26/02/2025
Sanjeev Gupta is facing a new threat to his besieged metals business in Australia as a creditor tries to tip one of his most valuable remaining assets into default. Gupta's InfraBuild says the lawsuit from FitzWalter Capital is a “nuisance complaint with no foundation”. on.ft.com/4hT82qg
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Sanjeev Gupta’s InfraBuild hit with lawsuit alleging debt default
[FREE TO READ] FitzWalter Capital takes aim at key remaining asset in teetering metals empire
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Nic Fildes (FT) @nicfildes.ft.com · 26/02/2025
Up to my Necks in it.
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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 24/02/2025
“White, who started his career repairing guitars for members of the band AC/DC in the 1970s…” Never change Australian business stories, never change! By @nicfildes.ft.com www.ft.com/content/05b9...
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WiseTech shares plunge after majority of board quits
Allies of scandal-hit co-founder Richard White take control as independent directors resign over ‘intractable differences’
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Madison Marriage @madisonmarriage.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
I wrote about my brother Charlie’s final 48 hours, and his increasingly desperate attempts to track down an emergency supply of medication from the NHS. It’s an upsetting read but one I’m proud of. He’d be delighted to have made the @financialtimes.com magazine front cover: on.ft.com/434zZqn
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Nic Fildes (FT) @nicfildes.ft.com · 20/02/2025
“We make bugger all here,” says Albanese of the plan to revive Australia's industrial base as he unveils a plan to pump $1.5bn into the ex-Gupta steelworks in Whyalla ft.com/content/4cfc... via @ft
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Australia to pump $1.5bn into Gupta steelworks after taking control
GFG Alliance head says he is taking legal advice after state government’s ‘unexpected and unprecedented’ seizure of Whyalla
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Nic Fildes (FT) @nicfildes.ft.com · 19/02/2025
on.ft.com/417UgbU Australia seizes Gupta steelworks over ‘irredeemable’ financial problems - now with added @bondhack.ft.com
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Australia seizes Gupta steelworks over ‘irredeemable’ financial problems
[FREE TO READ] State government acts over unpaid debts and alleged under-investment at Whyalla, once GFG’s crown jewel
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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 19/02/2025
Huge news from down under for Sanjeev Gupta, the alleged fraudster whose global steel “empire” has run on vapour since the collapse of Greensill: South Australia has seized his Whyalla steelworks and forced it into administration over unpaid bills Story from @nicfildes.ft.com on.ft.com/42X8yyT
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South Australia forces Gupta steelworks into administration
[FREE TO READ] State government acts over unpaid debts and alleged under-investment at Whyalla, once GFG’s crown jewel
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Nic Fildes (FT) @nicfildes.ft.com · 19/02/2025
Gutting Gupta: South Australia forces Gupta steelworks into administration, rules out Whyalla nationalisation or bail out of GFG: "We just couldn't abide that risk," says Premier www.ft.com/content/556d... via @ft
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South Australia forces Gupta steelworks into administration
State government acts over unpaid debts and alleged under-investment at Whyalla, once GFG’s crown jewel
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Nic Fildes (FT) @nicfildes.ft.com · 03/02/2025
Former national security adviser Jake Sullivan tells FT that Aukus is "a strategic marriage between the United States and Australia for half a century." www.ft.com/content/fae9... via @ft
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Former national security adviser Jake Sullivan: ‘The core engines of American power are humming’
The Biden administration official on leaving Trump with a ‘strong hand’, export controls on AI chips — and why war with China is not inevitable
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Nic Fildes (FT) @nicfildes.ft.com · 25/01/2025
Sparky’s Dream: From Love Island to the outback: a shortage of electricians create a choke point for Australia’s economy on.ft.com/3WAMhD3
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From Love Island to the outback: Australians cash in on shortage of electricians
[FREE TO READ] Lack of sparkies could hurt Australia’s investments in renewable energy, mining and data centres
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Nic Fildes (FT) @nicfildes.ft.com · 25/01/2025
This took a long while: FT Big Read on how Australia became a test bed for the future of farming due to climate extremes and the knife-edge budgets of farmers driving practical technology use. Robot bees, invisible fungal spores and fermenting clothes on.ft.com/4hqyVRG
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How Australia became a test bed for the future of farming
[FREE TO READ] Experimental fungi and ‘robotic bees’ are among the ag-tech innovations being trialled in a country on the frontline of climate change
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Nic Fildes (FT) @nicfildes.ft.com · 23/01/2025
Things I learnt today: the assistant minister to the PM's middle name is 'Possum'
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Nic Fildes (FT) @nicfildes.ft.com · 17/01/2025
Free to read: The world’s greatest record stores including Red Eye and Greville via @FT The world’s greatest record stores on.ft.com/3E07yQ0
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The world’s greatest record stores
FT writers and editors share their go-to venues for their vinyl fix
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