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Resources companies want the most profitable project to prevail in a showdown with renewables players, which they say have been unfairly hoarding land access, while miners make the money that keeps the economy fed.

Meanwhile, two key figures caught up in the investigation into the collapse of First Guardian and Shield, have been banned from leaving the country after the Federal Court granted ASIC’s request. 

And economists say the sharp deterioration in the jobs market makes the RBA’s decision to hold rates steady last month look like a policy error.