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Supermarket giant Coles is muscling in on Aldi and Woolworths by launching its own online marketplace offering exclusive internet-only deals.

Dubbed Coles "Best Buys", the site offers customers discounted products and offers that are not available in store.

Some of the launch deals available at BestBuys.coles.com.au include refurbished Apple iPad 6 units for $259, giant backyard greenhouses for $699 and electric ovens from $599.

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Everything offered under the Coles online exclusive range will be delivered free of charge to customers, and shipped direct to buyers from the suppliers themselves.

The launch of Best Buys comes hot on the heels of fierce rival Woolworths, who launched a near-similar site called "Everyday Market" in late September.

Discount German grocer Aldi – which famously prides itself on being different to the two major players – has begun offering some products from its highly-coveted "Special Buys" range online.

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Coles general manager for health and home Jonathan Torr said the site would prove to be a huge opportunity for suppliers wishing to get their products in front of a national audience, without having to have them in-store.

"At Coles, we're committed to delivering great value for our customers," Mr Torr said.

"Our Coles Best Buys offer in store has proven incredibly popular with our customers over the past year, and now we're excited to launch an online platform where customers can exclusively get an array of premium, big-ticket items online under the trusted Best Buys brand that they know and love.

"Free delivery is included across the entire range which is something we're really proud to offer our customers, by working closely with our brand partners to get products directly into their homes sooner, at the best price possible."

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New products will be added to the site every Friday, starting this week.

The products cannot be purchased as part of a weekly grocery shop transaction via Coles online orders.

If the products purchased are faulty, they cannot be returned to Coles stores — if a return is sought, customers are asked to contact Coles online customer care to arrange a return directly with the supplier.

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Holden's once iconic Lang Lang proving ground is back on the market just a year after it was bought by a Vietnamese automotive manufacturer.

VinFast purchased the car testing facility from General Motors in 2020 for more than $36 million, but has chosen to re-list the historic property in a strategic move to base more of its research and development out of Vietnam.

Encompassing 877 hectares, Lang Lang features 44 kilometres of test tracks including sealed and unsealed roads, a 4WD course and a banked NASCAR-like oval used to test a production vehicle's top speed and acceleration.

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The facility is located about an hour's drive from Melbourne's CBD between the towns of Lang Lang and Grantville.

Lang Lang played a key role in the development of more than 60 years of locally manufactured Holden models since 1958.

Every Commodore bar the last ZB derivative was tuned and tested by Holden engineers at Lang Lang.

Dean Hunt and Stephen Adgemis from commercial realtor CBRE say the property represents a world-class opportunity for auto makers.

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"The Lang Lang proving ground is one of the most-advanced facilities of its type in the world, with an expansive road network and improvements including a dedicated emissions-testing facility," Mr Adgemis said.

"It holds a unique place in Australian motoring history, and the fundamentals that made it so successful for General Motors and Holden, and attracted VinFast to the property, still ring true.

"As an expansive site within a high-density employment catchment area, it offers considerable potential."

The sale includes laboratories, emissions testing facilities and office blocks already on the site.

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In a statement VinFast said the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted the business to realign its strategy, including the sale of overseas assets such as Lang Lang.

"Due to unexpected situations brought about by COVID-19, we have to relocate our operation back to Vietnam to ensure product development progress," a representative from VinFast said.

"In the long-term future, VinFast still considers Australia as one of its strategic markets."

Holden was retired as a brand by General Motors this year. The last locally-produced Australian car rolled off the line at Elizabeth in South Australia in 2017.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has unveiled Australia's much-anticipated plan to reach net zero emissions by 2050 ahead of the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow.

He said the government "recognises the (climate) challenges" the world is facing and the plan "most importantly" backs Australians and the Australian way of life.

Mr Morrison explained the plan will focus on "technologies not taxes" and will include both Australians in cities and the regions.

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It comes after a deal was struck with the Nationals at the weekend who agreed, in principle, to support the government's targets.

Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Angus Taylor claimed Australia's track record on climate is "a proud one".

Mr Taylor ran through a "portfolio of technologies" that can help reduce Australia's emissions.

Incentives, not penalties, will be used to help further lower emissions, he said.

Carbon offsets would also be "an important part" of the plan.

The goals of the plan include reducing the costs of hydrogen, "ultra-low-cost" solar and long-duration energy storage, in part funded by a $20 billion investment by the Federal Government.

When asked where the plan's carbon emissions modelling is, Mr Morrison said the data would be released over the coming days.

"Today is about the plan," he said.

Mr Taylor did point to some of the strategies Australia will use to hit net zero.

These include 90 million hectares of productive agricultural land to be better used as a carbon sink, carbon capture and storage, production of hydrogen, high-integrity credits and offsets, and low-emissions vehicles.

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Mr Morrison said the Australian Government was on track to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to "up to 35 per cent" below 2005 levels by 2030.

The target was initially 26–28 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030.

"We said there's the mark, but we can meet it and beat it," he said.

"The world will be able to see us achieving that."

The prime minister said he will be taking Australia's plan to reach net zero by 2050 to COP26 – the upcoming climate summit in Glasgow.

"Our plan gets the balance right," Mr Morrison said.

Mr Morrison said Australia's commitment to reducing emissions was "credible".

"The actions of Australia speak louder than the words of others," he said.

"There will be lots of words in Glasgow but I will be able to point to the actions of Australia and the achievements of Australia."

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PM says plan '100 per cent' supported by Coalition

Mr Morrison said the plan he has presented today was "100 per cent supported" by both Liberals and Nationals.

"It's a Coalition government and the plan has the full support of our Coalition partners," he said.

Mr Morrison said the Nationals had walked a "difficult path" to reach this point, but that the two parties are "united".

Mr Morrison said the plan "will not shut down our coal or gas exports".

"It is focused on Australia's national interests and securing our strengths," he said.

The prime minister also assured Australians the net zero plan will not negatively impact farming and agriculture.

He called it a "careful evolution" and not a revolution.

"It will not be a set and forget plan," he said.

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American scientists discovered the ruins of the USS Revenue Bear in Canadian waters beneath the Atlantic Ocean, Live Science reports.

Purchased by the US government in the 1880s, the steam and sail-powered ship was used for rescue work in the Arctic.

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It also carried relief supplies during the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918-1919, and was a film set for a Hollywood movie.

During World War II, the Revenue Bear was upgraded by the US Coastguard for Arctic patrols.

In 1941 it helped capture the Nazi-controlled trawler Buskø, a Norwegian vessel used by German intelligence experts to gather weather reports.

The Revenue Bear was decommissioned in 1944 and tied up at a wharf in Nova Scotia. Then in 1963 after a storm, it sank somewhere south of Nova Scotia and east of Boston.

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In 2019, scientists from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) started scanning the seafloor near the Revenue Bear's likely resting place.

Then last month, remote submersible vehicles equipped with videography equipment discovered the location of the wreck.

"The Bear has had such an incredible history, and it's so important in many ways in American and global maritime heritage because of its travels," Brad Barr, from the NOAA Maritime Heritage Program, said.

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The badly damaged wreck now lies at a depth of 60m in Canadian waters about 167km south of Nova Scotia's Cape Sable.

The precise location is being kept secret to deter divers from attempting to reach it, Mr Barr said.