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• 'Prosecute me' — alternative-schools principal defies authorities

  16-11-2017 03:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The principal of three alternative schools in New South Wales says she will run them illegally if she is forced to close following a scathing report into their compliance.
  
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• Hundreds of people found their favourite band was dropped from a festival. Can they get a refund?

  16-04-2024 22:56 via abc.net.au
  
  Organisers of the touring Pandemonium Rocks music festival are refusing full refunds to ticket holders after major changes to the event, despite stipulations in Australian Consumer Law.
  
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• Bruce Lehrmann's costs in failed defamation case set to be astronomically high

  16-04-2024 22:30 via abc.net.au
  
  What happened between Bruce Lehrmann and Brittany Higgins in a ministerial suite at Parliament House in March 2019 has triggered at least a dozen avenues of legal action so far — and the costs of all this litigation are set to be many millions.
  
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• Bypass takes trucks off Penola's main street but at what cost?

  16-04-2024 22:03 via abc.net.au
  
  It has been four years since a contentious bypass directed trucks away from Penola, opening just before COVID-19 border restrictions in a double whammy that led to lost trade for businesses, but locals say the town is bouncing back.
  
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• Tasmania is riddled with hundreds of fading and vanishing towns. Where did they go wrong?

  16-04-2024 21:30 via abc.net.au
  
  On Tasmania's wild west coast, towns have risen and fallen at the whim of industry. Some of their oldest living inhabitants remember their former homes, and how their communities came undone.
  
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• Behind the fake Dr Karls on Facebook is a murky world of scammers, AI, mystery pills and elusive companies

  16-04-2024 21:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Scammers on Facebook and Instagram are using a fake, AI-generated Dr Karl to sell health pills to Australians. When users reported the ads to Meta, the company initially said there was nothing wrong with them.
  
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• Critical minerals projects to receive $585 million in federal government loans

  16-04-2024 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Critical minerals projects in Queensland and South Australia will receive hundreds of millions of dollars in federal government loans as part of the government's plan for a "future made in Australia".
  
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• Four years after COVID shuttered borders, where the bloody hell are the international tourists? 

  16-04-2024 20:51 via abc.net.au
  
  The return of international tourists to Australia appears to be stalling, with numbers almost 30 per cent down on 2019. So how do we get them back?
  
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• Four years after COVID shuttered borders, millions of international tourists are nowhere to be seen

  16-04-2024 20:51 via abc.net.au
  
  The return of international tourists to Australia appears to be stalling, with numbers almost 30 per cent down on 2019. So how do we get them back?
  
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• Another major festival silenced as 'panic' ripples through music industry

  16-04-2024 06:05 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian music industry has suffered another damaging blow after the cancellation of Queensland's long-running Caloundra Music Festival.
  
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• Woolworths CEO Brad Banducci threatened with six months prison for holding Senate in contempt

  16-04-2024 04:33 via abc.net.au
  
  Woolworths boss Brad Banducci was warned he could face six months in prison or a $5,000 fine if he was held in contempt by the Senate for failing to answer questions at the inquiry into supermarket pricing.
  
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• Woolworths CEO Brad Banducci threatened with six months in prison for holding Senate in contempt

  16-04-2024 04:33 via abc.net.au
  
  Woolworths boss Brad Banducci was warned he could face six months in prison or a $5,000 fine if he was held in contempt by the Senate for failing to answer questions at the inquiry into supermarket pricing.
  
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• Greens senator threatens Woolworths CEO with six months in prison for contempt of Senate

  16-04-2024 04:33 via abc.net.au
  
  Woolworths boss Brad Banducci was warned he could face six months in prison or a $5,000 fine if he was held in contempt by the Senate for failing to answer questions at the inquiry into supermarket pricing.
  
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• UTAS Law School confirms it won't move from Sandy Bay campus into Hobart's CBD

  16-04-2024 01:05 via abc.net.au
  
  The University of Tasmania's push to move its law school into a purpose-built multi-million-dollar building in Hobart's CBD hits a roadblock, with the faculty head announcing it will instead stay at Sandy Bay.
  
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• Despite a $131m CBD building refurb, UTAS's Law School confirms it won't move from Sandy Bay

  16-04-2024 01:05 via abc.net.au
  
  The University of Tasmania's push to move its law school into a purpose-built multi-million-dollar building in Hobart's CBD hits a roadblock, with the faculty head announcing it will instead stay at Sandy Bay.
  
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• Live: Woolworths and Coles to be scrutinised over rising prices at Senate inquiry, ASX to fall

  15-04-2024 23:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Woolworths and Coles will be grilled over higher prices and rising profits during the cost-of-living crisis at a Senate inquiry in Canberra today, while the Australian share market is set to open lower. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Outgoing Woolworths CEO Brad Banducci grilled over rising profits and supermarket prices

  15-04-2024 23:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Woolworths and Coles will be grilled over higher prices and rising profits during the cost-of-living crisis at a Senate inquiry in Canberra today, while the Australian share market is set to open lower. Follow live.
  
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• Live: 'Not interested in your spin': Senator accuses Woolworths CEO Banducci of dodging questions, ASX to fall

  15-04-2024 23:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Woolworths and Coles will be grilled over higher prices and rising profits during the cost-of-living crisis at a Senate inquiry in Canberra today, while the Australian share market is set to open lower. Follow live.
  
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• Live: 'Not interested in your spin': Senator accuses Woolworths CEO Banducci of dodging questions, ASX falls sharply

  15-04-2024 23:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Woolworths and Coles will be grilled over higher prices and rising profits during the cost-of-living crisis at a Senate inquiry in Canberra today, while the Australian share market has fallen sharply. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Coles grilled on prices after Woolworth's CEO threatened with jail for dodging questions

  15-04-2024 23:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Woolworths and Coles will be grilled over higher prices and rising profits during the cost-of-living crisis at a Senate inquiry in Canberra today, while the Australian share market has fallen sharply. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Coles grilled on prices after Woolworths CEO fails to name key metric, ASX tumbles

  15-04-2024 23:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Woolworths and Coles will be grilled over higher prices and rising profits during the cost-of-living crisis at a Senate inquiry in Canberra today, while the Australian share market has fallen sharply. Follow live.
  
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• Coles grilled on prices after Woolworths boss fails to name key financial metric, ASX ends lower — as it happened

  15-04-2024 23:15 via abc.net.au
  
  The bosses of Woolworths and Coles were grilled at a Senate inquiry over higher prices and rising profits during the cost-of-living crisis, while the Australian share market ended lower.
  
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• Bruce Lehrmann unlikely to face second criminal trial for rape following defemation case ruling, experts say

  15-04-2024 22:48 via abc.net.au
  
  Yesterday, Justice Michael Lee ruled that Bruce Lehrmann probably raped Brittany Higgins that fateful night in March 2019, after the pair arrived at Parliament House in the small hours. But an expert says it's unlikely a second criminal trial will go ahead.
  
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• Bruce Lehrmann unlikely to face second criminal trial for rape following defamation case ruling, experts say

  15-04-2024 22:48 via abc.net.au
  
  Yesterday, Justice Michael Lee ruled that Bruce Lehrmann probably raped Brittany Higgins that fateful night in March 2019, after the pair arrived at Parliament House in the small hours. But an expert says it's unlikely a second criminal trial will go ahead.
  
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• Smart ticketing kicks off on Brisbane ferries, replacing go cards

  15-04-2024 22:01 via abc.net.au
  
  The new system will allow commuters to touch on and off their services with a debit card, credit card or smart device. It's already in use on South-East Queensland trains and trams. 
  
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• Smart ticketing kicks off on Brisbane ferries as an alternative payment option to go cards

  15-04-2024 22:01 via abc.net.au
  
  The new system will allow commuters to touch on and off their services with a debit card, credit card or smart device. It's already in use on South-East Queensland trains and trams. 
  
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• Five key takeways from Bruce Lehrmann's failed defamation case in the Federal Court

  15-04-2024 11:21 via abc.net.au
  
  Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann's defamation case against Network Ten and journalist Lisa Wilkinson over coverage of Brittany Higgins's rape allegation has failed. Here are the five key takeaways from Federal Court Justice Michael Lee's judgment.
  
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• Who is Lawrence Wong, the man poised to become Singapore’s fourth prime minister, on a $2.5m salary?

  15-04-2024 11:19 via abc.net.au
  
  In the more than 58 years that Singapore has been an independent nation, Australia has had 17 prime ministers, while the island nation has had just three. So, what can we expect from Lawrence Wong when the deputy leader takes over from Lee Hsien Loong next month?
  
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• 'A new generation of leadership': Singapore chooses its fourth PM in six decades — on a $2.5m salary

  15-04-2024 11:19 via abc.net.au
  
  In the more than 58 years since Singapore was granted its independence, Australia has seen 17 prime ministers, while the island nation has had just three. So, what can we expect from Lawrence Wong when the deputy leader takes over from Lee Hsien Loong next month?
  
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• WA teachers set to go on half-day strike next week as union rejects latest pay offer

  15-04-2024 05:52 via abc.net.au
  
  WA's teacher union rejects a second pay and conditions offer from the state government, stoking concerns of interruptions at schools as the union threatens to forge on with a potential strike on Tuesday next week.
  
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