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• Queensland town fights to keep beloved caravan park

  12-11-2025 23:47 via abc.net.au
  
  Fraser Coast council is weighing whether to transform a popular tourism site into a public green space, prompting a backlash from thousands of locals.
  
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• Players in First Guardian, Shield sued after Australians lose more than $1b

  12-11-2025 23:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Corporate watchdog ASIC is suing several players involved in the collapses of Shield and/or First Guardian, which led to Australians losing more than $1 billion of their retirement savings. 
   
  
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• ASIC takes action against players in Shield, First Guardian collapses

  12-11-2025 23:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Corporate watchdog ASIC is suing several players involved in the collapses of Shield and/or First Guardian, which led to Australians losing more than $1 billion of their retirement savings. 
   
  
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• Inpex gas plant worker speaks out over fears he's breathing in toxic chemicals

  12-11-2025 22:50 via abc.net.au
  
  In the wake of a federal government investigation, a worker at major oil and gas company Inpex has spoken out, raising fears of exposure to dangerous air pollutants and claims of a toxic workplace where staff concerns are brushed aside.
  
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• Gas giant Inpex insists its Darwin plant is safe. Workers tell a different story

  12-11-2025 22:50 via abc.net.au
  
  In the wake of a federal government investigation, a worker at major oil and gas company Inpex has spoken out, raising fears of exposure to dangerous air pollutants and claims of a toxic workplace where staff concerns are brushed aside.
  
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• Giant hail laid waste to solar panels. Is it time standards changed?

  12-11-2025 21:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Prue and Jamie Rogers were in the path of a savage pair of storms that wreaked havoc in south-east Queensland this month. They are wholly reliant on their solar system, but massive hailstones have left it in ruins.
  
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• ASX tumbles as stronger jobs figures quash rate cut prospects — as it happened

  12-11-2025 21:32 via abc.net.au
  
  The local share market takes another leg lower as labour force figures pour cold water on rate cut expectations. Look back on the day's financial news and insights from our specialist business reporters.
  
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• Construction workforce must double within two years to meet new demand

  12-11-2025 20:44 via abc.net.au
  
  A record pipeline of infrastructure projects will require more workers and a more efficient building sector, according to the peak federal government agency.
  
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• Construction workforce must double within two years to build major projects

  12-11-2025 20:44 via abc.net.au
  
  A record pipeline of infrastructure projects will require more workers and a more efficient building sector, according to the peak federal government agency.
  
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• County pub calls the cops on army vet and his assistance dog

  12-11-2025 20:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Despite assistance dog Max wearing a clearly visible vest and Garth Murray carrying his accreditation, they still face widespread discrimination, with one hotel going so far as to call the cops on them.
  
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• Country pub reports army vet and his assistance dog to police

  12-11-2025 20:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Despite assistance dog Max wearing a clearly visible vest and Garth Murray carrying his accreditation, they still face widespread discrimination, with one hotel going so far as to call the police on them.
  
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• Country pub calls police on army vet and his assistance dog

  12-11-2025 20:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Despite assistance dog Max wearing a vest and Garth Murray carrying his accreditation, they still faced illegal discrimination on a round-Australia charity walk, with one publican even calling the police on them.
  
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• What do you do when your train is too long for the platform?

  12-11-2025 20:11 via abc.net.au
  
  There is a problem with regional Victoria's top-of-the-line, six-carriage trains — they do not fit at more than a third of the state's train stations.
  
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• Sanjeev Gupta accused of deliberately losing phones in unpaid wages court claim

  12-11-2025 20:05 via abc.net.au
  
  Sanjeev Gupta is gone from the Whyalla steelworks but his troubles are far from over, with a former high-level international executive who oversaw the South Australian operation now suing for US $30 million in unpaid wages and bonuses.
  
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• Sanjeev Gupta accused of deliberately losing phones in unpaid wages case

  12-11-2025 20:05 via abc.net.au
  
  Sanjeev Gupta is gone from the Whyalla steelworks but his troubles are far from over, with a former high-level international executive who oversaw the South Australian operation now suing for US $30 million in unpaid wages and bonuses.
  
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• Woolworths executive worked more than 100 hours a week, lawsuit claims

  12-11-2025 11:46 via abc.net.au
  
  The executive had a suspected stroke, went temporarily blind and was hospitalised five times after regularly clocking more than 100 hours a week on the job, according to documents filed with the Federal Court.
  
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• 'Fighting for my job': Woolworths executive details 100-hour work week in court claim

  12-11-2025 11:46 via abc.net.au
  
  The executive had a suspected stroke, went temporarily blind and was hospitalised five times after regularly clocking more than 100 hours a week on the job, according to documents filed with the Federal Court.
  
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• New shopping centre could be built on devastated Toombul site

  12-11-2025 11:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Mirvac announces it is selling the site of the Toombul Shopping Centre — devastated by the 2022 Brisbane floods — to a developer who has plans to build a new shopping centre as part of a mixed-use precinct.
  
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• Outback Queensland renewable energy precinct plans ditched

  12-11-2025 07:45 via abc.net.au
  
  Barcaldine Shire Council says it is working with affected businesses to keep them in town after ZEN Energy pulled out of plans for a renewable energy industrial precinct.
  
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• Conservation group admits AI use and 'errors' in anti-wind farm campaign

  12-11-2025 07:16 via abc.net.au
  
  Rainforest Reserves Australia has faced a Senate inquiry amid allegations of using AI and referencing non-existent projects and groups in submissions against an axed wind farm.
  
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• Flood buyback homes sold at auction for as little as $1

  12-11-2025 06:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Eleven flood buyback homes sell without a reserve price in the NSW Northern Rivers, with more to hit the market before the end of the year.
  
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• Trio to face trial over failed Sterling investment scheme targeting retirees

  12-11-2025 05:35 via abc.net.au
  
  Three men linked to a failed housing scheme which left retirees across the country with huge financial losses deny criminal charges levelled against them in a WA court.
  
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• WA government accused of 'doctoring' secret gas report for net zero narrative

  12-11-2025 04:11 via abc.net.au
  
  Last year the WA government commissioned a report on whether LNG exports to Asia were helping decarbonisation efforts — but the final report is vastly different to the draft, and analysts and activists say it has been doctored.
  
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• WA government accused of doctoring second climate report

  12-11-2025 04:11 via abc.net.au
  
  Last year the WA government commissioned a report on whether LNG exports to Asia were helping decarbonisation efforts — but the final report is vastly different to the draft, and analysts and activists say it has been doctored.
  
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• Gold Coast locks in AACTA awards until 2028

  12-11-2025 03:04 via abc.net.au
  
  An Australian film and television awards ceremony that has attracted Hollywood heavyweights, including Margot Robbie, will be held in Queensland until 2028.
  
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• Gold Coast locks in AACTA awards for next three years

  12-11-2025 03:04 via abc.net.au
  
  An Australian film and television awards ceremony that has attracted Hollywood heavyweights, including Margot Robbie, will be held in Queensland until 2028.
  
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• Mining giant ordered to pay $84,000 over Christmas holiday pay dispute

  12-11-2025 03:02 via abc.net.au
  
  The Mining and Energy Union wins an appeal, arguing the mine operated for the pure purpose of profit over the public holiday period.
  
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• Riskiest part of job 'has nothing to do with electricity', energy company says

  12-11-2025 02:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Over the past 12 months, 289 incidents were reported by Ergon Energy across Queensland — including 148 dog attacks, 60 incidents involving wildlife, and 81 threats from the public.
  
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• Meter readers left with debilitating injuries due to dog attacks

  12-11-2025 02:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Over the past 12 months, 289 incidents were reported by Ergon Energy across Queensland — including 148 dog attacks, 60 incidents involving wildlife, and 81 threats from the public.
  
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• Australian homebuyers lower expectations in hot housing market

  12-11-2025 02:51 via abc.net.au
  
  A new report finds that prospective Australian homebuyers are increasingly abandoning their dreams of a freestanding house in favour of more budget-friendly townhouses and units.
  
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• Tasmanian gold mine shut down over unpaid royalties

  12-11-2025 02:47 via abc.net.au
  
  The state government has directed Hellyer Gold Mines to cease operations at its mine in north-west Tasmania. It says the company has significantly fallen behind on its debts.
  
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• Gold mine 'appalled and astonished' after government shuts it down

  12-11-2025 02:47 via abc.net.au
  
  The state government has directed Hellyer Gold Mines to cease operations at its mine in north-west Tasmania. It says the company has significantly fallen behind on its debts.
  
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• Menulog to cease Australian operations

  12-11-2025 01:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Food delivery company Menulog says it will cease operating in Australia in two weeks' time as the Transport Workers' Union calls for standards for the gig economy.
  
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• Breaking: Menulog to stop Australian operations later this month

  12-11-2025 01:31 via abc.net.au
  Food delivery company Menulog says it will cease operating in Australia in two weeks' time.
  
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