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• Ballarat mine operators charged over fatal rockfall

  26-11-2025 23:54 via abc.net.au
  
  The operators of Ballarat Gold Mine have been charged over a rockfall that killed 37-year-old miner Kurt Hourigan and seriously injured a 21-year-old workmate in March 2024.
  
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• Kalgoorlie-Boulder power solution still appears to be years away

  26-11-2025 23:32 via abc.net.au
  
  The WA government has taken the first steps towards fulfilling its election promise of a $150-million, 50-megawatt vanadium flow battery for Kalgoorlie-Boulder.
  
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• Industry power woes continue in WA mining city as peak demand looms

  26-11-2025 23:32 via abc.net.au
  
  The WA government has taken the first steps towards fulfilling its election promise of a $150-million, 50-megawatt vanadium flow battery for Kalgoorlie-Boulder.
  
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• Global miner BMA drops Queensland mine expansion plan

  26-11-2025 21:57 via abc.net.au
  
  The project would have cleared more than 100 hectares of koala habitat.
  
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• Australia's largest coal producer walks from project over royalties

  26-11-2025 21:57 via abc.net.au
  
  An environmental impact statement found the project site would clear 136 hectares of koala habitat and significantly affect 33.55 hectares supporting greater glider populations.
  
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• ASX rises, APRA to impose home loan limits — as it happened

  26-11-2025 21:37 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian banking regulator will impose limits on large home loans from February, while the ASX rises as Wall Street extended a recent recovery. See how the trading day unfolded on our live blog.
  
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• Concerns SA's 'best agricultural land' being taken up by battery projects

  26-11-2025 21:16 via abc.net.au
  
  One of Australia's largest battery energy storage systems would be built on farmland in South Australia's south-east in a proposal that the developer says will lower electricity costs.
  
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• 'Nightmare' complaint left Optus customer and offshore worker in tears

  26-11-2025 20:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Optus has been under intense scrutiny after a network outage in September left hundreds of people unable to call Triple Zero and was linked to three deaths.
  
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• NSW council works to 'squirrel' savings to curb costs

  26-11-2025 20:28 via abc.net.au
  
  A much-maligned piece of office equipment could end up gathering dust as a council on the NSW mid north coast looks for ways to rein in costs. 
  
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• Black Friday sales 'pressure' pushing some Australians into debt binge

  26-11-2025 19:58 via abc.net.au
  
  With millions of Australians tipped to spend record amounts this Black Friday, the value of personal credit and charge-card balances accruing interest has hit its highest level since 2021.
  
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• US National Parks to raise fees for foreign visitors to popular sites

  26-11-2025 11:09 via abc.net.au
  
  Changes set to take effect on January 1 will include annual park passes jumping to $US250 for foreign tourists, while US residents will continue to be charged $US80, according to authorities.  
  
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• The 'ghost stores' defrauding Australians ahead of Black Friday spend-a-thon

  26-11-2025 07:23 via abc.net.au
  
  With Australians expected to spend billions this Black Friday, the consumer watchdog is warning of a growing number of 'ghost stores' targeting unsuspecting customers and posing as local businesses promising premium goods, when in reality they’re shipping fast fashion from overseas. 
  
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• How to spot the 'ghost stores' posing as local Australian businesses

  26-11-2025 07:23 via abc.net.au
  
  With Australians expected to spend billions this Black Friday, the consumer watchdog is warning of a growing number of 'ghost stores' targeting unsuspecting customers and posing as local businesses promising premium goods, when in reality they’re shipping fast fashion from overseas. 
  
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• How to spot 'ghost stores' posing as Australian businesses

  26-11-2025 07:23 via abc.net.au
  
  With Australians expected to spend billions this Black Friday, the consumer watchdog is warning about a growing number of "ghost stores" targeting unsuspecting shoppers and posing as local businesses promising premium goods, when in reality they are shipping fast fashion from overseas.
  
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• Backlash prompts midnight NYE Sunshine Coast fireworks backflip

  26-11-2025 06:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Sunshine Coast Council has caved to public pressure and will resurrect its Mooloolaba midnight fireworks display, bringing the region into line with other Queensland towns.
  
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• Government proposes crackdown on financial abuse, coercive control

  26-11-2025 05:33 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government is consulting on major reforms to reduce financial abuse, including making it harder for directors to be appointed without clear consent. Economic abuse is estimated to cost the economy nearly $11 billion a year
  
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• Financial abusers appointing victims as directors in government's sights

  26-11-2025 05:33 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government is consulting on major reforms to reduce financial abuse, including making it harder for directors to be appointed without clear consent. Economic abuse is estimated to cost the economy nearly $11 billion a year
  
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• Affordability crisis triggers surge in outback NSW land values

  26-11-2025 04:32 via abc.net.au
  
  The combined value of land in NSW passes $3 trillion for the first time, as the affordability crisis sees property prices skyrocket in remote towns.
  
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• Moody's downgrades Tasmania's credit rating to lowest of all Australian states

  26-11-2025 03:20 via abc.net.au
  
  A major credit rating agency has downgraded Tasmania's credit rating, a move described by a prominent economist as a "vote of no confidence" in the government's fiscal strategy, but brushed off by the treasurer who says he is "not alarmed".
  
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• 'Rate hike may be considered' after inflation rise to 3.8pc

  26-11-2025 02:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Inflation jumps to 3.8pc in October, up from 3.6pc in September, according to new complete monthly data from the ABS.
  
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• Inflation jumps to 3.8pc in October, up from 3.6pc in September

  26-11-2025 02:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Inflation jumps to 3.8pc in October, up from 3.6pc in September, according to new complete monthly data from the ABS.
  
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• Breaking: Inflation jumps to 3.8pc in October, up from 3.6pc in September

  26-11-2025 02:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Inflation jumps to 3.8pc in October, up from 3.6pc in September, according to new complete monthly data from the ABS.
  
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