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• Live: Wall Street wobbles as Bitcoin continues to dive

  01-12-2025 22:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Cryptocurrency prices continue to come under pressure, while global stocks fell and bond yields rose overnight. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• ASX edges higher, government releases its National AI Plan - as it happened

  01-12-2025 22:59 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX edged higher, while the federal government released its National AI Plan. Catch up on the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• Secret audit reveals millions pocketed in hidden travel management deals

  01-12-2025 20:37 via abc.net.au
  
  The document, prepared for the Queensland government, has been exclusively obtained by the ABC.
  
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• Secret audit reveals how big travel companies can overcharge clients

  01-12-2025 20:37 via abc.net.au
  
  The document, prepared for the Queensland government, has been exclusively obtained by the ABC.
  
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• You should read the fine print when purchasing a gift card

  01-12-2025 20:03 via abc.net.au
  
  If you receive a gift card for Christmas this year you might fall foul of "activation rules". Here's how. 
  
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• Why you should read the fine print when purchasing a gift card

  01-12-2025 20:03 via abc.net.au
  
  If you receive a gift card for Christmas this year you might fall foul of "activation rules". Here's how. 
  
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• Woolworths accused of exploiting affordable housing schemes to ram through projects

  01-12-2025 19:36 via abc.net.au
  
  The retail giant is using development fast-track schemes to push ahead with new supermarket and apartment projects opposed by local councils.
  
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• Woolworths accused of creating 'poor door' at affordable housing development

  01-12-2025 19:36 via abc.net.au
  
  The retail giant is using development fast-track schemes to push ahead with new supermarket and apartment projects opposed by local councils.
  
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• Overlooked solution to housing crisis could unlock a million new homes: CEDA

  01-12-2025 12:01 via abc.net.au
  
  The public policy think tank, CEDA, believes Australia could increase its current housing stock by nine per cent if just one in four standalone homes in the five biggest cities are developed into dual occupancies.
   
  
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• Businesses that send SMS messages now need to register their IDs

  01-12-2025 09:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Organisations using branded identifiers in their text messages to consumers will need to register them by July 1, 2026, or risk being mistaken for a scam.
  
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• Vinnies takes most waste to ACT landfill as overall charity waste declines

  01-12-2025 08:45 via abc.net.au
  
  Canberra's biggest charities dumped almost 600 tonnes of waste last financial year, with the declining quality of donations a key factor in goods ending up as landfill.
  
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• Vinnies leads charity waste to ACT landfill despite sector decline

  01-12-2025 08:45 via abc.net.au
  
  Canberra's biggest charities dumped almost 600 tonnes of waste last financial year, with the declining quality of donations a key factor in goods ending up as landfill.
  
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• Scores of baby birds displaced by land clearing for renewables project

  01-12-2025 07:01 via abc.net.au
  
  The NSW government's flagship renewable energy project has come under fire after trees containing dozens of hatchlings were cut down.
   
  
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• New warning for Ozempic-style drugs over risk of suicidal thoughts

  01-12-2025 06:58 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's medicines regulator issues a safety warning over the potential risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviours when taking Ozempic-style drugs.
  
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• Customers 'angry' as caravan manufacturer collapses into administration

  01-12-2025 06:23 via abc.net.au
  
  Hundreds of Zone RV employees are out of work weeks before Christmas after arriving at work on Monday morning and being told the bad news. 
  
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• $3.4b Coomera Connector stage one to open after construction cracks probed

  01-12-2025 05:47 via abc.net.au
  
  Motorists will be able to use the first 4-kilometre stretch of the new Coomera Connector as an alternative to the busy Pacific Motorway from Tuesday.
  
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• South-east Qld population set to reach 4.5m despite rising property prices

  01-12-2025 02:17 via abc.net.au
  
  The analysis by KPMG reveals the population in the south-east corner has grown by as much as 2.2 per cent over the past five years, above the national average of 1.5 per cent.
  
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• Brisbane property prices rise by almost 13pc in 12 months as population booms

  01-12-2025 02:17 via abc.net.au
  
  South-east Queensland's population is set to reach 4.5 million by the time Brisbane hosts the 2032 Olympics, new analysis shows, despite rising property prices driven by a lack of supply.
  
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• Councils in wind farm information race as shift to renewables ramps up

  01-12-2025 01:30 via abc.net.au
  
  As approvals for multi-billion-dollar projects land on agendas at country local government meetings, staff and elected representatives battle to ensure their communities are prepared to benefit.
  
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