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• Controversial Sunshine Coast housing development fast-tracked

  17-07-2026 09:24 via abc.net.au
  
  The Queensland government declares the Halls Creek development a priority development area. The project is expected to deliver 12,000 new homes.
  
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• Melbourne, Sydney most expensive in world for beer and cigarettes, study finds

  17-07-2026 09:21 via abc.net.au
  
  The Mapping the World's Prices report, published by Deutsche Bank, compares cost-of-living data in 69 cities across six continents.
  
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• Supreme Court battle over traditional owner consultation pauses flood works

  17-07-2026 06:35 via abc.net.au
  
  The Victorian government and a regional water authority have admitted they did not property consult with traditional owners before approving a controversial flood plain restoration project. 
  
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• Treasurer says AI key to raising productivity, lowering interest rates

  17-07-2026 05:22 via abc.net.au
  
  The Treasurer has given an insight into his April meeting with Anthropic, arguing that Australia embracing AI is crucial for turning around the nation's lacklustre productivity and economic performance over recent decades.
  
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• Telstra outage caused by system being sent back two decades

  17-07-2026 04:10 via abc.net.au
  
  The national Telstra outage last week was triggered by maintenance work that caused the system's clocks to go back two decades, the telco says.
  
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• No guarantee outages won't happen again, Telstra CEO says

  17-07-2026 04:10 via abc.net.au
  
  The national Telstra outage last week was triggered by maintenance work that caused the system's clocks to go back two decades, the telco says.
  
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• Josh Fawaz's Like a Prayer now has AI credits on Spotify

  17-07-2026 04:08 via abc.net.au
  
  DJ and music producer Josh Fawaz has updated the song credits on Spotify on his viral track Like a Prayer. Generative AI drums and vocals are now credited.
  
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• Australia's number one song now has AI credits on Spotify

  17-07-2026 04:08 via abc.net.au
  
  DJ and music producer Josh Fawaz has updated the song credits on Spotify on his viral track Like a Prayer. Generative AI drums and vocals are now credited.
  
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• Whiskey, wine makers sound alarm for ancient trade of coopering

  17-07-2026 02:35 via abc.net.au
  
  This ancient trade of coopering is fast evaporating as distillers look abroad to help keep their flavours top shelf.  
  
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• Australian distillers battle to bottle evaporating cooper trade

  17-07-2026 02:35 via abc.net.au
  
  This ancient trade of coopering is fast evaporating as distillers look abroad to help keep their flavours top shelf.  
  
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• Hume Highway reopens after driver dies in fiery truck crash

  17-07-2026 01:50 via abc.net.au
  
  A man has died after a fiery crash on the Hume Highway this morning, where two trucks collided and left part of the highway closed for hours.
  
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• Hume Highway reopens after driver dies in fiery aerosol truck crash

  17-07-2026 01:50 via abc.net.au
  
  A man has died after a fiery crash on the Hume Highway this morning, where two trucks collided and left part of the highway closed for hours.
  
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• Hume Highway partially closed, driver missing after fiery truck crash

  17-07-2026 01:50 via abc.net.au
  
  A truck has burst into flames after a crash involving another heavy vehicle on the Hume Highway south-west of Goulburn.
  
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