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• Gina Rinehart puts ABC on notice over Race Around the World episode

  31-07-2026 10:16 via abc.net.au
  
  Hancock Prospecting has formally placed ABC Chair Kim Williams AM, Deputy Chair Lisa Caffery and Managing Director Hugh Marks on notice and foreshadowed possible legal action.
  
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• NT chief minister's Garma town promise on land rights anniversary

  31-07-2026 09:47 via abc.net.au
  
  Lia Finocchiaro uses her first Garma Festival speech to promise land and fuel security in north-east Arnhem Land after its main employer, Rio Tinto, leaves town.
  
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• NT chief minister pledges future for remote town after Rio Tinto closure

  31-07-2026 09:47 via abc.net.au
  
  Lia Finocchiaro uses her first Garma Festival speech to promise land and fuel security in north-east Arnhem Land after its main employer, Rio Tinto, leaves town.
  
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• Slow-motion big ship lift operation thrills spectators in Hobart

  31-07-2026 09:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Peering through binoculars and nestled on camp chairs, onlookers encircle Hobart's River Derwent to behold one of the most complex marine undertakings in Tasmania's history. 
  
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• Why farmers are spreading crushed glass on their crops

  31-07-2026 07:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Recycled glass is being turned into a silicon-rich soil additive that farmers say is improving crop growth while creating a new use for millions of discarded bottles.
  
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• Education union threatens August 19 strike without teacher pay deal

  31-07-2026 07:51 via abc.net.au
  
  Victorian teachers will stop work for a third time if the Carroll government does not return to the negotiating table with a better offer. 
  
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• Are government grants enough to save Sydney's live music scene?

  31-07-2026 03:01 via abc.net.au
  
  The recently announced closure of a high-profile music venue has the state opposition asking if grant money could have been better spent. 
  
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• Shipwreck cargo reveals 400-year-old global trade secrets

  31-07-2026 02:02 via abc.net.au
  
  An analysis of cargo from one of Australia's best-known shipwrecks uncovers complex global trade routes from nearly 400 years ago.
  
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• Infamous shipwreck cargo reveals 400-year-old global trade secrets

  31-07-2026 02:02 via abc.net.au
  
  An analysis of cargo from one of Australia's best-known shipwrecks uncovers complex global trade routes from nearly 400 years ago.
  
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• Breaking: Anthropic's Claude AI model hacks three companies during safety tests

  31-07-2026 01:39 via abc.net.au
  
  The admission from Anthropic comes just days after ‌rival company OpenAI revealed a rogue agent had gone on a days-long ‌hacking spree at ⁠AI firm Hugging Face.
  
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• Anthropic's Claude AI model hacks three companies during safety tests

  31-07-2026 01:39 via abc.net.au
  
  The admission from Anthropic comes just days after ‌rival company OpenAI revealed a rogue agent had gone on a days-long ‌hacking spree at ⁠AI firm Hugging Face.
  
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• Shopping centre, ATO still without power after burst main in Adelaide

  31-07-2026 00:40 via abc.net.au
  
  A major shopping complex and the ATO's Adelaide offices are among several CBD sites expected to remain without power for another 24 hours after a burst water main flooded an electrical substation.
  
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• Burst water main causes power outages and disruptions in Adelaide CBD

  31-07-2026 00:40 via abc.net.au
  
  A burst water main that flooded an electrical substation has caused power outages across the Adelaide CBD, affecting businesses, a hospital and a school.
  
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• Months after $3.6b power line finished, NSW funds $225m upgrade

  31-07-2026 00:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Just three months after Project EnergyConnect was completed $1.3 billion over budget, its builder Transgrid has been awarded a contract to upgrade the line.
  
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• Paper mill cuts 84 jobs, blaming Victorian government for lack of timber

  31-07-2026 00:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Opal Australian Paper has blamed the Victorian government for failing to secure timber supply to keep its Maryvale paper mill operating at full capacity.
  
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