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• Sandstone miner scraps Lockyer Valley project after farmers' pleas

  01-08-2026 22:47 via abc.net.au
  
  A quiet farming community found itself at the centre of a major battle when mining threatened their land. What happened next surprised everyone.
   
  
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• 'We're blowing this thing into the harbour': 50 years since woodchip bombing

  01-08-2026 21:07 via abc.net.au
  
  A stolen car full of explosives, a hostage held at gunpoint, and a plan gone awry. Inside the anti-woodchip bombing at WA's Bunbury port in 1976.
  
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• Prices to jump at the bowser as fuel excise cut ends tonight

  01-08-2026 20:38 via abc.net.au
  
  The price of unleaded and diesel will climb in the next week as the government's fuel excise cut officially ends. But experts say prices won't go as high as they did due to increased supply. 
  
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• Prices to jump at the bowser as fuel excise cut ends

  01-08-2026 20:38 via abc.net.au
  
  The price of unleaded and diesel will climb in the next week as the government's fuel excise cut officially ends. But experts say prices won't go as high as they did due to increased supply. 
  
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• Canberra food and garden waste collection scheme delayed a third time

  01-08-2026 07:31 via abc.net.au
  
  The rollout of a program to recycle food and garden waste into compost across Canberra, originally due to be introduced in 2023, has been delayed a third time, with the ACT government now aiming to introduce the scheme by 2030.
  
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• Hawthorn's last Launceston game of the year brings nostalgia and hope

  01-08-2026 06:25 via abc.net.au
  
  With the Hawthorn Hawks' state-sponsored home games in Launceston to stop after next season, there's a mix of sadness, nostalgia and hope.
  
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• It has always been home': York looks to expand cemeteries due to demand

  01-08-2026 04:13 via abc.net.au
  
  A long history and thriving population growth have prompted a search for a new cemetery in Western Australia's oldest inland town. 
  
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• Deep connections drive burial growth in historic WA town

  01-08-2026 04:13 via abc.net.au
  
  A long history and thriving population growth have prompted a search for a new cemetery in Western Australia's oldest inland town. 
  
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• Giant gold bar made in WA sets world record

  01-08-2026 02:22 via abc.net.au
  
  The Perth Mint has unveiled the world's largest gold bar, weighing 521.2 kilograms and refined to 99.999 per cent purity. 
  
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• 'A miracle': World's largest gold bar made in Australia

  01-08-2026 02:22 via abc.net.au
  
  The Perth Mint has unveiled the world's largest gold bar, weighing 521.2 kilograms and refined to 99.999 per cent purity. 
  
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• EPA recommends stricter pollution rules for Santos and Inpex

  01-08-2026 00:52 via abc.net.au
  
  The Northern Territory Environment Protection Authority recommends sweeping changes to the licences of Darwin's two major gas processing companies — Santos and Inpex — following a review triggered by substantial under-reporting of toxic emissions. 
  
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• How Gen Z sees money and how it drives their spending and saving

  01-08-2026 00:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Social media and 'finfluencers' are just some of the ways Gen Z are learning about money in a changing financial world.
  
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• How Gen Z sees money — and how it drives their spending and saving

  01-08-2026 00:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Social media and 'finfluencers' are just some of the ways Gen Z are learning about money in a changing financial world.
  
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