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• Apex predator returns to major river system, 100 years after extinction event

  16-12-2025 20:40 via abc.net.au
  
  An important apex predator died out 100 years ago due to overfishing and land clearing. Now, a close relative is bringing balance back to the habitat.
  
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• What to do if you are disappointed with your ATAR result

  18-12-2025 20:42 via abc.net.au
  
  As students mull over their 2025 ATAR results, experts say there are many ways to find a pathway into a desired degree, even if their number falls short.
  
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• Trump Media group buys fusion power company for $9bn

  18-12-2025 17:22 via abc.net.au
  
  The US president's company also operates a number of cryptocurrency-related financial products and owns social media platform Truth Social.
  
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• Administrators allow some Zone RV customers to collect caravans

  18-12-2025 07:50 via abc.net.au
  
  People who fully paid before the company collapsed can receive their vans if they pay an extra fee, while the majority of customers remain in limbo.
  
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• Developers, car park owners to fund major Melbourne transport project

  18-12-2025 07:33 via abc.net.au
  
  The Victorian government turns to developer contributions and car park levies as it tries to raise more than $10 billion in funding for the first stage of the Suburban Rail Loop.
  
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• Funding offered to help revive FOGO waste system

  18-12-2025 07:25 via abc.net.au
  
  The WA environment minister has thrown a $3 million lifeline to councils to help revive the failing 'FOGO' bin system in the South West — and says the controversial three-bin system is here to stay.
  
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• South Coast WA towns brace for fishing surge ahead of demersal ban

  18-12-2025 05:11 via abc.net.au
  
  South Coast towns are calling for more funding to cope with a surge of recreational fishers as the region prepares to shut down recreational and commercial fishing.
  
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• What new large-scale battery approval laws mean for Queensland

  18-12-2025 04:42 via abc.net.au
  
  There have been big changes in the way battery energy storage systems are assessed in Queensland. Some rural communities applaud the shift, while industry groups say it risks investment.
  
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• Dumped Amazon driver with 22,000 deliveries wins bid to return to work

  18-12-2025 02:36 via abc.net.au
  
  After 22,0000 successful deliveries, Gopal Bandameeda was blocked from the Amazon app. Now a Fair Work Commission finding will let him get back to work. 
  
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• Amazon ordered to allow dumped delivery driver back to work

  18-12-2025 02:36 via abc.net.au
  
  After 22,0000 successful deliveries, Gopal Bandameeda was blocked from the Amazon app. Now a Fair Work Commission finding will let him get back to work. 
  
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• Netwealth strikes $100m ASIC deal to compensate First Guardian investors

  18-12-2025 02:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Financial services company Netwealth has agreed to pay more than $100 million to 1,300 clients who invested in the failed First Guardian super fund through its platform.
  
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• Triple Zero outage report finds 'lack of care' in Optus response

  18-12-2025 01:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Optus has released a much-anticipated review into September's network failure that left hundreds of people unable to reach Triple Zero (000) and was linked to two deaths.
  
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• Optus flags possible terminations after Triple Zero report released

  18-12-2025 01:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Optus has released a much-anticipated review into September's network failure that left hundreds of people unable to reach Triple Zero (000) and was linked to two deaths.
  
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• Breaking: Review into Optus Triple Zero failures released

  18-12-2025 01:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Optus has released a long-awaited review into September's network outage which left hundreds of people unable to reach Triple Zero and was linked to two deaths.
  
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• Meg O'Neill resigns as Woodside chief to join energy giant

  18-12-2025 00:18 via abc.net.au
  
  The chief executive of energy giant Woodside, Meg O'Neill, resigns from the company effective immediately in order to take up the same role at BP.
  
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• Breaking: Meg O'Neill resigns as Woodside chief executive to join BP

  18-12-2025 00:18 via abc.net.au
  
  The chief executive of energy giant Woodside, Meg O'Neill, resigns from the company effective immediately in order to take up the same role at BP.
  
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• 'Not OK': Oldest regional art gallery in New South Wales left in lurch

  17-12-2025 22:33 via abc.net.au
  
  Malyangapa Baaka Wiimpatja artist Leroy Johnson says the axing of an arts grant, which he is the last recipient of, has left the Broken Hill arts community feeling unsupported. 
  
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• Live: More than $100m compensation to be paid to First Guardian investors

  17-12-2025 21:48 via abc.net.au
  
  Netwealth will pay out more than $100 million to First Guardian investors after it struck a deal with the corporate watchdog. Follow the day's events and insights as they happen with our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• Live: ASX falls amid tech sell-down on Wall Street

  17-12-2025 21:48 via abc.net.au
  
  Optus has released the report into how and why Triple Zero calls failed to go through earlier this year, while the ASX is lower following a tech sell-down on Wall Street. Follow the day's events and insights as they happen with our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• Live: AI worries drive Wall Street tech down, ASX to open flat

  17-12-2025 21:48 via abc.net.au
  
  Bellwether AI stocks trade significantly lower on Wall Street, sending the tech-heavy Nasdaq down 1.4 per cent. Follow the day's events and insights as they happen with our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• ASX ends flat as Boss Energy leads uranium rout — as it happened

  17-12-2025 21:48 via abc.net.au
  
  The uranium sector weighed on the ASX after Boss Energy warned of lower expected output from its Honeymoon project, while the big iron ore miners gained ground. See how the trading day unfolded on the business blog.
  
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• Mining exploration heads underground in Victoria amid gold 'renaissance'

  17-12-2025 21:01 via abc.net.au
  
  The Victorian government approves two companies to drill deep underground exploration tunnels amid a gold "renaissance" driven by high gold prices.
  
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• Mother of three to spend second Christmas in outback home-town motel

  17-12-2025 20:59 via abc.net.au
  
  When Leylanie moved her family back to her home town a year ago, she did not expect to be spending this Christmas still living out of a motel.
  
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• Workforce shortages could 'escalate costs' ahead of Brisbane 2032

  17-12-2025 20:34 via abc.net.au
  
  The Queensland auditor-general says there will be a higher risk of delays and cost escalations for infrastructure projects ahead of the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games due to shortages in key trade occupations.
  
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• Warner Bros rejects rival $163bn bid from Paramount

  17-12-2025 14:40 via abc.net.au
  
  In a letter to shareholders, the board wrote that Paramount had "consistently misled" Warner Bros shareholders that its $US30-per-share cash offer was fully guaranteed, or "backstopped," by the Ellison family,
  
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• Miner refuses to revive rail line from world's biggest lithium mine

  17-12-2025 08:21 via abc.net.au
  
  Talison Lithium rules out reopening a century-old rail line from the world's biggest lithium mine, despite ongoing complaints about truck traffic and dust.
  
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• Short-term spending rises despite overall budget improvement

  17-12-2025 02:34 via abc.net.au
  
  Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Finance Minister Katy Gallagher hand down their first budget update since the 2025 federal election.
  
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• Push to recognise home of 70-metre-tall 'world champion' spotted gum

  17-12-2025 02:09 via abc.net.au
  
  Thought to be 500 years old, a 70-metre-tall spotted gum is almost hidden in the middle of a South Coast state forest. Conservationists want the "world champion" tree and the forest it lives in recognised and celebrated.
  
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• Court win for traders seeking compensation over Sydney light rail

  17-12-2025 01:04 via abc.net.au
  
  The move clears the way for businesses to seek compensation from the NSW government after the project hampered traders in the city's CBD for four years.
  
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• 'Scandal waiting to happen': Powerful new development laws pass WA parliament

  16-12-2025 06:56 via abc.net.au
  
  The powers allow WA Premier Roger Cook and a bureaucrat to sign off on projects with "strategic or economic significance", sparking concerns about the wide-ranging powers and potential environmental impact.
  
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