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• Asking for free dental care is like pulling teeth. But we still need to do it

  29-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  I’m far from the only one delaying treatment. Like my wisdom tooth, though, the cost of keeping dental care unaffordable will probably only grow.
  
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• Auric boosts gold bounty 50% with bargain WA buy

  07-10-2026 05:06 via smh.com.au
  
  Auric Mining has locked in its WA Union Jack acquisition for $9.5m in cash and shares, lifting the company’s global resource by 51% to 301,000 mine-ready gold ounces.
  
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• Rich Côte d’Ivoire gold strike sends Dalaroo soaring

  07-10-2026 04:17 via smh.com.au
  
  Dalaroo Metals soared 67% in early trade to 12.5c after jagging high-grade gold in Côte d’Ivoire, landing 18m at 7.31g/t gold and a broad hit of 23m at 2.14g/t from surface.
  
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• News anchor Richard Morecroft remembered as a 'great Australian'

  07-10-2026 04:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Richard Morecroft graced television screens for decades as an ABC 7PM news anchor and host of Letters and Numbers on SBS.
  
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• Landowner pushes back against opposition to Goolwa's first McDonald's

  07-10-2026 03:35 via abc.net.au
  
  The owner of the land where Goolwa's first McDonald's could be built says a significant portion of the South Australian town's population wants it to happen, despite vocal opposition from a local group.
  
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• Shrugging off war, the bond rout and oil crunch: Why Wall Street keeps rallying

  07-10-2026 03:18 via smh.com.au
  
  The US sharemarket goes up and up, but it’s not a broad-based bull run. In fact, it comes down to two tech stars that are stemming the tide for investors.
  
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• ASX turns lower as banks decline, gold miners shine; Wall Street hits record

  07-10-2026 03:01 via smh.com.au
  
  The local sharemarket opened higher but then swung into the red, even after Wall Street traders drove US stocks to all-time highs overnight.
  
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• Licence granted for controversial mineral sands mine

  07-10-2026 03:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Victoria's mining regulator has granted a 20-year licence for a mineral sands mine near Horsham in Victoria's west, despite local government and community concerns about the site's environmental impact.  
  
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• NSW coalmine climate ruling a massive shake-up to Australia's oil and gas

  07-10-2026 01:48 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's High Court rules in favour of a Hunter Valley community group in a landmark climate ruling that could redraw how fossil fuel projects are approved in Australia.  
  
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• Breaking: High Court rules in favour of climate oin Hunter valley coal mine case

  07-10-2026 01:48 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's High Court has ruled in favour of a Hunter Valley community group in a landmark climate ruling that could re-draw how fossil fuel projects are approved in Australia. 
  
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• Breaking: High Court rules in favour of climate in Hunter Valley coal mine case

  07-10-2026 01:48 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's High Court rules in favour of a Hunter Valley community group in a landmark climate ruling that could redraw how fossil fuel projects are approved in Australia. 
  
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• Why Darwin could become 'a major interconnection point' for global data

  07-10-2026 01:40 via abc.net.au
  
  As data centres and fibre-optic cable networks proliferate, planning documents show two international subsea cables could soon dock in the Darwin suburb of Fannie Bay.
  
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• ASX edges higher after Wall Street hits record; Paramount completes $158b Warner takeover

  07-10-2026 01:34 via smh.com.au
  
  The Australian sharemarket is posting modest gains in early trade after Wall Street traders drove US stocks to all-time highs overnight.
  
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• Big Red Bash says 2027 will be the outback festival's last hurrah

  07-10-2026 01:33 via abc.net.au
  
  The Big Red Bash has been a major event in outback Queensland for more than a decade, but organisers say next year will be the festival's final year. 
  
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• ATO convenes snap meeting over credit card ban

  07-10-2026 00:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's tax chief calls a snap meeting with business groups after the tax office faces backlash over its decision to stop accepting credit card payments.
  
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• Ukraine says South Korean exports helped ease Russia's drone-strike crisis

  07-10-2026 00:49 via abc.net.au
  
  Russia has imported fuel from South Korean ports, easing the impact of a fuel crisis caused by Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian oil refineries, Ukraine's top sanctions official says.
  
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• Watchdog identifies 'psychological harm' at world's largest lithium mine

  07-10-2026 00:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Workers at the enormous Greenbushes Lithium Mine say the mine's workplace culture has left them feeling anxious, depressed and worthless.
  
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• ASX set for flat start, Wall Street closes at record; Paramount completes $158b Warner Bros takeover

  06-10-2026 23:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Even with worries about war, high inflation and cranked-up pressure from the bond market continuing to weigh on it, Wall Street’s benchmark index soared 23 per cent since hitting a bottom in late March.
  
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• Texan company plans to build new outback town for gas workers

  06-10-2026 22:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Dunmarra Development Land publishes plans to build a 600 hectare "petroleum services precinct and workforce village" near the Beetaloo Basin.
  
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• Imported pork 'hiding in plain sight' on Guzman y Gomez menu

  06-10-2026 22:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Mexican fast-food chain Guzman Y Gomez (GYG) has come under fire for advertising the use of Australian produce while importing hundreds of tonnes of Danish pork each year.
  
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• Tourists must pay and book ahead to see iconic Twelve Apostles

  06-10-2026 21:59 via abc.net.au
  
  The Victorian government hopes the tourist-booking system for the Twelve Apostles will ease overcrowding during peak periods.
  
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• Singles tax costs thousands of dollars a year

  06-10-2026 21:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Not only is it harder to afford the cost of living as a single person, it can also be difficult to find an affordable home that meets your needs.
  
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• Singles struggle to afford housing as cost of living rises

  06-10-2026 21:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Not only is it harder to afford the cost of living as a single person, it can also be difficult to find an affordable home which meets their needs.
  
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• Some public transport trips are more expensive in Adelaide than anywhere else

  06-10-2026 21:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Some South Australians pay more for their bus, train and tram trips in Adelaide than the equivalent journey elsewhere in Australia. 
  
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• Chinese company to face Australian privacy probe over 'pervert' glasses

  06-10-2026 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The privacy commissioner has launched a formal investigation into the Chinese software company behind an influx of cheap smart glasses to Australia.
  
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• More than $1.2bn announced for NSW regional road upgrades

  06-10-2026 20:58 via abc.net.au
  
  The Albanese government is tipping in $674 million, while the Minns government is investing $610 million towards the upgrades. 
  
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• More than $1.2b announced for NSW regional road upgrades

  06-10-2026 20:58 via abc.net.au
  
  The Albanese government is tipping in $674 million, while the Minns government is investing $610 million towards the upgrades. 
  
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• Salmon company to inject fish with antibiotics ahead of expected marine heatwave

  06-10-2026 20:53 via abc.net.au
  
  With Tasmania's salmon industry bracing for marine heatwave conditions this summer, one company is about to begin injecting fish with an antibacterial drug — with its preferred antibiotic option still off the table after the permit to use was revoked.
  
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• Salmon company to inject fish with antibiotics ahead of expected marine heat wave

  06-10-2026 20:53 via abc.net.au
  
  With Tasmania's salmon industry bracing for marine heatwave conditions this summer, one company is about to begin injecting fish with an antibacterial drug — with its preferred antibiotic option still off the table after the permit to use was revoked.
  
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• Disease outbreak prompts salmon company to inject fish with antibiotic

  06-10-2026 20:53 via abc.net.au
  
  With Tasmania's salmon industry bracing for marine heatwave conditions this summer, one company is about to begin injecting fish with an antibacterial drug — with its preferred antibiotic option still off the table after the permit to use was revoked.
  
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