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• Australian homebuyers lower expectations in hot housing market

  12-11-2025 02:51 via abc.net.au
  
  A new report finds that prospective Australian homebuyers are increasingly abandoning their dreams of a freestanding house in favour of more budget-friendly townhouses and units.
  
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• Fire fears as flares deployed in backyard during extreme conditions

  10-12-2025 22:26 via abc.net.au
  
  A woman in WA's Midwest says she found a lit flare in her backyard in the early hours of the morning during extreme bushfire conditions.  
  
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• Gold company bids to quash Aboriginal protection order over billion-dollar mine

  10-12-2025 21:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Regis Resources argues the federal environment department was "uncritical" in accepting evidence about a First Nations Dreaming story that led to its proposed gold project being halted.
  
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• US seizes oil tanker off coast of Venezuela, Trump says

  10-12-2025 21:35 via abc.net.au
  
  US President Donald Trump says the tanker is "the largest one ever seized".
  
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• Breaking: US seizes oil tanker off coast of Venezuela, Trump says

  10-12-2025 21:35 via abc.net.au
  
  US President Donald Trump says it is "the largest one ever seized".
  
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• Fears gas reservation plan will not lower prices as hoped

  10-12-2025 21:05 via abc.net.au
  
  A long-awaited scheme to force east coast energy giants to set aside gas for Australian use is being finalised in down-to-the-wire negotiations between half a dozen cabinet ministers grappling with concerns it may not lower prices as much as hoped.
  
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• Australia's gas shortage blamed on 'stupid decisions' under Howard

  10-12-2025 21:05 via abc.net.au
  
  A long-awaited scheme to force east coast energy giants to set aside gas for Australian use is being finalised in down-to-the-wire negotiations between half a dozen cabinet ministers grappling with concerns it may not lower prices as much as hoped.
  
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• Security questions raised after delay in strategic shipping fleet

  10-12-2025 20:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's long-promised strategic fleet tender is delayed, raising concerns over the nation's maritime resilience and skills pipeline.
  
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• Missed deadline raises concerns about Australia's maritime security

  10-12-2025 20:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's long-promised strategic fleet tender is delayed, raising concerns over the nation's maritime resilience and skills pipeline.
  
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• Netflix-like power charges on the cards as energy rule-maker flags major reset

  10-12-2025 19:49 via abc.net.au
  
  Australians' electricity bills have become a nightmare of complexity and high prices. An energy regulator says subscription fees could be an answer.
  
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• Meta ran ads for alleged bond scam that defrauded millions from investors

  10-12-2025 19:45 via abc.net.au
  
  Tech giant Meta ran advertisements used to lure Australian investors into a fraudulent bond scheme that allegedly defrauded tens of millions of dollars from them.
  
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• 'I know it's been stolen': Businessman loses $300k in alleged bond scam

  10-12-2025 19:45 via abc.net.au
  
  Tech giant Meta ran advertisements used to lure Australian investors into a fraudulent bond scheme that allegedly defrauded tens of millions of dollars from them.
  
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• Calls for government action after toddler's death inside unsafe septic tank

  10-12-2025 09:49 via abc.net.au
  
  Aboriginal housing advocates are calling for urgent improvements to the way remote public housing is maintained in the Northern Territory, after the coroner found the death of a toddler who fell into a backyard septic tank could have been prevented.
  
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• Ban on sale of northern NSW green prawns a 'death knell' for industry

  10-12-2025 08:24 via abc.net.au
  
  White spot disease in prawns has led the NSW government to issue a new, five-year control order which will ban the sale of green prawns caught in affected waters.
  
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• Family of man who died in freeway crash has victim statements redacted

  10-12-2025 07:04 via abc.net.au
  
  The daughters of a man who died in a truck crash at the bottom of the South-Eastern Freeway in 2014 have their heavily redacted victim impact statements read aloud in court, more than 11 years after their father died.
  
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• Collapsed luxury caravan manufacturer's staggering debt revealed

  10-12-2025 06:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Zone RV plunged into administration last week, leaving customers, suppliers, employees and taxpayers in a $40 million hole. 
  
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• Collapsed caravan manufacturer's staggering debt revealed

  10-12-2025 06:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Zone RV plunged into administration last week, leaving customers, suppliers, employees and taxpayers in a $40 million hole. 
  
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• SA prisons remain locked down indefinitely, as home detention officers step off job

  10-12-2025 00:44 via abc.net.au
  
  The union representing correctional officers has voted to strike indefinitely, while officers who monitor 1,500 people on home detention will stop work for 24 hours
  
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• How medicinal cannabis clinics target vulnerable Australians

  09-12-2025 22:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Hannah Wilson says she found it shockingly easy to obtain a medicinal cannabis prescription, despite her history of schizophrenic psychosis.
  
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• Abuse survivors say Centrelink's 'couple rule' puts women in danger

  09-12-2025 20:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Financial and domestic abuse survivors say the way Centrelink assesses benefit payments for people in a relationship makes it harder for women to leave dangerous relationships.
  
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• Market operator switches to big solar, batteries as wind farms are becalmed

  09-12-2025 19:58 via abc.net.au
  
  Soaring costs and trenchant criticism from some put the brakes on wind and transmission as the sun shines on big solar and batteries.
  
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• Energy blueprint shake-up as 'market moves faster than the systems plan'

  09-12-2025 19:58 via abc.net.au
  
  Soaring costs and trenchant criticism from some put the brakes on wind and transmission as the sun shines on big solar and batteries.
  
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• What we know about water use of the over 250 data centres in Australia

  09-12-2025 19:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia has more than 250 data centres and more in the pipeline, prompting experts to warn against using drinking water to cool servers.
  
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• Demand for water cannot be an 'afterthought' in AI push

  09-12-2025 19:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia has more than 250 data centres and more in the pipeline, prompting experts to warn against using drinking water to cool servers.
  
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• 'How am I going to clear my name?' Debt swamps victims of secret fraud

  09-12-2025 19:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Perpetrators of financial abuse commit fraud by impersonating their partners, making them company directors in secret and putting business and tax debts in their names. The government wants to fix the problem, but will its proposed reforms go far enough?
  
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• Calls to protect victims of financial abuse caught in $11 billion debt trap

  09-12-2025 19:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Perpetrators of financial abuse commit fraud by impersonating their partners, making them company directors in secret and putting business and tax debts in their names. The government wants to fix the problem, but will its proposed reforms go far enough?
  
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• Ongoing prison lockdowns could affect inmates' health, advocate says

  09-12-2025 08:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Advocates for prisoners and the union representing correctional officers are calling on the government to reach an urgent pay agreement to help end the statewide prison lockdown.
  
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• RBA keeps rates on hold in December at 3.6pc

  09-12-2025 04:42 via abc.net.au
  
  The Reserve Bank of Australia keeps rates on hold in December at 3.6pc
  
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• RBA board has 'appetite' for rate hikes after staying on hold in December

  09-12-2025 04:42 via abc.net.au
  
  The Reserve Bank of Australia keeps rates on hold in December at 3.6pc. Governor Michele Bullock says it would be wrong to think the central bank isn't prepared to raise rates.
  
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• Interest rate hikes on the table in 2026 as RBA 'uncomfortable' with inflation

  09-12-2025 04:42 via abc.net.au
  
  The Reserve Bank of Australia keeps rates on hold in December at 3.6 per cent. Governor Michele Bullock says it would be wrong to think the central bank isn't prepared to raise rates.
  
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