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• Brisbane's ferry workers to go on strike during Riverfire

  01-09-2026 09:17 via abc.net.au
  
  Brisbane ferry workers have been undertaking intermittent industrial action since July 30, with pay negotiations between the Maritime Union of Australia and RiverCity Ferries stalling.
  
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• French trio minted as billionaires as the world’s most valuable company swoops

  03-09-2026 22:23 via smh.com.au
  
  Their platform was hacked by rogue OpenAI agents in July. Now it has been snapped up by Nvidia.
  
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• ASX set to advance as Wall Street climbs; Nvidia rises after sealing $18b deal

  03-09-2026 22:12 via smh.com.au
  
  Gains in big technology stocks and easing bond yields helped lift Wall Street even as oil prices ticked higher amid an escalation in the US war with Iran.
  
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• Not yet safe to access Hydro Tasmania power station destroyed by fire

  03-09-2026 21:19 via abc.net.au
  
  Investigations are continuing into the cause of a fire that gutted the Tungatinah Power Station. Authorities say it is not yet safe to enter the building, which supplies 5 per cent of the state's energy, in the Central Highlands.
  
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• ASX set to advance as Wall Street climbs; $A over US72c

  03-09-2026 21:16 via smh.com.au
  
  Gains in big technology stocks and easing bond yields helped lift Wall Street even as oil prices ticked higher amid an escalation in the US war with Iran.
  
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• Byron Bay could be losing its fight against high-rise

  03-09-2026 21:14 via abc.net.au
  
  The northern NSW community has fought for decades against high-rise buildings, but developers may have found a way around local planning restrictions.
  
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• Sydney buyers swoop: Carla Zampatti nets blue-chip Brighton shop

  03-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Priced out of Sydney, buyers are treating Melbourne and Victorian real estate as the alternative.
  
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• ‘I was just weak’: How an avoidant Rupert Murdoch could have warded off family fight

  03-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  For years, Murdoch took on unions, billionaires and his own family. But in his old age, he claims he has become conflict averse.
  
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• I can’t get a job because I can work only from home. What can I do?

  03-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  I have a job that involves desk work. I just need to do it at my desk instead of someone else’s. It costs nothing to accommodate me.
  
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• How a legal loophole lets CBA and Westpac charge their most loyal customers more

  03-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  NAB has removed fees for customers who go over credit card limits, while ANZ has sharply curbed their use, but the other two big banks have not.
  
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• Billionaire pub owner downsizes in Darlinghurst

  03-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Dubbed the man with the Midas touch, Sam Arnaout, a former panel beater, owns some of NSW’s highest-earning and most valuable hotels.
  
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• Australians are flocking to electric vehicles. There’s a hidden cost

  03-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Our bid to save money on our cars could keep prices – and interest rates – high ... at least for now.
  
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• Australia's housing problems will take 'generation' to fix, NAB economist warns

  03-09-2026 20:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Property price declines of 7 per cent will not solve Australia's housing affordability issues, NAB chief economist says.
  
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• Australia's housing problems will take 'generation' to fix, NAB economist

  03-09-2026 20:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Property price declines of 7 per cent will not solve Australia's housing affordability issues, NAB chief economist says.
  
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• Realtor raided after allegations agent sold client's home to himself

  03-09-2026 10:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Authorities have raided the offices of Ideal Realty amid a probe into allegations the Perth property firm's licensees used a shell company to buy their own client's home without telling him.
  
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• Plus-size pyjamas and nerves: Qantas A380 bringing NFL’s 49ers to Australia is on its way

  03-09-2026 10:08 via smh.com.au
  
  The San Francisco team are bound for Melbourne before an expected sell-out match against the Los Angeles Rams at the MCG next week.
  
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• Billionaire's Tasmanian trainwreck has broken workers and marriages

  03-09-2026 09:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Locals fear the closure of another smelter in Tasmania will be disastrous for the economy as anger brews over the federal government's failure to offer a bailout.
  
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• Hundreds or regional doctors stop work over poor working conditions

  03-09-2026 09:25 via abc.net.au
  
  Doctors from Ballarat Base Hospital and Bendigo Health have walked off the job citing exhaustion, low morale and stressful working conditions.
  
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• Hundreds of regional doctors stop work over poor working conditions

  03-09-2026 09:25 via abc.net.au
  
  Doctors from Ballarat Base Hospital and Bendigo Health have walked off the job citing exhaustion, low morale and stressful working conditions.
  
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• Ozempic’s maker is in trouble. Tablets may be the answer

  03-09-2026 09:22 via smh.com.au
  
  Just a few years ago, Novo Nordisk was the darling of the healthcare industry. Now it is teetering.
  
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• Tasmanian government chasing $1m in meal costs after prison kitchen slip-up

  03-09-2026 09:12 via abc.net.au
  
  The Tasmanian government is hoping to recover the more than $1 million it has spent on food for the Risdon Prison population after its new $20 million kitchen's floor was deemed too slippery to safely use.
  
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• TMK Energy gas rates surge as Mongolian drilling push looms

  03-09-2026 08:26 via smh.com.au
  
  TMK Energy’s Mongolian gas production is up four per cent, with flow rates spiking above 50,000scfd ahead of a new drilling and well re-completion program.
  
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• Small businesses scan for fake cash as counterfeit seizures soar

  03-09-2026 08:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Business owners scan cash notes with blue lights in a bid to avoid being stung, as the Australian Border Force reports a huge increase in the amount of counterfeit cash entering the country.
  
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• Macarthur clears hurdle for WA iron ore bulk test

  03-09-2026 07:56 via smh.com.au
  
  Macarthur Minerals is a step closer to production at its WA iron ore project after getting the nod for a bulk sampling program to be run by an experienced contractor.
  
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• Big tech can’t stop people hating data centres

  03-09-2026 07:54 via smh.com.au
  
  Big AI companies have “assured” Australia that it won’t build data centres near homes. Will anybody believe them?
  
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• Morley Market business owners still struggling one year after devastating fire

  03-09-2026 07:42 via abc.net.au
  
  One year on from a devastating fire which destroyed a shopping centre in Perth's north-east, the pain for business owners who lost what they had spent years working on is still raw.
  
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• 'I lost everything': Businesses still reeling one year after shopping centre fire

  03-09-2026 07:42 via abc.net.au
  
  One year on from a devastating fire which destroyed a shopping centre in Perth's north-east, the pain for business owners who lost what they had spent years working on is still raw.
  
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• Pipeline companies' major plans to supply east coast with Beetaloo gas

  03-09-2026 07:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Gas is flowing from the Beetaloo Basin to Darwin, and two companies are progressing plans to connect the resource to homes and businesses in the eastern states.
  
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• You have a new boss, and they’re younger than you. It’s a jolt

  03-09-2026 07:00 via smh.com.au
  
  For most of our working lives, we report to managers who are older and more experienced than us – until that changes one day.
  
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• Dalaroo ups the ante with 12,000m drilling assault on African gold

  03-09-2026 06:38 via smh.com.au
  
  Dalaroo Metals has started a 12,000m drill program at its Bondoukou gold project in Côte d’Ivoire, targeting a 7km corridor with high-grade surface gold anomalies.
  
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