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• Finance presenter Alan Kohler retiring after three decades at ABC

  30-09-2026 02:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Alan Kohler, one of the most influential journalists Australia has ever produced, will retire at the end of the year.
  
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• Rack and ruin: Australian fashion is going through its own spring cleaning

  03-10-2026 01:00 via smh.com.au
  
  After Dion Lee, Seafolly and Betts Shoes, Cue and Veronika Maine are the latest to join a growing list of well-known fashion retailers or brands that no longer exist in their original form.
  
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• Complaint over senior NT public servant who ran private NDIS provider

  03-10-2026 00:49 via abc.net.au
  
  A senior staffer with the Northern Territory's Department of Children and Families in Central Australia spent almost three years as the sole director of a private NDIS provider in Alice Springs.
  
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• Golf club spends $30k on water changes, only for policy to change

  03-10-2026 00:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Tasmanian businesses and sporting clubs faced significant water charge increases after a TasWater policy change. Some spent big on new infrastructure in response, but the policy was then watered down.
  
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• Fishers warn snapper, kingfish prices could soar under proposed catch limits

  02-10-2026 23:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Fishers and seafood retailers say proposed NSW limits designed to rebuild snapper and yellowtail kingfish stocks will send prices soaring.
  
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• One Nation makes election promise to revive Victoria's timber sector

  02-10-2026 23:16 via abc.net.au
  
  One Nation has promised to resume native timber logging in Victoria if it wins the state election, but the party would not say if it has costed the policy. 
  
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• Qld government rejects petition to change stop signs to give way

  02-10-2026 23:07 via abc.net.au
  
  The petition argued "requiring vehicles to come to a complete stop is almost always of no safety significance".
  
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• The 'fantasy' underpinning Australia's rosy power supply forecasts

  02-10-2026 21:51 via abc.net.au
  
  Historically, forecasting power reliability was a sober task. Experts say Australia is now counting on projects that will never be built.
  
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• Is a 'fantasy' now driving Australia's power reliability outlook?

  02-10-2026 21:51 via abc.net.au
  
  Historically, forecasting power reliability was a sober task. Experts say Australia is now counting on projects that will never be built.
  
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• G7 to release 100 million barrels of oil in bid to curb soaring prices

  02-10-2026 21:50 via abc.net.au
  
  The announcement from French President Emmanuel Macron came after US President Donald Trump ramped up pressure on Europe to release reserves.
  
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• Not OK, Boomers? The repercussions of a generation on its way out

  02-10-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Baby Boomers, who entered the world in an optimistic postwar birth rate explosion, are heading into their 80s and starting to exit the world.
  
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• Healthcare workers killed in Ledcourt triple-fatal had a 'bright' future in Australia

  02-10-2026 12:11 via abc.net.au
  
  Regional Victorian couple who died in a multi-vehicle crash are remembered as "loving" and "caring" people.
  
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• Australian shares limp ahead to end four-week losing streak

  02-10-2026 09:06 via smh.com.au
  
  Investor confidence remains shaky as inflation, interest rates and a challenging earnings environment loom.
  
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• Big Hits: Solstice Minerals, Kantra Copper and Brazilian Rare Earths

  02-10-2026 08:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Bulls N’ Bears Big Hits looks at notable drill intercepts reported to the ASX last week, led by Solstice Minerals in WA, with runners-up Kantra Copper and Brazilian Rare Earths.
  
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• The Iran war is making Australia’s gas industry richer

  02-10-2026 07:23 via smh.com.au
  
  Soaring LNG prices are set to reverse a forecast revenue slump, delivering an unexpected $23 billion boost to the nation’s biggest gas exporters.
  
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• ASX Runners of the Week: Dateline, Mamba, Image Resources & BOA

  02-10-2026 07:19 via smh.com.au
  
  The Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Dateline Resources, which more than doubled after the US Government intervened in a legal stoush to restart its Californian gold and rare earths project.
  
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• ANZ drops KPMG from audit job as accounting body fails to land a hit

  02-10-2026 05:56 via smh.com.au
  
  KPMG has already cut hundreds of staff after it botched the handling of a whistleblower scandal, which has led to the departure of another major client.
  
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• Qld government takes data centre approvals from councils to avoid 'inconsistency'

  02-10-2026 05:37 via abc.net.au
  
  The Queensland government will take the planning and assessment of data centre applications away from local councils under a system set to be rolled out in coming weeks.
  
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• 'Snowball effect' hitting as companies react to rates rise, growing costs

  02-10-2026 05:28 via abc.net.au
  
  After multiple interest rate rises, regional business owners are being forced to choose between absorbing the costs or passing it onto their customers.
  
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• ANZ drops KPMG as auditor after almost 60 years

  02-10-2026 04:41 via smh.com.au
  
  KPMG has already cut hundreds of staff after it botched the handling of a whistleblower scandal, which has led to the departure of another major client.
  
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• ANZ drops KPMG as auditor after almost 60 years, amid whistleblower fallout

  02-10-2026 03:45 via smh.com.au
  
  KPMG has already cut hundreds of staff after it botched the handling of a whistleblower scandal, which looms over the departure of another major client.
  
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• November interest rate rise a 'live' possibility, CBA chief says

  02-10-2026 03:36 via abc.net.au
  
  While the bank believes the RBA is done it all hangs on the next lot of inflation data released late this month, Mr Comyn said, as he talked productivity, AI and housing with the ABC's Alan Kohler.
  
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• Commonwealth Bank boss says Reserve Bank rate hikes probably finished

  02-10-2026 03:36 via abc.net.au
  
  While the bank believes the RBA is done it all hangs on the next lot of inflation data released late this month, Mr Comyn said, as he talked productivity, AI and housing with the ABC's Alan Kohler.
  
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• Patriot puts 3km Peru silver corridor under microscope

  02-10-2026 03:26 via smh.com.au
  
  Patriot Resources has kicked off a major exploration push at its Tassa project in Peru, aiming to grow its 31.4-million-ounce silver-equivalent resource after first samples went to the lab.
  
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• ASX higher as banks, tech companies rise; Oil jumps

  02-10-2026 02:36 via smh.com.au
  
  The Australian sharemarket has advanced at the open with energy companies advancing on the back of surging oil prices while more swings in the bond market rattled global markets overnight.
  
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• ASX gains after rocky night on markets; Oil prices climb

  02-10-2026 02:11 via smh.com.au
  
  More swings in the bond market are rattling stock markets around the world.
  
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• 13-year-long bribery investigation by AFP ends with no prosecution

  02-10-2026 01:51 via smh.com.au
  
  A storied Australian engineering giant that originated with the Snowy Hydro scheme and still has government contracts paid $9 million as part of the settlement.
  
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• 'We've heard the feedback': TasWater rethinks big sewerage bill increases

  02-10-2026 01:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Tasmanian businesses and sport clubs had said they were hit hard by the changes to sewerage prices, with one business stating their bill had risen from $630 to $3,800 a month.
  
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• 13-year-long AFP bribery investigation ends with no prosecution

  02-10-2026 01:14 via smh.com.au
  
  A storied Australian engineering giant that originated with the Snowy Hydro scheme and still has government contracts paid $9 million as part of the settlement.
  
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• Major bank drops KPMG in wake of audit leaks scandal – as it happened

  01-10-2026 23:25 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market has risen fractionally after Wall Street recovered from early losses as US Treasury yields retreated from multi-decade highs. See how the day's events unfolded on the ABC News live markets blog.
  
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