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• In the depths of a housing crisis, James and Rita built their home for $320k

  11-12-2025 01:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Bespoke architectural builds on small budgets may seem like an impossible housing dream, but James and Rita managed to turn their vision into a reality — without breaking the bank.
  
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• Gas company clears final hurdle for fracking in the Beetaloo Basin

  11-12-2025 09:47 via abc.net.au
  
  Major global oil and gas companies are expressing "serious interest" in the Beetaloo Basin for the first time, one analyst says, now that Beetaloo Energy has reached a final investment decision and committed to developing its fracking project.
  
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• 'First I have heard': Regulator, salmon company at odds over antibiotics, emails show

  11-12-2025 09:12 via abc.net.au
  
  A salmon company gave Tasmanian authorities a week's notice before it planned to start using a new antibiotic in the state's waterways to combat a disease outbreak, sparking a strong rebuke from the industry regulator.
  
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• Bookkeeper given suspended sentence for stealing $160k from employer

  11-12-2025 09:12 via abc.net.au
  
  The Albany Magistrates Court heard the woman had transferred the money to her personal account in smaller amounts over 15 months. 
  
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• Antibiotic rollout in public waterways sparks spat between salmon company, regulator

  11-12-2025 09:12 via abc.net.au
  
  A salmon company gave Tasmanian authorities a week's notice before it planned to start using a new antibiotic in the state's waterways to combat a disease outbreak, sparking a strong rebuke from the industry regulator.
  
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• Court hears sensitive Dreaming story led to halt of billion-dollar mine

  11-12-2025 09:07 via abc.net.au
  
  Lawyers for former federal environment minister Tanya Plibersek have defended the Commonwealth's acceptance of the Blue Banded Bee Dreaming to protect part of a gold mine site from development.
  
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• AOC offers cash incentives to keep Olympian mums in sport

  11-12-2025 07:34 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian Olympic Committee hopes to keep more athletes in sport by offering cash incentives for women who return after having children, and tens of thousands of dollars for retiring Olympians.
  
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• Victoria green-lights new gas exploration in Gippsland and the Otways

  11-12-2025 06:08 via abc.net.au
  
  The Victorian government calls for tenders after it approved exploration licenses for two new gas projects in the Otway and Gippsland basins.
  
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• Video shows moment skydiver cuts himself free from tangled parachute

  11-12-2025 05:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia’s transport safety regulator has released video footage of a skydiver cutting himself free from his parachute after it became snagged on a plane wing in mid-air.
  
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• Mould, food safety complaints spark investigation into Queensland mining camp

  11-12-2025 03:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Isaac Regional Council says it is looking into multiple claims about a fly-in, fly-out camp capable of housing more than 3,000 workers.
  
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• BOM website receives first major update since launch

  11-12-2025 01:56 via abc.net.au
  
  The Bureau of Meteorology has updated the rain radar, temperature information and warning displays on its new website in response to public feedback.
  
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• Rita and James built an architecturally designed house for $320k. Here's how

  11-12-2025 01:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Bespoke architectural builds on small budgets may seem like an impossible housing dream, but James and Rita managed to turn their vision into a reality — without breaking the bank.
  
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• Unemployment rate steady but employment falls in 'nasty' jobs report

  11-12-2025 01:51 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's unemployment rate holds steady at 4.3 per cent in November, but the underemployment rate jumps to 12-month high.
  
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• Breaking: Australia's unemployment rate remains at 4.3 per cent, but underemployment surges

  11-12-2025 01:51 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's unemployment rate holds steady at 4.3 per cent in November, but the underemployment rate jumps to 12-month high.
  
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• Breaking: Australia's unemployment rate holds steady at 4.3 per cent in November

  11-12-2025 01:51 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's unemployment rate holds steady at 4.3 per cent in November, but the underemployment rate jumps.
  
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• Australia's unemployment rate remains at 4.3 per cent, but underemployment surges

  11-12-2025 01:51 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's unemployment rate holds steady at 4.3 per cent in November, but the underemployment rate jumps to 12-month high.
  
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• Competition watchdog opposes sale of WA's biggest insurer to east-coast giant

  11-12-2025 01:32 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission finds IAG's proposed acquisition of RAC WA would "eliminate the significant competition" between the two major insurance companies and likely result in higher premiums.
  
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• SA courts close amid escalating dispute over prison staff pay

  11-12-2025 01:25 via abc.net.au
  
  Strike action involving prison officers has again escalated, forcing the closure of SA's major courts and causing disruptions to case hearings, which will now be rescheduled.
  
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• Regulator acts against super fund HESTA after 'severe, prolonged disruption'

  11-12-2025 01:25 via abc.net.au
  
  APRA says the fallout of HESTA's planned outage led to a "severe, prolonged disruption" that caused direct harm to some of its 1.1 million members, in a damning assessment of the fund.
  
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• 'A lesson for all funds': Super giant HESTA slammed by regulator

  11-12-2025 01:25 via abc.net.au
  
  APRA says the fallout of HESTA's planned outage led to a "severe, prolonged disruption" that caused direct harm to some of its 1.1 million members, in a damning assessment of the fund.
  
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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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• Australia's energy rule-maker calls for 'Netflix-like' power charges

  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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