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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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 septic tank death

  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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• 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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