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• Phillip Island business operators prepare for MotoGP's final lap

  12-10-2026 23:32 via abc.net.au
  
  As the countdown to the final MotoGP at Victoria's Phillip Island begins, business owners and the tourism board are calling for support to develop ideas to attract tourists.
  
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• Victoria gives final state approval for biggest wind farm in southern hemisphere

  14-10-2026 23:30 via abc.net.au
  
  The 219-turbine wind farm, on agricultural land at Warracknabeal in the state's west, now needs federal government approval.
  
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• ‘Obsessed’: The reclusive billionaire heiress who can’t stop getting richer

  14-10-2026 22:20 via smh.com.au
  
  Sandra Ortega has amassed enormous wealth without ever playing a role at the business her parents started - now the world’s biggest fashion retailer.
  
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• ASX set to fall, Wall Street slumps as inflation gets worse; Netflix job cuts

  14-10-2026 22:16 via smh.com.au
  
  Worries about worsening inflation are weighing on Wall Street and pulling the US stock market further from its record.
  
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• ASX set to fall, Wall Street slumps after inflation report

  14-10-2026 22:16 via smh.com.au
  
  Worries about worsening inflation are weighing on Wall Street and pulling the US stock market further from its record.
  
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• Universities justified job cuts with numbers no-one could check

  14-10-2026 21:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Universities said staff cuts were necessary to secure their financial futures. But disputed models, alternative plans and changing forecasts suggest other choices may have been available.
  
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• Universities justified job cuts with numbers no one could check

  14-10-2026 21:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Universities said staff cuts were necessary to secure their financial futures. But disputed models, alternative plans and changing forecasts suggest other choices may have been available.
  
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• Did universities generate a 'faux crisis' to justify job cuts?

  14-10-2026 21:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Universities said staff cuts were necessary to secure their financial futures. But disputed models, alternative plans and changing forecasts suggest other choices may have been available.
  
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• Builder chosen for Hobart's Macquarie Point stadium

  14-10-2026 20:56 via abc.net.au
  
  The company that built a 30,000-seat arena in Christchurch, New Zealand, is understood to have won the tender to construct Hobart's new roofed stadium.
  
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• ASX set to fall, Wall Street slumps as inflation gets worse

  14-10-2026 20:16 via smh.com.au
  
  Worries about worsening inflation are weighing on Wall Street and pulling the US stock market further from its record.
  
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• This strange sea animal is on menus, but it is disappearing from our reefs

  14-10-2026 20:00 via abc.net.au
  
  A new study shows one species of sea cucumber lives much longer than previously thought, putting it at even more risk of being eaten to death by humans. 
  
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• Investing bonanza as younger Australians lean on AI advice

  14-10-2026 20:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX said a record 11.5 million Australian adults now hold investments outside traditional superannuation and their main home. Emerging trends include taking AI advice, investing in crypto and the doubling of ETF ownership.
  
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• Delta to offer free in-flight Wi-Fi on all Australian flights within weeks

  14-10-2026 20:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The US airline says it has no regrets about picking a fight with Elon Musk by saying no to using his Starlink system to keep its passengers connected.
  
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• Pope's AI adviser warns Australia's copyright changes risk 'new form of colonialism'

  14-10-2026 09:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Father Paolo Benanti is a Franciscan friar but he's also a key adviser to the Vatican on AI and he has a warning for Australia on the actions of AI companies.
  
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• Atlassian engineer claims his ADHD should save him from the chop

  14-10-2026 08:09 via smh.com.au
  
  The Federal Court has ruled against the man who wanted to stop the company from putting him on a performance-management plan, saying he had not provided any medical evidence.
  
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• Banks weigh down ASX after US earnings spook markets

  14-10-2026 08:02 via smh.com.au
  
  Australian shares have dipped following a sharp sell-off in the major banks, after disappointing earnings from their US counterparts highlighted the challenging backdrop for financial institutions.
  
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• Rare earths company could be nationalised as China-linked investors fail to divest

  14-10-2026 07:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Resources Minister Madeleine King has left open the door to nationalising a Perth-based critical minerals company as several China-linked investors are defying federal government orders to divest from it.
  
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• Larvotto rolls out first antimony shipment from NSW Hillgrove

  14-10-2026 07:48 via smh.com.au
  
  Larvotto Resources has shipped its first antimony concentrate from the Hillgrove mine, triggering first revenue and marking its transition from explorer to producer.
  
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• Mining giant BHP to cut hundreds of jobs at iron ore mines

  14-10-2026 07:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Mining giant BHP has confirmed job cuts at its iron ore operations in Western Australia.
  
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• Breaking: Mining giant BHP to cut hundreds of jobs at iron ore mines

  14-10-2026 07:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Mining giant BHP has confirmed job cuts at its iron ore operations in Western Australia.
  
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• Forcing gas producers to sell to Australia won't 'crash' prices, King says

  14-10-2026 07:34 via abc.net.au
  
  Burned once before on energy bill promises, the resources minister won't say what new gas reservation laws will do to wholesale gas prices, but promises they will cause downward pressure without crashing the market.
  
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• TMK Energy steps on gas with fresh Mongolian drilling

  14-10-2026 07:27 via smh.com.au
  
  TMK Energy has kicked off a drilling and re-completion program at its Mongolian Gurvantes XXXV gas project to boost production from existing pilot wells.
  
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• Rex grounds two routes 10 months after $60m rescue package

  14-10-2026 07:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Less than a year after Rex was sold with the aid of a federal government rescue package, the embattled airline has suspended services to Orange and Port Macquarie.
  
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• 2GB’s Ben Fordham to interview Ben Roberts-Smith ahead of war crimes trial

  14-10-2026 06:37 via smh.com.au
  
  The radio station has nabbed its big fish, with an interview with the disgraced commando now waiting for an opportune day to go live.
  
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• 2GB’s Ben Fordham interviews Ben Roberts-Smith ahead of war crimes trial

  14-10-2026 06:37 via smh.com.au
  
  The radio station has nabbed its big fish, with an interview with the disgraced commando now waiting for an opportune day to go live.
  
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• Moonlight eyes 662,000 gold ounces in Queensland treasure hunt

  14-10-2026 06:31 via smh.com.au
  
  Moonlight Resources has tabled a near-surface exploration target of up to 662,000oz gold across three prospects at its Qld Clermont project, prompting a 13,000m drilling program.
  
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• Government says perpetrators of financial abuse will be pursued in court

  14-10-2026 06:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Perpetrators of financial abuse who use the tax and social security systems to create debts as a form of coercive control could soon be held liable.
  
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• PLC Resources calls in satellites for WA gold chase

  14-10-2026 05:56 via smh.com.au
  
  PLC Resources will harness satellite surveys at its Abbotts gold project in WA to map gold-related alteration and structures, sharpening gold target discovery.
  
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• Conflicting advice left prospector stranded on outback tenement

  14-10-2026 04:40 via abc.net.au
  
  A prospector receives a three-month permit to retrieve and secure his equipment after years of conflicting advice forced him to break the law to leave his outback tenement.
  
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• Failed caravan company AOR allegedly traded insolvent since 2023

  14-10-2026 04:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Administrators for Australian Off Road caravans say the company owes creditors, including customers, $14 million.
  
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