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• Union calls for worker entitlements as Menulog shuts, local shares close down — as it happened

  11-11-2025 22:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Food-delivery company Menulog will shut down in two weeks, citing "challenging circumstances", while the Australian share market has closed slightly down. Look back on the day's business and economic news.
  
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• Philippines says fishermen hurt by Chinese water cannon in South China Sea

  13-12-2025 10:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Manila's coastguard says nearly two dozen Filipino fishing boats near Sabina Shoal were targeted with water cannon and blocking manoeuvres on Friday.
  
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• Philippine fishing vessels damaged by Chinese coast guard in South China Sea

  13-12-2025 10:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Manila's coastguard says nearly two dozen Philippine fishing boats near Sabina Shoal were targeted with water cannon and blocking manoeuvres on Friday.
  
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• Filipino fishers hit by water cannon in South China Sea, Manila says

  13-12-2025 10:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Manila's coastguard says nearly two dozen Filipino fishing boats near Sabina Shoal were targeted with water cannon and blocking manoeuvres on Friday.
  
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• Ending coal expansion 'irresponsible' NSW premier says, but report disagrees

  13-12-2025 04:35 via abc.net.au
  
  Coal mining extensions and expansions will continue, the New South Wales premier says, despite a government-appointed agency finding further approvals were not consistent with emissions targets.
  
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• Coal mine expansions to continue in NSW despite climate report findings

  13-12-2025 04:35 via abc.net.au
  
  Coal mining extensions and expansions will continue, the New South Wales premier says, despite a government-appointed agency finding further approvals were not consistent with emissions targets.
  
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• Public housing with no aircon leaves Roebourne locals holding the hose

  13-12-2025 00:06 via abc.net.au
  
  WA's Pilbara has already endured a seven-day heatwave this month, but many in the town of Roebourne have little more than a hose and wet sheets to keep them cool as temperatures top 45 degrees Celsius.
  
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• Record gold prices drive Australian exploration boom

  12-12-2025 23:33 via abc.net.au
  
  The money being spent on drilling for gold has increased 45 per cent in the past 12 months.  
  
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• Resident takes insurer to task over rejected bushfire claim and wins

  12-12-2025 21:21 via abc.net.au
  
  Gordon Plath thought he was one of the lucky ones when he escaped a bushfire that swept through Koolewong on the New South Wales Central Coast last weekend — but then he found himself in a stand-off with his insurer.
  
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• The firefighting aircraft protecting you this bushfire season

  12-12-2025 21:13 via abc.net.au
  
  They are an eclectic mix but this diverse fleet of helicopters, water bombers and planes is ready to protect south-eastern Australia. 
  
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• How these family-run Christmas shops stay afloat all year long

  12-12-2025 21:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Christmas store owners say their job is "not a chore", but rather a "fun time" as they reckon with online competition in a seasonal industry.
  
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• Warner Bros battle draws in billionaires, celebrities and Trump's son-in-law

  12-12-2025 19:50 via abc.net.au
  
  The dramatic escalation in the fight for Warner Bros is one of the biggest in recent corporate memory, drawing an unlikely cast of celebrities and business figures including Jared Kushner.
  
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• Netflix was set to buy Warner Bros Discovery, then came the torpedo

  12-12-2025 19:50 via abc.net.au
  
  The dramatic escalation in the fight for Warner Bros is one of the biggest in recent corporate memory, drawing an unlikely cast of celebrities and business figures including Jared Kushner.
  
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• Spiralling costs spark 'urgent' overhaul of $2.3b battery subsidy scheme

  12-12-2025 19:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Announced to great fanfare in the run-up to the election, Labor's $2.3 billion battery scheme was supposed to last until 2030. Much of the money is already gone.
  
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• Government boosts home battery spend by $5 billion

  12-12-2025 19:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Federal Energy Minister Chris Bowen announces big changes to the government's battery subsidy scheme amid claims most of its $2.3 billion budget has been spent in just six months.
  
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• $2.3b drained in six months: Battery scheme facing 'urgent' overhaul

  12-12-2025 19:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Announced to great fanfare in the run-up to the election, Labor's $2.3 billion battery scheme was supposed to last until 2030. Much of the money is already gone.
  
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• $2.3b drained in six months: Battery scheme faces 'urgent' overhaul

  12-12-2025 19:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Federal Energy Minister Chris Bowen announces big changes to the government's battery subsidy scheme amid claims most of its $2.3 billion budget has been spent in just six months.
  
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• Court told Dreaming story not withheld as 'trump card' to stop gold mine

  12-12-2025 08:48 via abc.net.au
  
  An elders' group has told a Federal Court in Sydney that the Blue Banded Bee Dreaming story was not being kept "up its sleeve" three years after a protection bid was first made to the Commonwealth.
  
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• Former ANZ CEO launches legal action against the bank

  12-12-2025 05:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Shayne Elliott says he has been left with "no alternative" but to launch legal action against the bank over its decision to slash $13.5 million from his bonus payments after he retired.
  
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• Long-term power deal being finalised to keep aluminium smelter open

  12-12-2025 04:14 via abc.net.au
  
  A deal is being finalised between Tomago Aluminium and the state and federal governments to keep the smelter open beyond 2028.
  
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• Dicky Bill salad farm's $10m debt shock as creditors try to claw back millions

  12-12-2025 03:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Administrators for failed Australian salad farm company Dicky Bill reveal its business debts to hundreds of staff and suppliers could exceed $10 million. 
  
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• Hollywood director convicted of scamming $16.5m from Netflix

  12-12-2025 01:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Carl Erik Rinsch is convicted on charges that he scammed Netflix out of $US11 million for a show that never materialised, instead using the cash for purchases including luxury cars and homewares.
  
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• Electricity price blowout between city and country a 'dire situation'

  12-12-2025 01:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Regional ratepayers are shouldering higher energy bills than their city counterparts, and their councils have had enough.
  
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• Swan River ferry terminals approved amid community backlash

  11-12-2025 23:53 via abc.net.au
  
  WA's planning authorities approve the construction of two new ferry terminals at Applecross and Matilda Bay as part of the state government's expansion of Swan River ferry services.
  
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• Show of anger at public meeting fails to halt Swan River ferry terminals

  11-12-2025 23:53 via abc.net.au
  
  WA's planning authorities approve the construction of two new ferry terminals at Applecross and Matilda Bay as part of the state government's expansion of Swan River ferry services.
  
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• US has more Venezuelan oil tankers in its sights, issues sanctions

  11-12-2025 22:49 via abc.net.au
  
  The US is undertaking a large-scale military build-up in the southern Caribbean to increase pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, and is planning to intercept more ships, according to sources.
  
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• US has more Venezuelan oil tankers in its sights

  11-12-2025 22:49 via abc.net.au
  
  The US is undertaking a large-scale military build-up in the southern Caribbean to increase pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, and is planning to intercept more ships, according to sources.
  
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• Trump again says land strikes on Venezuela drug shipments coming soon

  11-12-2025 22:49 via abc.net.au
  
  Donald Trump says the US will soon strike drug shipments making their way from Venezuela on land, amid a large-scale military build-up in the southern Caribbean to increase pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
  
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• Fishing industry 'drowning' in emotional toll of state government ban

  11-12-2025 22:30 via abc.net.au
  
  WA fishers are raising concerns about a lack of mental health support as the commercial industry comes to terms with a ban on demersal fishing.
  
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• Independent wholesaler cautiously welcomes food subsidy scheme review

  11-12-2025 21:55 via abc.net.au
  
  A wholesaler hopes a review of a controversial outback food subsidy scheme will be independent and transparent.
  
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