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• WA opposition set to introduce stronger train lighting legislation

  08-06-2026 02:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Advocates welcome a WA opposition bill enforcing better train lighting, after decades of campaigning.
  
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• More couples opt for micro-weddings and elopements amid cost-of-living crisis

  11-06-2026 21:27 via abc.net.au
  
  For just $3,000, compared to the average wedding cost of about $38,000, Melbourne couple Averill and Lloyd Johnson pulled off their dream wedding.
  
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• EPA lifts processing ban for recycling facility to reduce fire risk

  11-06-2026 21:23 via abc.net.au
  
  A ban on metal shredding and processing is lifted for a northern Tasmanian facility following lead dust contamination. 
  
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• Amex ordered to compensate man whose ex accessed his data

  11-06-2026 21:05 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's privacy commissioner has threatened a complainant with legal action to prevent the full disclosure of findings of a long-running investigation into American Express's information security that found widespread technology failures.
  
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• Falling currencies, rising inflation put pressure on international students

  11-06-2026 20:45 via abc.net.au
  
  When Jolie Cao chose to do her undergraduate university degree in Australia, she knew it would be expensive. But an additional financial pressure has made things "really hard".
  
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• Six Australian music acts inducted into ARIA Hall of Fame

  11-06-2026 15:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Gurrumul, Jenny Morris, Kate Ceberano, Spiderbait, The Living End, and Vika and Linda Bull were elevated six to top-tier status at a ceremony in Sydney as part of ARIA's 40th anniversary celebrations.
   
  
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• Bluesfest creditors owed $7 million, financial report reveals

  11-06-2026 11:14 via abc.net.au
  
  A report into the cancelled Byron Bay Bluesfest reveals creditors are unlikely to be repaid the millions of dollars they are owed.
  
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• Breaking: BHP bracing for strike after WA workers back industrial action

  11-06-2026 09:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Unionised workers at BHPs operations in Port Hedland could walk off the job as soon as next week after endorsing protected industrial action.
  
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• BHP bracing for strike after WA workers back industrial action

  11-06-2026 09:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Unionised workers at BHPs operations in Port Hedland could walk off the job as soon as next week after endorsing protected industrial action.
  
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• ACT education minister censured in Assembly as schools close for strike

  11-06-2026 04:29 via abc.net.au
  
  ACT MLA Yvette Berry is censured in the Legislative Assembly over her record as minister for housing and education amid a teachers' strike that has closed schools across the territory.
  
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• ACT Education Minister censured by Liberals, Greens as teachers strike

  11-06-2026 04:29 via abc.net.au
  
  ACT MLA Yvette Berry is censured in the Legislative Assembly over her record as minister for housing and education amid a teachers' strike that has closed schools across the territory.
  
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• Consumer watchdog warns real estate agents must not misrepresent homes

  11-06-2026 03:58 via abc.net.au
  
  Real estate agents selling homes must not misrepresent information about the builder or serious defects, SA's consumer watchdog has said, after eight builders were hit with public warning notices over their conduct in the state. 
  
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• Outback airship push uncertain as talks 'stall'

  11-06-2026 02:17 via abc.net.au
  
  Giant cargo airships based in outback Queensland are being pitched as a freight solution for remote Australia, but questions remain about how the project will go ahead.
  
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• Trump says US secretly helped ships move oil through Strait of Hormuz

  11-06-2026 00:51 via abc.net.au
  
  The US president says his military has been running a "secret mission" to help tankers and commercial ships defy Iran's blockade.
  
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• Warning oil could surge to $US150 a barrel with inventories 'critically low' — as it happened

  10-06-2026 23:55 via abc.net.au
  
  A major Australian bank has warned the price of oil is at risk of surging to $US150 per barrel as oil inventories approach critically low levels. 
  
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• First home buyers left scrambling as stamp duty exemption ends

  10-06-2026 23:16 via abc.net.au
  
  Tasmania's free stamp duty scheme for first home buyers expires at the end of this month, leaving some in an anxious wait to settle before the cut off.
  
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• 'Very unfair': Collapsed petrol empire lands deal to pay fraction of $13m debt

  10-06-2026 22:59 via abc.net.au
  
  The directors of Zoya Investments have agreed to a $2 million settlement to end the liquidator's case against them. 
  
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• Petrol moguls pay $2m after empire collapses, land contaminated

  10-06-2026 22:59 via abc.net.au
  
  The directors of Zoya Investments have agreed to a $2 million settlement to end the liquidator's case against them. 
  
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• Commonwealth Bank pursued in High Court by shareholders

  10-06-2026 22:54 via abc.net.au
  
  The applicants want compensation for the "inflated value of their shares attributable to the bank's wrongful failure to inform the market".
  
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• Bakery trains staff to assess counterfeit notes amid rise in use in SA

  10-06-2026 22:08 via abc.net.au
  
  An Adelaide business owner who has been targeted by counterfeiters about a dozen times is warning others to be vigilant, as SA Police warn the number of incidents has increased in the state in the past year. 
  
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• Government flags risk of relying on Elon Musk's SpaceX and Starlink

  10-06-2026 21:39 via abc.net.au
  
  As tens of thousands of Australians line up to buy shares in Elon Musk's SpaceX blockbuster public offering, Australian government officials are privately flagging the risks posed by the country's growing reliance on its satellite internet service, Starlink.
  
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• What happens when a gas company abandons an entire city?

  10-06-2026 20:56 via abc.net.au
  
  For many, getting off gas and electrifying their homes is a personal choice. But what happens when an entire town is abandoned by a gas company?
  
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• Town abandoned by gas company faces tough choices as transition hits home

  10-06-2026 20:56 via abc.net.au
  
  For many, getting off gas and electrifying their homes is a personal choice. But what happens when an entire town is abandoned by a gas company?
  
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• Canberrans looking for cost-of-living relief in ACT budget might be left wanting

  10-06-2026 09:01 via abc.net.au
  
  During practice at this Canberra football club, players discuss the ways they are saving money. But if they were looking for cost-of-living relief in today's ACT budget, they might not have found what they were looking for.
  
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• The ACT budget papers are out. Here are the five key takeaways

  10-06-2026 09:00 via abc.net.au
  
  This year's ACT budget reveals rates will increase for most Canberra home owners, along with the territory's deficit, but the controversial health levy introduced last year will be ditched.
   
  
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• Why Bunnings moving a store 10km down the road has caused such a stir

  10-06-2026 08:18 via abc.net.au
  
  A plan by hardware giant Bunnings move its Bunbury store 10km to a neighbouring shire has angered and concerned residents and businesses.
  
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• How the relocation of a Bunnings store ignited a furore in this town

  10-06-2026 08:18 via abc.net.au
  
  A plan by hardware giant Bunnings move its Bunbury store 10km to a neighbouring shire has angered and concerned residents and businesses.
  
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• Iron ore company 'undermines' promises after failing to pay traditional owners

  10-06-2026 07:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Nathan River Resources went into administration and owes about $360 million to creditors including the NT government and traditional owners.
  
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• Inpex seeks urgent orders to stop strike action in Darwin

  10-06-2026 07:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Oil and gas giant Inpex has launched proceedings with the Fair Work Commission seeking urgent orders to stop strike action at its Ichthys LNG facility in Darwin.
  
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• Woolworths to offshore hundreds of corporate jobs

  10-06-2026 05:23 via abc.net.au
  
  Supermarket giant Woolworths will begin consultations with potentially affected staff today after announcing plans to shift some operations offshore.
  
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