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• Queensland Audit Office criticises Townsville council rail yard project

  06-08-2026 23:44 via abc.net.au
  
  The audit office finds governance and reporting weaknesses in a council-owned company, which was created without approval from the Queensland treasurer.
  
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• Live: ASX closes down, economists expect RBA cash rate on hold — as it happened

  06-08-2026 23:36 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian market has closed down, with economists expecting the RBA to leave the cash rate on hold.
  
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• ASX closes down, economists expect RBA cash rate on hold — as it happened

  06-08-2026 23:36 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian market has closed down, with economists expecting the RBA to leave the cash rate on hold.
  
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• Environment minister defends FOGO changes amid council, resident backlash

  06-08-2026 23:19 via abc.net.au
  
  The WA environment minister defends rule changes about what can go in green FOGO bins, amid a backlash over the changes and suggestions they have not been communicated clearly.
  
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• Controversial FOGO changes needed to prevent contamination, minister says

  06-08-2026 23:19 via abc.net.au
  
  The WA environment minister defends rule changes about what can go in green FOGO bins, amid a backlash over the changes and suggestions they have not been communicated clearly.
  
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• Renewables company says turbines will hit Anzac memorial trees

  06-08-2026 23:04 via abc.net.au
  
  A dozen trees planted as a World War I memorial alongside a NSW road would be hit by trucks transporting turbines if a wind farm is approved. 
  
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• Long-awaited Gold Coast light rail extension taking passengers from Sunday

  06-08-2026 23:04 via abc.net.au
  
  The Queensland government has confirmed passengers will be able to board the stage 3 light rail connecting Broadbeach to Burleigh Heads.
  
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• 'I panicked': Developer tried to end affordable housing early

  06-08-2026 20:42 via abc.net.au
  
  A property developer that describes itself as a leader in the national push to build cheap homes has been trying to scale back affordable housing at some of its projects. 
  
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• Developer tried to end affordable housing period early at Sydney complex

  06-08-2026 20:42 via abc.net.au
  
  A property developer that describes itself as a leader in the national push to build cheap homes has been trying to scale back affordable housing at some of its projects. 
  
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• How Australians on JobSeeker are living on $68 a day

  06-08-2026 20:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Despite calls to increase the base rate of JobSeeker payments in this year's federal budget, there has been no change and experts say it means the cost of living is hurting those who can least afford it.
  
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• What happens when the world's largest online retail warehouse moves to town

  06-08-2026 20:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Burra Creek is the home of the world's largest online retail warehouse. It's also the setting for a moving new production about the struggles faced by everyday Australian families. 
  
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• Break of Day shows what happens to a small town when Big Business moves in

  06-08-2026 20:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Burra Creek is the home of the world's largest online retail warehouse. It's also the setting for a moving new production about the struggles faced by everyday Australian families. 
  
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• ABC investigations boss leaves as Four Corners probe continues

  06-08-2026 09:22 via abc.net.au
  
  The announcement comes alongside a deepening investigation into the work of sacked Four Corners reporter Mahmood Fazal. The long-running current affairs program falls under Puccini's oversight.
  
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• ABC investigations boss leaves, as Four Corners probe continues

  06-08-2026 09:22 via abc.net.au
  
  The announcement comes alongside a deepening investigation into the work of sacked Four Corners reporter Mahmood Fazal. The long-running current affairs program falls under Puccini's oversight.
  
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• ABC investigations boss leaves, as Four Corners investigation continues

  06-08-2026 09:22 via abc.net.au
  
  The announcement comes alongside a deepening investigation into the work of sacked Four Corners reporter Mahmood Fazal. The long-running current affairs program falls under Puccini's oversight.
  
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• Man denies reporting Alan Jones to police in order to 'get money'

  06-08-2026 09:15 via abc.net.au
  
  A man accusing Alan Jones of indecently assaulting him as a 17-year-old made a police complaint to "get money", the former broadcaster's lawyer has told a Sydney court.
  
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• 'Rubbish' tariffs drive Australian company out of the US

  06-08-2026 07:16 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's only silicon producer will exit the US market next week, but the federal government says the Trump administration's move does not undermine the critical minerals agreement between the two countries.
  
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• Australian silicon company forced out of US by 40pc tariffs

  06-08-2026 07:16 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's only silicon producer will exit the US market next week, but the federal government says the Trump administration's move does not undermine the critical minerals agreement between the two countries.
  
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• Commonwealth says it will block gas-fired data centres

  06-08-2026 07:05 via abc.net.au
  
  The NT government has rejected a federal plan to mandate the use of renewables for new large-scale data centres, but the Commonwealth says it will block proposals that rely on gas.
  
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• Doctors furious after email identifies invitees of addiction webinar

  06-08-2026 05:49 via abc.net.au
  
  The national healthcare watchdog has inadvertently identified more than 100 doctors, nurses and other practitioners who were offered addiction and alcohol misuse training in a mass email that has triggered fierce backlash and privacy complaints.
  
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• 'Colossal stuff-up': AHPRA mass email exposes private doctor information

  06-08-2026 05:49 via abc.net.au
  
  The national healthcare watchdog has inadvertently identified more than 100 doctors, nurses and other practitioners who were offered addiction and alcohol misuse training in a mass email that has triggered fierce backlash and privacy complaints.
  
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• Long-awaited Whyalla foreshore upgrade underway after years of delays

  06-08-2026 05:43 via abc.net.au
  
  It's been talked about for years, but construction on Whyalla's long-awaited foreshore upgrade is underway, bringing renewed hope to a city that has been hit by several kicks to the gut.
  
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• 'Doesn't meet the pub test': ABC apologises to Rinehart over TV show reference

  06-08-2026 05:28 via abc.net.au
  
  The ABC apologises for a Race Around the World episode containing remarks about mining magnate Gina Rinehart AO, despite the broadcaster's ombudsman finding it did not breach editorial standards.
  
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• ABC apologises to Rinehart over TV show reference

  06-08-2026 05:28 via abc.net.au
  
  The ABC apologises for a Race Around the World episode containing remarks about mining magnate Gina Rinehart AO, despite the broadcaster's ombudsman finding it did not breach editorial standards.
  
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• ABC apologises to Gina Rinehart over controversial episode

  06-08-2026 05:28 via abc.net.au
  
  The ABC apologises for a Race Around the World episode containing remarks about mining magnate Gina Rinehart AO.
  
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• ABC apologises for Race Around the World episode featuring Gina Rinehart reference

  06-08-2026 05:28 via abc.net.au
  
  The ABC apologises for a Race Around the World episode containing remarks about mining magnate Gina Rinehart AO.
  
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• ABC apologises for episode featuring Gina Rinehart reference

  06-08-2026 05:28 via abc.net.au
  
  The ABC apologises for a Race Around the World episode containing remarks about mining magnate Gina Rinehart AO.
  
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• Youth detention workers strike over safety concerns at Queensland centres

  06-08-2026 04:07 via abc.net.au
  
  Employees from the Brisbane, Cleveland and West Moreton Youth Detention Centres, as well as the Wacol Youth Remand Centre, took part in industrial action on Thursday.
  
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• Why there have been no updates from the Alan Jones trial

  06-08-2026 03:58 via abc.net.au
  
  One of Alan Jones's six male complainants in the veteran broadcaster's historic indecent assault trial has continued to face cross examination but a court order has limited reporting of the case.
  
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• Meta says AI model accessed the internet and hacked another company

  06-08-2026 03:50 via abc.net.au
  
  The incident will fan concerns about how developers can contain increasingly capable AI systems, after similar incidents at rival companies Anthropic and OpenAI.
  
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• Meta AI agent latest model to hack external company during testing

  06-08-2026 03:50 via abc.net.au
  
  The incident will fan concerns about how developers can contain increasingly capable AI systems, after similar incidents at rival companies Anthropic and OpenAI.
  
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• Farmers fined for blocking VNI West transmission work

  06-08-2026 01:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Farmers in Victoria's west have been issued infringement notices after they refused access to authorised officers looking to continue planning for the VNI West transmission line project.
  
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• Pineapple growers raise biosecurity concerns as Asian imports considered

  06-08-2026 01:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian producers flag biosecurity worries as the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry considers importing pineapples from India and Indonesia.
  
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• Technology enables penetration of mineral zone discovered 40 years ago

  06-08-2026 01:03 via abc.net.au
  
  A mining company says it has found a way to access a mineral lode discovered under Broken Hill more than 40 years ago, but once deemed too difficult to reach.
  
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