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• How to teach your kids to think more critically about money

  23-10-2017 21:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Good financial decision-making is about more than avoiding debt or having a budget — it's about critically analysing your options.
  
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• Big pharma's cash splash on nurses, dietitians for services

  23-10-2017 21:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Nurses, dietitians, pharmacists and other allied health workers are getting millions of dollars in payments from big pharmaceutical companies for their services, new figures reveal.
  
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• 'There's that word we don't like': A conversation about fear, ignorance and Islam in Australia

  23-10-2017 21:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Kerrie and Mobinah have very different views on Islam in Australia. What happens when they sit down for a frank conversation?
  
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• Szubanski challenges Archbishop in Q&A same-sex marriage episode

  23-10-2017 16:02 via abc.net.au
  
  In a Q&A episode dedicated to the debate on same-sex marriage, actress and advocate Magda Szubanski challenges Sydney Anglican Archbishop Glenn Davies over the influence she believes churches hold in the civil domain regarding marriage.
  
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• Surge in citizenship applications as Senate blocks proposed overhaul

  23-10-2017 15:41 via abc.net.au
  
  Applications for Australian citizenship spiked after the Government's proposed changes were blocked in the Senate, the Department of Immigration reveals.
  
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• Rival backs Horn over Pacquiao upset

  23-10-2017 11:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Even Jeff Horn's next opponent — hard-hitting Briton Gary Corcoran — says the Australian boxer did enough to beat Filipino great Manny Pacquiao and claim the WBO welterweight belt.
  
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• No campaign ad given MA rating for sexual content

  23-10-2017 11:39 via abc.net.au
  
  The latest television advertisement for the No campaign against same-sex marriage will only air after 8:30pm "because of references to sexual activities".
  
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• No campaign ad given MA rating for referencing 'sexual activities'

  23-10-2017 11:39 via abc.net.au
  
  The latest television advertisement for the No campaign against same-sex marriage will only air after 8:30pm "because of references to sexual activities".
  
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• Australian nurse describes Rohingya refugee crisis as worst she's seen

  23-10-2017 10:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia pledges a further $10 million in aid for Rohingya refugees, but a humanitarian worker says it's impossible to calculate what may ultimately be needed.
  
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• Besart Berisha to face disciplinary hearing over unsporting conduct charge

  23-10-2017 10:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Melbourne Victory striker Besart Berisha is in trouble again, after an incident where he pushed the fourth official in a game against Adelaide United.
  
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• Same-sex marriage debate putting kids at risk, experts warn

  23-10-2017 08:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Children raised by same-sex parents do as well as children raised by heterosexual parents, an Australian research analysis finds.
  
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• Cash faces questions around ABCC deputy commissioner's resignation

  23-10-2017 08:33 via abc.net.au
  
  The Federal Government's construction watchdog has lost another of its top brass, with its chief lawyer walking out in protest against his former boss's conduct — and Labor wants Employment Minister Michaelia Cash to explain.
  
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• W-League standard up there with the best, says Sam Kerr

  23-10-2017 07:27 via abc.net.au
  
  It is season 10 for the W-League, and Perth Glory skipper Sam Kerr says the competition compares well to the best from overseas.
  
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• What would you pay to get NBN fibre? How about $218,000?

  23-10-2017 05:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Sixty-six Australians have taken the NBN rollout into their own hands, one to the tune of almost $218,000. That's more than double the the highest cost incurred by NBN Co in rolling out fibre to a single premises.
  
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• Why philanthropy of the body is all the rage

  23-10-2017 03:48 via abc.net.au
  
  Physical philanthropy — using your body to raise money — is growing in popularity because it has benefits for the charity and the fundraiser.
  
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• Malcolm Turnbull blames Labor for 'train wreck' that is the NBN

  23-10-2017 03:38 via abc.net.au
  
  The PM, who as communications minister inherited the National Broadband Network from the previous Labor government, describes the project as a "calamitous train wreck" and concedes it may never make a profit.
  
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• Go behind the scenes at the Sydney Opera House

  23-10-2017 01:48 via abc.net.au
  
  Which star demanded the changerooms be painted black? Who asked for the entire venue to go vegan? And who was the avid knitter who won over the crews?
  
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• All Saints star Judith McGrath dies aged 70

  23-10-2017 00:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian actor Judith McGrath, who starred in some of the country's best-loved television shows but is perhaps best known for playing nurse Von Ryan in the long-running television series All Saints, dies aged 70.
  
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