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• Cost of living still a sore point for voters as politicians go on holiday

  04-12-2025 05:48 via abc.net.au
  
  A mammoth year in politics ended with a focus on what is worrying most Australians ahead of Christmas: the cost of living. 
  
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• MasterChef for porridge: Inside the world of The Golden Spurtle

  11-12-2025 04:05 via abc.net.au
  
  Every year, the Scottish town of Carrbridge hosts a porridge competition. Its contestants and chieftain are larger than life and celebrated in the new Aussie documentary The Golden Spurtle.
  
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• An Aussie doco about a Scottish porridge competition is winning hearts

  11-12-2025 04:05 via abc.net.au
  
  Every year, the Scottish town of Carrbridge hosts a porridge competition. Its contestants and chieftain are larger than life and celebrated in the new Aussie documentary The Golden Spurtle.
  
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• 'Christmas Grinch': States lash PM’s latest public hospital offer

  11-12-2025 03:51 via abc.net.au
  
  The prime minister wrote to states and territories this week, upping the Commonwealth's offer for public hospital funding.
  
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• PM accused of shirking responsibility on Wells controversy

  11-12-2025 03:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Pressed on whether his government should review the rules that allow politicians to fly their families around the country in business class, the prime minister says his focus is on the social media ban.
  
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• 'Not my focus': PM distances himself from politician spending rules

  11-12-2025 03:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Pressed on whether his government should review the rules that allow politicians to fly their families around the country in business class, the prime minister says his focus is on the social media ban.
  
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• 'Politically active' travellers most at risk over US proposal to reveal social media history

  11-12-2025 02:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Australians travelling to the United States could soon face an unprecedented invasion of privacy, an international law expert has warned. 
  
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• Breaking: Australia's unemployment rate remains at 4.3 per cent, but underemployment surges

  11-12-2025 01:51 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's unemployment rate holds steady at 4.3 per cent in November, but the underemployment rate jumps to 12-month high.
  
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• Breaking: Australia's unemployment rate holds steady at 4.3 per cent in November

  11-12-2025 01:51 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's unemployment rate holds steady at 4.3 per cent in November, but the underemployment rate jumps.
  
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• Australia's unemployment rate remains at 4.3 per cent, but underemployment surges

  11-12-2025 01:51 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's unemployment rate holds steady at 4.3 per cent in November, but the underemployment rate jumps to 12-month high.
  
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• Collingwood staffer quits after alcohol-fuelled training camp incident

  11-12-2025 01:29 via abc.net.au
  
  A Collingwood employee hands in his resignation following an incident on an interstate trip that required an investigation by the club.
  
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• Regulator acts against super fund HESTA after 'severe, prolonged disruption'

  11-12-2025 01:25 via abc.net.au
  
  APRA says the fallout of HESTA's planned outage led to a "severe, prolonged disruption" that caused direct harm to some of its 1.1 million members, in a damning assessment of the fund.
  
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• 'Inappropriate relationship' with staffer sees $5.5m-a-year coach sacked

  11-12-2025 00:21 via abc.net.au
  
  Sherrone Moore's rollercoaster tenure with Michigan comes to an end midway through its second season as the college shows zero tolerance for his actions.
  
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• Hegseth praises Australia for 'stepping up' as Marles insists AUKUS is on track

  10-12-2025 23:51 via abc.net.au
  
  The defence minister insists the AUKUS program is on track to provide Australia with nuclear-powered submarines in the next decade — despite the delays plaguing shipbuilding programs in both the US and the UK.
  
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• 'The gays are here': How WNBA stars are revolutionising sports media

  10-12-2025 23:25 via abc.net.au
  
  The WNBA's 'StudBudz' are using live streaming to build a brand and community, while providing lessons in marketing women's sports. 
  
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• 'The gays are here': How these WNBA stars are revolutionising sports media

  10-12-2025 23:25 via abc.net.au
  
  The WNBA's 'StudBudz' are using live streaming to build a brand and community, while providing lessons in marketing women's sports. 
  
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• Iran and Egypt fume over 'unreasonable and illogical' World Cup pride match

  10-12-2025 22:49 via abc.net.au
  
  Iran and Egypt's group stage clash at next year's FIFA World Cup in Seattle is set to be a celebration of LGBTQ+ pride, and both federations are not happy.
  
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• Live: PM says social media ban will 'save lives'

  10-12-2025 22:07 via abc.net.au
  
  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the federal government's social media ban will "will save lives and it will change lives for this and future generations". Follow live.
  
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• Live: Super giant HESTA hit with extra licence conditions over fund outage

  10-12-2025 21:19 via abc.net.au
  
  Regulator APRA has imposed additional licence conditions on superannuation giant HESTA due to concerns about risk management and board governance following its weeks-long planned outage earlier this year. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Aussie dollar climbs as US Fed cuts interest rates

  10-12-2025 21:19 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian dollar edges closer to a 2025 high after the US Federal Reserve cuts interest rates again. Follow the day's events and insights as they happen with our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• Live: AUD rises as US cuts interest rates again

  10-12-2025 21:19 via abc.net.au
  
  Follow the day's events and insights as they happen with our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• The most complained-about ads of 2025

  10-12-2025 21:13 via abc.net.au
  
  As more businesses look to do their own advertising, audience complaints for social media ads are growing.
  
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• Kia and Dettol ads top complaints list for 2025

  10-12-2025 21:13 via abc.net.au
  
  As more businesses look to do their own advertising, audience complaints for social media ads are growing.
  
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• NACC chief updates official declaration of interests to disclose Defence link

  10-12-2025 21:08 via abc.net.au
  
  National Anti-Corruption Commission chief Paul Brereton has formally disclosed his consulting work for the Defence watchdog after the ABC revealed the links. 
  
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• Australia prompts US to consider kids' social media ban

  10-12-2025 20:56 via abc.net.au
  
  As Australians under 16 lose their social media accounts, influential Republicans and Democrats are pushing the US Congress to consider a similar ban for children under 13.
  
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• Australia's social media experiment is live. Teens say nothing has changed

  10-12-2025 20:28 via abc.net.au
  
  After a year of waiting, Australia's world-leading laws to block kids from accessing social media are officially enacted. But the teens they're meant to impact say not much has actually changed.
  
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• Nationals MP's high family travel bill highlights generous rules

  10-12-2025 19:47 via abc.net.au
  
  Calls for politicians' family travel entitlements to be tightened are growing, as analysis shows one Nationals MP was allowed to charge taxpayers more than $80,000 flying his spouse to and from Canberra 27 times in two years.
  
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• Landmark legal case could force betting agencies to return stolen millions

  10-12-2025 19:43 via abc.net.au
  
  A landmark legal case against three of Australia's biggest online betting agencies has been filed in the Federal Court, aimed at recovering millions of dollars' worth of stolen money that was gambled away and kept by corporate bookmakers.
  
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• Formula 1 quiz: Will you win the championship or miss out on points?

  10-12-2025 19:30 via abc.net.au
  
  After 24 grand prix and plenty of champagne, the Formula 1 2025 World Championship is over. But between all the races and rivalries, points and penalties — how much do you remember?
  
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• Trump plans to make Australians hand over social media data to enter US

  10-12-2025 15:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Applicants would also have to submit phone numbers, email addresses, personal details of family members and biometric information under the plan.
  
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