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• Netflix sacks 150 'great colleagues' while eyeing subscribers sharing accounts

  18-05-2022 23:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Netflix says it laid off about 2 per cent of its staff in a belt-tightening move after growth slowed at the once-booming streaming television service.
  
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• ASX tumbles, Dow Jones drops 1,100 points as Wall Street suffers its worst sell-off since 2020

  18-05-2022 22:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares fall sharply in morning trade, as Wall Street suffers its worst daily sell-off in two years, while US retailer Target reveals the costs of surging inflation, sending its share price down 25 per cent in a single day.
  
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• ASX set to tumble, Dow Jones drops 1,100 points as Wall Street suffers its worst sell-off since 2020

  18-05-2022 22:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares are set to plummet in morning trade, as Wall Street suffers its worst daily sell-off in two years, while US retailer Target reveals the costs of surging inflation, sending its share price down 25 per cent in a single day.
  
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• ASX set to slide, Dow Jones drops 1,100 points as Wall Street suffers its worst sell-off since 2020

  18-05-2022 22:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares are set to tumble in morning trade, as Wall Street suffers its worst daily sell-off in two years, while US retailer Target reveals the costs of surging inflation, sending its share price down 25 per cent in a single day.
  
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• What are the rules around truth in political advertising in a federal election?

  18-05-2022 21:58 via abc.net.au
  
  Signs falsely depicting independent candidates as part of the Greens are in breach of the Electoral Act, the Australian Electoral Commission says. So what are the rules?
  
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• Telcos frustrated the Coalition is using private-sector millions to promote infrastructure projects

  18-05-2022 21:58 via abc.net.au
  
  Some of Australia's largest telecommunications companies are frustrated the Coalition is dragging them in to its re-election bid, with the government trumpeting 100 infrastructure investments during the campaign which are partly funded by private companies.
  
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• The pressure is on in Shanghai to remain COVID-zero

  18-05-2022 11:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Health authorities in Shanghai are facing "huge" pressure to keep China's most populous city free of COVID-19 as residents are counting down the days until June 1 and the end of their lockdown after almost two months of isolation.
  
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• Abandoned customers furious as solar panel company stops answering calls

  18-05-2022 07:53 via abc.net.au
  
  An angry solar panel customer is preparing to take a company to court after an attempt to get more sustainable power descended into a months-long saga which she said left her $900 out of pocket.
  
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• 'That's serious money': Outback NSW graziers frustrated by lengthy road closures as costs add up

  18-05-2022 06:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Landowners say ongoing road closures around Menindee are costing them thousands of dollars in fuel and penalties for ageing lambs, as rain exacerbates the problem.
  
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• Flood-hit retailers at major Brisbane shopping centre have leases terminated

  18-05-2022 06:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Centre owner Mirvac has informed some businesses that it is "impractical and undesirable to reinstate the centre" to how it was before it was inundated in February.
  
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• Services resume behind schedule after entire Victorian regional rail network grinds to a halt

  18-05-2022 04:16 via abc.net.au
  
  V/Line says it is working to locate the fault and that passengers will be facing significant delays today.
  
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• Wages growth edges up, but still a long way short of the rising cost of living

  18-05-2022 03:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian workers saw their base wages rise 2.4 per cent over the past year, according to official figures from the ABS.
  
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• Wages 'collapse' leaves workers falling further behind surging cost of living

  18-05-2022 03:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian workers saw their base wages rise 2.4 per cent over the past year, but inflation more than double that rate meant their real wages "collapsed", according to economists.
  
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• Bonnie is one of many employers struggling to find staff, so why aren't workers being paid more?

  18-05-2022 03:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian workers saw their base wages rise 2.4 per cent over the past year, but inflation more than double that rate meant their real wages "collapsed", according to economists.
  
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• 'Whole new cost': Disaster victims bemoan election policy silence amid sky-rocketing insurance

  18-05-2022 01:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Ruth Haggar discovered her home was under-insured when she lost it in the Black Summer bushfires and can't understand why politicians are "not speaking up" this federal election.
  
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• 'We couldn’t believe someone would stoop to that level': CLP-endorsed pro-fracking campaign attacks pastoralists

  18-05-2022 01:15 via abc.net.au
  
  The organisation Back Beetaloo has been reprimanded by the AEC and accused of "astroturfing" by a digital media expert.
  
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• 'Couldn't believe someone would stoop to that level': CLP-endorsed pro-fracking campaign attacks pastoralists

  18-05-2022 01:15 via abc.net.au
  
  The organisation Back Beetaloo has been reprimanded by the AEC and accused of "astroturfing" by a digital media expert.
  
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• We fact checked Michael Sukkar on the levels of first home buyers. Here's what we found

  18-05-2022 00:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Housing Minister Michael Sukkar says the Coalition is responsible for getting the level of first home buyers to its highest in 15 years. RMIT ABC Fact Check runs the numbers.
  
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