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• Qantas to slash 15pc of domestic flights, ASX recovers amid 'tremendous' uncertainty

  23-06-2022 23:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Qantas will cut up to 15pc of its domestic flights as fuel prices surge, while the Australian share market rebounds despite a slump in commodity prices over worries about a possible global economic slowdown.
  
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• Qantas to cut 15pc of domestic flights, ASX recovers amid 'tremendous' uncertainty

  23-06-2022 23:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Qantas will slash up to 15pc of its domestic flights as fuel prices surge, while the Australian share market recovers from its early losses as commodity prices slump over worries about a possible global economic slowdown.
  
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• ASX slips amid 'tremendous amount of uncertainty', Wall Street rebounds

  23-06-2022 23:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Despite a rebound on Wall Street, the Australian share market has fallen slightly as copper prices drop to a 16-month low and commodity prices slump over worries about a possible global economic slowdown.
  
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• ASX recovers amid 'tremendous' uncertainty, Qantas to axe flights over high fuel prices

  23-06-2022 23:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Despite a rebound on Wall Street, the Australian share market has fallen slightly as copper prices drop to a 16-month low and commodity prices slump over worries about a possible global economic slowdown.
  
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• ASX likely to slip, Wall Street rebounds despite 'tremendous amount of uncertainty'

  23-06-2022 23:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Despite a rebound on Wall Street, the Australian share market is expected to fall slightly as copper prices drop to a 16-month low and commodity prices slump over worries about a possible global economic slowdown.
  
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• Puzzle stacker gives luxury car owners a place to put their 'toys' on the Sunshine Coast

  23-06-2022 22:39 via abc.net.au
  
  In what is believed to be the first of its kind in Australia, a five-storey luxury car stacker is being built on the Sunshine Coast that will house 31 vehicles in an ever-changing arrangement.
  moving system Car lover's dream to become a reality, as the country's first multi-storey vehicle "puzzle stacker" is built in Caloundra South
  
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• With night curfews, higher council rates and restrictions on pets, governments are targeting Airbnb, Stayz

  23-06-2022 22:22 via abc.net.au
  
  As more Australians find it hard to secure housing and the cost of goods and services skyrockets, governments are aiming their considerable legislative weaponry at short-stay accommodation.
  
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• How Australia is dealing with airbnb, Stayz in the midst of a housing crisis

  23-06-2022 22:22 via abc.net.au
  
  As more Australians find it harder to secure housing and the cost of goods and services skyrockets, governments have aimed their considerable legislative weaponry at short stay accommodation.
  
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• Queensland truckies call for 'immediate' upgrades to deadly Flinders Highway

  23-06-2022 21:58 via abc.net.au
  
  Notorious for truck rollovers and head-on collisions, the 780km-long Flinders Highway is the main road connecting rural Queensland and the NT with the coast. 
  
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• 'They were just on fire': Mi-Sex, Midnight Oil and INXS's Sydney concert was a defining moment in Australian music

  23-06-2022 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Organisers expected about 10,000 people but more than 25,000 turned up for the free concert. And then the rain came down.
  
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• 'It was the making of the band': The legendary Sydney gig that defined Midnight Oil, INXS and others

  23-06-2022 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Organisers expected about 10,000 people but more than 25,000 turned up for the free concert. And then the rain came down.
  
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• Prime Minister to visit Paris to 'reset' Australia's relationship with France

  23-06-2022 11:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed he will visit French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris next week to formally "reset" diplomatic relations between Australia and France.
  
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• Samsung fined $14 million over misleading underwater ad campaigns

  23-06-2022 10:39 via abc.net.au
  
  The Federal Court rules against Samsung Australia over a series of ads showing Galaxy phones being submerged in pool or sea water, with the manufacturer admitting that charging ports could become corroded. 
  
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• Millennials say Australian dream 'actually a reality' as migration from capitals hits five-year high

  23-06-2022 10:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Young families are heading for regional areas in droves and many say they couldn't be happier with their lives away from the big smoke.
  
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• Electrician convicted of diverting power for cannabis crop has registration cancellation overturned

  23-06-2022 10:05 via abc.net.au
  
  An electrician who illegally diverted electricity from the grid to grow cannabis at his southern Adelaide home will keep his operating licence, after a tribunal overturns a decision to cancel it.
  
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• Mining company to spend $2 million to rehabilitate land after investigations into alleged 'unauthorised disturbances'

  23-06-2022 09:36 via abc.net.au
  
  New Hope Group agrees to rehabilitate more than 100 hectares of land at its New Acland coal mine as an alternative to enforcement action, as the Queensland government says an inquiry into alleged illegal mining activity is now closed.
  
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• Mining company to spend $2 million on land rehabilitation after investigations into alleged 'unauthorised disturbances'

  23-06-2022 09:36 via abc.net.au
  
  New Hope Group agrees to rehabilitate more than 100 hectares of land at its New Acland coal mine as an alternative to enforcement action, as the Queensland government says an inquiry into alleged illegal mining activity is now closed.
  
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• Here's what would happen if Ukraine joined the European Union

  23-06-2022 08:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Ukraine is set to become an official candidate for European Union membership. Here's what that means.
  
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• Union chief says Reserve Bank in 'boomer fantasy land' over wage-price spiral fears

  23-06-2022 06:10 via abc.net.au
  
  ACTU Secretary Sally McManus warns that the Reserve Bank is out of touch and living in "boomer fantasy land" if it thinks workers can afford real cuts to their wages.
  
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• Xi Jinping warns of 'alarm for humanity' in Ukraine during virtual summit with Putin, world leaders

  23-06-2022 05:51 via abc.net.au
  
  Chinese leader Xi Jinping says the conflict in Ukraine has "sounded an alarm for humanity", and at the same time condemned US-led sanctions against Russia, accusing the West of provoking Moscow.
  
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• Stamp duty cuts would 'put workers where the money is'

  23-06-2022 05:42 via abc.net.au
  
  A real estate industry leader says getting rid of stamp duty would motivate workers to move to where jobs are waiting.
  
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• Women in WA's FIFO industry victims of 'appalling behaviours', landmark sex assault report finds

  23-06-2022 05:37 via abc.net.au
  
  "Shocking" stories of sex assaults, harassment and targeted violence are detailed in a scathing parliamentary report into WA's fly-in, fly-out industry, with women subjected to an "appalling range of behaviours".
  
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• Sex assault report into WA's FIFO industry finds 'appalling behaviours' still prevalent in the industry

  23-06-2022 05:37 via abc.net.au
  
  A landmark report into sexual assault and harassment within WA's fly-in, fly-out mining industry finds women have been subjected to "an appalling range of behaviours".
  
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• Remote communities invite big banks to 'come see what it is like' as residents travel 200km to access basic banking

  23-06-2022 02:58 via abc.net.au
  
  Residents of remote communities are driving hundreds of kilometres just to access keycards as solutions are sought to financial and banking issues faced in the bush.
  
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• Remote communities invite big banks to 'come see what it is like'

  23-06-2022 02:58 via abc.net.au
  
  Residents of remote communities are driving 400-kilometre round trips just to access keycards as solutions are sought to financial and banking issues faced in the bush.
  
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• She brought the bikini to Australia and put the Gold Coast on the map. Paula Stafford dies aged 102

  23-06-2022 02:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Stafford introduced Australia to the bikini at a time women were ordered off the beach, but her life was about so much more — establishing the second largest industry on 1960s' Gold Coast behind sand mining.
  
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• She brought the bikini to Australia and helped build the Gold Coast, Paula Stafford dies aged 102

  23-06-2022 02:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Stafford introduced Australia to the bikini at a time women were ordered off the beach, but her life was about so much more — establishing the second largest industry on 1960s' Gold Coast behind sand mining.
  
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• Europe could be left in the cold as IEA warns of a complete cut off from Russian gas

  23-06-2022 00:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Russia may cut off gas to Europe entirely as it seeks to bolster its political leverage amid the Ukraine crisis, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) said.
  
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• Wind farm connection causes lights to flicker across South Australia

  23-06-2022 00:51 via abc.net.au
  
  A connection between Port Augusta Renewable Energy Park and the national power grid is under investigation for causing lights to flicker and dim across South Australia for hours this morning.
  
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• Third-party grid connection causes lights to flicker across South Australia

  23-06-2022 00:51 via abc.net.au
  
  A third-party connection to the South Australian power grid is being blamed for causing lights to flicker and dim across the state for hours this morning.
  
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• Australian cities fall in global liveability index, Vienna returns to top spot

  23-06-2022 00:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Melbourne has been rated Australia's most liveable city, but Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane have suffered big falls in the rankings due to COVID-19 restrictions.
  
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