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• Seven thousand kilometres, 36 shows, a lot of red dirt: Is this Australia's most quintessential music tour?

  29-07-2022 22:26 via abc.net.au
  
  In the year Midnight Oil plays its farewell tour, another group of musicians is taking inspiration from the Oils' iconic 1986 'Blackfella/Whitefella' tour with the Warumpi Band, touring from the Top End all the way down to Tasmania.
  
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• The billion-dollar site giving students answers to exam questions in minutes

  29-07-2022 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  In the post-COVID era of online assessments, “homework help” sites have been accused of becoming industrialised cheating factories — and it's making them rich.
  
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• Students from our most prestigious unis are using this website to cheat on exams

  29-07-2022 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  In the post-COVID era of online assessments, “homework help” sites have been accused of becoming industrialised cheating factories — and it's making them rich.
  
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• Albany landslip site will 'end up as some sort of reserve' after stablising work, Mayor predicts

  29-07-2022 08:55 via abc.net.au
  
  As experts continue work to stablise the ground at the site of the Mira Mar landslip, Albany Mayor Dennis Wellington says it is unlikely the land will ever be used for housing again.
  
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• The Neighbours finale was a ratings hit, but is it really the end for the soap and shows like it?

  29-07-2022 06:42 via abc.net.au
  
  Last night's Neighbours finale was a ratings winner for Channel 10 and while some say it's the end of an era, could the TV show make a comeback in the future?
  
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• Perth woman injured after falling into sinkhole at New Zealand tourist attraction

  29-07-2022 04:58 via abc.net.au
  
  The woman is in a stable condition after a hole opened up in a footpath leading into a Māori village tourist attraction about 200 kilometres south-east of Auckland.
  
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• Consultation to relocate rock art sites for WA fertiliser plant feel 'rushed', traditional owners say

  29-07-2022 03:56 via abc.net.au
  
  While Perdaman says it has the blessing of elders to build a $4.5 billion fertiliser plant in Western Australia, minutes seen by the ABC show ongoing concerns from traditional owners about plans to relocate three sacred rock art sites.
  
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• Promised new hospitals behind time and over budget, Queensland Health confirms

  29-07-2022 03:45 via abc.net.au
  
  Seven satellite hospitals promised for south-east Queensland are months behind schedule due to construction issues that have also blown out the cost by $15 million, Queensland Health confirms. 
  
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• Patients left waiting outside emergency departments for longer in Queensland as satellite hospitals delayed

  29-07-2022 03:45 via abc.net.au
  
  Ambulance ramping is worsening in Queensland amid the latest COVID wave, as it's revealed satellite hospitals designed to lessen the load on emergency departments won't be ready until the end of next year.
  
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• Alannah MacTiernan battles to retain agriculture portfolio amid foot-and-mouth disease fears

  29-07-2022 02:35 via abc.net.au
  
  WA's two biggest farming bodies say they have lost faith in the state's Agriculture Minister over comments she made about foot-and-mouth disease, but some farmers voice concerns the issue has become politicised.
  
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• Six airports, aerodromes to restrict medical flights due to new strict landing requirements

  29-07-2022 01:56 via abc.net.au
  
  More than 200 medical evacuations were scheduled in and out of Mallacoota in the past year. But by failing airfield standards, it and others in Laverton, Middlemount, Coolah, Kalumburu, and Coombabah have banned instrument landings.
  
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• Six airports, aerodromes to restrict medical flights due to new strict instrument landing requirements

  29-07-2022 01:56 via abc.net.au
  
  More than 200 medical evacuations were scheduled in and out of Mallacoota in the past year. But with the council allowing the airport to fail regulator standards, instrument landings at it and five others nationwide are prohibited.
  
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• Remote airport forced to potentially restrict medical flights due to stricter regulation

  29-07-2022 01:56 via abc.net.au
  
  More than 200 medical evacuations were scheduled in and out of the coastal town of Mallacoota in the past year. But now that the council has allowed the airport to fail regulator standards, instrument landings are prohibited.
  
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• Russian ex-journalist who protested Ukraine war on air fined again for social media posts

  29-07-2022 01:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Months after being fined for an on-air protest, Marina Ovsyannikova is fined 50,000 roubles for "discrediting" the Russian army.
  
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• United States recession fears grow as economy contracts for second quarter

  29-07-2022 01:11 via abc.net.au
  
  US President Joe Biden works to hose down speculation the country is on the brink of a recession after the economy unexpectedly contracts for a second quarter.
  
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• US posts second GDP decline but Wall Street is buoyant, ASX to follow

  29-07-2022 00:09 via abc.net.au
  
  While two quarters in a row of decline is to some economists the definition of a recession, stocks are surging with tech leading the pack.
  
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• 'Bad economic news is good news': Share prices jump as US economy shrinks again

  29-07-2022 00:09 via abc.net.au
  
  The US economy has entered what some economists may define as a recession, but stocks on Wall Street are booming and Australian shares are set to follow as traders bet interest rates will not rise as high as feared.
  
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