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• The $8 billion Australian industry that's creating thousands of tonnes of landfill waste

  05-08-2022 23:14 via abc.net.au
  
  Make-up brands and retailers are now introducing recycling programs so old cosmetics waste can be turned into new products, but how effective are they and what makes the packaging so hard to recycle in the first place?
  
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• Timber skyscrapers are set to transform Australia’s skyline and slash construction emissions. Here’s how

  05-08-2022 23:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Wooden towers up to 220 metres tall may soon dot the skylines of Perth and Sydney as a boom in timber construction reaches record-breaking heights.
  
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• When Lyell got her new lease, it came with an $80 rent rise and a notice to leave

  05-08-2022 22:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Brisbane woman Lyell Lamborn says she's living on a "knife's edge" after being handed a major rent increase and a notice to leave her worker's cottage following a new recommendation from Queensland's peak real estate body.
  
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• Notices to leave issued alongside rental leases implemented to protect Queensland landlords from 'lifelong' tenancies'

  05-08-2022 22:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Brisbane woman Lyell Lamborn says she's living on a "knife's edge" after being handed a major rent increase and a notice to leave her worker's cottage following a new recommendation from Queensland's peak real estate body.
  
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• 'Like a guillotine over their head': Landlords hit tenants with notices to leave after new recommendation

  05-08-2022 22:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Brisbane woman Lyell Lamborn says she's living on a "knife's edge" after being handed a major rent increase and a notice to leave her worker's cottage following a new recommendation from Queensland's peak real estate body.
  
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• 'This is a group house where we're related': Could you live with your in-laws?

  05-08-2022 21:14 via abc.net.au
  
  When Luke and Claire decided to settle down, instead of taking out a large mortgage they might struggle to pay, they tried something different.
  
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• Faced with losing her family home, empty nester Sylvia came up with a radical plan

  05-08-2022 21:14 via abc.net.au
  
  When Luke and Claire decided to settle down, instead of taking out a large mortgage they might struggle to pay, they tried something different.
  
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• PM says ABC must have greater voice in Indo-Pacific region

  05-08-2022 13:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Speaking at the ABC's 90th anniversary, Anthony Albanese says if the ABC does not have a stronger presence in the Indo-Pacific, others will fill the gap and Australian national security will suffer.
  
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• Three more grain ships leave Ukraine as soldiers fighting Russia in Donbas face 'hell'

  05-08-2022 12:09 via abc.net.au
  
  As Ukrainian corn ships set off towards Turkey for inspection, Ukraine calls for the safe passage deal to extend to include other products, such as metals. 
  
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• Batgirl star Leslie Grace thanks fans, directors 'shocked' at movie's axing

  05-08-2022 05:26 via abc.net.au
  
  The directors of the scrapped Batgirl movie say they are shocked by the news their work won't make it to screens. 
  
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• 'Risks skewed to the downside': Reserve Bank wary as global economic outlook sours

  05-08-2022 03:55 via abc.net.au
  
  The Reserve Bank slashes its forecasts for economic growth as rate rises, house price falls and a souring global economy weigh on Australia's outlook.
  
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• Households and the government are both dialling back spending. That will hit economic growth, warns the RBA

  05-08-2022 03:55 via abc.net.au
  
  The Reserve Bank slashes its forecasts for economic growth as rate rises, house price falls and a souring global economy weigh on Australia's outlook.
  
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• Nets being considered to stop runaway trucks on Adelaide Hills freeway after latest crash

  05-08-2022 02:30 via abc.net.au
  
  South Australia's Transport Minister says the state government is looking at deploying nets to catch runaway trucks travelling down the South Eastern Freeway. 
  
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• Alex the Astronaut performs 'freaky-deeky' Gold Coast gig 330 metres above sea level

  05-08-2022 01:05 via abc.net.au
  
  With triple j stalwart Alex the Astronaut performing on top of Q1 tower ahead of the inaugural Springtime festival, Gold Coast duo Buttered are celebrating their spot on the line up as well, showing local bands "don't have to move to Melbourne".
  
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• UK braces for long recession after biggest interest rate hike in 27 years, ASX to open flat

  05-08-2022 00:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares are likely to start the day flat, after oil prices sink to their lowest level since before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and the Bank of England announces its biggest interest rate hike in 27 years and warns of a long recession for Britain.
  
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• UK braces for long recession after biggest interest rate hike in 27 years, ASX rises to two-month high

  05-08-2022 00:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares rise to their highest level in two months, after oil prices sink to their lowest level since before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and the Bank of England announces its biggest interest rate hike in 27 years and warns of a long recession for Britain.
  
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• UK braces for long recession after biggest interest rate hike in 27 years, ASX opens higher

  05-08-2022 00:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares begin the day higher, after oil prices sink to their lowest level since before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and the Bank of England announces its biggest interest rate hike in 27 years and warns of a long recession for Britain.
  
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• Oil prices sink to lowest level since Ukraine invasion, Bank of England warns of long recession as it lifts interest rates

  05-08-2022 00:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares are likely to start the day flat, after oil prices sink to their lowest level since before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and the Bank of England announces its biggest interest rate hike in 27 years and warns of a long recession for Britain.
  
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