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• Victorian government under fire for delay in Geelong revival plans

  02-09-2022 23:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Residents are becoming increasingly frustrated by the delay of a long-awaited framework to revitalise the CBD.
  
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• 'People are living like they're in a war zone': How suffering and uncertainty brought a street together

  02-09-2022 23:21 via abc.net.au
  
  Mill Street in Goodna has scars. Some are obvious, like the shells of cars scattered in yards. But others are harder to see, like the fear of looters or the uncertainty of what the future holds.
  
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• Every home in Mill Street flooded six months ago, but the looters keep on coming back

  02-09-2022 23:21 via abc.net.au
  
  Mill Street in Goodna has scars. Some are obvious, like the shells of cars scattered in yards. But others are harder to see, like the fear of looters or the uncertainty of what the future holds.
  
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• There's a virus on Australia's doorstep that risks crippling the cattle industry — but it's not foot and mouth disease

  02-09-2022 23:03 via abc.net.au
  
  While Australia is on high alert over foot-and-mouth disease, experts are sounding the alarm about another livestock virus that's spread by mosquitoes
  
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• A disease many times more likely to arrive in Australia than foot-and-mouth threatens billions of dollars of exports

  02-09-2022 23:03 via abc.net.au
  
  While Australia is on high alert over foot-and-mouth disease, experts are sounding the alarm about another livestock virus that's spread by mosquitoes
  
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• A disease almost three times more likely to arrive in Australia than foot-and-mouth threatens billions of dollars of exports

  02-09-2022 23:03 via abc.net.au
  
  While Australia is on high alert over foot-and-mouth disease, experts are sounding the alarm about another livestock virus that's spread by mosquitoes
  
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• Russia scraps Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline reopening, stoking European fuel fears

  02-09-2022 21:48 via abc.net.au
  
  Gazprom, the state-controlled firm with a monopoly on Russian gas exports, says it could not safely restart deliveries until it had fixed an oil leak found in a vital turbine. 
  
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• Krishna and David did a 9,000km trip in an EV — and it wasn't as hard as they thought

  02-09-2022 20:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Krishna Sen and her partner David Hill drove across the whole width of the country — from Perth to Melbourne, then Sydney, and back to Perth — in an electric car. This is how it went.
  
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• 'It's more peaceful': Despite warnings from friends, Krishna and David drove an electric car across Australia. Twice

  02-09-2022 20:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Krishna Sen and her partner David Hill drove across the whole width of the country — from Perth to Melbourne, then Sydney, and back to Perth — in an electric car. This is how it went.
  
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• Building site blitz uncovers safety issues across Wollongong apartments

  02-09-2022 08:40 via abc.net.au
  
  A snap inspection of high-rise apartment buildings under construction by NSW Fair Trading, Safework NSW and the NSW Building Commissioner reveals a number of safety and structural issues.
  
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• Building site blitz reveals safety issues across Wollongong

  02-09-2022 08:40 via abc.net.au
  
  A snap inspection of high-rise apartment buildings under construction by NSW Fair Trading, Safework NSW and the NSW Building Commissioner uncovers a number of safety and structural issues.
  
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• Increase to working limits for pensioners as Jobs Summit ends

  02-09-2022 07:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese concludes the two-day jobs summit with commitments to lift the earnings limit for pensioners, an increase to permanent migration and more funding for vocational education.
  
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• Do tiny houses offer a way for people to escape the rent crisis?

  02-09-2022 07:25 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's soaring rental market has some people looking for creative solutions to avoid falling through the cracks.
  
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• Australia has 400 million litres of excess red wine and growers are facing tough choices

  02-09-2022 06:49 via abc.net.au
  
  Wine prices have plunged due to an oversupply in the country and now growers are being offered financial incentives to switch varieties or mothball their vines. Some, however, are simply ripping their vines out of the ground.
  
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• Stuart Robert calls for ASIC probe into Greywolf Resources

  02-09-2022 06:03 via abc.net.au
  
  The Shadow Assistant Treasurer joins calls for ASIC to look into Greywolf Resources, after dozens of Australians lose their hard-earned savings by investing in the purported mining exploration business.
  
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• Caitlyn learned carpentry to build her own house but is now one of many finishing an apprenticeship

  02-09-2022 05:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Caitlyn Carriere is one of a growing number of Tasmanians who have completed a construction industry apprenticeship, with recent data showing the percentage of those completing their training in the island state far exceeds the national average.
  
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• Disability service provider back-pays more than $3 million to staff

  02-09-2022 04:42 via abc.net.au
  
  Hundreds of disability support workers who were underpaid by their employer have been paid back amounts ranging from $15 to nearly $35,000.
  
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• Turtle encounters in hot demand as international bookings return

  02-09-2022 02:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Travellers are racing to book their tickets for Bundaberg's turtle season after about half of last year's allocation sold out in 24 hours.
  
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• Farmers warn chip prices could rise as processors offer more for spuds

  02-09-2022 01:01 via abc.net.au
  
  The humble hot chip is set to cost more after Tasmanian potato farmers pushed for better deals from two major frozen food producers.
  
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• WA child protection workers pushed to 'absolute limit', with figures revealing strain on staff

  02-09-2022 00:23 via abc.net.au
  
  Child protection workers will today take their concerns to the WA Industrial Relations Commission, claiming multiple breaches of their workload orders.
  
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