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• Pre-cooling will slash emissions and cut power bills. Here's how some homes are using new technology

  08-09-2022 23:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Like many first home buyers, Georgia's priority was price and location — it's only incidental her new home is souped-up with technology that's yet to hit the market and innovations that will save her thousands.
  
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• Ride allowed to operate at Royal Adelaide Show after SafeWork SA ban overturned

  08-09-2022 10:55 via abc.net.au
  
  The operator of a ride new to the Royal Adelaide Show successfully appeals a decision to ban it over concerns shorter patrons were at risk of being ejected.
  
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• Australian-first climate policy could see new targets imposed on polluters

  08-09-2022 09:42 via abc.net.au
  
  The NSW Environment Protection Authority will set targets and limits on emissions to help the state get to net zero by 2050.
  
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• Mine operator expected to be granted more time to rehabilitate uranium pits in Kakadu

  08-09-2022 09:31 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government has introduced a bill to allow a mining operator more time to rehabilitate a decommissioned uranium mine near Kakadu National Park.
  
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• Canberran issued rescission notice for off-the-plan apartment contract despite change to law

  08-09-2022 08:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Despite a law change to protect buyers almost a year ago, investors are still having contracts for off-the-plan apartments rescinded across Canberra.
  
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• Port Augusta business owners face hefty cost from storm damage amid drainage concerns

  08-09-2022 06:09 via abc.net.au
  
  South Australian business and home owners in the Spencer Gulf are counting their losses after a heavy downpour and hail cause flooding and collapsed ceilings.
  
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• Jane finally has an idea to get staff for her regional restaurant

  08-09-2022 05:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Jane Coole spent months racking her brain for a plan to recruit staff to her regional restaurant. She's finally got one. 
  
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• From the Canberra suburbs to a Netflix streaming success and a Venice Film Festival debut

  08-09-2022 05:17 via abc.net.au
  
  From humble beginnings in the nation's capital to worldwide success, three Canberra women are on their way to becoming household Hollywood names.
  
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• From a Canberra suburb to Hollywood, meet the screenwriter who created a global Netflix hit

  08-09-2022 05:17 via abc.net.au
  
  From humble beginnings in the nation's capital to worldwide success, three Canberra women are on their way to becoming household Hollywood names.
  
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• Reserve Bank will do 'what is necessary' to combat 'scourge' of high inflation

  08-09-2022 05:07 via abc.net.au
  
  The Reserve Bank governor says he remains "committed to doing what is necessary" to prevent the "scourge" of high inflation, but offers hints that the pace of rate rises might soon slow.
  
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• Live: Reserve Bank will do 'what is necessary' to combat 'scourge' of high inflation

  08-09-2022 05:07 via abc.net.au
  
  The Reserve Bank governor says he remains "committed to doing what is necessary" to prevent the "scourge" of high inflation, but offers hints that the pace of rate rises might soon slow. Follow the live updates. 
  
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• 'I did not promise that interest rates wouldn't go up': RBA boss Lowe rejects resignation calls

  08-09-2022 05:07 via abc.net.au
  
  The Reserve Bank governor says he remains "committed to doing what is necessary" to prevent the "scourge" of high inflation, but offers hints that the pace of rate rises might soon slow.
  
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• Families forced to split up, constantly on the move, amid 'unfathomable' rental crisis in holiday hotspot

  08-09-2022 05:05 via abc.net.au
  
  In flood-ravaged northern NSW people are repeatedly being forced out of their homes or into financially dire living situations that are breaking up families.
  
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• Byron councillor moves 26 times in six months as floods aftermath and housing squeeze take a toll

  08-09-2022 05:05 via abc.net.au
  
  In flood-ravaged northern NSW people are repeatedly being forced out of their homes or into financially dire living situations that are breaking up families.
  
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• You won’t see this spectacular Pilbara landscape in Tourism WA’s latest campaign

  08-09-2022 03:16 via abc.net.au
  
  Tourism operators say the region has been overlooked in the recent Walking on a Dream campaign, which prominently features locations including the Kimberley, Ningaloo Reef, Margaret River Region and Perth.
  
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• Future of oil and gas industry clouded by Labor's fracking stance

  08-09-2022 03:07 via abc.net.au
  
  The future of the oil and gas industry has been thrown into disarray after a string of submissions  ranging from a complete ban on fracking to prohibiting subsidies — were passed without dissent at an NT Labor Conference.
  
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• Australia's favourite car comes last, again, on vehicle environment report

  08-09-2022 03:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Toyota comes last for the second year in a row in a report from Greenpeace, which ranks the largest 10 global car makers on their climate change performance.
  
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• Australia's best-selling car manufacturer ranked last on global climate scorecard

  08-09-2022 03:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Toyota comes last for the second year in a row in a report from Greenpeace, which ranks the largest 10 global car makers on their climate change performance.
  
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• 'No one else wants to touch it': Historic 'Greasy Building' set for major facelift

  08-09-2022 02:22 via abc.net.au
  
  A heritage-listed building which has long sat dormant in the heart of Townsville will get a new lease on life — but the local developers face a big task.
  
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• 'Tents seem to be the only solution': More than 200,000 southerners eye-off move to Queensland

  08-09-2022 01:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Hundreds of thousands of southerners are tipped to move to Queensland over the next five years, alarming industry experts who say the state is already struggling with housing demand.
  
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• Queensland housing crisis set to worsen as interstate migration surge expected, property council warns

  08-09-2022 01:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Hundreds of thousands of southerners are tipped to move to Queensland over the next five years, alarming industry experts who say the state is already struggling with housing demand.
  
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• Ballarat will receive 305 new affordable homes, but will it be enough?

  08-09-2022 01:38 via abc.net.au
  
  While the homelessness sector welcomes the 305 new homes to be delivered by the Big Housing Build, they say the investment falls well short of need as more than 2,810 people continue to wait for housing in Ballarat. 
  
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• Unions demand job guarantees for coal workers moving to renewable industries

  08-09-2022 00:53 via abc.net.au
  
  With a renewable revolution on the horizon, union leaders warn of an "enormous problem" if a national energy transition authority is not established to support workers moving to low carbon jobs.
  
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• Major employer tweaks rosters to attract school mums into workforce

  08-09-2022 00:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Meat processor Don Smallgoods has created "school parent" shifts as it searches for 200 new staff across its three central Victorian facilities.
  
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• Major employer tweaks rosters to attract parents — mainly mothers — into workforce

  08-09-2022 00:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Meat processor Don Smallgoods has created "school parent" shifts as it searches for 200 new staff across its three central Victorian facilities.
  
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