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• PM signals possible market intervention as budget forecasts surging electricity prices

  25-10-2022 23:57 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal budget is forecasting a 56 per cent increase in electricity prices and a 44 per cent increase in gas prices in the next 18 months, prompting Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to flag possible market intervention.
  
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• Albanese flags possible market intervention as budget forecasts surging electricity prices

  25-10-2022 23:57 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal budget is forecasting a 56 per cent increase in electricity prices and a 44 per cent increase in gas prices in the next 18 months, prompting Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to flag possible market intervention.
  
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• Have trouble sleeping on planes? This grounded aircraft may be a little more comfortable

  25-10-2022 23:53 via abc.net.au
  
  An air park in the West Australian Wheatbelt will soon offer swanky rooms in a grounded Boeing 737 jet, after winning $150,000 in a global competition.
  
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• Medibank shares plunge 16pc on latest hack updates, ASX rises for third straight day

  25-10-2022 23:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Medibank's hacking debacle results in the company's market value plunging by $1.2 billion in minutes of trading, while the Australian share market rises for its third straight day.
  
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• Hackers cost Medibank $1.6b in one week, RBA tipped to lift rates even further as inflation hits 32-year high

  25-10-2022 23:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Medibank's hacking debacle results in the company's market value plunging by $1.6 billion, ANZ is fined $25 million for misleading customers, while the local share market rises for its third straight day as Australian inflation hits a 32-year high.
  
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• Hackers cost Medibank $1.5b in one week, RBA tipped to lift rates higher as inflation hits 32-year high

  25-10-2022 23:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Medibank's hacking debacle results in the company's market value plunging by $1.5 billion, ANZ is fined $25 million for misleading customers, while the local share market rises for its third straight day as Australian inflation hits a 32-year high.
  
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• Hackers cost Medibank $1.5b in one week, ANZ fined $25m for misleading customers as ASX rises

  25-10-2022 23:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Medibank's hacking debacle results in the company's market value plunging by $1.5 billion, ANZ is fined $25 million for misleading customers with 'Breakfree' accounts, while the local share market rises for its third straight day as Australian inflation hits a 32-year high.
  
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• ASX set to follow Wall Street higher, as Medibank remains in trading halt

  25-10-2022 23:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Wall Street has gained for the third day in a row. The ASX is set to rise the day after the federal budget. Read all the market news here.
  
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• Whales out, turtles in on Queensland coast

  25-10-2022 22:51 via abc.net.au
  
  Whales wave goodbye to the Queensland Coast as the turtle nesting season gets underway.
  
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• Queensland whale season comes to an end with high visitor numbers

  25-10-2022 22:51 via abc.net.au
  
  Whales wave goodbye to the Queensland Coast as the turtle nesting season gets underway.
  
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• Major Aboriginal art gallery, remote housing and industrial hub funding confirmed in federal budget

  25-10-2022 22:35 via abc.net.au
  
  Funding for a billion-dollar industrial hub on Darwin Harbour and a national Aboriginal art gallery in Alice Springs are among the big-ticket items confirmed for the Northern Territory in Tuesday's federal budget.
  
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• Treasurer calls inflation 'public enemy number one' in post-budget speech — as it happened

  25-10-2022 20:39 via abc.net.au
  
  The government warns of tough times ahead for families after delivering its first budget, with Treasurer Jim Chalmers saying inflation "will get worse before it gets better."
  
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• Live: Treasurer to detail budget in Press Club speech

  25-10-2022 20:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Follow all of Wednesday's budget reaction and analysis in our live blog.
  
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• Live: Treasurer says problems 'coming at us from around the world' will add to cost-of-living pinch

  25-10-2022 20:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Follow all of Wednesday's budget reaction and analysis in our live blog.
  
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• Live: Treasurer says Australia needs to get 'value for money' for NDIS as program costs spiral

  25-10-2022 20:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Follow all of Wednesday's budget reaction and analysis in our live blog.
  
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• Live: Treasurer faces budget questions from National Press Club

  25-10-2022 20:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Follow all of Wednesday's budget reaction and analysis in our live blog.
  
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• Live: Treasurer details budget in Press Club speech

  25-10-2022 20:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Follow all of Wednesday's budget reaction and analysis in our live blog.
  
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• Live: Treasurer calls inflation 'public enemy number one' in post-budget speech

  25-10-2022 20:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Follow all of Wednesday's budget reaction and analysis in our live blog.
  
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• Live: Inflation figures set to be released after government hands down budget warnings

  25-10-2022 20:39 via abc.net.au
  
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• Live: Budget doesn't address early childhood education 'crisis', advocates say

  25-10-2022 20:39 via abc.net.au
  
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• Live: Annual inflation hits 7.3pc after government hands down budget warnings

  25-10-2022 20:39 via abc.net.au
  
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• Live: Albanese says some 'waste' in NDIS needs to be dealt with as costs blow out

  25-10-2022 20:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Follow all of Wednesday's budget reaction and analysis in our live blog.
  
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• Pensioners, women, young people: What's in the budget for you?

  25-10-2022 20:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Labor's first budget in almost a decade has been handed down — here's what you need to know about what's in it for you.
  
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• Hoping for a hand with cost-of-living rises? Check what's in the budget for you

  25-10-2022 20:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Labor's first budget in almost a decade has been handed down — here's what you need to know about what's in it for you.
  
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• Customers in limbo as Medibank data breach shapes up as far worse than the Optus hack

  25-10-2022 19:48 via abc.net.au
  
  Cyber security experts say the data hack on Medibank is shaping up as far worse than the one against Optus. The healthcare provider has now revealed the breach on its customers data could impact at least 4 million people.
   
  
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• Policies for working women provide the biggest budget boost for business

  25-10-2022 10:34 via abc.net.au
  
  Addressing skills shortages is the government's key budget focus to assist business, with tax stings in store for some multinationals, cash-in-hand businesses and investors.
  
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• Child care, TAFE and migration the budget's three-pronged attack on worker shortages

  25-10-2022 10:34 via abc.net.au
  
  Addressing skills shortages is the government's key budget focus to assist business, with tax stings in store for some multinationals, cash-in-hand businesses and investors.
  
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• Are 1 million new, affordable homes too good to be true? Your guide to the federal government's budget plan

  25-10-2022 10:33 via abc.net.au
  
  Australians are facing an incredibly difficult rental market, and this year's budget has an "aspirational" target of 1 million new homes — but there's a lot to unpack. Here's your quick guide to the plan.
  
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• An 'aspirational' target of 1 million affordable rentals has been revealed in the budget. So what does it mean?

  25-10-2022 10:33 via abc.net.au
  
  Australians are facing an incredibly difficult rental market, and this year's budget has an "aspirational" target of 1 million new homes — but there's a lot to unpack. Here's your quick guide to the plan.
  
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• Federal budget paints bleak picture for Australians contending with soaring living costs

  25-10-2022 10:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Australians are facing a bleak couple of years, with Treasury forecasting dual woes of sustained high living costs and declining real wages. The budget bottom line has improved but Treasurer Jim Chalmers is warning of tough decisions in coming months.
  
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• Federal budget paints a bleak picture for Australians contending with soaring living costs

  25-10-2022 10:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Australians are facing a bleak couple of years, with Treasury forecasting dual woes of sustained high living costs and declining real wages. The budget bottom line has improved but Treasurer Jim Chalmers is warning of tough decisions in coming months.
  
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• Historic deal to fight housing crisis sets 'ambitious' one million homes target

  25-10-2022 08:00 via abc.net.au
  
  In his first budget, Treasurer Jim Chalmers will outline the government's plan to increase housing supply over five years from 2024.
  
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• Historic deal to fight housing crisis sets 'ambitious' 1 million homes target

  25-10-2022 08:00 via abc.net.au
  
  In his first budget, Treasurer Jim Chalmers will outline the government's plan to increase housing supply over five years from 2024.
  
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• Live: Labor to unveil plan to ease housing crisis in budget spruiked as 'good for women'

  25-10-2022 07:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Labor is delivering its first federal budget since 2013, with Treasurer Jim Chalmers to address the nation tonight.
  
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• Live: Labor to hand down its first federal budget in almost a decade, aimed at easing the cost of living

  25-10-2022 07:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Labor is delivering its first federal budget since 2013, with Treasurer Jim Chalmers to address the nation tonight.
  
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• Live: Jim Chalmers prepares to hand down his first budget as treasurer

  25-10-2022 07:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Labor is delivering its first federal budget since 2013, with Treasurer Jim Chalmers set to address the nation.
  
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• Live: Chalmers says 'sensible' budget delivers in time of 'great challenge and change'

  25-10-2022 07:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Labor is delivering its first federal budget since 2013 as Australians face increasing cost of living pressures.
  
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• Live: Chalmers promises five-point plan for cost of living relief

  25-10-2022 07:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Labor delivers the second federal budget of the year, announcing a plan for cost of living, wages and housing. Follow live.
  
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• Chalmers promises five-point plan for cost of living relief — as it happened

  25-10-2022 07:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Labor has delivered the second federal budget of the year, announcing a plan for cost of living, wages and housing.
  
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• Australian-first scheme will pay farmers for hosting new high-voltage powerlines

  25-10-2022 06:30 via abc.net.au
  
  The NSW Government has announced farmers will receive a yearly payment if high-voltage powerlines are built across their properties.
  
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• The Sydney areas with biggest drop in house prices revealed in latest data

  25-10-2022 05:55 via abc.net.au
  
  House prices in Sydney fell by 10 per cent since the peak in February, with the median value in the city dropping to $1,042,276.
  
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• Sydney house prices drop 10pc with wealthiest areas taking biggest hit

  25-10-2022 05:55 via abc.net.au
  
  House prices in Sydney fell by 10 per cent since the peak in February, with the median value in the city dropping to $1,042,276.
  
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• ASIC accuses Gold Coast crypto firm Qoin of deceptive conduct in Federal Court

  25-10-2022 05:44 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian Securities and Investment Commission is prosecuting Gold Coast digital currency Qoin in the Federal Court over alleged false, misleading or deceptive statements.
  
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• Griffin house resumptions avoidable, Moreton Bay mayor says

  25-10-2022 05:35 via abc.net.au
  
  Peter Flannery says the state government should prioritise a proposed bypass road instead of resuming properties for highway upgrades.
  
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• Australian Lamb Company sold to Minerva Foods in $400m deal

  25-10-2022 04:26 via abc.net.au
  
  The owner of Colac's meat processing plant — one of the city's biggest employers — has sold to a Saudi and Brazilian joint venture company.
  
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• Shellharbour residents concerned by flooding west of $630 million bypass

  25-10-2022 02:48 via abc.net.au
  
  The completion of a highway upgrade has contributed to flooding on Shellharbour roads, according to a would-be MP who is calling for a fix to the situation. 
  
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• Town with 'sky mirror' hopes wet weather disappears as Astro Fest nears

  25-10-2022 01:51 via abc.net.au
  
  A small Mallee town is preparing to almost double in size — provided the flooding situation in Victoria doesn't hit it any harder than it already has. 
  
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• 'Thousands' homeless after Vic floods, many forced to live in tents

  25-10-2022 01:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Flood damage is worsening regional Victoria's housing crisis, pushing some households into homelessness, advocacy groups say.
  
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• Cruise ships return to Tasmania for the first time since COVID, despite cases on WA's first liner

  25-10-2022 00:51 via abc.net.au
  
  Two years ago, Tasmania was one of the country's top cruise ship destinations until the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Now, cruise ships have returned, despite cases emerging on a liner in WA.
  
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• Cruise ships return to Tasmania for the first time since COVID ban

  25-10-2022 00:51 via abc.net.au
  
  Two years ago, Tasmania was one of the country's top cruise ship destinations until the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Now, cruise ships have returned, despite cases emerging on a liner in WA.
  
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