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• Government facing 'nothing but unpleasant choices' as energy price pain increases

  26-10-2022 23:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Pressure mounts on the Commonwealth to fix the electricity system's woes, but observers warn there are no easy solutions and consumers are in for a rough ride.
  
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• Government faced with 'no good options' for tackling rising cost of energy

  26-10-2022 23:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Pressure mounts on the Commonwealth to fix the electricity system's woes, but observers warn there are no easy solutions and consumers are in for a rough ride.
  
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• Australia's 'longest shortcut' may finally be sealed

  26-10-2022 22:30 via abc.net.au
  
  It started as a pipedream 25 years ago, but now one of the nation's most iconic stretches of desert road — described as "Australia's longest shortcut" — may finally be sealed.
  
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• After 25 years, could this 2,700km stretch of outback road finally be sealed?

  26-10-2022 22:30 via abc.net.au
  
  It started as a pipedream 25 years ago, but now one of the nation's most iconic stretches of desert road — described as "Australia's longest shortcut" — may finally be sealed.
  
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• As fuel thefts rise in Queensland, service stations warn costs will be passed on to customers

  26-10-2022 21:11 via abc.net.au
  
  More people are driving off without paying for their petrol as the rising costs of living hit. The service station industry says the losses are added to their fuel prices.
  
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• Restaurant workers with six months' experience are asking for $100k. But in most places, wages are falling behind

  26-10-2022 20:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Restaurant workers with six months' experience are asking for $100,000. But, in most places, wages growth is still falling well short of inflation.
  
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• Inflation means your wages are worth less. Will they rise to catch up?

  26-10-2022 20:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Restaurant workers with six months' experience are asking for $100,000. But, in most places, wages growth is still falling well short of inflation.
  
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• Labor's new workplace relations bill proposes new laws around work flexibility, targets gender pay gap

  26-10-2022 18:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke will introduce Labor's 'Secure Jobs, Better Pay" bill into Parliament, promising to "get wages moving".
  
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• Labor's budget forecasts energy prices will rise 56 per cent in 18 months. It's a different story in WA

  26-10-2022 13:18 via abc.net.au
  
  West Australian Premier Mark McGowan says the federal government should look to his state and overseas to find a solution to surging electricity prices, which are forecast to rise 56 per cent in the next 18 months.
  
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• Prison operator denies inmates could be locked down for 48 hours as officers strike

  26-10-2022 08:18 via abc.net.au
  
  A union had said prisoners at Australia's largest jail faced being confined to the cells as prison officers walk off the job after rejecting an 11th-hour offer from private operator Serco.  
  
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• Inmates could be locked down for 48 hours at Australia's largest prison as officers strike

  26-10-2022 08:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Prisoners at Australia's largest jail face being confined to the cells as prison officers walk off the job after rejecting an 11th-hour offer from private operator Serco.  
  
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• ANZ to pay $25 million fine for misleading customers for more than 20 years

  26-10-2022 06:50 via abc.net.au
  
  ANZ was issued the fine in the Federal Court after the bank failed to provide benefits such as fee waivers and interest rate discounts to approximately 689,000 customer accounts.
  
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• ANZ to pay $236 million in compensation and penalties for misleading customers for more than 20 years

  26-10-2022 06:50 via abc.net.au
  
  A court finds the bank failed to provide benefits such as fee waivers and interest rate discounts to approximately 689,000 customer accounts since the mid-1990s.
  
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• Australia's first 3D-printed holiday park among plans to boost NSW city's housing stock

  26-10-2022 04:57 via abc.net.au
  
  A company wants to print 100 honeycomb-shaped cabins across from a Dubbo tourist attraction as the council makes space for a housing development using the technology.
  
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• 3D-printed homes, holiday cabins to boost city amid housing crisis

  26-10-2022 04:57 via abc.net.au
  
  A company wants to print 100 honeycomb-shaped cabins across from a Dubbo tourist attraction as the council makes space for a housing development using the technology.
  
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• Children's book tells extraordinary tale of town saving plane lost in electrical storm

  26-10-2022 03:43 via abc.net.au
  
  In the final leg of 1934 London to Melbourne Air Race, the Dutch aircraft Uiver lost its way near Albury Wodonga — but a massive effort from locals got it back on track.
  
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• Children's book recounts regional town saving plane lost in 1934 London to Melbourne Air Race

  26-10-2022 03:43 via abc.net.au
  
  It is an extraordinary tale of a community coming together to rescue a lost plane. Now a new book hopes to keep it alive for generations to come.
  
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• Handbrake applied to multi-billion-dollar Great Western Highway upgrade as funding falls short

  26-10-2022 03:42 via abc.net.au
  
  NSW had been banking on federal funding for the Great Western Highway upgrade, now the transport minister has claimed the project is "cut, cut, cut" from proceeding.
  
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• Housing and gas lead inflation above 7 per cent, as fuel prices post rare fall

  26-10-2022 02:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Consumer prices surge 7.3 per cent over the past year, as the cost of housing construction and elevated fuel prices lead a huge jump in the cost of living.
  
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• 'Basically the same as households taking a pay cut': Annual inflation hits 32-year high

  26-10-2022 02:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Consumer prices surge 7.3 per cent over the past year, as the cost of housing construction and elevated fuel prices lead a huge jump in the cost of living.
  
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• Medibank says all customers' personal data compromised by cyber attack

  26-10-2022 01:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Medibank has confirmed the criminal entity behind the cyber attack on the company has access to the data of about 4 million current customers, and countless former ones too.
  
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• Drone-delivered groceries make a debut, but a legal expert says danger of negligence lawsuits hovers

  26-10-2022 00:59 via abc.net.au
  
  These shoppers will soon be able to use a high-tech service, but an academic warns of the pitfalls without regulation.
  
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• Saleyards upgrade in doubt after Labor cans regional funding program

  26-10-2022 00:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Upgrades to the Mount Gambier and District Saleyards could be delayed or ditched as the government announces its replacement to the Building Better Regions Fund.  
  
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