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• Report finds this $4.5 billion project is more costly than beneficial

  31-10-2022 23:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Infrastructure Australia has found it will be more detrimental than beneficial for taxpayers if the first stage of the proposed Great Western Highway upgrade goes ahead.
  
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• Infrastructure Australia warns cost outweighs benefits for Great Western Highway upgrade

  31-10-2022 23:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Infrastructure Australia has found it will be more detrimental than beneficial for taxpayers if the first stage of the proposed Great Western Highway upgrade goes ahead.
  
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• Government says this $4.5 billion project is a game changer, but report finds it more costly than beneficial

  31-10-2022 23:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Infrastructure Australia has found it will be more detrimental than beneficial for taxpayers if the first stage of the proposed Great Western Highway upgrade goes ahead.
  
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• Markets tread cautiously ahead of RBA rate hike, Dow Jones posts biggest monthly surge in 47 years

  31-10-2022 21:34 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market is likely to start its day practically flat, as investors await the Reserve Bank's latest interest rate decision, while the Dow Jones records its biggest monthly gain since 1976.
  
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• ASX rises as Reserve Bank lift rates, Dow Jones posts biggest monthly surge in 47 years

  31-10-2022 21:34 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares post significant gains as the Reserve Bank of Australia lift rates, while Wall Street's industrial index, the Dow Jones, records its biggest monthly gain since 1976.
  
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• ASX rises ahead of RBA rate hike, Dow Jones posts biggest monthly surge in 47 years

  31-10-2022 21:34 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares post significant gains ahead of the Reserve Bank's latest interest rate decision, while Wall Street's industrial index, the Dow Jones, records its biggest monthly gain since 1976.
  
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• Truck drivers in rural Queensland to be trained in crash scene management and first aid

  31-10-2022 21:15 via abc.net.au
  
  They are often first on the scene of serious road crashes. Now they are learning what to do and what not to do to save a person's life.
  
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• Compromised cement 'allowing aquifer contact' with coal seam gas wells, documents reveal

  31-10-2022 19:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Significant corrosion and leaking has been detected in a number of coal seam gas wells in Queensland, and an engineering academic is now concerned about the potential contamination of groundwater and crops.
  
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• 'Cement doesn't last forever': Documents reveal coal seam gas well leaks and corrosion

  31-10-2022 19:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Significant corrosion and leaking has been detected in a number of coal seam gas wells in Queensland, and an engineering academic is now concerned about the potential contamination of groundwater and crops.
  
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• Rising interest rates hit home prices again, stretching buyers to the limit

  31-10-2022 19:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Home prices have been dropping over the past six months as the Reserve Bank of Australia raised interest rates from a record low in May to curb red-hot inflation and — with interest rates set to keep rising — more falls are expected. 
  
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• Wild storm lashes outback town which holds record for hottest ever temperature

  31-10-2022 06:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Oodnadatta locals are without power and are dealing with the clean-up after winds of almost 140 kilometres per hour tore through the South Australian outback town yesterday.
  
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• Perrottet asked to review shortlisted candidates for high-paying UK job, inquiry reveals

  31-10-2022 05:31 via abc.net.au
  
  An email reveals then-NSW treasurer Dominic Perrottet wanted to meet with the shortlisted candidates for a lucrative UK trade role even though an independent recruitment process had already made a selection.
  
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• Flood victims urged to consider safety over sentiment in government buyback offers

  31-10-2022 05:11 via abc.net.au
  
  The Insurance Council of Australia wants flood-affected residents in the Northern Rivers region to choose safety over sentiment when considering whether to take up the governments' buyback scheme to sell up and move to higher ground.
  
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• 'Not happy Dan': Fire trucks painted with slogans as industrial action in Victoria continues

  31-10-2022 05:05 via abc.net.au
  
  Victoria's professional firefighters union is calling for new trucks, more recruits and access to additional training — as its protected industrial action reaches day five.
  
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• Commonwealth warned about Robodebt scheme two years before it started, inquiry hears

  31-10-2022 03:46 via abc.net.au
  
  The warning was revealed in the first day of the royal commission hearings being held into the controversial scheme, which ran from 2016 to 2019 and involved recovering debts from welfare recipients.
  
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• Snowy Mountains farm fetches record price as Sydney investor grabs rare buy

  31-10-2022 02:57 via abc.net.au
  
  A "renowned" property has gone under the hammer after belonging to the same family for six generations.
  
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• ASX rises ahead of the Reserve Bank's anticipated rate hike

  31-10-2022 00:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares open higher, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street as investors await the Reserve Bank's interest rate decision due on Tuesday.
  
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