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• 'People are just over it': Can music festivals survive another wet summer?

  25-11-2022 22:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Heavy rainfall, flooding and wind gusts have forced multiple festivals to cancel or postpone in recent months, and organisers are wary of another summer of La Niña.
  
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• Bushfires, COVID, rain and more rain: Can music festivals survive another year of uncertainty?

  25-11-2022 22:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Heavy rainfall, flooding and wind gusts have forced multiple festivals to cancel or postpone in recent months, and organisers are wary of another summer of La Niña.
  
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• One word has been quietly deleted across these government websites, sparking accusations of 'greenwashing'

  25-11-2022 21:16 via abc.net.au
  
  The Northern Territory government is accused of "greenwashing" after removing the term "petrochemicals" from its official documents about a new industrial hub on Darwin Harbour.
  
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• Middle Arm has been billed as a 'sustainable' industrial hub. But 'greenwashing' claims have now emerged

  25-11-2022 21:16 via abc.net.au
  
  The Northern Territory government is accused of "greenwashing" after removing the term "petrochemicals" from its official documents about a new industrial hub on Darwin Harbour.
  
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• 'This dispute is resolved': NSW government, rail union sign a deal paving way for end to rail strikes

  25-11-2022 10:59 via abc.net.au
  
  After a mammoth seven-hour meeting, the government agrees to a union demand which will see the New Intercity Fleet undergo about $300 million in repairs.
  
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• Quarry and recruitment companies fined over 2020 Truro quarry death

  25-11-2022 07:19 via abc.net.au
  
  A South Australian quarry operator and a labour hire company have been fined almost $500,000 over the death of a worker in 2020.
  
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• Rain wreaks havoc on livestock trade, but graziers eye 'phenomenal season'

  25-11-2022 06:59 via abc.net.au
  
  A transport company says it is struggling with road closures and bad weather that are creating flow-on effects throughout the livestock sector.
  
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• Panama Paper leaks reveal new details about offshore shell company that owns failed Aussie forex broker

  25-11-2022 06:30 via abc.net.au
  
  A flashy Australian finance company that sponsored English football team Sheffield United is under intense scrutiny by liquidators over hundreds of millions of dollars in funds investors claim they are owed.
  
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• Liquidators investigating failed company whose investors claim they are owed millions

  25-11-2022 06:30 via abc.net.au
  
  A flashy Australian finance company that sponsored English football team Sheffield United is under intense scrutiny by liquidators over hundreds of millions of dollars in funds investors claim they are owed.
  
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• How roads can be made more resilient in lieu of a bottomless pit of cash

  25-11-2022 04:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Potholes, washouts and other road damage could be reduced, according to a researcher who says maintainance methods must be revised in the face of more extreme weather events.
  
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• Qantas cabin crew vote to strike as busy holiday period looms

  25-11-2022 04:11 via abc.net.au
  
  More than 1,000 Qantas domestic flight attendants vote in favour of strike action after being asked to work longer shifts and have shorter break times. 
  
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• Holiday travel disruption looms as Qantas flight attendants vote for strike action over conditions

  25-11-2022 04:11 via abc.net.au
  
  More than 1,000 Qantas domestic flight attendants vote in favour of strike action after being asked to work longer shifts and have shorter break times. 
  
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• Thousands of nurses strike across WA over failed pay deal, as surgeries cancelled

  25-11-2022 03:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Nurses and midwives have walked off the job, after their union rejected the government's latest pay and conditions offer.
  
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• Alternative to Bruce Highway may need 85 properties resumed

  25-11-2022 03:14 via abc.net.au
  
  The unfunded, 60-kilometre route would connect Brisbane's north to the Sunshine Coast through rural Moreton Bay, but residents say the route is not right.
  
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• Scaffolding company fined $2m for 'catastrophic' collapse that killed teen apprentice

  25-11-2022 01:46 via abc.net.au
  
  A series of unsafe practices at the Sydney building site made the fatal collapse "almost certain", a court hears.
  
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• Pensioners pay millions in fees for a fuel card supposed to help them save

  25-11-2022 01:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Pensioners are paying surcharges of up to 3.75 per cent each time they swipe their cards, which a user has labelled a "rort".
  
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• Gold Coast public transport use still down, but don't blame COVID or commuters

  25-11-2022 00:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Are tax incentives the real reason you won't catch a bus to work? One academic thinks so.
  
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