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• Stuck between regional and metro, Ipswich hospitality businesses are struggling to stay open

  13-01-2023 22:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Despite a busy festive period, Ipswich business are closing their doors, struggling to find staff to cope with demand.
  
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• Pubs and restaurants in Ipswich struggle to stay open as job ads go unanswered

  13-01-2023 22:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Despite a busy festive period, Ipswich business are closing their doors, struggling to find staff to cope with demand.
  
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• Direct beach access for billionaire's Ningaloo resort blocked after plans to re-route road scrapped

  13-01-2023 21:37 via abc.net.au
  
  The state government has walked away from a road realignment that could have used at least $6 million of taxpayers' money, due to Aboriginal heritage and environmental concerns.
  
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• Why your mortgage rate could rise further, even after the RBA stops hiking

  13-01-2023 20:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian banks — which made bumper profits last year — are facing soaring funding costs as they need to repay $188 billion of cheap money borrowed from the Reserve Bank in the coming years, which is bad news for home loan borrowers.
  
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• Here's why your mortgage rate might keep increasing even after the Reserve Bank stops

  13-01-2023 20:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian banks — which made bumper profits last year — are facing soaring funding costs as they need to repay $188 billion of cheap money borrowed from the Reserve Bank in the coming years, which is bad news for home loan borrowers.
  
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• Boeing 737 MAX makes first passenger flight in China since fatal crashes

  13-01-2023 11:44 via abc.net.au
  
  The best-selling Boeing model was grounded in March 2019 after fatal crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia. 
  
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• Woodside caravan protesters found guilty and fined, and police now seeking $33k compensation

  13-01-2023 10:49 via abc.net.au
  
  Two protesters may have to pay police $33,000 in compensation over a demonstration in Western Australia's north that blocked access to the country's biggest LNG hub. 
  
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• Exxon Mobil predicted global warming with 'astonishing accuracy' while publicly denying climate change, report finds

  13-01-2023 08:30 via abc.net.au
  
  A new study finds the company's scientists predicted warming with precision equal to or better than government and academic scientists even as the company publicly contradicted them. 
  
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• UAE oil boss to lead COP28 climate summit, worrying environmental activists

  13-01-2023 05:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Abu Dhabi National Oil Company CEO Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber will lead this year's COP28 climate summit, raising concerns big industry is hijacking the global response to environmental challenges.
  
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• SA government tight-lipped on taxpayer cost of invite-only Sam Smith concert in McLaren Vale

  13-01-2023 05:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Influencers and media personalities were among the crowd at an invitation-only concert featuring superstar Sam Smith at a South Australian winery, aimed at showcasing the state to potential tourists. But the government has refused to say how much the gig cost taxpayers.
  
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• WA timber company left with million-dollar bill after fire tears through plantations

  13-01-2023 02:04 via abc.net.au
  
  There are calls for the WA government to do more to protect plantation land from fire, amid concerns it could cost about a million dollars to replant timber impacted by blazes in WA's South West.
  
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• Doubts over true carbon offsets persist, as farmers weigh up Chubb review findings

  13-01-2023 00:31 via abc.net.au
  
  With one method of gaining carbon credits put on hold and changes made to others, what does the Chubb review mean for farmers and Australia's big polluters?
  
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• Outback residents' quick thinking turns domestic air route into freight flight for town cut off by floods

  13-01-2023 00:04 via abc.net.au
  
  The Diamantina Shire Council region looks like an "inland sea" after a recent deluge cut off roads into Bedourie and Birdsville.
  
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