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• This WA tourist town has lost its only cafe - but locals saw it coming

  08-02-2023 23:47 via abc.net.au
  
  The town of Guilderton at the mouth of the Moore River welcomes hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. But the town's only cafe has closed after it changed from local hands.
  
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• $1 billion in road repairs needed as Vic councils call for state support

  08-02-2023 23:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Urgent repairs are needed to fix "dangerous" and "deteriorated" roads across regional Victoria, according to Rural Councils Victoria.
  
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• Opposition calls for more to be done on trade with China as coal exports resume

  08-02-2023 22:44 via abc.net.au
  
  There are hopes other trade restrictions could soon be eased after the first shipment of Australian coal since 2020 arrives in China.
  
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• First Australian coal in more than two years arrives in China

  08-02-2023 22:44 via abc.net.au
  
  There are hopes other trade restrictions could soon be eased after the first shipment of Australian coal since 2020 arrives in China.
  
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• Mining, resources sectors targeted in billion-dollar deal to convert utes to electric

  08-02-2023 22:11 via abc.net.au
  
  A memorandum of understanding (MOU) has been signed to supply electric utility vehicles to the Australian mining sector, as demand ramps up.
  
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• Live: ASX to follow US markets down on rate hike fears, as Alphabet faces AI worries

  08-02-2023 21:46 via abc.net.au
  
  It's all about rates, as is the case across much of the world right now. Follow the day's financial news and insights from our specialist business reporters on our live blog.
  
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• Live: ASX 200 follows US markets down, with AGL top loser after posting $1b loss

  08-02-2023 21:46 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX 200 is following Wall Street down, and companies are posting a mixed bag of results, including Megaport and AGL. Follow the day's financial news and insights from our specialist business reporters on our live blog.
  
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• Live: All four major banks now passing on rate hikes to home owners, as ASX continues to fall

  08-02-2023 21:46 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX 200 is following Wall Street down, and companies are posting a mixed bag of results, including Megaport and AGL. Follow the day's financial news and insights from our specialist business reporters on our live blog.
  
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• Big banks all pass on rate hikes to homeowners, as AGL has its worst day in 15 years ⁠— as it happened

  08-02-2023 21:46 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX 200 followed Wall Street down on Thursday, and companies posted a mixed bag of results, including Megaport and AGL. Find out how the day unfolded.
  
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• Australia is the world's leading lithium producer. Why don't we make electric vehicles?

  08-02-2023 20:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Most of the world's new electric vehicles contain minerals from Australia. So should we make EVs locally, and what would it take?
  
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• Australia has all the important minerals for EV batteries. So why aren't we making them?

  08-02-2023 20:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Most of the world's new electric vehicles contain minerals from Australia. So should we make EVs locally, and what would it take?
  
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• Amelia won her dream car in an online charity raffle. Then a man showed up at her door

  08-02-2023 20:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Victorian woman Amelia Conway won the car of her dreams in an online raffle only to have it seized months later because the vehicle had not been paid off.
  
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• The rental crisis forced Kelly to move into a tent. She's angry it's becoming 'common practice'

  08-02-2023 09:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Record low vacancy rates and rising rent prices are pushing many Australians to the limit, and low-income Australians are being hit the hardest.
  
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• 'It's becoming so normalised': The rental crisis has forced Kelly to move into a tent

  08-02-2023 09:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Record-low vacancy rates and rising rent prices are pushing many Australians to the limit, and low-income Australians are being hit the hardest.
  
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• 'It's becoming so normalised': The rental crisis forced Kelly to move into a tent

  08-02-2023 09:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Record low vacancy rates and rising rent prices are pushing many Australians to the limit, and low-income Australians are being hit the hardest.
  
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• WorkSafe charges Fortescue Metals Group over alleged failure to supply sexual harassment documents

  08-02-2023 07:48 via abc.net.au
  
  The WA watchdog has charged the mining giant with 34 counts of failing to disclose documentation over alleged harassment on its mine sites.
  
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• How the use of this SA airport for charter flights during floods has sparked hopes commercial flights might return

  08-02-2023 07:08 via abc.net.au
  
  The use of Renmark Airport increased over the Murray River flood event as a local operator capitalised on the opportunity to realise a dream. The local council hopes it could lead to a revival for the facility.
  
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• Comedians win court beer battle as rival brewery left 'spewing'

  08-02-2023 07:08 via abc.net.au
  
  A health-conscious beer developed by two Australian comedians will be allowed to coexist alongside a rival product with similar branding as a Sydney judge dismisses a case alleging misleading or deceptive conduct.
  
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• Forget timetables, this Queensland city's on-demand public bus service can be called up like an uber

  08-02-2023 06:58 via abc.net.au
  
  In an age where Queenslanders are relying on ride shares and e-scooters, residents in Hervey Bay will soon be able to call for a public bus using an app, online or by phone.
  
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• 'It's like The Hunger Games': Search to get scripts filled due to global shortage of diabetes drug

  08-02-2023 04:53 via abc.net.au
  
  A global shortage of a diabetes drug has led to patients searching pharmacies to have their scripts filled. 
  
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• 'It makes the village unliveable': Dust from gold mine will leave residents unable to open windows, panel hears

  08-02-2023 03:57 via abc.net.au
  
  The third and final day of the Independent Planning Commission's hearings into a Central West gold mine is underway, with a focus on the social and groundwater impacts of the project.
  
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• 'It makes the village un-livable': Dust from gold mine will leave residents unable to open windows, panel hears

  08-02-2023 03:57 via abc.net.au
  
  The third and final day of the Independent Planning Commission's hearings into a Central West gold mine is underway, with a focus on the social and groundwater impacts of the project.
  
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• BHP worker dies after being struck by train in WA rail yard

  08-02-2023 02:11 via abc.net.au
  
  The mining giant has confirmed the man was struck by a locomotive at a site on the outskirts of Port Hedland last night.
  
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• 'Mischievous in the extreme': Builders push to stall new construction codes amid industry pressure

  08-02-2023 00:58 via abc.net.au
  
  Builders call on the Queensland government to delay new housing regulations to ease widespread construction delays and labour shortages.
  
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• Builders push to stall new construction codes amid industry pressure

  08-02-2023 00:58 via abc.net.au
  
  Builders call on the Queensland government to delay new housing regulations to ease widespread construction delays and labour shortages.
  
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• Britain's NHS workers walk off job in largest strike in organisation's 75-year history

  08-02-2023 00:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Health workers are demanding a pay rise to compensate for the worst inflation in Britain in four decades, but the government says it cannot afford it.
  
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