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• NSW Labor vows to ditch plan for Australia's longest road tunnel through Blue Mountains

  02-03-2023 23:21 via abc.net.au
  
  The party promises to reallocate money from the controversial Great Western Highway upgrade to spend on roads across western Sydney and regional NSW if it wins this month's state election.
  
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• NSW Labor to put brakes on plan for Australia's longest road tunnel through Blue Mountains

  02-03-2023 23:21 via abc.net.au
  
  The party promises to reallocate money from the controversial Great Western Highway upgrade to spend on roads across western Sydney and regional NSW if it wins this month's state election.
  
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• Why Harry Styles' penchant for feather boas is a concern for animal activists

  02-03-2023 22:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Pop star Harry Styles and Sydney's hosting of World Pride are credited with driving demand for feather boas. But animal welfare activists want revellers to understand the origins of their fashion items.
  
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• The ethics of Harry style - animal activists urge fans to be boa smart

  02-03-2023 22:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Pop star Harry Styles and Sydney's WorldPride are credited with driving demand for feather boas. But animal welfare activists want revellers to understand the origins of their fashion items.
  
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• Rare earths essential for wind turbines, electric vehicles may soon be mined in SA

  02-03-2023 21:28 via abc.net.au
  
  The world is "highly dependent" on China for supplying the rare earth elements that power green energy and digital technologies, but a unique deposit could soon be mined in regional South Australia.
  
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• Rare earths essential for wind turbines and electric vehicles may soon be mined in SA

  02-03-2023 21:28 via abc.net.au
  
  The world is "highly dependent" on China for supplying the rare earth elements that power green energy and digital technologies, but a unique deposit could soon be mined in regional South Australia.
  
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• Sweet smell of success as country music legend sings cannabis crop's praises

  02-03-2023 21:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Performer and farmer James Blundell says "covert" youthful attempts to grow his own have turned into an enthusiasm to produce hemp on a grand scale — and he's not alone.
  
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• Sweet smell of success as country music legend James Blundell sings cannabis crop's praises

  02-03-2023 21:26 via abc.net.au
  
  The performer and farmer says "covert" youthful attempts to grow his own have turned into a new enthusiasm to produce hemp on an industrial scale — and he's not alone.
  
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• Qantas a decade away from pre-COVID staffing levels, ASX gains on market heavyweights — as it happened

  02-03-2023 20:56 via abc.net.au
  
  The local share market rose on the back of gains for the nation's biggest miners and banks, while Qantas announces thousands of new jobs. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• Live: Qantas a decade away from pre-COVID staffing levels, ASX gains on market heavyweights

  02-03-2023 20:56 via abc.net.au
  
  The local share market is rising on the back of gains for the nation's biggest miners and banks, while Qantas announces thousands of new jobs. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• Live: ASX set to rise, after positive day on Wall Street and EU markets

  02-03-2023 20:56 via abc.net.au
  
  Local shares set to rise, after a positive day on US and European indices. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• New Canberra homes connected to gas despite looming ban and high conversion costs

  02-03-2023 20:35 via abc.net.au
  
  Gas plumbing is still installed in about 80 per cent of new ACT homes, imposing tens of thousands of dollars in future electrification costs on owners.
  
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• Gas pipes installed in most new Canberra homes, even though supply will be switched off

  02-03-2023 20:35 via abc.net.au
  
  About 80 per cent of new ACT homes are connected to the gas network, imposing tens of thousands of dollars in future electrification costs on owners.
  
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• With Prince Andrew's sweetheart mansion rental ending, King Charles offers compromise that shocks his son

  02-03-2023 19:04 via abc.net.au
  
  As King Charles tries to ensure the monarchy’s survival in a modern world, he is left with a quandary. How does he transition the British royal family to a ‘slimmed down’, low-cost model, when so many members are economically dependent on him?
  
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• With Prince Andrew's sweetheart mansion rental deal under threat, Charles offered a compromise that shocked his son

  02-03-2023 19:04 via abc.net.au
  
  As King Charles tries to ensure the monarchy’s survival in a modern world, he is left with a quandary: how does he transition the British royal family to a ‘slimmed down’, low-cost model, when so many members are economically dependent on him?
  
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• With Prince Andrew's sweetheart mansion rental deal ending, King Charles offers compromise that shocks his son

  02-03-2023 19:04 via abc.net.au
  
  As King Charles tries to ensure the monarchy’s survival in a modern world, he is left with a quandary: how does he transition the British royal family to a ‘slimmed down’, low-cost model, when so many members are economically dependent on him?
  
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• 'Perfect storm' about to hit global economies and markets, warns leading economist Nouriel Roubini

  02-03-2023 19:03 via abc.net.au
  
  The man dubbed "Dr Doom", US-based economist Nouriel Roubini, is warning that the world faces a "perfect storm" of high inflation, rising interest rates and recession that will be "the worst of all worlds for workers".
  
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• 'Dr Doom' Nouriel Roubini warns of impending 'great stagflationary debt crisis'

  02-03-2023 19:03 via abc.net.au
  
  The man dubbed "Dr Doom", US-based economist Nouriel Roubini, is warning that the world faces a "perfect storm" of high inflation, rising interest rates and recession that will be "the worst of all worlds for workers".
  
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• Woman on Youth Allowance has $8,000 debt. Do buy now, pay later companies protect young people enough?

  02-03-2023 19:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Some estimates say 60 per cent of buy now, pay later (BNPL) users are aged under 35, but academics say the service has too few compliance checks and protections for young people.
  
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• A woman on Youth Allowance ended up with $8,000 debt. Do buy now, pay later companies do enough to protect young people?

  02-03-2023 19:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Some estimates say 60 per cent of BNPL users are aged under 35. Experts say the service has too few compliance checks and protections for young people.
  
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• Major tour operator pulls pin on Alice Springs due to 'external challenges' facing region

  02-03-2023 08:23 via abc.net.au
  
  The company, which offers a range of travel services to destinations including Uluru, Kings Canyon and the MacDonnell Ranges, will relocate its assets to Darwin.
  
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• Mining giant offers help to rebuild flood-damaged town in lieu of payment for radioactive capsule search

  02-03-2023 08:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Rio Tinto offers $4 million towards rebuilding flood-ravaged Fitzroy Crossing in WA's north, as payment for the painstaking search to find a tiny radioactive capsule it lost last month.
  
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• 'The industry is in crisis': WA's home building rate slows to 2020 levels

  02-03-2023 07:37 via abc.net.au
  
  The pace of home building in WA slows to levels not seen since the early days of the pandemic, as Liberal leader Libby Mettam implores the government to do more to assist the sector. 
  
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• Workhorse 1900s steam engine back in service at Sydney museum after three-year restoration

  02-03-2023 07:13 via abc.net.au
  
  After more than 25 years out of service and three years of restoration, a historic Locomotive 3001 has returned to the tracks at a rail museum in Sydney's south-west to the delight of enthusiasts.
  
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• Workhorse 1900s steam engine back in service after three-year restoration

  02-03-2023 07:13 via abc.net.au
  
  After more than 25 years out of service and three years of restoration, a historic Locomotive 3001 has returned to the tracks at a rail museum in Sydney's south-west to the delight of enthusiasts.
  
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• 'You deliberately chose to act dishonestly': Builder jailed for fraud against homebuying migrants

  02-03-2023 06:17 via abc.net.au
  
  An Adelaide-based builder who defrauded his clients of hundreds of thousands of dollars in a desperate attempt to keep his company afloat is jailed for more than two years.
  
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• Well-known Tasmanian wine brand to be bottled interstate

  02-03-2023 04:23 via abc.net.au
  
  Josef Chromy wines have been bottled in their home state for years. Now a multi-million-dollar expansion plan will see it move to South Australia.
  
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• In his once-safe seat, Liberal MP enters the fray amid Labor lifers, hecklers and a portrait of the PM

  02-03-2023 03:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Against a literal Labor wall of fame, Liberal MP Lee Evans addresses voters in the seat of Heathcote, where electoral boundary changes have given the opposition an estimated margin of 1.7 per cent.
  
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• A redistribution has notionally handed this Liberal MP's seat to the opposition. Now, he's pitching in Labor heartland

  02-03-2023 03:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Against a literal Labor wall of fame, Liberal MP Lee Evans addresses voters in the seat of Heathcote, where electoral boundary changes have given the opposition an estimated margin of 1.7 per cent.
  
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• Engineered stone is still popular, despite its deadly risk and possible ban

  02-03-2023 03:29 via abc.net.au
  
  As Safe Work Australia considers banning engineered stone due to the risk of people working with it developing silicosis, one South Australian kitchen shop manager says 60 per cent of customers still want it.
  
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• Customers still asking for engineered stone benchtops, despite possible ban

  02-03-2023 03:29 via abc.net.au
  
  As Safe Work Australia considers banning engineered stone due to the risk of people working with it developing silicosis, one South Australian kitchen shop manager says 60 per cent of customers still want it.
  
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• After opening for 425 days straight, this cafe owner can take no more

  02-03-2023 02:48 via abc.net.au
  
  WA's worker shortage has pushed cafes and restaurants in regional areas to shut up shop completely. But an industry body says there are signs things will get better.
  
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• Gary has more than $3 million in super and supports plans to make him pay more tax

  02-03-2023 01:50 via abc.net.au
  
  The government's plan will affect 0.5 per cent of Australians who have large super balances, so what do they think of it?  
  
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• Evelyn worked three jobs when she was in her 20s to build up her super. Now she believes she's being penalised

  02-03-2023 01:50 via abc.net.au
  
  The government's plan will affect 0.5 per cent of Australians who have large super balances, so what do they think of it?  
  
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• Wanderer Festival to return to NSW Far South Coast in 2023

  02-03-2023 01:37 via abc.net.au
  
  The three-day event featuring more than 60 acts will return to Pambula Beach later this year with government funding.
  
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• Three-day music festival returning to NSW beach town this year

  02-03-2023 01:37 via abc.net.au
  
  The highly successful Wanderer Festival, which debuted at Pambula Beach last year, will feature up to 60 acts, including international artists.
  
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