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• Woodside boss blasts 'extremists' with 'deep pockets' for stopping gas projects, ASX flat

  18-04-2023 23:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Woodside Energy boss Meg O'Neill has used a speech at the National Press Club to criticise extremists for stopping gas projects, while the Australian share market trades flat after a lacklustre session on Wall Street overnight.
  
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• Live: Woodside Energy boss addresses the National Press Club, Star sacks 500 workers, ASX opens flat

  18-04-2023 23:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Star Entertainment is sacking 500 workers as business conditions worsen at its casinos, while the Australian share market has begun its day practically flat after a lacklustre session on Wall Street, weighed down by disappointing quarterly results from the likes of Netflix, Johnson & Johnson and Goldman Sachs.
  
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• Live: Woodside boss blasts 'extremists' with 'deep pockets' for stopping gas projects, ASX flat

  18-04-2023 23:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Woodside Energy boss Meg O'Neill has used a speech at the National Press Club to criticise extremists for stopping gas projects, while the Australian share market trades flat after a lacklustre session on Wall Street overnight. Follow live.
  
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• Live: ASX to open flat, Netflix delays password-sharing crackdown

  18-04-2023 23:59 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market is likely to start its day flat after a lacklustre session on Wall Street, weighed down by disappointing quarterly results from the likes of Netflix, Johnson & Johnson and Goldman Sachs.
  
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• Live: ASX opens flat, Star sacks 500 workers, Netflix delays password-sharing crackdown

  18-04-2023 23:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Star Entertainment is sacking 500 workers as business conditions worsen at its casinos, while the Australian share market has begun its day practically flat after a lacklustre session on Wall Street, weighed down by disappointing quarterly results from the likes of Netflix, Johnson & Johnson and Goldman Sachs.
  
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• Live: ASX opens flat, Netflix delays password-sharing crackdown

  18-04-2023 23:59 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market has begun its day practically flat after a lacklustre session on Wall Street, weighed down by disappointing quarterly results from the likes of Netflix, Johnson & Johnson and Goldman Sachs.
  
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• Live: Labor set to release electric vehicle policy

  18-04-2023 23:47 via abc.net.au
  
  Climate change and energy minister Chris Bowen is set to introduce Australia's long-awaited electric vehicle policy. Follow live. 
  
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• NT government finalises key Beetaloo Basin study ahead of final fracking decision

  18-04-2023 22:44 via abc.net.au
  
  The Northern Territory government has publicly released the findings of a critical, three-year study into fracking in the Beetaloo sub-basin, finding no new risks associated with the development of an onshore gas industry.
  
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• 'No new risks': NT government finalises key Beetaloo Basin study ahead of final fracking decision

  18-04-2023 22:44 via abc.net.au
  
  The Northern Territory government has publicly released the findings of a critical, three-year study into fracking in the Beetaloo sub-basin, finding no new risks associated with the development of an onshore gas industry.
  
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• Online betting agencies 'tuning and targeting' young punters as problem gambling rises

  18-04-2023 22:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Sports betting agencies spent more than $287 million advertising their products in Australia in 2021 and researchers say it's creating a new generation of problem gamblers.
  
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• 'All my mates gamble': Online sports betting is changing the way young people watch sport

  18-04-2023 22:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Sports betting agencies spent more than $287 million advertising their products in Australia in 2021 and researchers say it's creating a new generation of problem gamblers.
  
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• Visitors swarm into Exmouth to stake out prime viewing spots for tomorrow's total solar eclipse

  18-04-2023 22:12 via abc.net.au
  
  One of the best land-based places on the planet to witness the celestial spectacle is humming with excitement as tourists pour in after years of planning.
  
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• Exmouth's time to shine as visitors swarm to best spot in Australia to witness solar eclipse

  18-04-2023 22:12 via abc.net.au
  
  One of the best land-based places on the planet to witness the celestial spectacle is humming with excitement as tourists pour in after years of planning.
  
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• Australia's energy transition will cost 'trillions' and still needs a gas safety net, top universities say

  18-04-2023 21:46 via abc.net.au
  
  A landmark report modelling Australia's pathway to carbon neutrality by 2050 finds the country's biggest power grid will need to triple in size within eight years.
  
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• Australia's energy transition will cost 'trillions' and still needs a gas safety net: study

  18-04-2023 21:46 via abc.net.au
  
  A landmark report modelling Australia's pathway to carbon neutrality by 2050 finds the country's biggest power grid will need to triple in size within eight years.
  
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• These are the areas that will get the least out of planned multi-billion-dollar tax cuts

  18-04-2023 21:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Country Australians will benefit the least from the stage 3 tax cuts, a new analysis based on tax data shows.
  
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• Australia's 20 richest electorates will soon pay $4.8bn less in tax. So why will country Australians miss out?

  18-04-2023 21:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Country Australians will benefit the least from the stage 3 tax cuts, a new analysis based on tax data shows.
  
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• David signed up for funeral insurance in 2001. He didn't realise he would have to pay 'until you die'

  18-04-2023 21:02 via abc.net.au
  
  David has terminal cancer. Before he dies he wants regulators to stop funeral insurers 'ripping people off.'
  
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• After paying $43 a fortnight for years, David thought his funeral was sorted. Then he found out what he had paid for

  18-04-2023 21:02 via abc.net.au
  
  David has terminal cancer. Before he dies he wants regulators to stop funeral insurers 'ripping people off.'
  
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• Committee tasked with investigating JobSeeker rate urges 'substantial' rise ahead of federal budget

  18-04-2023 10:18 via abc.net.au
  
  A committee brought together by the federal treasurer to investigate whether income support payments are adequate has called on the government to lift the JobSeeker rate as a first priority, ahead of next month's federal budget.
  
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• Interstate travellers fed up with lockdowns give Sunshine Coast its busiest year on record

  18-04-2023 10:16 via abc.net.au
  
  New figures reveal the reopening of Queensland's borders at the end of 2021 ushered in the highest number of overnight visitors ever for one of the state's most sought-after tourist destinations.
  
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• 'Be back later': Second member of K-pop's BTS begins mandatory military service

  18-04-2023 09:44 via abc.net.au
  
  More than 10,000 comments from fans wish for 29-year-old J-Hope's safe return as he leaves for his military enlistment ceremony. 
  
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• Woman admits to stealing $50,000 of cosmetic drugs, including Botox, but reason why still a mystery

  18-04-2023 08:59 via abc.net.au
  
  A 35-year-old woman has admitted to breaking into a country town's skin clinic and stealing cosmetic drugs, including Botox, in broad daylight.
  
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• AEMO bails on transmission line meeting as farmers protest 'lemon' project

  18-04-2023 08:51 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian Energy Market Operator has refused to attend an energy infrastructure consultation meeting in western Victoria after hundreds of people arrived to voice their opposition.
  
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• Child's letter survives 10 years in plastic bottle after being dropped in ocean off Victoria's south-west coast

  18-04-2023 05:26 via abc.net.au
  
  A message left in this plastic bottle revealed the packaging had stayed intact after a decade at sea, but it could have lasted 450 years.
  
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• Rubbish collectors in Perth and Mandurah to go on strike from midnight

  18-04-2023 04:17 via abc.net.au
  
  Bins won't be picked up in several local government areas as the union representing garbage collectors takes industrial action over pay and conditions.
  
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• Rubbish collectors in Perth and Bunbury to go on strike from midnight

  18-04-2023 04:17 via abc.net.au
  
  Bins won't be picked up in eight local government areas as the union representing garbage collectors takes industrial action over pay and conditions.
  
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• The RBA's interest rate pause was a close call that could change as early as next month

  18-04-2023 03:49 via abc.net.au
  
  The Reserve Bank reveals its decision to pause its aggressive interest-rate-hiking strategy was a close call, while again warning that more hikes might be needed to tame inflation.
  
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• The RBA paused to give itself time, not as a signal rate rises are definitely over, minutes show

  18-04-2023 03:49 via abc.net.au
  
  The Reserve Bank reveals its decision to pause its aggressive interest-rate-hiking strategy was a close call, while again warning that more hikes might be needed to tame inflation.
  
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• Don't dream rate rises are over, as RBA warns more might be needed — and the RBNZ is showing the way

  18-04-2023 03:49 via abc.net.au
  
  The Reserve Bank reveals its decision to pause its aggressive interest-rate-hiking strategy was a close call, while again warning that more hikes might be needed to tame inflation.
  
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• Satellite outage sends farming systems back to pre-technology days

  18-04-2023 02:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Some farmers around Australia have been forced to use pre-technology systems to spray or plant their crops after a satellite outage disabled their tractor’s GPS systems.
  
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• Farmers forced to take the wheel as satellite outage cuts autosteering

  18-04-2023 02:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Big agricultural businesses that sell GPS-reliant technology are being inundated with calls as farmers around Australia and New Zealand are forced to use rudimentary systems to spray and plant their crops.
  
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• Queensland Rail charged over train crash that killed worker

  18-04-2023 01:56 via abc.net.au
  
  The Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator has filed three charges over the 2021 incident, in which the locomotive hit a parked coal train and killed a man.
  
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• Mine dust falls all over this small community. Now, the government says it 'will consider' monitoring the air quality

  18-04-2023 00:24 via abc.net.au
  
  After years of community concern about dust levels from the world's biggest manganese mine on a remote island, the NT Environment Department says it is now willing to install a monitoring station.
  
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• Mine dust falls all over this small community. Now, the government says it 'will consider' monitoring air quality

  18-04-2023 00:24 via abc.net.au
  
  After years of community concern about dust levels from the world's biggest manganese mine on Groote Eylandt, the NT Environment Department says it is now willing to install a monitoring station.
  
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