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• Live: Wall Street up, ASX set to follow ahead of RBA rate detail release

  05-07-2023 23:57 via abc.net.au
  
  All three key Wall Street indices ended up as the Australian market awaits the release of the detailed reasoning behind the RBA pausing its rate hike cycle. Follow live.
  
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• Live: ASX slides as Magellan Financial and miners tumble, Federal Reserve says high interest rates here to stay

  05-07-2023 23:57 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market is trading lower, defying gains on all three Wall Street indices overnight, while the Federal Reserve says interest rates will remain higher for longer. Follow live.
  
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• Live: ASX opens sharply lower ahead of RBA detailing reasons for rate pause, Wall Street higher

  05-07-2023 23:57 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market has opened sharply lower, defying gains on all three Wall Street indices overnight, while investors await the release of the detailed reasoning behind the RBA pausing its rate hike cycle. Follow live.
  
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• ASX falls to lowest level in over a week after mining stocks drop, Federal Reserve says high interest rates here to stay — as it happened

  05-07-2023 23:57 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market has fallen to its lowest level in over a week, led by drops in mining stocks. It comes after the US Federal Reserve confirmed interest rates will remain higher for longer.
  
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• The house that Jack built fulfilled his green, eco-friendly dreams

  05-07-2023 22:49 via abc.net.au
  
  From buying old houses for a song on eBay to growing them in your backyard, renewable housing advocates say Australia's housing market is in the middle of a "green boom".
  
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• Victorian government rejected credit card tap-on technology trial for myki, documents show

  05-07-2023 22:14 via abc.net.au
  
  Victorian commuters could already be using their credit cards to tap on to Melbourne's public transport network, but the Andrews government rejected a trial of the technology two years ago, documents obtained by the ABC show.
  
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• Documents reveal Victorian government rejected myki credit card tap-on trial

  05-07-2023 22:14 via abc.net.au
  
  Victorian commuters could already be using their credit cards to tap on to Melbourne's public transport network, but the Andrews government rejected a trial of the technology two years ago, documents obtained by the ABC show.
  
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• New support available to landholders as Queensland wind and solar continue exponential growth

  05-07-2023 22:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Over the next decade, renewable projects in Queensland are set to generate enough new energy to power about 6.6 million homes. But what does this mean for the communities that will host this infrastructure?
  
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• Electric vehicle roadside call-outs on the rise as industry irons out response to user uptick

  05-07-2023 21:37 via abc.net.au
  
  With more electric vehicles entering the market the number of call outs for assistance is increasing, but what hazards are there for roadside patrol crews and first responders? 
  
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• 'It can happen to anybody, it can happen swiftly': Unemployed at 61 and struggling to survive

  05-07-2023 21:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Jacqueline Bradley has worked all her life but found herself unemployed at 61. She's applied for dozens of suitable jobs but says the constant rejection makes it difficult to keep going. 
  
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• At 61, Jacqueline can't find work. She doesn't eat until midday

  05-07-2023 21:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Jacqueline Bradley has worked all her life but found herself unemployed at 61. She's applied for dozens of suitable jobs but says the constant rejection makes it difficult to keep going. 
  
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• At 61, Jacqueline can't find work. She doesn't eat till midday

  05-07-2023 21:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Jacqueline Bradley has worked all her life but found herself unemployed at 61. She's applied for dozens of suitable jobs but says the constant rejection makes it difficult to keep going. 
  
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• Plug-in hybrids are being left in the dust as battery EV sales surge ahead

  05-07-2023 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The latest sales figures suggest the age of the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle that can charge from a power point and fill up at the service station appears to be drawing to an end, at least in Australia.
  
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• A decade ago, plug-in hybrids dominated EV sales. Now they only make up 6 pc. What happened?

  05-07-2023 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The latest sales figures suggest the age of the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle that can charge from a power point and fill up at the service station appears to be drawing to an end, at least in Australia.
  
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• 'It's soul destroying': Angela rents in the most affordable capital city, but one more increase will make her homeless

  05-07-2023 16:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Data from CoreLogic shows rental prices have continued to climb as the market battles chronic housing shortages and rising demand for housing. But despite an increase in the rental vacancy rate, rents are expected to keep rising.
  
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• 'I don't go to the doctor anymore': Angela rents in the most affordable capital city, but one more increase will make her homeless

  05-07-2023 16:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Data from CoreLogic shows rental prices have continued to climb as the market battles chronic housing shortages and rising demand for housing. But despite an increase in the rental vacancy rate, rents are expected to keep rising.
  
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• WA's largest pork producer 'shocked' by mass pig deaths on supplier's farm

  05-07-2023 08:56 via abc.net.au
  
  Linley Valley Pork says it is deeply concerned by animal welfare issues on the property, where hundreds of pigs have died in recent days.
  
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• Nine secures minor win in bid to recover legal costs from Ben Roberts-Smith's backers

  05-07-2023 08:14 via abc.net.au
  
  Legal invoices issued to Seven Network and Kerry Stokes' private company are among documents Nine Entertainment has won access to in the Federal Court.
  
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• Mining company gets 'slap on the wrist' for taking 500 Olympic pools' worth of water without licence

  05-07-2023 05:07 via abc.net.au
  
  Boggabri Coal mine on the Liverpool Plains in NSW will be forced to improve its water monitoring after breaching its licence conditions, but environmentalists and nearby farmers say the penalty doesn't go far enough.
  
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• Sophie moved from Kew to Moe in search of a meaningful job and she hasn't looked back

  05-07-2023 01:22 via abc.net.au
  
  The Regional Australia Institute has found plenty of metropolitan workers could be persuaded to take a job in the regions as cost-of-living pressures bite, something Sophie Brunton has already done.
  
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• How the striking beauty of SA's Riverland helped inspire Netflix thriller Run Rabbit Run

  05-07-2023 00:12 via abc.net.au
  
  South Australia's Hannah Kent is known globally for her novels. But when she began writing the script for Run Rabbit Run starring Sarah Snook, the landscape of Waikerie in her home state spoke to her.
  
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