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• This happy family snap of one of Australia's most prominent families belies the bitter inheritance battle yet to unfold

  18-08-2023 22:36 via abc.net.au
  
  The portrait of a smiling family captured in 1976 gives little indication of the tensions that would later erupt between the generations — and 40 years later, the feud in the House of Hancock is still firmly in the national spotlight.
  
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• In 1976, Australia's richest family looked to be a happy unit. It's a different story 40 years later

  18-08-2023 22:36 via abc.net.au
  
  The portrait of a smiling family captured in 1976 gives little indication of the tensions that would later erupt between the generations — and 40 years later, the feud in the House of Hancock is still firmly in the national spotlight.
  
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• Happy snap of one of Australia's most prominent families belies bitter inheritance battle yet to unfold

  18-08-2023 22:36 via abc.net.au
  
  The portrait of a smiling family captured in 1976 gives little indication of the tensions that would later erupt between the generations — and 40 years later, the feud in the House of Hancock is still firmly in the national spotlight.
  
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• On the outskirts of Australian cities, families like Kalpana's are losing sleep as home dreams crumble

  18-08-2023 22:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Analysts say the past 18 months have seen Australia's home construction industry weather one of the largest storms in decades. It's left countless families caught up in builder collapses teetering on the financial brink.
  
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• Kalpana is around the corner from what should be her new home. She can't bring herself to drive past

  18-08-2023 22:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Analysts say the past 18 months have seen Australia's home construction industry weather one of the largest storms in decades. It's left countless families caught up in builder collapses teetering on the financial brink.
  
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• All Sarthak wanted was a home for his family. The quest has pushed them to the edge

  18-08-2023 22:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Analysts say the past 18 months have seen Australia's home construction industry weather one of the largest storms in decades. It's left countless families caught up in builder collapses teetering on the financial brink.
  
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• Bee disease with potential to wipe out whole colonies found in Top End honey

  18-08-2023 09:08 via abc.net.au
  
  American foulbrood — a disease deadly to bees — is detected during routine honey testing by a commercial beekeeper in the Northern Territory.
  
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• WA premier says fracking policies won't change as environmental groups push for Kimberley ban

  18-08-2023 05:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Roger Cook says the government's position strikes the right balance between development, environmental protection, and landowner rights, but Kimberley campaign groups say the fight for a complete ban will continue.
  
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• WA premier doubles down on Kimberley fracking position as environmental groups call for change

  18-08-2023 05:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Roger Cook says the government's position strikes the right balance between development, environmental protection, and landowner rights, but Kimberley campaign groups say the fight for a complete ban will continue.
  
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• Mining town facing demolition may be saved by 11th-hour government intervention

  18-08-2023 04:17 via abc.net.au
  
  The future of a Queensland mining community that was on the brink of collapse has been guaranteed after the state government announced new legislation to save the town.
  
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• Railcar manufacturing was the heart of this Perth community for 100 years. After three decades, it's back

  18-08-2023 03:34 via abc.net.au
  
  For 100 years, trains were built in the old railway workshops in Midland. After a 30-year hiatus, the industry is back with a modern twist.
  
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• We're told 1.2 million new homes are coming — but that's too late for Annabelle

  18-08-2023 03:32 via abc.net.au
  
  More than 170,000 people across Australia are on the housing waitlist, including people like Annabelle, who faces living out of a car with her cat in a few weeks.
  
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• Annabelle is uni-educated, stylish and from a corporate background. She's also homeless

  18-08-2023 03:32 via abc.net.au
  
  More than 170,000 people across Australia are on the housing waitlist, including people like Annabelle, who faces living out of a car with her cat in a few weeks.
  
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• Annabelle is uni-educated and has an impressive corporate background. She's also homeless — at the age of 54

  18-08-2023 03:32 via abc.net.au
  
  More than 170,000 people across Australia are on the housing waitlist, including people like Annabelle, who faces living out of a car with her cat in a few weeks.
  
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• Annabelle is uni-educated and has an impressive corporate background. She's also homeless at the age of 54

  18-08-2023 03:32 via abc.net.au
  
  More than 170,000 people across Australia are on the housing waitlist, including people like Annabelle, who faces living out of a car with her cat in a few weeks.
  
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• Why these South Australians want to give pubs without pokies a 'red hot go' in favour of families

  18-08-2023 03:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Two famous country pubs near Mount Gambier are set to reopen ahead of summer, with both new operators planning to remove the venues' poker machines to make them more family-friendly.
  
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• Depp v Heard: Jurors told to stay away from social media, but social media was its own courtroom

  18-08-2023 02:17 via abc.net.au
  
  A new Netflix documentary examines the social media reaction to the 2022 Depp v Heard court case when actor Johnny Depp sued his ex-wife Amber Heard for defamation and Heard launched a counter-suit.
  
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• How 'bin chickens' help a school with 352 students keep waste down to just one red bin a week

  18-08-2023 01:00 via abc.net.au
  
  St Peter's Catholic Primary School in Rockhampton is waging its very own "war on waste" — and it began with an overhaul of the school recycling system.
  
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• How a school with 352 students went from filling seven red bins a week to just one

  18-08-2023 01:00 via abc.net.au
  
  St Peter's Catholic Primary School in Rockhampton is waging its very own "war on waste" — and it began with an overhaul of the school recycling system.
  
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