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• Inside the PayID scam that's netted at least $260,000 from Australians online

  22-08-2023 23:27 via abc.net.au
  
  All you wanted was to sell your sofa online. So why are so many "buyers" suddenly insisting on using your PayID? Cassandra Cross explains how you can avoid falling prey to the latest scam.
  
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• Woolworths reports $1.62b profit on food inflation, ASX and Australian dollar driven higher by iron ore prices — as it happened

  22-08-2023 23:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Grocery giant Woolworths says high inflation has seen its annual profit rise to $1.62 billion, and warns food inflation is set to continue. The ASX and Australian dollar gain thanks to stronger commodity prices. 
  
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• Live: Woolworths to report annual profit, US stocks mixed as interest rate fears weigh on sentiment

  22-08-2023 23:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Grocery giant Woolworths is set to report its annual earnings, and Wall Street ends mixed as investors worry the US central bank will keep interest rates higher for longer. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• Live: Woolworths reports annual profit, US stocks mixed as interest rate fears weigh on sentiment

  22-08-2023 23:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Grocery giant Woolworths reports its annual earnings, and Wall Street ends mixed as investors worry the US central bank will keep interest rates higher for longer. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• Live: Woolworths reports $1.62b profit on higher prices, ASX and Australian dollar driven higher by iron ore prices

  22-08-2023 23:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Grocery giant Woolworths says high inflation has seen its annual profit rise to $1.62 billion, and warns food inflation is set to continue. The ASX and Australian dollar gain thanks to stronger commodity prices. 
  
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• Live: Woolworths reports $1.62 billion profit, US stocks mixed as interest rate fears weigh on sentiment, ASX opens flat

  22-08-2023 23:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Grocery giant Woolworths reports its annual earnings, and Wall Street ends mixed as investors worry the US central bank will keep interest rates higher for longer. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• Staff shortages forcing more Queensland hospitals into birthing bypass as midwives protest 'dangerous' workloads

  22-08-2023 22:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Hundreds of pages of documents released under right-to-information laws reveal a number of rural Queensland hospitals suspended birthing services, sometimes for several days.
  
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• Internal documents reveal more Queensland hospitals suspended birthing services

  22-08-2023 22:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Hundreds of pages of documents released under right-to-information laws reveal a number of rural Queensland hospitals suspended birthing services, sometimes for several days.
  
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• Range anxiety should no longer be a problem — so why aren't more people buying EVs in the regions?

  22-08-2023 21:44 via abc.net.au
  
  One regional electric vehicle owner says it takes "planning" to reduce range anxiety, while another isn't quite ready to make the long-distance leap.
  
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• Fresh debate surrounding banning gas in new Sydney buildings — what does this mean for you?

  22-08-2023 21:27 via abc.net.au
  
  City of Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore says the ban will help address global warming, but the premier has previously ruled out a statewide ban on gas in new homes.
  
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• Australia's transition to a cashless society is underway — but not everyone wins when we get rid of cash

  22-08-2023 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Phasing out cash has serious implications for privacy, safety and financial exclusion among marginalised communities.
  
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• Stan Grant leaves ABC for position with Monash University

  22-08-2023 08:02 via abc.net.au
  
  The veteran journalist will be taking up a new position with Monash University to lead a conversation "about how media can foster a more constructive and kinder discourse".
  
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• Stan Grant leaves ABC following storm of online racial abuse

  22-08-2023 08:02 via abc.net.au
  
  The ABC has announced that the veteran journalist will be taking up a new position with Monash University to lead a conversation "about how media can foster a more constructive and kinder discourse".
  
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• Stan Grant leaves ABC after being subjected to 'relentless' racial abuse

  22-08-2023 08:02 via abc.net.au
  
  The ABC has announced that the veteran journalist will be taking up a new position with Monash University to lead a conversation "about how media can foster a more constructive and kinder discourse".
  
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• Hobart bus operator looks to permanently cut services amid 'extreme' cancellations, union says

  22-08-2023 06:48 via abc.net.au
  
  More than 150 daily bus services in Hobart could be slashed as public transport company Metro Tasmania continues to be plagued by cancellations, a union warns.
  
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• Australian MPs preparing for trip to Taiwan, with visit to be closely watched by Beijing

  22-08-2023 05:16 via abc.net.au
  
  Ten Australian MPs are set to arrive in Taiwan late next month as part of a cross-party delegation for talks expected to largely focus on trade, with Beijing keeping a close eye on the visit.
  
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• WA community faces 'scary' future as last remaining bank, 24-hour ATM leaves town

  22-08-2023 05:07 via abc.net.au
  
  The town of Waroona on WA's South West Highway, the commercial centre of a sprawling shire of 835 square kilometres, will soon be left with no bricks-and-mortar bank, nor 24-hour cash machine, with NAB set to close its branch in November.
  
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• Market research mystery for farmers cold called about controversial transmission line

  22-08-2023 04:35 via abc.net.au
  
  A Victorian farmer says someone purporting to be doing market research for the federal government seemed to be trying to elicit positive response about the VNI West transmission line.
  
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