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• Fracking contractors fear for their health, alleging company told them to spray contaminated water

  23-08-2023 23:56 via abc.net.au
  
  Workers allege they were told to keep spraying contaminated drill rig water around a gas fracking site in the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin for up to five days, despite gas company Tamboran knowing the fluid was contaminated.
  
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• Why school tuckshops are thriving despite the cost-of-living crunch for parents

  23-08-2023 23:49 via abc.net.au
  
  For just $5, students and staff can get a decent lunch at Raelene Akers' school, and it sees hundreds of tuckshop orders roll in some days despite cost-of-living-pressures.
  
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• Why school canteens are thriving despite the cost-of-living crunch for parents

  23-08-2023 23:49 via abc.net.au
  
  For just $5, students and staff can get a decent lunch at Raelene Akers' school, and it sees hundreds of tuckshop orders roll in some days despite cost-of-living-pressures.
  
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• The HECS/HELP debt repayment threshold has changed. Here's what that means

  23-08-2023 23:31 via abc.net.au
  
  The 2023-24 financial year threshold has been raised, which means some who made compulsory payments in 2022-23 won't have to this year. 
  
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• Brett Lee, avocados, and India: Could this trade deal prevent a future 'avoglut'?

  23-08-2023 23:22 via abc.net.au
  
  It's not the first time Aussies have put all their hopes on Brett Lee, but this time it's avocado growers hoping to get a taste of his consistency in India. 
  
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• 'Ongoing dissatisfaction': Expansion of the group called BRICS could mean a tilt in world power

  23-08-2023 22:59 via abc.net.au
  
  This year's BRICS summit has kicked off in Johannesburg, South Africa, where world leaders are expected to discuss adding new members to the group. What is BRICS and why do countries want to join?
  
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• Bricks? No, BRICS: The rising economic bloc hoping to rebalance world power

  23-08-2023 22:59 via abc.net.au
  
  This year's BRICS summit has kicked off in Johannesburg, South Africa, where world leaders are expected to discuss adding new members to the group. What is BRICS and why do countries want to join?
  
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• 'Someone is making a dollar': Farmers shoot sheep rather than take them to market at a loss

  23-08-2023 21:51 via abc.net.au
  
  Consumers continue to pay high prices for meat while farmers say the prices they are getting are not worth sending their livestock to market.
  
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• Six NZ friends built a new type of home. Are there lessons for Australians?

  23-08-2023 20:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Like Australia, New Zealand has been battling a housing supply problem. One group of friends came up with their own solution. 
  
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• Six friends pooled their money for the home of their dreams. It almost wasn’t enough

  23-08-2023 20:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Like Australia, New Zealand has been battling a housing supply problem. One group of friends came up with their own solution. 
  
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• Why isn’t the government 'rolling out the red carpet' for airlines who want more flights into Australia?

  23-08-2023 12:34 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia has struggled to attract tourists since the pandemic, but a recent decision by the Australian government blocked a request by Qatar Airways to fly more planes into the country.
  
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• David Anderson reappointed as ABC managing director for a further five years

  23-08-2023 12:33 via abc.net.au
  
  In a statement, the broadcaster has confirmed his reappointment "to end speculation" about his tenure.
  
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• David Anderson has been reappointed as ABC managing director for a further five years

  23-08-2023 12:33 via abc.net.au
  
  In a statement, the broadcaster has confirmed his reappointment "to end speculation" about his tenure.
  
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• Legislation introduced in hope of saving Queensland mining town

  23-08-2023 10:50 via abc.net.au
  
  The Queensland government has introduced legislation designed to safeguard the future of Glenden, a small, privately-owned town built for mine workers.
  
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• Former Salvos volunteers turning to charities for help as cost-of-living increases bite

  23-08-2023 09:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Families are lining up to receive food at South Australia's 12 Foodbank outlets with rising rents, mortgages and electricity bills leaving some with little money to put food on the table.
  
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• 'Complete disaster' event Fyre Festival is coming back, and tickets are already selling out. So how did we get here?

  23-08-2023 09:05 via abc.net.au
  
  Fyre Festival was synonymous with disaster when the event spectacularly fell apart in 2017, but the event's co-founder is out of jail and ready to go again. So how did we get here, and why are tickets selling out? 
  
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• CASA to face renewed grilling over supervision of pilot in Broome helicopter crash, Senator warns

  23-08-2023 04:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Senator Dean Smith says the Civil Aviation Safety Authority has questions to answer over its scrutiny of Broome pilot and businessman Troy Thomas.
  
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• Rare river shack sells for $210,000 despite not having running water

  23-08-2023 03:15 via abc.net.au
  
  For the first time in 30 years, one of the historic shacks on the banks of the Glenelg River has sold following hundreds of enquiries.
  
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• How the re-imagining of Mother and Son came about and why there's a remake

  23-08-2023 02:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Ahead of the re-imagining of Mother and Son premiering on ABC TV and ABC iview tonight, its stars and creators open up about how it came to be.
  
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• Hospital power outage fix weeks away, as patients left 'a little pissed off'

  23-08-2023 00:45 via abc.net.au
  
  One patient says he had to hobble down the stairs with a fractured ankle during a power outage at a major Adelaide hospital yesterday, as authorities launch an independent review into the problem.
  
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