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• Sportsbet agrees to do more to prevent money laundering, ASX erases its gains for the month — as it happened

  29-05-2024 23:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Sportsbet agrees to "enforceable undertaking" to improve anti-money laundering regime. The ASX loses more ground as investors digest yesterday's "hot" inflation result. As it happened.
  
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• Live: Sportsbet agrees to do more to prevent money laundering, ASX loses ground

  29-05-2024 23:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Sportsbet agrees to "enforceable undertaking" to improve anti-money laundering regime. Markets continue to digest yesterday's "hot" inflation result. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Market reacts to increased potential of RBA rate hikes

  29-05-2024 23:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Markets continue to digest yesterday's "hot" inflation result, which opens the door for a potential hike in interest rates. Follow live.
  
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• Australian beef exports to China can resume after trade war suspension, minister says

  29-05-2024 23:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Five major Australian beef exporters suspended from exporting meat to China can now resume, Agriculture Minister Murray Watt has confirmed.
  
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• Singapore Airlines turbulence investigation finds sharp drop in altitude caused passenger injuries

  29-05-2024 22:40 via abc.net.au
  
  A 73-year-old man died of a suspected heart attack and dozens were injured after flight SQ321, flying from London to Singapore, encountered sudden, extreme turbulence while flying over Myanmar last week.
  
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• Recycling institution The Green Shed is closing today, but Canberra's circular economy will continue

  29-05-2024 22:39 via abc.net.au
  
  For more than a decade, The Green Shed has been a beloved Canberra institution. It's been home to everything from every shop in the world to items which you'd never find in any shop, ever.
  
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• Recycling institution The Green Shed has closed, but Canberra's circular economy will continue

  29-05-2024 22:39 via abc.net.au
  
  For more than a decade, The Green Shed has been a beloved Canberra institution. It's been home to everything from every shop in the world to items which you'd never find in any shop, ever.
  
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• Suburb hit by vandalism spree, but some victims won't receive a cent from insurers

  29-05-2024 22:25 via abc.net.au
  
  An insurance policy clause means some victims of a vandalism spree won't receive a cent, but others will be fully covered.
  
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• School food program in such demand it's going through about 1,000 loaves a week

  29-05-2024 22:11 via abc.net.au
  
  As the cost-of-living crisis continues to bite, more schools are offering free breakfast and lunch programs to students — and not-for-profit KickStart for Kids says demand for its meals has surged in the past 12 months.
  
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• ‘No food in the house’: Surge in need for school food programs

  29-05-2024 22:11 via abc.net.au
  
  As the cost-of-living crisis continues to bite, more schools are offering free breakfast and lunch programs to students — and not-for-profit KickStart for Kids says demand for its meals has surged in the past 12 months.
  
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• 'I'd rather commit a crime': Indonesian journalists wary of law changes to restrict investigative broadcasts

  29-05-2024 22:05 via abc.net.au
  
  Critics says proposed changes to Indonesia's Broadcasting Law seek to restrict investigative journalism and ensnare journalists, content creators and the public. 
  
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• 'I will continue to break the law': Indonesian journalists prepare for media law changes that may ban investigative work

  29-05-2024 22:05 via abc.net.au
  
  Critics says proposed changes to Indonesia's Broadcasting Law seek to restrict investigative journalism and ensnare journalists, content creators and the public. 
  
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• Your water bottle might be lying to you. Here's how much you really need to drink

  29-05-2024 22:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Is your water bottle etched with words of encouragement, urging you to "keep chugging" because you're "almost there"? What happens if you don't drink up?
  
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• How much water should you drink? Don't trust your water bottle

  29-05-2024 22:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Is your water bottle etched with words of encouragement, urging you to "keep chugging" because you're "almost there"? What happens if you don't drink up?
  
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• They wanted a night out of the cold after sleeping rough. Instead, this couple found a home

  29-05-2024 21:59 via abc.net.au
  
  A family who for months had been homeless were able to land jobs and housing when they checked into a country motel for a night of reprieve. They are seeing more and more people booking rooms as a long-term option.
  
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• Locked out of the rental market, families are turning to motels and caravan parks

  29-05-2024 21:59 via abc.net.au
  
  A family who for months had been sleeping rough were able to land jobs and a home when they checked into a country motel for a night of reprieve from the cold. They are seeing more and more people booking rooms as a long-term option.
  
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• 'Tap and go': The sex worker who fought 'debanking' and got his EFTPOS machine back

  29-05-2024 21:17 via abc.net.au
  
  Sex workers can now fight 'debanking' in some parts of Australia, but others are left hiding their jobs and battling financial discrimination.
  
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• Sex workers are doing FIFO mining work on the side to qualify for a home loan and the industry wants that to change

  29-05-2024 21:17 via abc.net.au
  
  Sex workers can now fight "debanking" in some parts of Australia, but others are left hiding their jobs and battling financial discrimination.
  
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• Mary-Anne might be Australia's most famous madam, but her brothel can't take certain credit card payments

  29-05-2024 21:17 via abc.net.au
  
  Sex workers can now fight "debanking" in some parts of Australia, but others are left hiding their jobs and battling financial discrimination.
  
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• Coles and Woolworths given more time to deal with thousands of tonnes of stranded REDcycle plastic waste

  29-05-2024 21:10 via abc.net.au
  
  The deadline for Coles and Woolworths to deal with thousands of tonnes of soft plastic waste left in the collapse of REDcycle has again been extended, in hopes it can be spared from landfill.
  
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• Coles and Woolworths given more time to deal with stranded REDcycle plastic waste

  29-05-2024 21:10 via abc.net.au
  
  The deadline for Coles and Woolworths to deal with thousands of tonnes of soft plastic waste left in the collapse of REDcycle has again been extended, in hopes it can be spared from landfill.
  
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• Anglo American rejects BHP's last-ditch attempt to continue takeover talks

  29-05-2024 12:09 via abc.net.au
  
  Anglo American has rejected BHP Group's last-ditch request for more time to discuss a $74 billion takeover offer, dismissing it as highly complex and likely ending a five-week pursuit by the bigger rival.
  
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• Australians among 560 million users around the world caught in Ticketmaster hack

  29-05-2024 11:13 via abc.net.au
  
  The personal details of thousands of Australian customers may have been leaked in the alleged data breach. 
  
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• 'A reckless and dangerous act': Police investigate toppling of 4G mobile phone tower

  29-05-2024 10:29 via abc.net.au
  
  For the second time in as many years, a mobile tower in the New South Wales town of Mullumbimby has been toppled in what police suspect was a deliberate act of vandalism.
  
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• Calls for powerline marking programs after light plane crash investigation

  29-05-2024 09:40 via abc.net.au
  
  A report finds it is likely the pilot of a Cessna plane "lost awareness" of a powerline stretching across his property before clipping it and crashing, killing him and his son.
  
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• The $4,000 travelling mistake that left drag superstar Hannah Conda at the 'lowest point in her financial life'

  29-05-2024 08:32 via abc.net.au
  
  It's Pay Day! Australian drag superstar Hannah Conda explains the expensive reality behind the scenes of her glitzy appearances on RuPaul's Drag Race, and the travel mistake that led her to the lowest point in her financial life. 
  
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• Drag queen Hannah Conda spills the tea on touring, travelling, and the true financial cost of performing

  29-05-2024 08:32 via abc.net.au
  
  It's Pay Day! Australian drag superstar Hannah Conda explains the expensive reality behind the scenes of her glitzy appearances on RuPaul's Drag Race, and the travel mistake that led her to the lowest point in her financial life. 
  
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• Tour company, warrior memorial among Qld Reconciliation Awards

  29-05-2024 06:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Increasing numbers of visitors to Far North Queensland are learning about traditional culture on country. The Indigenous guides showing them around say it goes to the meaning of reconciliation.
  
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• Tour company teaching traditional culture on country honoured at Qld Reconciliation Awards

  29-05-2024 06:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Increasing numbers of visitors to Far North Queensland are learning about traditional culture on country. The Indigenous guides showing them around say it goes to the meaning of reconciliation.
  
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• Japan, US among countries to ban Victorian poultry imports due to bird flu

  29-05-2024 05:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Victorian poultry products have been temporarily banned from several countries including Japan and the US.
  
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• SunRice monopoly set to end, Australian growers eye new markets

  29-05-2024 05:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian rice growers have mixed views about the biggest shake-up of the industry in 100 years, but change is on the way.
  
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• Inflation rises slightly in April to 3.6pc but economists say that should ring 'alarm bells' for RBA

  29-05-2024 03:49 via abc.net.au
  
  The annual rate of inflation has ticked up slightly in April to 3.6 per cent, from 3.5 per cent in March, but economists say it's enough to put even more pressure on the Reserve Bank.
  
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• Inflation picks up slightly in April to 3.6 per cent

  29-05-2024 03:49 via abc.net.au
  
  The annual rate of inflation has ticked up slightly in April to 3.6 per cent, from 3.5 per cent in March, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
  
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• Holes discovered in screen put up to block tourists from taking photos of Mount Fuji

  29-05-2024 03:31 via abc.net.au
  
  The town of Fujikawaguchiko put up the screen to stop tourists from crowding around to take photos.
  
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• '100-fold difference in demand': NSW fishery eyes massive Chinese export market

  29-05-2024 01:51 via abc.net.au
  
  A New South Wales aquaculture farm will export tens of thousands of native golden perch fingerlings to China as demand grows for Australian fish.
  
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• Mid-year sales are nothing new, but retailers are counting on them more than usual this time round

  29-05-2024 01:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Whether you shop in-store or online, retailers are ramping up sales to entice us to part with our cash. But, as spending flatlines, discounting doesn't appear to have the same effect it used to, sparking warnings of looming retail collapses.
  
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• If you've noticed almost every retail store is having a sale right now, it's because they are. Here's why

  29-05-2024 01:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Whether you shop in-store or online, retailers are ramping up sales to entice us to part with our cash. But, as spending flatlines, discounting doesn't appear to have the same effect it used to, sparking warnings of looming retail collapses.
  
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