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• ANU to review military investments after pro-Palestine protests

  12-07-2024 23:24 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian National University has acknowledged "changing expectations" around its investments.
  
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• 'Smoke and mirrors': Pilots raise concern over resourcing problem at Australian airports

  12-07-2024 23:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Since the pandemic, aviation services all over Australia have seen a reduction in resources "across the board", which has sparked safety concerns. 
  
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• Pilots raise concern over firefighting resources at Australian airports but airport safety body says all standards are being met

  12-07-2024 23:12 via abc.net.au
  
  A pilots association is claiming aviation services all over Australia have seen a reduction in firefighting resources while Airservices Australia argues it has not reduced rescue firefighting resources.
  
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• Prison is an information black hole. One newspaper hopes to shine a light inside

  12-07-2024 22:43 via abc.net.au
  
  An anonymous column from a former police officer, an investigation into a death in custody and a visual arts gallery feature in the first edition of a national prison newspaper. 
  
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• Behind the screens: Japanese anime creators reveal a billion-dollar industry in crisis

  12-07-2024 22:42 via abc.net.au
  
  Here's what artists and producers involved in the creation of Japan's billion-dollar anime industry say about the reality of living and working behind the scenes.
  
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• Nickel operation closures leave towns in WA's Goldfields facing uncertain future

  12-07-2024 21:56 via abc.net.au
  
  To some, it was no surprise — perhaps it was even inevitable — that BHP would choose to close its WA nickel mines and smelters. But the decision has left people living and working in nearby towns feeling numb.
  
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• Venice's debated tourist fee expected to increase 'in coming years', says tourism councillor

  12-07-2024 16:20 via abc.net.au
  
  A Venetian councillor behind the measure introduced to thin out tourism says the trial run has been successful even though large crowds remain. 
   
  
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• Completing this mothballed 1980s rail line will create a NSW 'mega-region', lobby group says

  12-07-2024 11:10 via abc.net.au
  
  One of the largest unfinished infrastructure projects in New South Wales could turn Wollongong and south-west Sydney into a region "of national significance", according to a new report.
  
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• 'The death knell': BHP mine closures spark worries for mining towns and nickel industry

  12-07-2024 05:01 via abc.net.au
  
  The impact of the closure of BHP's Nickel West operations will be far and wide and "almost signals the end of the Australian nickel industry", a prominent mining analyst says.
  
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• Legal 'breakthrough' sees roles reversed for First Nations fishers forced to prove connection to country

  12-07-2024 02:56 via abc.net.au
  
  A court has reversed the burden of proof in a long-running legal battle over cultural fishing rights between First Nations people and the NSW government.
  
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