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• How this small Victorian town saved its general store, pub and school from closure

  19-08-2024 22:49 via abc.net.au
  
  An 89-year-old matriarch and her family will run the town's general store after it went to auction. The community has rallied to save several local institutions in recent years.
  
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• Why this multi-million-dollar project is optimistic about its future in Central Australia

  19-08-2024 22:43 via abc.net.au
  
  As the major parties make their final pitches ahead of the NT election, both say they can turn around the territory's stagnant economy, record debt and flatlining population growth. But what will it take to achieve that?
  
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• These students have to do 1000 hours of unpaid work but the bills don't stop piling up

  19-08-2024 22:30 via abc.net.au
  
  The mature age physiotherapy student is battling what's known as "placement poverty".
  
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• Bree has a mortgage, a child, bills and 1,000 hours of unpaid work to complete in a year

  19-08-2024 22:30 via abc.net.au
  
  The mature age physiotherapy student is battling what's known as "placement poverty".
  
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• Young Australians being 'bombarded' by 'manipulative' dark marketing campaigns

  19-08-2024 21:47 via abc.net.au
  
  Ads are getting harder to track and regulate online, making it easier for advertisers to sell unregulated and potentially harmful therapeutic goods.
  
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• 'Creepy' dark marketing campaigns targeting young Australians, but source of ads can be hard to track

  19-08-2024 21:47 via abc.net.au
  
  Ads are getting harder to track and regulate online, making it easier for advertisers to sell unregulated and potentially harmful therapeutic goods.
  
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• Leah Ann put her baby on five waitlists before he was even born. A year later, she still has no childcare

  19-08-2024 21:03 via abc.net.au
  
  In Australia, there are more than twice as many children as childcare places, according to a world-first study analysing childcare access down to the street level in nine developed countries.
  
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• Five wait lists. 14 months. Not one day of child care. This is the reality for families like Leah Ann's

  19-08-2024 21:03 via abc.net.au
  
  In Australia, there are more than twice as many children as childcare places, according to a world-first study analysing childcare access down to the street level in nine developed countries.
  
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• Australia’s childcare divide is growing. Is your neighbourhood being left behind?

  19-08-2024 21:03 via abc.net.au
  
  In Australia, there are more than twice as many children as childcare places, according to a world-first study analysing childcare access down to the street level in nine developed countries.
  
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• Australia’s childcare divide is growing. Here are the suburbs getting left behind

  19-08-2024 21:03 via abc.net.au
  
  In Australia, there are more than twice as many children as childcare places, according to a world-first study analysing childcare access down to the street level in nine developed countries.
  
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• In a culture of 'excessive' working, will right to disconnect laws make a difference?

  19-08-2024 20:48 via abc.net.au
  
  New laws come into effect next week that give workers the right to ignore work communications after hours, but they may not be enough to shift Australians' habit of working long hours. 
  
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• Australians will soon have the right to switch off after hours — but it might not shift our 'excessive' work culture

  19-08-2024 20:48 via abc.net.au
  
  New laws come into effect next week that give workers the right to ignore work communications after hours, but they may not be enough to shift Australians' habit of working long hours. 
  
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• 'I acknowledge the seriousness of my actions': Photo emerges of Foxtel CEO performing Nazi salute

  19-08-2024 09:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Foxtel CEO Patrick Delany has initiated a number of meetings with leaders of Australia's Jewish community after a photo of him appearing to perform a Nazi salute were published on Saturday night.
  
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• Foxtel CEO apologises after photo emerges of him performing Nazi salute

  19-08-2024 09:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Foxtel CEO Patrick Delany has initiated a number of meetings with leaders of Australia's Jewish community after a photo of him appearing to perform a Nazi salute were published on Saturday night.
  
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• Lambie Network MP says infrastructure minister's position 'untenable' over ferry fiasco

  19-08-2024 09:47 via abc.net.au
  
  After months of grappling with delays and cost blowouts to the roll-out of new Spirit of Tasmania vessels, the Tasmanian government could have a new political headache that could rattle its minority hold on power.
  
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• Lambie Network MP calls on Tasmania's infrastructure minister to resign over Spirit of Tasmania fiasco

  19-08-2024 09:47 via abc.net.au
  
  After months of grappling with delays and cost blowouts to the roll-out of new Spirit of Tasmania vessels, the Tasmanian government could have a new political headache that could rattle its minority hold on power.
  
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• Pro-Palestine students pack up encampment at Australian National University saying protest 'untenable'

  19-08-2024 09:08 via abc.net.au
  
  A student encampment at the Australian National University disbands after 110 days, after the university's announcement it would no longer invest in "controversial weapons manufacturers" in the long term.
  
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• 'Completely untenable': ANU students disband pro-Palestine encampment after 110 days of protest

  19-08-2024 09:08 via abc.net.au
  
  A student encampment at the Australian National University disbands after 110 days, after the university's announcement it would no longer invest in "controversial weapons manufacturers" in the long term.
  
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• Katy's insurance bill has tripled, with flood risk driving a record price rise

  19-08-2024 07:36 via abc.net.au
  
  More frequent extreme weather events and higher building costs are leading to record high premiums across the country, according to the insurance industry.
   
  
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• Administrators for Rex to axe another 73 jobs at troubled regional airline

  19-08-2024 06:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Administrators for troubled airline Rex will make another 73 roles redundant from its now-defunct capital city business but say the job losses will not impact the company's flights across regional and rural Australia.
  
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• Rebecca Gibney is only the fourth ever woman inducted into the Logies Hall of Fame

  19-08-2024 04:56 via abc.net.au
  
  During her Logies Hall of Fame acceptance speech, Gibney said she looks forward to “many, many more women” joining her in the Logies Hall of Fame in the future.
  
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• Even with Rebecca Gibney’s win, there are still more TV shows than women in the Logies Hall of Fame

  19-08-2024 04:56 via abc.net.au
  
  During her Logies Hall of Fame acceptance speech, Gibney said she looks forward to “many, many more women” joining her in the Logies Hall of Fame in the future.
  
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• Boys Swallows Universe sweeps Logies as streaming TV becomes more popular than free-to-air

  19-08-2024 04:42 via abc.net.au
  
  Streaming platforms' new dominance over free-to-air television loomed large at the Logies as Netflix program Boy Swallows Universe nabbed a swag of awards and Gold Logie winner Larry Emdur revealed his adult children had not watched traditional TV in 15 years.
  
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• Boy Swallows Universe sweeps Logies as streaming TV becomes more popular than free-to-air

  19-08-2024 04:42 via abc.net.au
  
  Streaming platforms' new dominance over free-to-air television loomed large at the Logies as Netflix program Boy Swallows Universe nabbed a swag of awards and Gold Logie winner Larry Emdur revealed his adult children had not watched traditional TV in 15 years.
  
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• Indigenous heritage ruling making proposed gold mine 'not viable' sets 'dangerous precedent', Minerals Council says

  19-08-2024 03:10 via abc.net.au
  
  The environment minister's protection of the headwaters and a section of the Belubula River where the McPhillamys Gold Project mine's tailings dam was to be constructed has been described as a "dangerous precedent" by the Minerals Council.
  
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• Controversial ruling on Indigenous heritage means proposed gold mine 'not viable'

  19-08-2024 03:10 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal environment minister has accepted an application by Wiradjuri elders to protect the headwaters and a section of the Belubula River where the McPhillamys Gold Project mine's tailings dam was to be constructed.
  
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• 'Never seen this number of new people': Free legal service flooded by new clients hit by cost of living crisis

  19-08-2024 02:39 via abc.net.au
  
  As the rising cost of living continues to hit hard, Geraldton-based community legal service Regional Alliance West is being overwhelmed by the number of people seeking assistance. 
  
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• Booktopia to begin trading again after sale to online store digiDirect

  19-08-2024 02:29 via abc.net.au
  
  The administrators of online book retailer Booktopia have confirmed they have secured a buyer for the troubled business.
  
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• Booktopia commences trade again after being bought by online electronics store

  19-08-2024 02:29 via abc.net.au
  
  The administrators of online book retailer Booktopia have confirmed they have secured a buyer for the troubled business.
  
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• Accessing women's health services can be difficult. These specialists are changing that

  19-08-2024 01:30 via abc.net.au
  
  These specialists realised there were gaps in menopause and other women's health issues in regional South Australia. Now people travel to see them.
  
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• Accessing women's health services can be difficult. Meet Renmark's specialists changing that

  19-08-2024 01:30 via abc.net.au
  
  These specialists realised there were gaps in menopause and other women's health issues in regional South Australia. Now people travel to see them.
  
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