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• Nic has thousands of views online, but he's only ever performed in his hometown once

  20-08-2024 22:56 via abc.net.au
  
  Despite finding an online audience, the Mount Gambier rapper says finding somewhere to play live in regional South Australia has been a battle. He hopes new local music initiatives will change that.
  
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• When flight cancellations derailed Jo and Ellie's long-awaited Bali holiday, they thought it was a scam

  20-08-2024 22:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Just two months after its inaugural flight landed, Batik Air has reduced the number of direct flights from Canberra to Denpasar in Bali from three-a-week to two.
  
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• 'We thought it was a scam': Batik Air cuts back Canberra-to-Bali flights, leaving travellers in the lurch

  20-08-2024 22:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Just two months after its inaugural flight landed, Batik Air has reduced the number of direct flights from Canberra to Denpasar in Bali from three-a-week to two.
  
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• Why a 'large volume of steel' is leaving China and flooding markets in Australia and overseas

  20-08-2024 22:24 via abc.net.au
  
  A prolonged downturn in China's property market will have significant flow-on effects for the Australian government's finances and the local steel industry, economists warn.
  
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• How a prolonged downturn in China's property market will have significant flow-on effects for Australia

  20-08-2024 22:24 via abc.net.au
  
  A prolonged downturn in China's property market will have significant flow-on effects for the Australian government's finances and the local steel industry, economists warn.
  
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• BlueScope Steel warns a 'large volume of steel' is leaving China and flooding markets in Australia and overseas

  20-08-2024 22:24 via abc.net.au
  
  A prolonged downturn in China's property market will have significant flow-on effects for the Australian government's finances and the local steel industry, economists warn.
  
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• First home buyers left in the lurch after building company collapse finally moving in

  20-08-2024 22:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Edward Gilmore hoped to be living in his new home by the time his first-born child was ready to take his first steps. Four years after he signed the contract – and with an extra child now in tow – his family are finally moving in.
  
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• Despite multiple supermarket inquiries, Australians are struggling to keep pace with prices

  20-08-2024 21:35 via abc.net.au
  
  National and state-based committees have been tasked with looking into supermarket prices across the country. But with costs continuing to outweigh inflation, whether they'll have an impact remains to be seen.
  
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• Tasmanian salmon industry takes their case for continued farming in Macquarie Harbour to Canberra

  20-08-2024 21:27 via abc.net.au
  
  As the decision on whether to restrict salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour comes to a head, a delegation of Tasmanian salmon industry representatives fly to Canberra to plead their case.
  
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• Salmon workers to meet PM amid claims Macquarie Harbour industry 'teetering on the unknown'

  20-08-2024 21:27 via abc.net.au
  
  As the decision on whether to restrict salmon farming in Tasmania's Macquarie Harbour to save the endangered Maugean skate comes to a head, a delegation of salmon industry representatives have flown to Canberra to plead their case.
  
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• Salmon industry takes Macquarie Harbour case to Canberra, in face of advice to lift Maugean skate listing to critically endangered

  20-08-2024 21:27 via abc.net.au
  
  As the decision on whether to restrict salmon farming in Tasmania's Macquarie Harbour to save the endangered Maugean skate comes to a head, a delegation of salmon industry representatives have flown to Canberra to plead their case.
  
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• Why are cases of legionnaires' disease growing in Australia?

  20-08-2024 21:21 via abc.net.au
  
  Over the last three decades, legionnaires' disease has grown in Australia, particularly in NSW where cases have increased by over 600 per cent. Scientists aren't certain why, but they have theories.
  
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• Waste-to-energy may be controversial, but five big Victorian projects are underway. How does it work?

  20-08-2024 21:12 via abc.net.au
  
  For decades, Victorians burned their rubbish in backyard incinerators. It's now back in vogue, with five waste-to-energy facilities under development across the state.
  
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• Why online retailers in Australia are now charging for order returns

  20-08-2024 21:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Plus-sized lingerie website Curvy is one of many online retailers pulling back on delivery incentives, with data showing fewer businesses are offering free shipping compared to six years ago.
  
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• The age of free returns is over as online retailers recoup more delivery costs

  20-08-2024 21:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Plus-sized lingerie website Curvy is one of many online retailers pulling back on delivery incentives, with data showing fewer businesses are offering free shipping compared to six years ago.
  
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• Historic mining city votes against introducing unrestricted trading hours

  20-08-2024 09:25 via abc.net.au
  
  City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder councillors vote against the introduction of unrestricted trading hours but agree to extend retail hours.
  
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• Bus driver charged over triple-fatal Bruce Highway crash

  20-08-2024 08:26 via abc.net.au
  
  A 52-year-old bus driver from Townsville is charged with five counts of dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death or grievous bodily harm over a crash that killed three people on the Bruce Highway in June.
  
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• New report finds bank scam victims bear the burden 96 per cent of time

  20-08-2024 08:22 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian Securities and Investment Commission has released a report on how 15 of the country’s banks are responding to an unprecedented increase in scams.
  
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• New report finds bank scam victims bear the burden 96 per cent of the time

  20-08-2024 08:22 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian Securities and Investment Commission has released a report on how 15 of the country’s banks are responding to an unprecedented increase in scams.
  
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• Comedian Eric André alleges he was racially profiled at Melbourne Airport

  20-08-2024 07:55 via abc.net.au
  
  The US comedian posted to social media claiming he was singled out by authorities at the airport due to racial discrimination.
  
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• Whyalla steelworks' blast furnace begins series of shutdowns amid shortage of coking coal

  20-08-2024 02:12 via abc.net.au
  
  The Whyalla steelworks has entered a series of shutdowns of its blast furnace due to an inability to source enough coking coal, according to an email obtained by ABC News.
  
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• Woodside's Scarborough gas project to proceed after conservation group drops lawsuit

  20-08-2024 01:38 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian Conservation Foundation says its case was "unlikely to succeed", calls for legislative change, and apologises to supporters.
  
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• Conservation groups drop lawsuit against Woodside's Scarborough gas project

  20-08-2024 01:38 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian Conservation Foundation says its case was "unlikely to succeed", calls for legislative change, and apologises to supporters.
  
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• Conservation group drops lawsuit against Woodside's Scarborough gas project

  20-08-2024 01:38 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian Conservation Foundation says its case was "unlikely to succeed", calls for legislative change, and apologises to supporters.
  
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• With iron ore prices tumbling faster than expected, should Australia's mining state be worried?

  20-08-2024 00:30 via abc.net.au
  
  China's cooling property market has seen iron ore prices tumble faster than expected this year, and the decline could see $3 billion wiped from the federal budget. How concerned should WA be?
  
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• As the plummeting iron ore price hits hard, there are fears about the 'huge risk' facing Western Australia

  20-08-2024 00:30 via abc.net.au
  
  China's cooling property market has seen iron ore prices tumble faster than expected this year, and the decline could see $3 billion wiped from the federal budget. How concerned should WA be?
  
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• RBA minutes reveal rates decision was a close call, ASX closes higher again — as it happened

  20-08-2024 00:17 via abc.net.au
  
  Minutes from the recent Reserve Bank board meeting show it was a close call to either lift rates or hold rates steady this month, but the RBA chose to keep its powder dry. Catch up on the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News markets blog. 
  
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