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• Tent city grows as rents skyrocket in NSW city once known for affordability

  17-09-2024 23:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Grafton was once known as an affordable place to live. Now, rising rent prices are forcing more people to live in tents and under tarps at a city park.
  
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• Rebecca saved for 10 years to afford her dream home, but living in it has become a nightmare

  17-09-2024 22:56 via abc.net.au
  
  The reality of owning a strata-managed apartment after having saved for it for over a decade has been nothing short of a nightmare for single Perth mother and primary school teacher Rebecca Boehm.
  
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• Rebecca doesn't share a garden, yet she was billed for a gardener. It's just one of her many strata dramas

  17-09-2024 22:56 via abc.net.au
  
  The reality of owning a strata-managed apartment after having saved for it for over a decade has been nothing short of a nightmare for single Perth mother and primary school teacher Rebecca Boehm.
  
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• Female worker asked to fix bar's 'frat-boy' culture after reporting alleged assaults by manager

  17-09-2024 22:41 via abc.net.au
  
  Holly still has scars on her back from an alleged assault by her manager at a Sydney Bar owned by Swillhouse. When she reported it, she was horrified by the response.
  
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• Border Force officers seize hundreds of bullets, firearm parts at Gold Coast Airport

  17-09-2024 21:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Airline staff tipped off Australian Border Force officers that a man was acting suspiciously while checking in for his flight home to New Zealand, leading them to search his luggage.
  
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• Water scientists concerned PFAS 'knowledge gap' in drinking water supplies may be putting people at risk

  17-09-2024 21:51 via abc.net.au
  
  The ABC can reveal that the state's health authority is now offering local councils help to test for PFAS in drinking water supplies, as scientists flag there is a knowledge gap in the size and spread of "forever chemicals" across the state.
  
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• NSW Health steps in to help local councils test for 'forever chemicals' in state's water supplies

  17-09-2024 21:51 via abc.net.au
  
  The ABC can reveal that the state's health authority is now offering local councils help to test for PFAS in drinking water supplies, as scientists flag there is a knowledge gap in the size and spread of "forever chemicals" across the state.
  
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• Grand country cinema saved from ruin by Australia's largest independent theatre chain

  17-09-2024 21:51 via abc.net.au
  
  The near-century-old Regent Cinemas in Ballarat are purchased for an undisclosed sum by a popular chain, which is set to bring film festivals, upmarket movies and big blockbusters to town.
  
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• Grand country cinema saved by Australia's largest independent theatre chain

  17-09-2024 21:51 via abc.net.au
  
  The near-century-old Regent Cinemas in Ballarat are purchased for an undisclosed sum by a popular chain, which is set to bring film festivals, upmarket movies and big blockbusters to town.
  
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• Experts say public and privately-owned e-scooters are 'like two different modes of transport' but education is key to improving safety

  17-09-2024 21:41 via abc.net.au
  
  States and territories across the country have different approaches when it comes to where e-scooters can be ridden, but there is still no clear picture on the safety of the devices.
  
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• Brisbane is leading the way in the use of e-scooters, but in other parts of the country they're still illegal

  17-09-2024 21:41 via abc.net.au
  
  States and territories across the country have different approaches when it comes to where e-scooters can be ridden, but there is still no clear picture on the safety of the devices.
  
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• Why the price of unleaded petrol will keep falling in the coming weeks

  17-09-2024 21:17 via abc.net.au
  
  Motorists can expect further reprieve at the petrol bowser with analysts predicting continued falls in the price of oil. But economists say while falling prices are good for consumers, it won't lower underlying inflation as far as the Reserve Bank wants it to, meaning interest rate cuts are still unlikely until next year. 
  
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• The price you pay for petrol is set to fall even further in coming weeks

  17-09-2024 21:17 via abc.net.au
  
  Motorists can expect further reprieve at the petrol bowser with analysts predicting continued falls in the price of oil. But economists say while falling prices are good for consumers, it won't lower underlying inflation as far as the Reserve Bank wants it to, meaning interest rate cuts are still unlikely until next year. 
  
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• Fuel prices to keep falling in coming weeks as Chinese demand for oil reduces

  17-09-2024 21:17 via abc.net.au
  
  Motorists can expect further reprieve at the petrol bowser with analysts predicting continued falls in the price of oil. But economists say while falling prices are good for consumers, it won't lower underlying inflation as far as the Reserve Bank wants it to, meaning interest rate cuts are still unlikely until next year. 
  
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• We could be sitting on an unemployment time bomb, economists warn

  17-09-2024 21:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Economists are warning unemployment rates could go through the roof if "labour hoarding" is proven among Australian firms.
  
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• Who you'll probably marry, based on your job

  17-09-2024 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  We've crunched the numbers for more than 43,000 job combinations and 2.8 million couples (including 31,600 same-sex couples). Turns out it's not just lawyers, doctors or teachers who stick to their own when it comes to love. 
  
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• Labor's housing policy was likely to be voted down — until they couldn't bring on the vote

  17-09-2024 20:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Labor senators accuse the Coalition and Greens of using "procedural tricks" to avoid being forced to formally record their opposition to the Help to Buy initiative. 
  
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• Fake kitchen stone to be stopped at border from January 1

  17-09-2024 20:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia is the first country to prohibit fake stone, as the final step in a national crackdown on the deadly dust disease silicosis.
  
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• Sydney train commuters to face possible delays as rail workers strike

  17-09-2024 12:46 via abc.net.au
  
  There could be interruptions to train services and a delay of the Sydney Metro rollout as industrial action from the Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) begins on Wednesday.
  
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• ABC news director says increasingly 'toxic media environment' erodes public perception of journalism

  17-09-2024 11:34 via abc.net.au
  
  ABC news director Justin Steven says Australia needs a media sector "at the top of its collective game" as he calls out media infighting that could erode "public perception of all news and journalism". 
  
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• Productivity Commission welcomes additional scrutiny of Future Made in Australia projects

  17-09-2024 11:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Productivity Commission chair Danielle Wood says she welcomes concessions made by the Albanese government to put clearer scrutiny of proposals for industry assistance into its Future Made in Australia legislation.
  
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• Bluesfest says government lifeline for festivals 'not the sort of investment we need'

  17-09-2024 09:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Music festivals in NSW are being offered a financial assistance as the state government scrambles to save the industry from extinction, but the director of Bluesfest says it may not be enough.
  
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• Government expecting investment into critical minerals and clean energy after trade pact with UAE

  17-09-2024 08:19 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government is predicting a flood of new investment into Australia's critical mineral and clean energy sectors after sealing a free trade pact with the United Arab Emirates.
  
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• Consumers need 'early warning system' on businesses behaving badly, report finds

  17-09-2024 07:55 via abc.net.au
  
  State consumer protection agencies should provide more data about business complaints to help potential customers decide where to spend their money, advocates suggest.
  
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• Europe doing better at creating 15-minute cities than Australia, research finds

  17-09-2024 06:33 via abc.net.au
  
  Few cities in the world could be classified as a 15-minute city, according to new international research.
  
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• Former Gold Coast mayoral candidate and her daughter homeless as rental stress grows

  17-09-2024 01:34 via abc.net.au
  
  Former Gold Coast mayoral candidate Virginia Freebody is living in crisis accommodation with her daughter after forgetting to re-sign her lease while grieving her husband's death.
  
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• Why farm-to-table meat could soon be harder to come by in parts of WA

  17-09-2024 00:59 via abc.net.au
  
  One of Western Australia's largest butchers tells farmers it will no longer process their meat, effectively freezing some out of the state's farm-to-plate market. 
  
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• Changes to how meat is butchered in WA could see supermarkets tighten grip on meat prices

  17-09-2024 00:59 via abc.net.au
  
  One of Western Australia's largest butchers tells farmers it will no longer process their meat, effectively freezing some out of the state's farm-to-plate market. 
  
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