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• Minister muddies waters on start date for $14.2b Borumba Pumped Hydro Project

  18-09-2024 23:16 via abc.net.au
  
  The state government has awarded millions of dollars in contracts this week to support the $14.2 billion renewable energy project in Queensland's south-east, but the construction timeline is now unclear.
  
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• The 'vicious cycle' facing young Australians today

  18-09-2024 21:44 via abc.net.au
  
  A recent survey found one in five young people are experiencing financial hardship, with impacts on mental health and wellbeing. Experts say many young people are giving up on their dreams as cost-of-living pressures continue.
  
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• 'TasPorts has been price gouging': Labor attacks handling of projects as committee releases report

  18-09-2024 21:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Fresh from being caught up in the row over cost blowouts and delays to the Spirit of Tasmania berth facilities, as well as dealing with aging infrastructure and fighting a legal battle over a ship collision, TasPorts now has been criticised for taking an 'adversarial approach' to customers and stakeholders.
  
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• Tasmania's state-owned ports administration criticised for 'adversarial approach' to customers and stakeholders

  18-09-2024 21:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Fresh from being caught up in the row over cost blowouts and delays to the Spirit of Tasmania berth facilities, as well as dealing with aging infrastructure and fighting a legal battle over a ship collision, TasPorts now has been criticised for taking an 'adversarial approach' to customers and stakeholders.
  
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• 'It's not like going without Disney Plus': Young Australians are skipping meals, social events and future education dreams

  18-09-2024 21:44 via abc.net.au
  
  A recent survey found one in five young people are experiencing financial hardship, with impacts on mental health and wellbeing. Experts say many young people are giving up on their dreams as cost-of-living pressures continue.
  
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• Forced to switch off gas, this small Australian seaside town became a 'microcosm of what the world is trying to do'

  18-09-2024 20:45 via abc.net.au
  
  When a town in Australia's South West was forced to switch off gas, residents were given a choice: use bottled gas or electrify. Now, electricity is providing more energy for Esperance than ever before and most of it is coming from renewable sources.
  
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• Gas project at the centre of Scott Morrison's secret portfolio takeover scandal receives preliminary rejection

  18-09-2024 12:44 via abc.net.au
  
  An offshore gas project slated for the New South Wales coast has been dealt another blow after Industry Minister Ed Husic issued a preliminary rejection.
  
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• Plantation company fined for clearing of nine stadiums' worth of native bushland in WA

  18-09-2024 12:37 via abc.net.au
  
  A Bunbury magistrate fines a business $141,000 for illegally clearing 16 hectares of land in the state's south west, severely impacting a rare endangered honeysuckle species.
  
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• NSW government successfully appeals light rail business compensation payout

  18-09-2024 10:07 via abc.net.au
  
  The NSW Court of Appeal overrules an earlier win by businesses who had argued that delayed works on the light rail line between the CBD, Randwick and Kingsford had negatively affected them.
  
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• NSW government no longer liable for financial losses during construction of Sydney light rail

  18-09-2024 10:07 via abc.net.au
  
  The NSW Court of Appeal overrules an earlier win by businesses who had argued that delayed works on the light rail line between the CBD, Randwick and Kingsford had negatively affected them.
  
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• NT Supreme Court rejects legal bid against Beetaloo fracking exploration approval

  18-09-2024 09:57 via abc.net.au
  
  The NT Supreme Court has rejected an environmental group's legal challenge of the approval of a fracking exploration project in the Beetaloo Basin, finding it failed to make out its grounds for review.
  
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• Legal bid against Beetaloo fracking exploration rejected as protesters front resources event

  18-09-2024 09:57 via abc.net.au
  
  An environmental group's legal bid against a fracking exploration project in the Beetaloo Basin has been dismissed in court, as protesters front a gas and mining conference in Darwin.
  
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• 19 accounts, four banks and one spreadsheet: The money secrets that keep Yve Blake afloat

  18-09-2024 09:16 via abc.net.au
  
  Yve Blake's musical FANGIRLS recently premiered in London after multiple sold-out shows in Australia. But before selling out venues Yve would lose thousands of dollars on every project she made.
  
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• The attack on Hezbollah brought pagers back into focus. So who is still using them in 2024?

  18-09-2024 09:03 via abc.net.au
  
  The use of pagers to attack members of the militant group Hezbollah has renewed focus on a device which stopped being widely used years ago. 
  
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• Tupperware files for bankruptcy as its colourful containers lose relevance

  18-09-2024 08:47 via abc.net.au
  
  Tupperware Brands filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Tuesday, giving in to dwindling demand for its once-iconic food storage containers and mounting financial losses.
  
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• Tupperware files for bankruptcy as its colorful containers lose relevance

  18-09-2024 08:47 via abc.net.au
  
  Tupperware Brands filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Tuesday, giving in to dwindling demand for its once-iconic food storage containers and mounting financial losses.
  
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• Why is the US on the verge of cutting interest rates? What does it mean for Australia?

  18-09-2024 08:30 via abc.net.au
  
  If the US is poised to start cutting interest rates, what does it mean for the Reserve Bank's fight against inflation?
  
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• The US has begun cutting interest rates. What does it mean for Australia?

  18-09-2024 08:30 via abc.net.au
  
  As the US starts cutting interest rates, what does it mean for the Reserve Bank's fight against inflation?
  
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• Concerns for 'exhausted' Australian hikers as landowners form Kokoda Track blockade

  18-09-2024 08:00 via abc.net.au
  
  There are concerns for dozens of Australian and New Zealander hikers on the Kokoda Track after local landowners set up a blockade, forcing authorities to suddenly close the famous route in Papua New Guinea. 
  
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• Op shop puts 'designer Balenciaga bag' on sale for $2,000, prompting backlash

  18-09-2024 07:28 via abc.net.au
  
  A keen-eyed worker at an op shop spotted a "designer" find that retails for $4,000. The handbag, believed to have been made by luxury brand Balenciaga, was put on sale for half that price, but the store has received backlash on social media.
  
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• Is $2,000 too much to pay for a handbag at an op shop?

  18-09-2024 07:28 via abc.net.au
  
  A keen-eyed worker at an op shop spotted a "designer" find that retails for $4,000. The handbag, believed to have been made by luxury brand Balenciaga, was put on sale for half that price, but the store has received backlash on social media.
  
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• 'Reset' meeting to be held between unions, business and government after CFMEU scandal

  18-09-2024 00:51 via abc.net.au
  
  After findings of "lawlessness" and bikie infiltration within the CFMEU, the federal government will seek to reset relations with a high-level meeting between ministers, unions and business next month.
  
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• Live: 'Reset' meeting to be held between unions, business and government after CFMEU scandal

  18-09-2024 00:51 via abc.net.au
  
  After findings of "lawlessness" and bikie infiltration within the CFMEU, the federal government will seek to reset relations with a high-level meeting between ministers, unions and business next month.
  
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