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• Williams-BHM mining agreement hopes to secure future of key Broken Hill industries for next 50 years

  19-09-2024 23:54 via abc.net.au
  
  The family that has owned Pinnacles Mine for more than 70 years has entered into an agreement with the Broken Hill Mines company which will see it purchase 70 per cent of the mine's profit share.
  
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• Williams-BHM mining agreement aimed at securing future of key Broken Hill industries for next 50 years

  19-09-2024 23:54 via abc.net.au
  
  The family that has owned Pinnacles Mine for more than 70 years has entered into an agreement with the Broken Hill Mines company which will see it purchase 70 per cent of the mine's profit share.
  
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• New Williams-BHM mining agreement hopes to change the future of key Broken Hill industry

  19-09-2024 23:54 via abc.net.au
  
  The new Pinnacles Mine agreement between the Williams family and BHM could help secure Broken Hill's historic mining industry for the next 50 years.
  
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• Live: ASX set to open higher after Wall Street rallies

  19-09-2024 23:46 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market is poised to open higher after stocks surged on Wall Street in the wake of interest rate cuts in the United States. Follow the day's events and insights as they happen with our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• Live: ASX hits record high, Myer tanks after profit slump

  19-09-2024 23:46 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market is poised to open higher after stocks surged on Wall Street in the wake of interest rate cuts in the United States. Follow the day's events and insights as they happen with our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• Live: ASX hits record high, Myer drops after profit slump

  19-09-2024 23:46 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market has hit another record high in the wake of interest rate cuts in the United States. The Bank of Japan has kept rates steady at 0.25%. Follow the day's events and insights as they happen with our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• ASX hits record high, CBA shares close at record high — as it happened

  19-09-2024 23:46 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market closed on another record high. The Bank of Japan kept rates steady at 0.25%. CBA shares also closed on a record high. Catch up on the day's events and insights as they happened with our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• From landmines to killer robots — inside one woman's campaign to ban autonomous weapons of war

  19-09-2024 23:00 via abc.net.au
  
  They are the stuff of 80s sci-fi blockbuster, The Terminator, but now lethal autonomous weapon systems are being used in conflict zones around the world. One woman is trying to stop them.
  
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• Autonomous weapon systems boil human beings down to data points. One woman is determined to ban their use

  19-09-2024 23:00 via abc.net.au
  
  They are the stuff of 80s sci-fi blockbuster, The Terminator, but now lethal autonomous weapon systems are being used in conflict zones around the world. One woman is trying to stop them.
  
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• It was meant to fly high-paying guests to a remote island in Tasmania's wilderness. Now the company is in liquidation

  19-09-2024 21:23 via abc.net.au
  
  For almost a decade, a debate has raged in Tasmania over a tourism proposal inside a national park. It's faced court appeals, community campaigns, and now, a liquidation order.
  
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• LNP says incomplete Sunshine Coast rail line would be 'international embarrassment' at Olympics

  19-09-2024 10:39 via abc.net.au
  
  David Crisafulli promises a 100-day review of Brisbane Olympics and Paralympics infrastructure if his party wins government as works begin on a direct rail line from Brisbane to the Sunshine Coast. 
  
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• Croc search underway after spate of school holiday sightings near Whitsunday islands

  19-09-2024 09:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Authorities head out to search for a large crocodile seen swimming around two popular islands where tourists and holiday-makers have been warned to be alert.
  
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• Blueberry farm built without approval gets nod after council told it was 'misadventure'

  19-09-2024 09:08 via abc.net.au
  
  A council has green-lit a Queensland blueberry farm after it was contentiously revealed infrastructure work began on the site before local government approval.
  
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• Prime minister urged to chip in $1b to fix 'broken' highway as death toll rises

  19-09-2024 08:25 via abc.net.au
  
  The Queensland government is calling on the Commonwealth to fund the lion's share of upgrades to the Bruce Highway, which has been labelled a national disgrace after a series of fatal crashes.
  
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• More Aussie meat and vegetables on the table for United Arab Emirates after first Middle Eastern free trade deal

  19-09-2024 04:52 via abc.net.au
  
  The major deal will boost profits in our largest vegetable export market and with one of our rapidly growing red meat trade partners.
  
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• 'You can't make people dig up gas for free': Mixed feelings as WA government relaxes gas export rules

  19-09-2024 04:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Some of Australia's richest industrialists will be allowed for the first time to send WA's gas overseas, with the state government opening up onshore reserves to exports.
  
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• WA gas from onshore projects to be exported overseas until 2031 as domestic policy relaxed

  19-09-2024 04:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Some of Australia's richest industrialists will be allowed for the first time to send WA's gas overseas, with the state government opening up onshore reserves to exports.
  
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• 'Exorbitant' airline price hike grounds regional NRL fans desperate to attend semifinal clash

  19-09-2024 04:12 via abc.net.au
  
  The cost of flights from Townsville to Sydney has more than doubled, leaving die-hard Cowboys fans devastated they will miss out on a semifinal.
  
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• ‘Exorbitant’ airline price hike grounds regional NRL fans desperate to attend semi-final clash

  19-09-2024 04:12 via abc.net.au
  
  The cost of flights from Townsville to Sydney has more than doubled, leaving die-hard Cowboys fans devastated they will miss out on an elimination final.
  
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• Sydney rental requiring tenant 'not to come and go' during business hours delisted after online outrage

  19-09-2024 03:53 via abc.net.au
  
  The three-bedroom property near Bronte Beach, listed for $950 a week, is only accessible through a kindergarten below, with tenants unable to leave or enter outside of its opening hours.
  
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• 'Red flags are flying high': Sydney rental listing locks out tenants for 10 hours a day

  19-09-2024 03:53 via abc.net.au
  
  The three-bedroom property near Bronte Beach, listed for $950 a week, is only accessible through a kindergarten below, with tenants unable to leave or enter outside of its opening hours.
  
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• Australia's unemployment rate remains steady in August at 4.2 per cent

  19-09-2024 03:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's unemployment rate remained at 4.2 per cent in August, as employment grew by 47,500 people.
  
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• Superannuation for parents on government-funded PPL passes parliament

  19-09-2024 03:21 via abc.net.au
  
  Parents accessing the government-funded paid parental leave will receive an additional 12 per cent of their payments in super from July next year, after the federal government's legislation passed parliament.
  
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• Parents receiving government paid parental leave to get superannuation from July next year

  19-09-2024 03:21 via abc.net.au
  
  Parents accessing the government-funded paid parental leave will receive an additional 12 per cent of their payments in super from July next year, after the federal government's legislation passed parliament.
  
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• Parents of babies born or adopted after July next year will receive super as part of their paid parental leave

  19-09-2024 03:21 via abc.net.au
  
  Parents accessing the government-funded paid parental leave will receive an additional 12 per cent of their payments in super from July next year, after the federal government's legislation passed parliament.
  
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• Beam e-scooters still on Brisbane streets weeks after council contract torn up over alleged fraud

  19-09-2024 03:16 via abc.net.au
  
  The council says there is no firm date for when Beam Mobility's e-scooters must be gone from Brisbane but their removal will be finalised "as soon as possible".
  
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• Wildlife group lodges court appeal against 18-storey Hervey Bay resort approval

  19-09-2024 01:40 via abc.net.au
  
  The appeal will test the state's environment codes requiring development to avoid illuminating the Hervey Bay coastline.
  
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• Australia's only rail manufacturer is a 'strategic' asset, but is steeling itself for bad news

  19-09-2024 01:40 via abc.net.au
  
  The story of Whyalla has been told and retold, and is often framed as a tale of a town and its steel plant. That is not an inaccurate picture, but nor is it a complete one.
  
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• 'Terrible signal' fears for safety and connectivity in the Wheatbelt as 3G shutdown looms

  19-09-2024 00:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Farmers and regional shire groups are worried the shutdown of 3G next month will leave them without a phone signal, but Telstra says 4G coverage will be equivalent to the 20-year-old 3G footprint.
  
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• After 20 years of operation, fears October's 3G shutdown will leave farmers disconnected

  19-09-2024 00:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Farmers and regional shire groups are worried the shutdown of 3G next month will leave them without phone signal, but Telstra says 4G coverage will be equivalent to the 20-year-old 3G footprint.
  
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