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• Inflation falls to within RBA's target limit but economists cautious about overall picture, ASX closes lower — as it happened

  24-09-2024 23:38 via abc.net.au
  
  The annual rate of headline inflation fell to 2.7 per cent in August, down from 3.5 per cent in July. The Australian share market closed lower. Look back on the day's events and insights with our specialist business reporters.
  
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• Travellers back calls for mandatory motorhome and caravan driver training

  24-09-2024 23:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Road safety groups and travellers say training for drivers towing large vehicles — and even a special licence — should be implemented across Australia.
  
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• Should training be mandatory for motorhome and caravan drivers?

  24-09-2024 23:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Road safety groups and travellers say training for drivers towing large vehicles — and even a special licence — should be implemented across Australia.
  
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• Former regulator says 'business lobby' shielding supermarkets from reform

  24-09-2024 23:13 via abc.net.au
  
  A former competition watchdog chief says the "power of the business lobby" has stymied a key reform to deter supermarket price gouging.
  
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• The US government is effectively banning Chinese-made cars from its roads. Some in Australia want the government to take notice

  24-09-2024 22:46 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government says it is in contact with the US about the new moves it has put up against Chinese car companies.
  
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• Former Bandido bikie associate left to contain massive alleged illegal toxic waste dump

  24-09-2024 21:35 via abc.net.au
  
  An ABC investigation has found the 180-hectare property on the Fraser Coast, marketed as part of an "eco-development", has become an alleged pollution time bomb, after being used to illegally dump more than 35,000 tonnes of waste.
  
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• Three NSW coal mines to be extended for another 30 to 40 years after federal government approval

  24-09-2024 13:03 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government says the extensions will secure the jobs of more than 1,800 workers, but the move has angered environmentalists who have described the decision as "the opposite of climate action".
  
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• Three NSW coal mines to be extended for another 30-40 years after federal government approval

  24-09-2024 13:03 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government says the extensions will secure the jobs of more than 1,800 workers, but the move has angered environmentalists who have described the decision as "the opposite of climate action".
  
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• Reserve Bank keeps interest rates on hold at 4.35pc, ignoring political pressure for cut

  24-09-2024 06:48 via abc.net.au
  
  The RBA has kept interest rates on hold at 4.35 per cent despite political pressure to lower it.
  
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• Reserve Bank keeps interest rates on hold at 4.35pc

  24-09-2024 06:48 via abc.net.au
  
  The RBA has kept interest rates on hold at 4.35 per cent, saying inflation is still too high to start cutting rates.
  
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• Queensland government says food bowl coal mine not in public interest, for a second time

  24-09-2024 06:24 via abc.net.au
  
  After the Supreme Court set aside the initial rejection of Fox Resources' application, the state government looks likely to refuse the mining application again.
  
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• Australians are experiencing more economic 'misery' than they have since 2011, new research says

  24-09-2024 06:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Australians are experiencing the most drawn-out period of economic misery for more than a decade, according to new research.
  
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• Health services slimmed as NSW nurses and midwives walk out over poor pay

  24-09-2024 05:19 via abc.net.au
  
  Nurses and midwives across New South Wales have marched to Parliament for the second time in three weeks.
  
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• Backlash over plans to build thousands of homes on Gold Coast flood plain

  24-09-2024 03:44 via abc.net.au
  
  The Queensland government has given the green light for 2,750 homes to be built on a Gold Coast flood plain. The council says the suburb's roads and other infrastructure won't cope with the increased density.
  
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• Queensland hires Powderfinger legend to revive state's nightlife scene

  24-09-2024 02:48 via abc.net.au
  
  Powderfinger legend John "JC" Collins has been appointed to the new role of Queensland Night Life Economy Commissioner, tasked with the job of reviving the state's struggling nightlife scene.
  
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• As India tries to feed the world's largest population, can Australia meet its fertiliser needs?

  24-09-2024 01:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian phosphate miners are looking to boost India's food and manufacturing industries and gain a bigger foothold in the world's fastest-growing large economy. 
  
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