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• More Australians are retrofitting their homes to be natural disaster 'proof'. Here's what they're doing

  21-10-2024 22:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Rebuilding a home exactly as it was doesn't always make sense for those impacted by natural disasters. Queensland is helping home-owners retrofit to be more resilient.
  
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• 'Basically invisible': Pub's lengthy battle to be listed on Google

  21-10-2024 21:14 via abc.net.au
  
  Darren Brown says he has gone to "every length" to get the hotel he runs properly listed on Google, and that without the visibility the losses to the business have been "immeasurable".
  
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• 'When dams fail people die': The race to save thousands from potential disaster

  21-10-2024 21:07 via abc.net.au
  
  It's one of Australia's worst infrastructure failures, a time bomb counting down to catastrophe for a city and farming community unaware of the threat until one man's alarming discovery.
  
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• Qantas saved $580m by sacking hundreds of ground crew. They won't get anything close to that in compensation

  21-10-2024 20:43 via abc.net.au
  
  After Qantas was ordered by the Federal Court to compensate 1,700 former workers, an industrial relations lawyer says the airline will still have saved millions of dollars once it pays its legal bills, ex-employees, and any extra penalties.
  
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• 'Qantas are going to come out ahead': Why a potential $350m compensation bill won't hurt the airline's bottom line

  21-10-2024 20:43 via abc.net.au
  
  After Qantas was ordered by the Federal Court to compensate 1,700 former workers, an industrial relations lawyer says the airline will still have saved millions of dollars once it pays its legal bills, ex-employees, and any extra penalties.
  
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• Unhappy customer overturns 60 per cent insurance hike, prompting calls for others to take on insurers

  21-10-2024 20:33 via abc.net.au
  
  Insurance giant Suncorp has been ordered to ditch a whopping 60 per cent hike of a home insurance premium following a complaint from a disgruntled customer. Consumer advocates say more people need to do the same.
  
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• A customer took a home insurer to the ombudsman over a 60 per cent premium increase, and won

  21-10-2024 20:33 via abc.net.au
  
  Insurance giant Suncorp has been ordered to ditch a whopping 60 per cent hike of a home insurance premium following a complaint from a disgruntled customer. Consumer advocates say more people need to do the same.
  
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• Banks give people access to their own money. What happens when they don't work?

  21-10-2024 06:58 via abc.net.au
  
  Thousands of bank customers were affected by Westpac and St George app and internet bank outages and a Commonwealth Bank duplicate transaction error, leading a finance expert to advise Australians to bank with at least two different institutions to mitigate risk.
  
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• Largest rodeo in southern hemisphere enters voluntary administration

  21-10-2024 05:33 via abc.net.au
  
  The cost of living and a downturn in ticket sales have led to the collapse of the board that runs the famed Mount Isa rodeo.
  
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• Cost of living blamed as largest rodeo in the southern hemisphere enters voluntary administration

  21-10-2024 05:33 via abc.net.au
  
  The cost of living and a downturn in ticket sales have led to the collapse of the board that runs the famed Mount Isa rodeo.
  
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• 'This is the spirit of Australia': Sacked Qantas workers rejoice as airline faces multi-million-dollar compensation bill

  21-10-2024 02:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Qantas is facing a multi-million-dollar compensation bill after it illegally sacked hundreds of workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the Federal Court ordering three former employees will receive a share of $170,000.
  
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• Sacked Qantas workers rejoice after airline ordered to pay compensation to hundreds of former staff

  21-10-2024 02:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Qantas is facing a multi-million-dollar compensation bill after it illegally sacked hundreds of workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the Federal Court ordering three former employees will receive a share of $170,000.
  
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• Qantas ordered to pay $170,000 in compensation to three illegally sacked workers by Federal Court

  21-10-2024 02:15 via abc.net.au
  
  The Federal Court has ordered Qantas must pay $170,000 in compensation to three workers who were illegally sacked by the airline during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Young teen charged after boy, 5, hit by rock on tourist train

  21-10-2024 01:29 via abc.net.au
  
  A 14-year-old boy has been charged after the child, who was visiting Australia from Japan with his family, was struck with a rock on the Kuranda Scenic Railway train on Saturday.
  
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• Police scouring CCTV for suspects after boy, 5, hit by rock on tourist train

  21-10-2024 01:29 via abc.net.au
  
  The child, who was visiting Australia from Japan with his family, was struck with the rock as the Kuranda Scenic Railway train neared its destination in Northern Queensland.
  
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