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• Farmers race to get chickpeas from Australian paddocks to India as tariff deadline looms

  23-10-2024 23:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Pressure is mounting to get Australia's chickpea harvest into India before taxes that could cost exporters more than half their profit kick back in.
  
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• 'Profoundly offensive': MP hits out at Perth Airport wi-fi terms, but airport says they are 'standard'

  23-10-2024 23:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Liberal MP David Honey is raising the alarm about Perth Airport's free wi-fi policy, saying it's an invasion of privacy — and a digital rights expert agrees. But the airport says the terms and conditions are standard.  
  
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• 'Profoundly offensive': MP hits out at Perth Airport wi-fi terms, but airport says its 'standard'

  23-10-2024 23:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Liberal MP David Honey is raising the alarm about Perth Airport's free wi-fi policy, saying it's an invasion of privacy — and a digital rights expert agrees. But the airport says the terms and conditions are standard.  
  
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• Perth Airport's free wi-fi allows it to exploit customers' data 'by any means' — and this MP says it's an 'absolute disgrace'

  23-10-2024 23:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Liberal MP David Honey is raising the alarm about Perth Airport's free wi-fi policy, saying it's an invasion of privacy — and a digital rights expert agrees. But the airport says the terms and conditions are standard.  
  
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• Live: Succession fears for WiseTech, McDonald's hit by deadly E. coli outbreak, Tesla promising cheaper cars

  23-10-2024 22:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Wall Street has suffered losses overnight, as worries that interest rates will stay higher for longer weigh on investors. Australian shares might follow with muted trade. 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: Succession fears for scandal-hit WiseTech, while interest rate fears weigh on stocks

  23-10-2024 22:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Wall Street has suffered losses overnight, as worries that interest rates will stay higher for longer weigh on investors. Australian shares might follow with muted trade. 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: Higher interest rate worries weigh on US stocks, with Australian share market muted

  23-10-2024 22:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Wall Street has suffered losses overnight, as worries that interest rates will stay higher for longer weigh on investors. Australian shares might follow with muted trade. 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: Australia's bank lobby says home loan buffer could be 'more flexible' for first home buyers

  23-10-2024 22:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares are trading lower after losses on Wall Street overnight over concerns interest rates may stay higher for longer, while Australia's bank lobby says the current home loan buffer could be "more flexible". Follow live.
  
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• ASX closes lower, Senate committee into lowering home loan buffer wraps up — as it happened

  23-10-2024 22:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian shares have closed lower after losses on Wall Street overnight over concerns interest rates may stay higher for longer, while a Senate committee looking at the home loan buffer wraps up with equal arguments for and against lowering it.
  
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• Train services back to normal in NSW after industrial action caused delays for commuters

  23-10-2024 21:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Transport for NSW confirmed that trains across the state were impacted this morning, effecting 14 lines.
  
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• Commuters warned to expect delays across NSW following industrial action on Sydney trains

  23-10-2024 21:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Transport for NSW confirmed that trains across the state are impacted, effecting 14 lines.
  
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• 'Urgent review' launched amid concerns parking apps used by NSW councils could breach rules

  23-10-2024 21:19 via abc.net.au
  
  An increasing number of state councils are now using certain apps to collect parking fees. But some could be in breach of regulations.
  
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• Concerns NSW councils' parking service fees via third-party apps could be against state government rules

  23-10-2024 21:19 via abc.net.au
  
  An increasing number of state councils are now using certain apps to collect parking fees. But some could be in breach of regulations.
  
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• An independent review into the Victorian Building Authority finds it failed to protect homeowners trying to fix defects

  23-10-2024 21:13 via abc.net.au
  
  The state's building regulator has been exposed for failing to hold builders to account, prompting the government to replace the VBA with a new regulator with greater powers.
  
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• A new watchdog with greater powers will replace the Victorian Building Authority following a damning review

  23-10-2024 21:13 via abc.net.au
  
  The state's building regulator has been exposed for failing to hold builders to account, prompting the government to replace the VBA with a new regulator with greater powers.
  
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• How artificial intelligence is helping decide who can get a home loan

  23-10-2024 20:41 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's big four banks are ramping up their use of artificial intelligence to answer customer calls and assess loan applications. How long before a machine rather than a human writes your home loan? 
  
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• 'Don't have a machine making final decisions': Warnings as banks ramp up AI push

  23-10-2024 20:41 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's big four banks are ramping up their use of artificial intelligence to answer customer calls and assess loan applications. How long before a machine rather than a human writes your home loan? 
  
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• Coles and Woolworths fight consumer watchdog over alleged misleading pricing tactics

  23-10-2024 08:51 via abc.net.au
  
  Both supermarket giants claim the legal cases against them are misconceived and deny allegations they tricked customers with fake discounts. The consumer watchdog claims both companies violated consumer law by using price drop tactics to mislead shoppers. 
  
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• Properties with greatest exposure of bushfire risk across Greater Hobart mapped

  23-10-2024 08:31 via abc.net.au
  
  A tool by which people can enter their Hobart address to see how their residence has been assessed for bushfire threat has been updated for the coming Tasmanian season — with one suburb home to 1,727 buildings considered in the most at-risk categories.
  
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• Greater Hobart residents can check risk level on their home as bushfire index expanded

  23-10-2024 08:31 via abc.net.au
  
  A tool by which people can enter their Hobart address to see how their residence has been assessed for bushfire threat has been updated for the coming Tasmanian season — with one suburb home to 1,727 buildings considered in the most at-risk categories.
  
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• Sydney actor Andrea Solonge is the winner of the 12th Heath Ledger scholarship

  23-10-2024 07:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Sydney actor Andrea Solonge has been announced as the winner of the 12th Heath Ledger scholarship. Solonge has appeared in the Stan series Prosper and in Taika Waititi's Apple TV+ series Time Bandits.
  
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• From sourcing costumes in the $2 shop to custom-made gowns, Art Simone shares the money secrets of a drag queen

  23-10-2024 07:41 via abc.net.au
  
  Early in Art Simone's career she would source costumes from the $2 shop and perform in small clubs in Melbourne. Now she's performing on the world stage — but her passion still lies in promoting drag in Australia.
  
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• 'World's food barn': What does Indonesia's plan mean for Aussie farmers?

  23-10-2024 05:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Indonesia is one of Australia's biggest customers for wheat, red meat and live cattle but new president Prabowo Subianto wants the nation to be food self-sufficient within five years.
  
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• Days after standing behind Peter Dutton, the property lobby has rejected one of his key housing policies

  23-10-2024 04:48 via abc.net.au
  
  The disagreement is over a proposal to freeze changes to the national construction code for a decade.
  
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• Days after standing behind Peter Dutton, the property lobby has backed away from one of his housing policies

  23-10-2024 04:48 via abc.net.au
  
  The disagreement is over a proposal to freeze changes to the national construction code for a decade.
  
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• Service NSW customers allegedly charged $144 million in 'unlawful' fees

  23-10-2024 03:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Customers have been paying a surcharge on government transactions for eight years, despite repeated legal advice that the fee was 'unlawful'.
  
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• Millions of Service NSW customers may have been slugged with 'unlawful' fees over eight years

  23-10-2024 03:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Customers have been paying a surcharge on government transactions for eight years, despite repeated legal advice that the fee was 'unlawful'.
  
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• It's still unclear what's next for Collie coal workers, but Adrian isn't waiting around to find out

  23-10-2024 03:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Adrian Taylor will be out of a job by 2030 after the closure of the coal industry in his town. He's in the process of finding out what's next.
  
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• 'Oh my god, get out of the house': Residents evacuated after suspected 'ram raid' attack sparks dramatic blaze at tobacconist

  23-10-2024 02:41 via abc.net.au
  
  A Northern Rivers tobacconist has been gutted by fire and nearby residents evacuated after a suspected 'ram raid' attack in the early hours of the morning.
  
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• 'Unacceptable': ASIC sues QBE for allegedly misleading customers over loyalty discounts

  23-10-2024 01:26 via abc.net.au
  
  The corporate regulator has launched court action over renewal notices sent to more than 500,000 customers that promised discounts that weren't always delivered. QBE has apologised and says it has cooperated with ASIC.
  
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• ASIC sues QBE for allegedly misleading customers over loyalty discounts

  23-10-2024 01:26 via abc.net.au
  
  The corporate regulator has launched court action over renewal notices sent to more than half a million customers, that promised discounts that weren't always delivered. QBE has apologised and says it has cooperated with ASIC.
  
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