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• Why is WA's abalone fishing zone expanding for the first time in a decade?

  18-11-2024 23:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Licensed recreational abalone fishers will be able to take the molluscs as far north as Geraldton this year for the first time since a mass mortality event in 2011.
  
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• Abalone take zone extends north in WA for first time in a decade as population recovers

  18-11-2024 23:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Licensed recreational abalone fishers will be able to take the molluscs as far north as Geraldton this year for the first time since a mass mortality event in 2011.
  
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• Woolworths refuses to answer ACCC's questions on bargaining power, Tesla rallies, ASX hits another intra-day record high — as it happened

  18-11-2024 21:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Woolworths faced scrutiny at the ACCC's inquiry regarding its treatment of fruit and vegetable suppliers. Meanwhile, the ASX reached another intra-day record high. Catch up on the day's events and insights from ABC News' markets blog.
  
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• Live: 'I'm not going to leave this question': Woolies pressured to address bargaining power

  18-11-2024 21:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Woolworths faces tough questions over its treatment of fruit and veg suppliers at ACCC inquiry. The ASX opens higher as Tesla shares rally on Wall Street. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.
  
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• Live: ASX set to rise, Woolworths faces another ACCC grilling, Tesla rallies on Wall Street

  18-11-2024 21:12 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market has opened higher on Tuesday. Woolworths faces another grilling at the ACCC's supermarkets inquiry. Tesla shares rallied on Wall Street. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• Live: ASX set to rise, Tesla rallies on Wall Street after Trump talk boosts Nasdaq

  18-11-2024 21:12 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market is set to rise on Tuesday, after Wall Street climbs as Tesla shares rally. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• Live: ASX rises, Woolworths faces supermarket probe

  18-11-2024 21:12 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market has opened higher on Tuesday. Woolworths faces another grilling at the ACCC's supermarkets inquiry. Tesla shares rallied on Wall Street. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• Gold Coast council to again reject 'chaotic' plans for housing estate on abandoned golf course

  18-11-2024 20:52 via abc.net.au
  
  The future of a major housing development is back in local government hands after a decision to reverse plans by the former state government giving it the go-ahead.
  
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• Gold Coast council rejects plans for housing estate on abandoned golf course

  18-11-2024 20:52 via abc.net.au
  
  The Gold Coast City Council has unanimously rejected plans for a major housing estate at an abandoned golf course, blaming a "knee-jerk" decision from the former Labor government for the controversial proposal.
  
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• Gold Coast council rejects 'chaotic' plans for housing estate on abandoned golf course

  18-11-2024 20:52 via abc.net.au
  
  The Gold Coast City Council has unanimously rejected plans for a major housing estate at an abandoned golf course, blaming a "knee jerk" decision from the former Labor government for the controversial proposal.
  
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• Queensland mining equipment firm gets $40 million in taxpayer funds in first National Reconstruction Fund announcement

  18-11-2024 20:02 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government has announced the first recipient of taxpayer investment under the National Reconstruction Fund, with "a dozen" more announcements promised before the election.
  
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• Government announces first of long-awaited National Reconstruction Fund investments

  18-11-2024 20:02 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government has announced the first recipient of taxpayer investment under the National Reconstruction Fund, with "a dozen" more announcements promised before the election.
  
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• Gender pay gap means women working for free from today until end of year

  18-11-2024 19:58 via abc.net.au
  
  The gender pay gap — the difference in average pay between Australian men and women — is 11.5 per cent, which is the equivalent of working from November 19 until the end of they year without being paid for it.
  
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• Gender pay gap means 'today is the day that women effectively start working for free'

  18-11-2024 19:58 via abc.net.au
  
  The gender pay gap — the difference in average pay between Australian men and women — is 11.5 per cent, which is the equivalent of working from November 19 until the end of they year without being paid for it.
  
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• Superannuation crisis spreads to sustainable-branded fund Australian Ethical

  18-11-2024 19:55 via abc.net.au
  
  The scandal threatening to engulf Australia's superannuation industry has spread to another major operator, Australian Ethical, which has apologised for taking almost a year to process a widow's application to access her dead husband's retirement savings.
  
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• Super fund Australian Ethical apologises for year-long delay in death payout

  18-11-2024 19:55 via abc.net.au
  
  The scandal threatening to engulf Australia's superannuation industry has spread to another major operator, Australian Ethical, which has apologised for taking almost a year to process a widow's application to access her dead husband's retirement savings.
  
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• Council staff received 'over and above' termination entitlements as Townsville ratepayers hit with rise

  18-11-2024 19:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Townsville City Council paid $4.3 million in termination benefits in the 2023-2024 financial year, which the state's audit office says could harm it's reputation.
  
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• Woman who got her PhD aged 90 and data analyst among Queensland's Australian of the Year winners

  18-11-2024 10:42 via abc.net.au
  
  A woman who got her PhD aged 90, a data analyst who helps employ neurodiverse people and a wildlife rescuer are among Queensland's Australian of the Year winners.
  
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• Cost of living continues to impact how often — if at all — Australians access health services

  18-11-2024 08:07 via abc.net.au
  
  A snapshot of Australians' experience with health services over the past year reveals the cost of living crisis continues to influence how we access health care.
  
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• Company owned by billionaires Andrew and Nicola Forrest hopes to expand sweet potato production

  18-11-2024 07:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Sweet potato producer Harvest Road want to change WA's reliance on the east coast with an expansion of its Brickhouse Station production in the Gascoyne.
  
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• Australian miner agrees to pay $US160 million after executives detained in Africa

  18-11-2024 03:29 via abc.net.au
  
  In a bid to free three of its executives who have been detained in Mali over a tax dispute, Resolute Mining agrees to pay $US160 million ($242 million) to the African country's government.
  
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• Considered delicious fare overseas, this pest fish can't be eaten in Queensland if you catch it

  18-11-2024 02:21 via abc.net.au
  
  Tilapia is a biosecurity nightmare in Australia but popular on many menus overseas. Some in the fishing industry think if you catch the pest fish in Queensland you should be able to eat it.
  
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• Considered delicious fare overseas, if you catch this pest fish in Queensland you can't eat it

  18-11-2024 02:21 via abc.net.au
  
  Tilapia is a biosecurity nightmare in Australia but popular on many menus overseas. Some in the fishing industry think if you catch the pest fish in Queensland you should be able to eat it.
  
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• Tanzania building collapse kills 13 people, race to save those trapped

  18-11-2024 00:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Rescue workers are continuing to search for trapped survivors after a building collapsed in Tanzania and killed 13 people.
  
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