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• Woolworths reports $50m hit to sales as industrial dispute leaves supermarket shelves bare

  02-12-2024 23:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Shoppers at Woolworths are still encountering empty shelves in some stores as the supermarket giant continues to be impacted by industrial action. Negotiations between the supermarket giant and the United Workers Union are continuing.
  
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• NASA dish in remote WA receives first signal in more than four decades

  02-12-2024 22:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Carnarvon's enormous satellite dish is a step closer to being back in action amid a global space and technology boom. 
  
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• NASA dish in remote WA receives first signal in almost four decades

  02-12-2024 22:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Carnarvon's enormous satellite dish is a step closer to being back in action amid a global space and technology boom. 
  
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• ASX 200 closes on new record high, settling just below 8,500 points — as it happened

  02-12-2024 21:27 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX 200 closed at an all-time high as Woolworths flagged a financial hit from strikes and Metcash shares surged. Catch up on the day's events and insights as they unfolded on our live business blog.
  
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• Caesarstone alleged to be hiding behind war in Gaza to delay potential silicosis compensation payout in Australia

  02-12-2024 21:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Former stonemason Joshua Bucklow has silicosis. His lawyer says his fight for compensation is being dragged out because Israel-based Caesarstone is hiding behind the war in Gaza.
  
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• Matildas the catalyst for major exposure of women's sport, but still plenty of room for improvement

  02-12-2024 20:33 via abc.net.au
  
  Analysis by the Victorian government shows the Matildas were the subject of one in five sports news stories published across the state during the tournament, but there's still a long way to go to achieve gender balance.
  
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• Multi-million-dollar technology to remove 'forever chemicals' from Blue Mountains drinking water supply

  02-12-2024 20:13 via abc.net.au
  
  The $3.5-million upgrade to the Cascade filtration plant will help make drinking water safe again for thousands of residents after PFAS was found in two dams supplying water to the plant.
  
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• Mobile treatment system installed to remove cancer-linked 'forever chemicals' from Blue Mountains drinking water

  02-12-2024 20:13 via abc.net.au
  
  The $3.5-million upgrade to the Cascade filtration plant will help make drinking water safe again for thousands of residents after PFAS was found in two dams supplying water to the plant.
  
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• Call for blood testing as filtration system upgraded to remove cancer-linked 'forever chemicals' from Blue Mountains dams

  02-12-2024 20:13 via abc.net.au
  
  The $3.5-million upgrade to the Cascade filtration plant will help make drinking water safe again for thousands of residents after PFAS was found in two dams supplying water to the plant.
   
  
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• From Bunnings to botox: The surprisingly big business of cosmetic injectables

  02-12-2024 19:52 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian facial injectables industry was estimated to be worth $4.1 billion in 2023, with big corporates including Wesfarmers owning a slice of the market. But the business model behind the boom has attracted complaints and raised some safety concerns.
  
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• Victoria named worst state to open new cafe as Labor debates brand damage in Albanese stronghold

  02-12-2024 19:42 via abc.net.au
  
  A Business Council ranking of states and territories has crowned South Australia the best place in the country to run a business and labelled Victoria the worst. It could spur a debate inside Labor about whether the state is beginning to hurt Anthony Albanese's election chances.
  
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• SA government seeks new powers to get diesel generators back online ahead of peak summer period

  02-12-2024 06:54 via abc.net.au
  
  The South Australian government is urgently seeking to restart two mothballed diesel-powered generators as it warns the state is at risk of blackouts this summer.
  
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• Rebecca is living in a hotel with five kids while they wait for social housing

  02-12-2024 06:00 via abc.net.au
  
  There's pressure on the government to fund and build more social and affordable housing, with one insider describing the shortage as "extremely severe".
  
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• How the 'severe shortfall' of social housing is taking a toll on Australian families forced to wait for new builds

  02-12-2024 06:00 via abc.net.au
  
  There's pressure on the government to fund and build more social and affordable housing, with one insider describing the shortage as "extremely severe".
  
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• As the newest Spirit of Tasmania ferry heads to its temporary home in Scotland, berthing costs remain unknown

  02-12-2024 04:33 via abc.net.au
  
  The Spirit of Tasmania IV ferry is making its way across the North Sea to its temporary home in Scotland, but taxpayers are yet to learn how much it will cost to remain there.
  
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• Food critic warns of 'culinary bushfire' as Victorian abattoir stops small-scale processing

  02-12-2024 02:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Farmers and foodies have been angered by a central Victorian abattoir's decision to stop taking orders below 15 head of beef or 50 head of lambs.
  
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• Sex workers in Belgium receive fundamental labour rights in world-first 'revolution'

  02-12-2024 01:01 via abc.net.au
  
  New legislation gives Belgian sex workers the right to refuse clients, access unemployment support and mandates sweeping safety protocols for employers.
  
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• Is WA's once-booming nickel industry dead or just a sleeping giant?

  02-12-2024 00:36 via abc.net.au
  
  WA's nickel industry has collapsed this year but multi-billion-dollar projects are still being developed with an eye on a future recovery.
  
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