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• Wesfarmers to shut Catch, US dollar regains ground on tariff talk — as it happened

  20-01-2025 22:12 via abc.net.au
  
  The greenback has regained ground, as Donald Trump says he plans to hit Canada and Mexico with 25 per cent tariffs from February. Wesfarmers says the deals website Catch is losing too much money and will be shut down. Follow how the session unfolded on the markets blog.  
  
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• Live: Wesfarmers to shut Catch, US dollar regains ground on tariff talk

  20-01-2025 22:12 via abc.net.au
  
  The greenback has regained ground, as Donald Trump says he plans to hit Canada and Mexico with 25 per cent tariffs from February. Wesfarmers says the deals website Catch is losing too much money and will be shut down. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.  
  
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• Live: Wesfarmers shutting down Catch amid extra competition

  20-01-2025 22:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Wesfarmers says the deals website Catch is losing too much money and will be shut down. Meanwhile, the Australian dollar is up, as markets react to Donald Trump's inauguration. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.  
  
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• Live: Aussie dollar rallies on lack of Trump tariffs, ASX to rise

  20-01-2025 22:12 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian dollar is up against a falling greenback, as markets react to no mention of specific tariff increases in Donald Trump's inauguration speech. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• 'Start making small adjustments': How to create a budget that works for you

  20-01-2025 22:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Budgeting isn’t about cutting everything out, says wealth coach Gemma Mitchell. It’s about making sure you can fit it all in.
  
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• Resident vows to take 'disruptive' roof colour battle further

  20-01-2025 21:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Maria Gourley has spent nearly two years in a legal dispute with her body corporate because she painted the roof of her Brisbane townhouse the wrong colour.
  
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• Body corporate makes legal threats over roof painted the wrong colour

  20-01-2025 21:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Maria Gourley has spent nearly two years in a legal dispute with her body corporate because she painted the roof of her Brisbane townhouse the wrong colour.
  
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• Storms in NSW sent trampolines soaring — is it time for a clamp-down?

  20-01-2025 20:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Some residents dealing with damage caused by rogue trampolines in the aftermath of severe weather in NSW say it is time for greater regulation.
  
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• No such thing as 'flying trampoline cover': How insurance companies consider claims

  20-01-2025 20:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Some residents dealing with damage caused by rogue trampolines in the aftermath of severe weather in NSW say it is time for greater regulation.
  
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• Hunter Valley wedding bus tragedy prompts seatbelt sign mandate

  20-01-2025 20:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Every new Australian bus that has seatbelts will be required to have signs and audio announcements reminding passengers to wear them, as is seen in aircraft.
  
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• Surge power pricing largely ineffective and inequitable, consumer group says

  20-01-2025 19:43 via abc.net.au
  
  A consumer report has found dynamic power prices such as time-of-use and demand tariffs were largely failing to help consumers or the broader grid.
  
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• Poorer households ‘may lose $300 a year’ under new power pricing

  20-01-2025 19:43 via abc.net.au
  
  A consumer report has found dynamic power prices such as time-of-use and demand tariffs were largely failing to help consumers or the broader grid.
  
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• 'Renovate or detonate': The house selling for almost $700,000

  20-01-2025 07:41 via abc.net.au
  
  To renovate or detonate is the question being asked of potential buyers for a home in Brisbane's north-western suburbs listed for almost $700,000.
  
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• Former NAB worker among trio sentenced trying to defraud bank of millions

  20-01-2025 07:38 via abc.net.au
  
  The three offenders pleaded not guilty to a total of 19 charges and were allowed to leave court while reports are prepared into whether home detention rather than jail time is appropriate.
   
  
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• Fair work case against BHP set to test Same Job, Same Pay laws

  20-01-2025 07:10 via abc.net.au
  
  The application by the Mining and Energy Union (MEU) seeks to boost the pay of 1,600 BHP labour hire workers across three Queensland mines. 
  
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• Larger garages planned in bid to curb on-street parking congestion in SA

  20-01-2025 04:06 via abc.net.au
  
  The South Australian government wants to increase the size of parking spaces in garages for new residential builds, but the opposition and industry groups say it will just make properties more expensive for buyers. 
  
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• Government seeks 'urgent intervention' amid psychiatrists' resignation threats

  20-01-2025 04:02 via abc.net.au
  
  The NSW government says they will take the state's public sector psychiatrists to the Industrial Relations Commission over their mass threats to resign on Tuesday.
  
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• Government seeks 'urgent intervention' amid psychiatrist resignation threats

  20-01-2025 04:02 via abc.net.au
  
  The NSW government says they will take the state's public sector psychiatrists to the Industrial Relations Commission over their mass threats to resign on Tuesday.
  
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• The average billionaire made $3.2 million a day in 2024, Oxfam finds

  20-01-2025 01:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Think you earn a decent salary? The latest inequality report from Oxfam found Australia's billionaires took home 1,300 times more than the average Aussie earner last year. 
  
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• Australian billionaires made $67,000 an hour last year, report finds

  20-01-2025 01:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Think you earn a decent salary? The latest inequality report from Oxfam found Australia's billionaires took home 1,300 times more than the average Aussie earner last year. 
  
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