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• Legendary patriarch of iconic country department store dies

  21-02-2025 21:45 via abc.net.au
  
  He was just a teenager when he started managing his family's Toowoomba store, and now John Hanna is remembered for his decades of kindness behind the counter.
   
  
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• This is no ordinary ferry. What's inside could transform shipping

  21-02-2025 20:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Over the centuries ferries have evolved from using paddles to steam engines, to burning diesel and gas. Can the humble ferry go all electric?
  
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• New salmon debris washes ashore as EPA says it has results from 'chunks'

  21-02-2025 07:15 via abc.net.au
  
  The Environmental Protection Authority says it has preliminary test results for the chunks that washed up on a southern Tasmanian beach last weekend, as activists share new photos of fish debris on a different beach.
  
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• Container deposit inquiry announced in Qld as state falls behind goals

  21-02-2025 06:15 via abc.net.au
  
  The government has established a container deposit scheme in 2018, but the new state environment minister says it is not meeting its goal of 85 per cent recovery rate. 
  
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• The RBA didn't want to start cutting rates too late, governor Bullock says

  21-02-2025 05:44 via abc.net.au
  
  The RBA was too slow to lift rates, and it didn't want to make the same mistake when cutting them, the central bank's governor has told a parliamentary committee.
  
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• Amazon takes control of James Bond franchise

  21-02-2025 05:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Amazon takes full creative control of the James Bond franchise after decades of Broccoli family leadership. 
  
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• Whyalla businesses relieved and 'stunned' by $2.4b steelworks deal

  21-02-2025 04:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Whyalla has been no stranger to emotional rollercoasters in recent years, and while some locals are wary of false dawns and keen to avoid past mistakes, the mood among the steelmaking city's business operators has been buoyed by news of the joint state and federal $2.4 billion support package.
  
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• Whyalla businesses relieved and 'stunned' by $2.4 billion steelworks support deal

  21-02-2025 04:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Whyalla has been no stranger to emotional rollercoasters in recent years, and while some locals are wary of false dawns and keen to avoid past mistakes, the mood among the steelmaking city's business operators has been buoyed by news of the joint state and federal $2.4 billion support package.
  
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• New homes to be built around 171 NSW transport hubs under housing reforms

  21-02-2025 01:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Changes to planning controls will allow more terraces, townhouses, and residential flats to be built around 171 town centres and stations across the state, the NSW government announced.
  
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• Brisbane bus drivers flag peak hour strike after negotiation breakdown

  21-02-2025 00:58 via abc.net.au
  
  The union has flagged a two-hour stoppage in peak hour next Wednesday after industrial action earlier this week. 
  
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