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• Sparkies say 'serious funding' needed to meet housing and energy targets

  04-03-2025 23:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The electrical sector says urgent funding is needed for vocational training to meet national housing and emissions reduction targets.
  
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• Electrician shortage threatens housing and energy targets, sector warns

  04-03-2025 23:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The electrical sector says urgent funding is needed for vocational training to meet national housing and emissions reduction targets.
  
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• ASX records lowest close of the year on Trump tariff concerns — as it happened

  04-03-2025 21:54 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market has ended sharply lower to record its worst close of the year so far, with growing uncertainty about the impact of Donald Trump's escalating trade war.
  
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• Tech giants accuse government of 'preferential treatment' for YouTube

  04-03-2025 20:22 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government has been accused of making a "sweetheart deal" to exempt YouTube from the teen social media ban, as YouTube's competitors kick off a co-ordinated public campaign against the move.
  
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• Government accused of making 'sweetheart deal' to exempt YouTube from social media ban

  04-03-2025 20:22 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government has been accused of making a "sweetheart deal" to exempt YouTube from the teen social media ban, as YouTube's competitors kick off a co-ordinated public campaign against the move.
  
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• 'Banning soft drink and exempting Coke': YouTube's rivals slam draft ban

  04-03-2025 20:22 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government has been accused of making a "sweetheart deal" to exempt YouTube from the teen social media ban, as YouTube's competitors kick off a co-ordinated public campaign against the move.
  
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• Star close to collapse with casino group set to run out of cash by Friday

  04-03-2025 20:21 via abc.net.au
  
  Troubled casino operator Star Entertainment has barely enough cash to last until the weekend, increasing the likelihood of the company entering administration as early as Wednesday. 
  
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• Water shortages leave Adelaide Hills farmers and householders 'at breaking point'

  04-03-2025 20:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Adelaide Hills resident Jodie Burr usually buys one tank of water a year. Since November, she's bought 10 and will have to wait eight weeks for her next delivery.
  
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• Arguing against WFH, Hume cites research that supports hybrid work

  04-03-2025 19:49 via abc.net.au
  
  Shadow Finance Minister Jane Hume pointed to Stanford Research when arguing that working from home hurt productivity. That same research found working from home part-time actually saw productivity gains.
  
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• 'Not sustainable': The heavy price your 6c tea bag is exacting on others

  04-03-2025 19:41 via abc.net.au
  
  An ABC investigation in Sri Lanka has found popular certification schemes are failing to live up to their ethical promises.
  
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• Do ethical tea labels stack up? We went to Sri Lanka to see firsthand

  04-03-2025 19:41 via abc.net.au
  
  An ABC investigation in Sri Lanka has found popular certification schemes are failing to live up to their ethical promises.
  
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• Clarion call for PM to ditch plans to protect Tasmanian salmon

  04-03-2025 19:22 via abc.net.au
  
  As the Tasmanian salmon industry battles to control the fallout from dead fish washing up on local beaches and revelations the state's environmental watchdog is clueless as to how many fish have died, a joint letter to the PM has called for a tightening of regulations for foreign-owned aquaculture companies.
   
  
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• Questions swirl around collapse of major international student agency

  04-03-2025 19:09 via abc.net.au
  
  It's still not known how many students have been caught up in the business failure, whether they've lost their savings or if they can still come to Australia.
  
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• 'Everything was crumbling': Inside international student agency's collapse

  04-03-2025 19:09 via abc.net.au
  
  It's still not known how many students have been caught up in the business failure, whether they've lost their savings or if they can still come to Australia.
  
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• Canadian PM accuses Trump of using tariffs to make annexation 'easier'

  04-03-2025 18:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Justin Trudeau says further tariffs against American products will be introduced in coming weeks, labelling the trade war launched by Donald Trump as "dumb".
  
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• Rough sleepers unsure of where to go as cyclone approaches Queensland

  04-03-2025 12:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Holiday-makers and people sleeping rough have been advised to leave the path of the cyclone before it's too late.
  
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• Customers waiting years for homes discover builder has government contract

  04-03-2025 08:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Inspired Homes customers in WA say watching progress being made on taxpayer-funded projects is a "very hard pill to swallow".
  
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• Emergency water intervention as Adelaide Hills and Fleurieu run dry

  04-03-2025 07:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Demands for water carting services in the Adelaide Hills and Fleurieu regions "significantly exceed supply", the state government says, prompting an emergency response.
  
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• NT calls for 'certainty' from federal government over Darwin Port future

  04-03-2025 06:45 via abc.net.au
  
  High-level discussions between the Northern Territory and federal governments are set to take place this week over the future of the Darwin Port, as the NT treasurer calls for certainty about Commonwealth plans for the facility.
  
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• Tasmanian salmon companies 'on notice', Premier says

  04-03-2025 06:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Tasmania's premier has faced questioning on the opening day of state parliament over the government's silence over issuing public health warnings for the recent salmon mass mortality that saw fish carcasses washed up on beaches.
  
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• Sale of state-owned assets possible to bring down Tasmanian debt

  04-03-2025 06:42 via abc.net.au
  
  Tasmania's government will consider selling off government businesses and assets to reduce the state's spiralling debt levels, Premier Jeremy Rockliff has announced.
  
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• Cosmetic clients urged to get tested after 'concerning' find at Sydney clinic

  04-03-2025 03:05 via abc.net.au
  
  The South Eastern Sydney Local Health District is urging anyone who has had infusions, injections or underwent any invasive procedures at the Ketthip Clinic in Sydney to get tested.
  
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• Clients possibly exposed to HIV, hepatitis at Sydney cosmetic clinic

  04-03-2025 03:05 via abc.net.au
  
  The South Eastern Sydney Local Health District is urging anyone who has had infusions, injections or underwent any invasive procedures at the Ketthip Clinic in Sydney to get tested.
  
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• Trump tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China could spark global trade war

  04-03-2025 02:45 via abc.net.au
  
  The US has confirmed he will enforce 25 per cent tariffs on goods, and financial experts say the impacts of a North American trade war could rebound across the globe. 
  
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• China retaliates as Trump's long-threatened tariffs threaten trade war

  04-03-2025 02:45 via abc.net.au
  
  China has retaliated with tariffs of its own after the US confirmed it would enforce 25 per cent tariffs on goods, with financial experts saying this could be the start of a trade war.
  
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• China retaliates as Trump's long-threatened tariffs risk trade war

  04-03-2025 02:45 via abc.net.au
  
  China has retaliated with tariffs of its own after the US confirmed it would enforce 25 per cent tariffs on goods, with financial experts saying this could be the start of a trade war.
  
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• Return to office order wouldn't disadvantage women, Dutton says

  04-03-2025 02:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says women looking for flexible work can find job-sharing arrangements, defending a Coalition promise to order public servants to return to the office five days a week.
  
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• Thousands of Perth homes without power after rain sparks pole-top fires

  04-03-2025 00:20 via abc.net.au
  
  About 26,000 Western Power customers wake up without power due to outages stretching across Perth's northern and southern suburbs. 
  
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• Thousands of Perth homes still without power after drizzly rain ignites pole-top fires

  04-03-2025 00:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Around 9,200 homes are still without power due to outages across Perth's northern and southern suburbs, and some may not regain electricity until Wednesday.
  
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• Pole-top fires cut power to more than 35,000 Perth homes after drizzly rain

  04-03-2025 00:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Tens of thousands of Western Power customers wake up without power due to outages across Perth's northern and southern suburbs, and some may not regain electricity until Wednesday.
  
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• Pole-top fires cut power to about 30,000 Perth homes after drizzly rain

  04-03-2025 00:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Tens of thousands of Western Power customers wake up without power due to outages across Perth's northern and southern suburbs, and some may not regain electricity until later in the day.
  
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• Pole-top fires cut power to 40,000 Perth homes after drizzly rain

  04-03-2025 00:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Tens of thousands of Western Power customers wake up without power due to outages across Perth's northern and southern suburbs, and some may not regain electricity until Wednesday.
  
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