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• Tempers flare in outback town as locals abandon only grocery store

  05-03-2025 22:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Empty shelves and rotting produce are among the complaints being levelled at a Goldfields shire over its management of an IGA grocery store.
  
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• Australian shares fall despite Wall Street optimism — as it happened

  05-03-2025 21:40 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX fell on Thursday, as several major companies traded without access to their latest dividend payments, while the Australian dollar moved higher overnight. Here's how the session unfolded on the ABC News markets blog. 
  
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• Investigation launched after live salmon sealed into tubs with dead fish

  05-03-2025 21:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Tasmanian salmon producer Huon Aquaculture launches a "full investigation" after video taken at one of its fish farms showed live salmon being siphoned out of a pen and sealed in tubs with piles of dead fish.
  
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• Fish farm ‘extremely disappointed’ after live salmon sealed in tub

  05-03-2025 21:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Tasmanian salmon producer Huon Aquaculture launches a "full investigation" after video taken at one of its fish farms showed live salmon being siphoned out of a pen and sealed in tubs with piles of dead fish.
  
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• Origin's coal-fired Eraring 'unreliable' and 'driving up energy bills,' says new report

  05-03-2025 21:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's coal-fired power stations are unreliable and driving up electricity prices, according to a new report out today, on the eve of a federal election campaign in which the viability of keeping coal plants going longer will be a key focus.
  
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• How outages at aging coal-fired power stations drive up energy bills

  05-03-2025 21:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's coal-fired power stations are unreliable and driving up electricity prices, according to a new report out today, on the eve of a federal election campaign in which the viability of keeping coal plants going longer will be a key focus.
  
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• 'Expensive, improbable': The case against extending coal-fired power

  05-03-2025 21:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's coal-fired power stations are unreliable and driving up electricity prices, according to a new report out today, on the eve of a federal election campaign in which the viability of keeping coal plants going longer will be a key focus.
  
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• Do we need a reset when it comes to diversity and inclusion at work?

  05-03-2025 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Workplaces in the US are witnessing a mass reversal of diversity, equity and inclusion programs following President Donald Trump's return to power. Could the same thing happen here in Australia?
  
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• As DEI programs are scaled back in the US, could it happen here in Australia?

  05-03-2025 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Workplaces in the US are witnessing a mass reversal of diversity, equity and inclusion programs following President Donald Trump's return to power. Could the same thing happen here in Australia?
  
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• New report shows how Australian life has changed over last 20 years

  05-03-2025 19:52 via abc.net.au
  
  The HILDA report is a body of work that has surveyed 9,000 Australian households every year, for the last 22 years. Here's what they say has changed.
  
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• Mining giant fined for unlawful works on NT sacred site over 13 years

  05-03-2025 09:36 via abc.net.au
  
  The company operating the Northern Territory's McArthur River Mine, one of the world's largest lead and zinc mines, has been convicted and fined for unlawful works on a sacred site spanning 13 years.
  
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• Massive Australian mine fined for illegally working on Aboriginal sacred site

  05-03-2025 09:36 via abc.net.au
  
  The company operating the Northern Territory's McArthur River Mine, one of the world's largest lead and zinc mines, has been convicted and fined for unlawful works on a sacred site spanning 13 years.
  
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• Brindabella Christian College enters voluntary adminstration

  05-03-2025 07:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Brindabella Christian College enters voluntary administration in the latest instalment of the Canberra private school's long-running financial struggles.
  
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• Brindabella Christian College enters voluntary administration

  05-03-2025 07:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Brindabella Christian College enters voluntary administration in the latest instalment of the Canberra private school's long-running financial struggles.
  
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• Blow for commuters as Southwest Metro opening delayed until 2026

  05-03-2025 02:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Industrial action has been blamed for the delay in converting the T3 Bankstown line, leaving commuters with the inconvenience of travelling on rail replacement buses for months longer than expected.
  
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• New technology helps discover gold near old mine in Whitsundays

  05-03-2025 02:39 via abc.net.au
  
  An old Queensland gold mine has been revived, but some residents are concerned about its environmental impact. 
  
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• Multi-million-dollar rescue deal for embattled WA cattle company stalls

  05-03-2025 02:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The $55 million sale of Yeeda Pastoral Company is up in the air as shareholders voice concerns in a Supreme Court trial.
  
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• Bailout of embattled WA cattle company in limbo amid court action

  05-03-2025 02:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The $55 million sale of Yeeda Pastoral Company is up in the air as shareholders voice concerns in a Supreme Court trial.
  
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• Breaking: Australia's economy exits 21-month per capita recession

  05-03-2025 01:51 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's economy rebounds in the December quarter, with the annual rate of growth lifting to 1.3 per cent.
  
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• Australia's economy exits 21-month per capita recession

  05-03-2025 01:51 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's economy rebounds in the December quarter, with the annual rate of growth lifting to 1.3 per cent.
  
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• Seaside town fears wilderness lockout if renewables lease green lit

  05-03-2025 01:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Residents of a popular West Australian holiday town fear government plans to transfer land to the developer of a $15 billion green hydrogen project will see them lose access to treasured camping and fishing spots.
  
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• Seaside town fears wilderness lockout if green energy lease green lit

  05-03-2025 01:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Residents of a popular West Australian holiday town fear government plans to transfer land to the developer of a $15 billion green hydrogen project will see them lose access to treasured camping and fishing spots.
  
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• Multi-billion-dollar hydrogen project divides coastal WA town

  05-03-2025 01:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Residents of a popular West Australian holiday town fear government plans to transfer land to the developer of a $15 billion green hydrogen project will see them lose access to treasured camping and fishing spots.
  
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