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• SA fisher says 'burning' water harming marine life and business

  20-03-2025 22:35 via abc.net.au
  
  Similar seawater quality problems to those that have been reported near Victor Harbor are threatening the livelihood of a fisher in the state's south-east.
  
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• Live: Supermarkets argue sector 'highly competitive' despite ACCC findings

  20-03-2025 22:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Coles and Woolworths are in focus after they responded to the ACCC's inquiry into supermarket pricing and competition. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.  
  
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• Live: Coles argues supermarkets 'highly competitive' while Woolworths calls sector 'very competitive' despite ACCC findings

  20-03-2025 22:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Coles and Woolworths are in focus after they responded to the ACCC's inquiry into supermarket pricing and competition. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.  
  
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• Live: Coles argues supermarkets 'highly competitive' despite ACCC findings

  20-03-2025 22:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Coles and Woolworths will be in focus as they respond to the ACCC's inquiry into supermarket pricing and competition. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• Coles and Woolworths shares surge after 'benign' report — as it happened

  20-03-2025 22:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Shares in Coles and Woolworths surged on Friday, after a report into the supermarket sector. Investors seemed to cheer the findings, with analysts describing it as a "relief rally" for the stocks.
  
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• Landlord says real estate agents 'culpable' in Victoria's housing crisis

  20-03-2025 21:22 via abc.net.au
  
  With rents rising, one landlord says the real estate industry needs to be scrutinised while the Real Estate Institute of Victoria proposes land tax reforms to help alleviate pressure on housing providers offering long-term leases.
  
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• Four in five Queenslanders yet to download digital ID despite $50m spend

  20-03-2025 20:51 via abc.net.au
  
  The minister responsible for customer service says he wants a new digital app that will make dealing with government services "seamless and quick".
  
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• 250km underground power transmission line plan for Victoria

  20-03-2025 20:31 via abc.net.au
  
  The company behind the proposed transmission project says it is more feasible and has more farmer support than two controversial projects.
  
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• 250km-long underground transmission line proposed for Victoria

  20-03-2025 20:31 via abc.net.au
  
  The company behind a proposed new underground transmission line for Victoria says if it were to go ahead, it would delay the need to build two controversial projects.
  
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• US tech giants lobby Trump to tackle Australian social media rules

  20-03-2025 20:07 via abc.net.au
  
  Silicon Valley, whose top executives have cultivated close relationships with Donald Trump, is now pushing him to pressure Australia to relax its regulations or risk retaliation. 
  
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• Tech titans ask Trump to take up fight against Australian regulation

  20-03-2025 20:07 via abc.net.au
  
  Silicon Valley, whose top executives have cultivated close relationships with Donald Trump, is now pushing him to pressure Australia to relax its regulations or risk retaliation. 
  
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• Woolies and Coles have 'limited incentive' to compete hard on price, ACCC finds

  20-03-2025 12:30 via abc.net.au
  
  The consumer watchdog's hotly anticipated report into Australian supermarkets concludes the two major players have so much power, they don't need to compete "vigorously", but the ACCC stopped short of declaring grocery prices excessive. 
  
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• Australian supermarkets among world's most profitable, with 'limited incentive' to compete

  20-03-2025 12:30 via abc.net.au
  
  The consumer watchdog finds Australia's supermarkets are more profitable than their global peers and the two majors don't need to compete "vigorously", but the ACCC stops short of declaring grocery prices excessive. 
  
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• Education department reviews school computer block on pro and anti-live export websites

  20-03-2025 08:08 via abc.net.au
  
  WA students and teachers say the 'Keep the Sheep' advocacy website, as well as the opposing campaign against live exports, could not be accessed from school computers.
  
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• Huon salmon stripped of RSPCA approval after video scandal

  20-03-2025 06:09 via abc.net.au
  
  RSPCA Australia has withdrawn its certification from salmon farming giant Huon Aquaculture following the release of a video that shows live fish being dumped into bins.
  
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• The ACCC will soon deliver its verdict in supermarket duopoly report

  20-03-2025 05:55 via abc.net.au
  
  A long-awaited report into the market power of Australia's two major supermarkets — dubbed 'ColesWorth' — will soon be made public.
  
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• Do 'ColesWorth' have a duopoly? The ACCC will soon deliver its verdict

  20-03-2025 05:55 via abc.net.au
  
  A long-awaited report into the market power of Australia's two major supermarkets — dubbed 'ColesWorth' — will soon be made public.
  
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• Greenpeace to pay $1 billion over oil pipeline protests, US jury finds

  20-03-2025 04:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Greenpeace must pay substantial damages for defamation and other claims brought by a oil pipeline company over the Standing Rock protests in 2016 and 2017.
  
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• Greenpeace must pay $1 billion in damages, could go bankrupt

  20-03-2025 04:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Greenpeace must pay substantial damages for defamation and other claims brought by a oil pipeline company over the Standing Rock protests in 2016 and 2017.
  
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• Childcare giant's former chair Jenny Hutson has criminal charges dropped

  20-03-2025 02:30 via abc.net.au
  
  The corporate watchdog's case against the former chairwoman of Australia's biggest share market-listed childcare operator has collapsed.
  
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• 'Unacceptable' Bruce Highway flooding repeat frustrates north Queenslanders

  20-03-2025 02:09 via abc.net.au
  
  As north Queenslanders cope with the second flood in as many months, frustrations are growing over yet another closure of the Bruce Highway. 
  
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• Residents angry over lack of flood warning and third highway closure

  20-03-2025 02:09 via abc.net.au
  
  As North Queenslanders cope with the second flood in as many months, frustrations are growing over yet another closure of the Bruce Highway. 
  
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• Labor and Coalition vow PBS will not be bargained over in US trade war

  20-03-2025 02:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton say the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, a cornerstone of Australia's health system, will never be a negotiating chip in US President Donald Trump's ongoing tariff campaign.
  
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• Unemployment rate steady despite shock job losses

  20-03-2025 01:56 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's unemployment rate remained steady at 4.1 per cent in February, as labour force participation declined from a record high.
  
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• 'No reason to panic': Unemployment rate steady despite shock job losses

  20-03-2025 01:56 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's unemployment rate remained steady at 4.1 per cent in February, as labour force participation declined from a record high.
  
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• Thousands of breeding flying foxes stopping planes from landing

  20-03-2025 01:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Next to Rockhampton Airport is a large botanical garden filled with thousands of flying foxes, and when the sun sets these creatures come alive and cause headaches for incoming flights.
  
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• Federal Labor's move to protect Macquarie Harbour salmon farming blasted by Greens

  20-03-2025 01:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Federal Labor will push through legislation next week which could derail a legal battle over salmon farming's impact on an endangered ray and safeguard the industry's future in Tasmania.
  
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