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• Coalition promises to relax home lending rules, against regulator's urging

  31-03-2025 23:08 via abc.net.au
  
  The financial regulator says household debt is already high and its "serviceability buffer" is appropriate. The Coalition says the high buffer is out of date and relaxing it would help more first home buyers into their own place. 
  
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• Kakadu National Park lease to be renewed ahead of Gunlom Falls reopening

  31-03-2025 22:52 via abc.net.au
  
  The Commonwealth and Kakadu traditional owners are set to sign a new agreement over the jointly-managed national park ahead of Gunlom Falls' long-anticipated reopening this dry season.
  
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• Live: Wall Street edges higher after worst month since 2022

  31-03-2025 22:35 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX looks set to rise after a recovery on Wall Street, ahead of the Reserve Bank's interest rate decision. It follows a volatile night for global markets, with heavy falls in Europe as traders await Trump's tariff reveal. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.  
  
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• Live: US and world markets fall sharply

  31-03-2025 22:35 via abc.net.au
  
  US stocks gyrates wildly and world markets fall sharply as the world awaits Donald Trump's tariff reveal on  "Liberation Day". Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.  
  
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• Live: Reserve Bank to deliver interest rate decision

  31-03-2025 22:35 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX rises after a recovery on Wall Street, ahead of the Reserve Bank's interest rate decision. It follows a volatile night for global markets, with heavy falls in Europe as traders await Trump's tariff reveal. 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, ASX remain higher as RBA stays on hold

  31-03-2025 22:35 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX rises after a recovery on Wall Street, as the Reserve Bank keeps interest rates steady. It follows a volatile night for global markets, with heavy falls in Europe as traders await Trump's tariff reveal. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.
  
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• ASX gains ground as RBA stays on hold

  31-03-2025 22:35 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX gained ground on Tuesday as the Reserve Bank kept interest rates steady. Catch up on the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.
  
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• Long-awaited SA freight route back on table ahead of federal election

  31-03-2025 22:27 via abc.net.au
  
  A freight bypass estimated to divert up to 420,000 trucks a year from congested Adelaide thoroughfares is back on the agenda following the federal budget.
  
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• Trump looms as election wildcard with Labor reluctant to buy tariff exemption

  31-03-2025 20:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian officials continue to talk to their American counterparts, but Labor is reluctant to pay a substantial price to win an exemption from fresh US tariffs.
  
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• Global shares slide as world braces for Trump's 'liberation day'

  31-03-2025 18:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Investment bank Goldman Sachs says there is now a 35 per cent chance of a recession in the US in the next year.
  
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• Global shares slide as world braces for Trump tariffs

  31-03-2025 18:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Investment bank Goldman Sachs says there is now a 35 per cent chance of a recession in the US in the next year.
  
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• Global shares dip as world braces for Trump tariffs

  31-03-2025 18:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Investment bank Goldman Sachs says there is now a 35 per cent chance of a recession in the US in the next year.
  
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• Property price rebound continues as rate cut boosts the mood

  31-03-2025 15:02 via abc.net.au
  
  After a brief downturn home prices have rebounded to new heights, but analysts say growth is likely to be contained. Rents have also reached record highs but growth is expected to slow.
  
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• Home prices and rents reach record highs ahead of rates decision

  31-03-2025 15:02 via abc.net.au
  
  After a brief downturn home prices have rebounded to new heights, but analysts say growth is likely to be contained. Rents have also reached record highs but growth is expected to slow.
  
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• Central Queensland coal mine shut down due to dangerous gas levels

  31-03-2025 12:15 via abc.net.au
  
  The Anglo American-owned Moranbah North in central Queensland has been safely evacuated after dangerous gas levels were detected.
  
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• Bob Brown Foundation launches legal challenge against PM's 'rushed' salmon bill

  31-03-2025 08:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's law changes to guarantee the future of farmed salmon in Macquarie Harbour are facing counter moves, with the Bob Brown Foundation launching a legal challenge in the Federal Court.
  
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• One of the country's largest gold mines fined $350k for air pollution

  31-03-2025 05:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Newmont Corporation, owner of the Cadia mine at Orange in New South Wales, is convicted of exceeding dust regulations on five occasions between 2021 and 2023.
  
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• Health minister to investigate price gouging by private insurers

  31-03-2025 04:56 via abc.net.au
  
  The Department of Health has been told to investigate price gouging practices by health insurers after one fund ignored a warning from the Health minister to stop exploiting a loophole to increase prices above the government-approved cap.
  
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• Health Minister orders urgent investigation of HCF price hike

  31-03-2025 04:56 via abc.net.au
  
  The Department of Health has been told to investigate price gouging practices by health insurers after one fund ignored a warning from the Health minister to stop exploiting a loophole to increase prices above the government-approved cap.
  
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• Ben Roberts-Smith seeking to reopen failed defamation case over recording

  31-03-2025 04:01 via abc.net.au
  
  The war veteran has been awaiting a decision in the appeal for more than a year, after the Federal Court previously found the publisher had proven, to the civil standard, allegations he was involved in four murders in Afghanistan and an allegation of bullying.
  
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• Mount Gambier is tipped to boom, but leaders say infrastructure is lacking

  31-03-2025 01:13 via abc.net.au
  
  More than 18,000 people are expected to move to SA's Limestone Coast in the next 25 years, but local leaders say a mountain of work needs to be done. 
  
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