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• Star fails to secure Salter Brothers loan, gold soars — as it happened

  01-04-2025 22:47 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market closed in positive territory ahead of US President Donald Trump's next round of tariffs. Look back on the day's business news on our blog.
  
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• 'Women who aren't able to leave': Understanding Australia's low divorce rate

  01-04-2025 22:00 via abc.net.au
  
  A new report has revealed that Australia's divorce rates have fallen to their lowest levels in almost fifty years. But the reason why is not as simple as it seems.   
  
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• 'Women who aren’t able to leave': Understanding Australia's low divorce rate

  01-04-2025 22:00 via abc.net.au
  
  A new report has revealed that Australia's divorce rates have fallen to their lowest levels in almost fifty years. But the reason why is not as simple as it seems.   
  
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• 'Obligation to the world': Queensland has no timeline for key environmental goal

  01-04-2025 21:42 via abc.net.au
  
  There are calls for the state government to set a concrete timeline for its target of preserving 17 per cent of its landmass, with just 595,000 hectares protected since 2022.
  
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• PepsiCo faces Australian Tax Office in High Court

  01-04-2025 21:36 via abc.net.au
  
  A High Court hearing for a challenge between PepsiCo and the Australian Tax Office today will be an important test of Australia's laws set up to tax overseas companies appearing to derive profits here. 
  
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• Labor to ask Fair Work for 'sustainable real wage increase' for award workers

  01-04-2025 21:13 via abc.net.au
  
  As Labor makes a pitch to minimum-wage workers, the Coalition proposes a new government agency to attract private investment to Australia.
  
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• The history of American tariffs offers stark insights into Trump's plans

  01-04-2025 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Donald Trump's preoccupation with tariffs isn't new. But economists say US history shows trade barriers end up costing consumers and businesses more.
  
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• History of American tariffs offers stark insights into Trump's plans

  01-04-2025 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Donald Trump's preoccupation with tariffs isn't new. But economists say US history shows trade barriers end up costing consumers and businesses more.
  
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• Tenants fear surge of evictions ahead of major rental law reforms

  01-04-2025 20:55 via abc.net.au
  
  As NSW prepares to ban no-grounds evictions, some renters believe they're being forced out as landlords try to get ahead of the change.
  
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• Taxpayers could be on hook if foreign companies sue over Dutton gas plan

  01-04-2025 20:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Peter Dutton is under pressure to publish modelling and details of his gas plan, which has faced a barrage of industry condemnation.
  
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• 'Unsightly, uncomfortable and unacceptable': Concerns over prosthetic eye maker

  01-04-2025 20:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Losing an eye is a traumatic experience, having an artificial eye made should help with the healing process. For these people, who were clients of Jack McDonald, it wasn't.
  
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• Their job title is 'ocularist and maxillofacial prosthetist' but it's an unregulated industry

  01-04-2025 20:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Losing an eye is a traumatic experience, having an artificial eye made should help with the healing process. For these people, who were clients of Jack McDonald, it wasn't.
  
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• Complaints about 'unacceptable' eye maker in unregulated industry

  01-04-2025 20:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Losing an eye is a traumatic experience, having an artificial eye made should help with the healing process. For these people, who were clients of Jack McDonald, it wasn't.
  
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• Europe joins growing list of nations preparing to oppose Trump tariffs

  01-04-2025 11:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Europe is open to negotiate looming trade tariffs with the US Trump administration but is willing to retaliate with countermeasures if required, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says. 
  
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• EU 'ready to retaliate' to Trump tariffs, says commission president

  01-04-2025 11:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Europe is open to negotiate looming trade tariffs with the US Trump administration but is willing to retaliate with countermeasures if required, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says. 
  
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• Party time — for some — as gold price surges to record $5,000 an ounce

  01-04-2025 10:45 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's "gold capital" celebrates the metal hitting a once-unthinkable price for the first time, but Kalgoorlie-Boulder leaders hope the whole community, struggling with cost of living pressures, sees the benefits.
  
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• Outback business vows to rebuild after blaze 'like a nuclear bomb'

  01-04-2025 09:15 via abc.net.au
  
  A family-owned Alice Springs business is determined to stay open after a devastating fire causes millions of dollars in damage.
  
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• Victims of Sydney con-woman Melissa Caddick receive $3.5m settlement

  01-04-2025 09:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Sydney fraudster Melissa Caddick left investors almost $24 million out of pocket through their self-managed superannuation funds before she disappeared in November 2020.
  
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• Reserve Bank leaves interest rates on hold at April meeting

  01-04-2025 05:33 via abc.net.au
  
  The RBA board has kept its cash rate target unchanged at 4.1 per cent this month, after delivering its first cut since November 2020 at its Feburary meeting.
  
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• Breaking: Reserve Bank leaves interest rates on hold at April meeting

  01-04-2025 05:33 via abc.net.au
  
  The RBA board has kept its cash rate target unchanged at 4.1 per cent this month, after delivering its first cut since November 2020 at its Feburary meeting.
  
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• Lithium giant 'underestimated' mine expansion impact on regional WA community

  01-04-2025 04:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Talison Lithium expresses "regret" for underestimating the impacts of dust, noise and light pollution of its Greenbushes mine expansion project on the local community in South West WA.
  
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• Lithium giant 'deeply regrets' impact mine has had on Greenbushes locals

  01-04-2025 04:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Talison Lithium says it underestimated the impacts of dust, noise and light pollution from its Greenbushes mine expansion project on the local community in WA's South West.
  
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• Filmmaker George Miller says he has another Mad Max movie in him

  01-04-2025 03:15 via abc.net.au
  
  You won't see award-winning filmmaker George Miller's eyes glaze over if you start to talk about your dreams. He tells Virginia Trioli he finds inspiration in the space between sleep and consciousness.
  
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• Albanese won't budge on key US grievances, as Trump's 'liberation day' looms

  01-04-2025 02:42 via abc.net.au
  
  An updated list of grievances published by the United States trade office has set its sights on Australia's pharmaceutical sector, biosecurity protections and laws requiring the social media giants to pay for news.
  
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• Cigarette retailers struggle as smokers turn to black market

  01-04-2025 02:32 via abc.net.au
  
  A decline in cigarette sales amid a boom in illegal tobacco has added to the stress for small businesses already struggling.
  
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• 'Sometimes we just run out of money': Pre-paid electricity leaving families without power

  01-04-2025 01:01 via abc.net.au
  
  On any given week in Mowanjum, a remote community more than 2,300 kilometres north of Perth, most households experience electricity cuts at least two to three times.
  
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• Families disconnected from power at least 40 times a year in remote WA

  01-04-2025 01:01 via abc.net.au
  
  On any given week in Mowanjum, a remote community more than 2,300 kilometres north of Perth, most households experience electricity cuts at least two to three times.
  
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