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• Delays to billion-dollar project leave towns 'hanging in the balance'

  08-04-2025 23:16 via abc.net.au
  
  North Queensland towns sweating on benefits from a $13.9 billion transmission line say they need certainty in the face of major changes and delays.
  
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• Investigators to release final report on Sea World helicopter tragedy

  08-04-2025 21:47 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is set to deliver the findings from its investigation into a mid-air collision that killed four people and seriously injured six others on the Gold Coast in 2023.
  
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• Musk calls Trump adviser 'dumber than bricks' as tariff blowback escalates

  08-04-2025 21:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Elon Musk calls Donald Trump's top trade adviser a "moron", escalating tensions over tariffs within the US president's inner sanctum, as some White House officials indicate deals could be on the table.
  
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• Australia 'sucked into recession' under worst-case Trump trade war scenario

  08-04-2025 21:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Elon Musk calls Donald Trump's top trade adviser a "moron", escalating tensions over tariffs within the US president's inner sanctum, as some White House officials indicate deals could be on the table.
  
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• Hundreds of dollars added to bills as gas company asset values decline

  08-04-2025 21:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Faced with declining use of their assets, the firms that own Australia's gas pipelines are trying to shield themselves from the risks of their networks becoming stranded — and customers are paying the tab.
  
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• Consumers left footing the bill as gas companies see asset values dwindle

  08-04-2025 21:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Faced with declining use of their assets, the firms that own Australia's gas pipelines are trying to shield themselves from the risks of their networks becoming stranded — and customers are paying the tab.
  
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• We asked the experts for the quickest way to put pressure on power prices

  08-04-2025 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The price of energy is a focus of the election campaign. We've asked the experts what they think are some of the solutions to help households with their bills now.
  
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• The quickest way to put pressure on power prices according to experts

  08-04-2025 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The price of energy is a focus of the election campaign. We've asked the experts what they think are some of the solutions to help households with their bills now.
  
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• Are there quick wins for power prices? We asked some energy experts

  08-04-2025 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The price of energy is a focus of the election campaign. We've asked the experts what they think are some of the solutions to help households with their bills now.
  
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• What Trump's tariffs mean for possibility of recession in Australia

  08-04-2025 20:33 via abc.net.au
  
  As Donald Trump's tariffs continue to roil financial markets, economists say the risk for Australia is if the economy of China, the nation's largest trading partner, is damaged by the trade war. 
  
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• Economist warns Australia could be 'sucked into recession' amid global downturn

  08-04-2025 20:33 via abc.net.au
  
  As Donald Trump's tariffs continue to roil financial markets, economists say the risk for Australia is if the economy of China, the nation's largest trading partner, is damaged by the trade war. 
  
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• World's richest people react as billions is wiped off stock market

  08-04-2025 20:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Trump's tariffs have caused the stock market to crash to levels not seen since the COVID-19 pandemic, and billionaires are feeling the sting.
  
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• Who was hit the hardest? Billionaires lose out as stock market crashes

  08-04-2025 20:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Trump's tariffs have caused the stock market to crash to levels not seen since the COVID-19 pandemic, and billionaires are feeling the sting.
  
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• 'Not what we voted for': World's richest react to billions wiped off stock market

  08-04-2025 20:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Trump's tariffs have caused the stock market to crash to levels not seen since the COVID-19 pandemic, and billionaires are feeling the sting.
  
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• Trump waits China's call on tariffs as deadline looms for 104 per cent levy

  08-04-2025 19:14 via abc.net.au
  
  The US president has taken to social media to say he is confident Beijing will call as a 104 per cent tariff deadline looms.
  
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• Trump says he is 'waiting' for China's call as tariff deadline looms

  08-04-2025 19:14 via abc.net.au
  
  The US president has taken to social media to say he's confident Beijing will call as a 104 per cent tariff deadline looms.
  
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• Trump awaits China's call on tariffs as deadline looms for 104 per cent levy

  08-04-2025 19:14 via abc.net.au
  
  The US president has taken to social media to say he is confident Beijing will call as a 104 per cent tariff deadline looms.
  
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• JD Vance called 'ignorant and impolite' by China over 'peasants' remark

  08-04-2025 16:41 via abc.net.au
  
  The US vice president's comments have been widely circulated on Chinese social media and received a sharp rebuke from Beijing. 
  
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• Chalmers pauses 'campaigning' to hold talks with RBA and bank CEOs

  08-04-2025 09:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Treasurer Jim Chalmers has taken himself off the election campaign trail to hold a series of high-level meetings with the Reserve Bank and big bank CEOs to discuss fallout from Donald Trump's trade war and market volatility.
  
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• Chalmers pauses 'campaigning' to hold crisis talks with RBA and bank CEOs on tariff turmoil

  08-04-2025 09:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Treasurer Jim Chalmers has taken himself off the election campaign trail to hold a series of high-level crisis meetings with the Reserve Bank and big bank CEOs to discuss fallout from Donald Trump's trade war and market volatility.
  
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• Chalmers pauses 'campaigning' to hold crisis talks with RBA and bank CEOs

  08-04-2025 09:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Treasurer Jim Chalmers has taken himself off the election campaign trail to hold a series of high-level crisis meetings with the Reserve Bank and big bank CEOs to discuss fallout from Donald Trump's trade war and market volatility.
  
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• Whyalla steelworks administrator launches legal action to regain control of port operations

  08-04-2025 08:30 via abc.net.au
  
  KordaMentha is attempting to take control of the Whyalla port from its current operator, a subsidiary of GFG Alliance.
  
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• 'Recession under Labor': Dutton stokes fears of Trump crash

  08-04-2025 07:58 via abc.net.au
  
  Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says Labor is badly prepared to weather the economic fallout from Donald Trump's tariffs, contradicting assessments from Treasurer Jim Chalmers and RBA governor Michele Bullock.
  
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• Victoria announces plans to subsidise home ceiling insulation installation

  08-04-2025 07:05 via abc.net.au
  
  The Victorian government announces plans to subsidise the installation of home ceiling insulation, in a move it claims will help drive down power prices.
  
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• 'Biggest single change' to Sydney planning rules sees house prices soar

  08-04-2025 04:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Property developers and home owners alike in NSW are cashing in after new planning laws to help build hundreds of thousands of apartments came into effect in February.
  
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• 'Biggest single change' to Sydney planning rules has house prices soaring

  08-04-2025 04:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Property developers and home owners alike in NSW are cashing in after new planning laws to help build hundreds of thousands of apartments came into effect in February.
  
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• Tradie shortage could see builds blow out in cost and time, report finds

  08-04-2025 01:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Queensland construction projects can expect cost blowouts and time lags over the next decade as the industry value balloons by billions and its workforce shrinks, according to a new report. 
  
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• Customers asked super fund about security weakness before cyberattacks

  08-04-2025 01:07 via abc.net.au
  
  Members of Australia's biggest superannuation fund say they asked about a key safeguard against online fraud before cyber thieves stole retirement savings. 
  
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• Your rights when it comes to what you can wear at work

  08-04-2025 00:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Experts explain what's reasonable when it comes to a workplace dress code and how enforceable they are. 
  
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• Outback power line cost blows out from $1.8 billion to nearly $14 billion

  08-04-2025 00:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Queensland MP Robbie Katter wants state-owned corporation Powerlink dropped from the construction of a major transmission line as the government unveils how it will "save" the project.
  
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