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• Live: ASX set to rise after gains on Wall Street; US Federal Reserve holds rates

  07-05-2025 23:59 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market is set to rise on Thursday, after Wall Street made gains. Meanwhile, the the US Federal Reserve has held interest rates. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• Live: ASX on the up after gains on Wall Street, US Federal Reserve holds rates

  07-05-2025 23:59 via abc.net.au
  
  It's a choppy day on the Australian share market as investors react to corporate profit updates and global news. Meanwhile, the the US Federal Reserve has held interest rates. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.  
  
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• Live: ASX flat ahead of Trump trade deal, US futures rise

  07-05-2025 23:59 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market is edging into positive territory after the the US president foreshadowed a major trade deal announcement tomorrow, with reports that it is with the UK. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.
  
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• ASX closes higher amid optimism about trade deals — as it happened

  07-05-2025 23:59 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market closed higher after the the US president foreshadowed a major trade deal to be announced on Friday, with reports that it is with the UK. Look back on the day's events and insights on the ABC News markets blog.
  
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• Will AI decide if you get your next job? New research says it could

  07-05-2025 23:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Artificial intelligence hiring systems are being used by Australian employers in recruitment, but new research suggests it may “enable discrimination” against marginalised groups.
  
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• Millions of SA oysters quarantined over algae-linked toxin

  07-05-2025 22:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Oyster farms on South Australia's Yorke Peninsula have voluntarily cordoned off their sites as health authorities investigate a toxin outbreak.
  
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• Millions of SA oysters quarantined after algae-linked toxin discovery

  07-05-2025 22:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Oyster farms on South Australia's Yorke Peninsula have voluntarily cordoned off their sites as health authorities investigate a toxin outbreak.
  
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• Rough sleepers camp at site of long-delayed social housing project

  07-05-2025 22:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The site of a regional social housing project promised seven years ago has become a squat for the homeless in Bendigo, Victoria.
  
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• Land for long-awaited housing project becomes homeless campground

  07-05-2025 22:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The site of a regional social housing project promised seven years ago has become a squat for the homeless in Bendigo, Victoria.
  
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• You know Rupert Murdoch, but who is his richer, Soviet-born successor?

  07-05-2025 21:40 via abc.net.au
  
  He lives opposite British royalty. He's on Ukraine's sanctions list. His company is backed by Saudi petrodollars. Now he's taking over from Rupert Murdoch as the new owner of Foxtel. Who is Len Blavatnik and what does he want with Australia's sports rights?
  
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• Australia's best sports rights in the hands of a Soviet-born, former oil tycoon

  07-05-2025 21:40 via abc.net.au
  
  He lives opposite British royalty. He's on Ukraine's sanctions list. His company is backed by Saudi petrodollars. Now he's taking over from Rupert Murdoch as the new owner of Foxtel. Who is Len Blavatnik and what does he want with Australia's sports rights?
  
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• Surge in demand leaves vulnerable Australians without a ride

  07-05-2025 21:37 via abc.net.au
  
  One of Australia's largest community transport providers is turning away new clients in Queensland as surging demand and rising vehicle costs strain the service.
  
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• People with disability left without essential transport as demand surges

  07-05-2025 21:37 via abc.net.au
  
  One of Australia's largest community transport providers is turning away new clients in Queensland as surging demand and rising vehicle costs strain the service.
  
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• Parents concerned as embattled childcare provider Genius still without buyer

  07-05-2025 21:23 via abc.net.au
  
  More than 1,100 children may be left without daycare as the fate of centres run by the Genius childcare empire remains in limbo.
  
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• Millions in debt mounting as Genius childcare provider searches for lifeline

  07-05-2025 21:23 via abc.net.au
  
  More than 1,100 children may be left without daycare as the fate of centres run by the Genius childcare empire remains in limbo.
  
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• How this Pacific paradise is remaking itself after a deadly quake

  07-05-2025 20:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Port Vila is rebuilding after a magnitude-7.3 earthquake — and residents see an opportunity to increase the city's tourism appeal.
  
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• Shattered workers fear for town's future amid cheese factory closure

  07-05-2025 07:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Bega Cheese has announced it will close its Strathmerton factory, causing about 300 job losses in the small northern Victorian town.
  
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• Cyclone Alfred a 'practice run' for south-east Queensland buildings, report finds

  07-05-2025 07:34 via abc.net.au
  
  A new report from James Cook University has found aspects of buildings in south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales would become vulnerable to winds only slightly higher than those experienced during ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred earlier this year. 
  
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• Relief felt by Australians as cost of crude oil drops to four year low

  07-05-2025 06:24 via abc.net.au
  
  A sharp drop in the price of crude oil promises cost-of-living relief for Australians not only at the petrol station but also in the shops.
  
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• Crude oil drops to four-year low, promising lower petrol prices and inflation

  07-05-2025 06:24 via abc.net.au
  
  A sharp drop in the price of crude oil promises cost-of-living relief for Australians not only at the petrol station but also in the shops.
  
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• New player shakes up regional Queensland electricity monopoly

  07-05-2025 06:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Origin Energy is expanding to six regional Queensland cities where residents have previously had only one choice of electricity provider.
  
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• What happens to corflute candidate signs once the election's over?

  07-05-2025 03:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Once the final vote is cast and the last sausage sizzles, signs bearing candidates' faces are collected and begin the next stage of their life cycle.
   
  
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• What happens to corflute candidate signs once the election is over?

  07-05-2025 03:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Once the final vote is cast and the last sausage sizzles, signs bearing candidates' faces are collected and begin the next stage of their life cycle.
   
  
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• 7.30's Laura Tingle to become ABC's new Global Affairs Editor

  07-05-2025 03:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Tingle, a Walkley-Award-winning journalist, will take up the post mid-year, joining a network of foreign correspondents around the globe.
  
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• BREAKING: ASIC takes action against Macquarie for 'significant' failures

  07-05-2025 01:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Investment bank Macquarie is hit with additional licence conditions as the corporate regulator slams "multiple and significant compliance failures".
  
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• ASIC takes action against Macquarie for 'significant' failures

  07-05-2025 01:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Investment bank Macquarie is hit with additional licence conditions as the corporate regulator slams "multiple and significant compliance failures".
  
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• NAB profit falls 2.5pc, ASX closes up buoyed by US-China talks to 'de-escalate' trade war — as it happened

  07-05-2025 00:04 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX closed up after the US and China confirmed they will hold negotiations this week in an attempt to scale back their trade war. National Australia Bank's half-year profit drops 2.5 per cent. Catch up on the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.
  
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