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• Worker makes plea to housing inquiry before going home to his tent

  09-05-2025 23:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Anthony Rowse builds skip bins for a living. At night, he sleeps in a tent by a lake with his dog, Ghost, as one of a growing number of homeless regional Victorians.
  
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• Shredder helps recycle 'half a footy field' of plastic from oyster farms

  09-05-2025 23:06 via abc.net.au
  
  A Coffin Bay oyster farmer and his recycling team have spent weeks shredding waste plastic from producers on the NSW coast in the hopes of boosting the industry's recycling.
  
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• Sleepy coastal towns becoming 'next Sunshine Coast' as development booms

  09-05-2025 22:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Thousands of blocks are hitting the market in Queensland's Wide Bay as communities grapple with population growth and changing identities.
  
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• Inside the industry where you can buy a slice of the reef for $30

  09-05-2025 21:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Sought-after pieces of coral are sold all around the world, including at rave-like trade shows known as "frag swaps". The insatiable demand for a "piece of the reef" has put coral harvesting in the spotlight.
  
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• Glowing profits, delicate reefs: Inside Australia's coral gold rush

  09-05-2025 21:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Sought-after pieces of coral are sold all around the world, including at rave-like trade shows known as "frag swaps". The insatiable demand for a "piece of the reef" has put coral harvesting in the spotlight.
  
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• Banned abroad, booming at home: Inside Australia's coral industry

  09-05-2025 21:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Sought-after pieces of coral are sold all around the world, including at rave-like trade shows known as "frag swaps". The insatiable demand for a "piece of the reef" has put coral harvesting in the spotlight.
  
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• 'We've hit the lottery': Businesses cash in on Labor's home battery rebate

  09-05-2025 20:48 via abc.net.au
  
  Consumers will see the price for home batteries slashed by the federal government. With a mandate to address climate change, investment in renewables is expected to soar.
  
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• Warning on shoddy operators as consumers rush to install home batteries

  09-05-2025 20:48 via abc.net.au
  
  Consumers will see the price for home batteries slashed by the federal government. With a mandate to address climate change, investment in renewables is expected to soar.
  
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• Trump floats dropping China tariffs to 80 per cent ahead of talks

  09-05-2025 15:41 via abc.net.au
  
  Top US officials are set to meet with a high-level Chinese delegation in Switzerland in the first major talks between the two nations since Trump's tariffs were set.
  
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• Building watchdog to oversee repair of hundreds of defective homes

  09-05-2025 07:40 via abc.net.au
  
  The NSW building regulator has agreed to use an independent third-party manager to oversee the repair of hundreds of defective homes at Shell Cove, south of Wollongong.
  
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• Why do so many Indians continue voting Labor? It's not just about immigration

  09-05-2025 06:30 via abc.net.au
  
  The promise by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to not leave anyone behind struck a chord with many in the Indian diaspora.
  
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• Spirit berth gets $120m blowout but earlier completion date, government says

  09-05-2025 04:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Another $120 million cost blowout hits the embattled Spirit of Tasmania vessel replacement project, with berth infrastructure set to cost $493 million.
  
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• The powerful fish that could boost tourism and kill a reviled pest

  09-05-2025 03:19 via abc.net.au
  
  They may be river fish, but a truckload of Murray cod will make their new home in a volcanic crater to fight pests and attract tourists.
  
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• Mandatory recordings and tougher penalties to stamp out dodgy taxi drivers

  09-05-2025 02:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Taxi and rideshare drivers will face tougher rules and recordings will become mandatory in vehicles under a suite of changes to make the industry safer. 
  
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• Renting labelled the Pilbara's 'Achilles' heel' with no clear solution

  09-05-2025 01:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Despite a joint effort from governments and the resources sector, rents in a remote WA region have soared well past the nation's capitals.
  
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• Renters in WA's Pilbara paying the same as people in Melbourne

  09-05-2025 01:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Despite a joint effort from governments and the resources sector, rents in a remote WA region have soared well past the nation's capitals.
  
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• 'Horrendously expensive' interstate shipping denies farmers lifeline

  09-05-2025 01:03 via abc.net.au
  
  South Australian farmers struggling with drought need livestock feed, but Australian shipping laws make it unaffordable for Australian sea freight to reach them.
  
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• 'Cheaper to ship to China' than send WA grain to drought-hit farmers

  09-05-2025 01:03 via abc.net.au
  
  South Australian farmers struggling with drought need livestock feed, but Australian shipping laws make it unaffordable for Australian sea freight to reach them.
  
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