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• Pickers 'living in squalor' claim their end-of-season bonus was unfairly withheld

  21-12-2025 23:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Ten pickers who worked at Hallmark Cherries' orchard in NSW complain about poorly maintained accommodation and failure to pay an end-of-season bonus.
  
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• Hopes new Darwin-to-China flights will bring down domestic airfares

  21-12-2025 21:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Direct flights between Darwin and China have resumed for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing optimism of a tourism boom for the two countries.
  
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• Direct Darwin to China flights take off for first time since pandemic

  21-12-2025 21:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Direct flights between Darwin and China have resumed for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing optimism of a tourism boom for the two countries.
  
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• Federal government announces 2027 gas reservation scheme, ASX rallies — as it happened

  21-12-2025 21:19 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government announced its intention to start a gas reservation scheme from 2027. The ASX made a strong start to the shortened trading week. 
  
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• Childcare company's bid to more than double in size alarms safety experts

  21-12-2025 21:17 via abc.net.au
  
  Embark Education launches a takeover bid for rival early childcare company Mayfield Education, alarming experts who say providers that fail to meet baseline safety standards are being allowed to expand without oversight.
  
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• Businesses facing 'tighter margins' may skip Christmas bonuses

  21-12-2025 21:02 via abc.net.au
  
  From hams to vouchers and cash, festive bonuses vary — but do they still have a place in the Australian workforce?
  
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• Business facing 'tighter margins' may skip Christmas bonuses

  21-12-2025 21:02 via abc.net.au
  
  It could be a ham, or it could be a voucher and some are fortunate to receive some extra cash. But does the Christmas bonus have a place in the Australian workforce? 
  
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• US intercepting third Venezuelan oil tanker amid simmering tensions

  21-12-2025 20:31 via abc.net.au
  
  If successful, it would be the third oil tanker seized as Donald Trump continues his campaign on President Nicolas Maduro.
  
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• 'Legal phoenixing' wipes millions in business debt but leaves staff out of pocket

  21-12-2025 20:01 via abc.net.au
  
  A digital marketing agency run by a former AFL star has wiped its millions in debt through an insolvency process, only to open under a new ABN days later. Former staff were left without a job and almost $450,000 in unpaid entitlements, but it's within the bounds of the law and leaves taxpayers footing the bill.
  
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• Insolvent firm run by ex-AFL star wipes millions in debt via 'legal phoenixing'

  21-12-2025 20:01 via abc.net.au
  
  A digital marketing agency run by a former AFL star has wiped its millions in debt through an insolvency process, only to open under a new ABN days later. Former staff were left without a job and almost $450,000 in unpaid entitlements, but it's within the bounds of the law and leaves taxpayers footing the bill.
  
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• As a building firm collapses, clients want to know 'where the money went'

  21-12-2025 19:45 via abc.net.au
  
  Since 2017, Melbourne building boss Mike Harris has overseen four company collapses. Left behind are clients who have lost their life savings and staff who couldn't pay their mortgages.
  
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• As a building company collapses, clients want to know 'where the money went'

  21-12-2025 19:45 via abc.net.au
  
  Since 2017, Melbourne building boss Mike Harris has overseen four company collapses. Left behind are clients who have lost their life savings and staff who couldn't pay their mortgages.
  
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• Trawling companies launch legal action over WA demersal fishing ban

  21-12-2025 00:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Two seafood companies that conduct trawling in WA's Pilbara region launch legal action in the WA Supreme Court against the state government's new demersal fishing restrictions.
  
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• 'Lacks rationale': Trawling companies' fight over WA demersal fishing ban

  21-12-2025 00:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Two seafood companies that conduct trawling in the Pilbara region launch legal action in the WA Supreme Court against the state government's new demersal fishing restrictions.
  
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• 'Lacks rationale': Trawling companies begin fight over WA demersal fishing ban

  21-12-2025 00:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Two seafood companies that conduct trawling in WA's Pilbara region launch legal action in the WA Supreme Court against the state government's new demersal fishing restrictions.
  
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• Paraplegic engineer becomes the first wheelchair user to blast into space

  21-12-2025 00:16 via abc.net.au
  
  The flight was just 10 minutes but the capsule still managed to soar 105 kilometres up, skimming into space.
  
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