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• Scallop fishers throw catch overboard as Queensland trawling ban extended

  27-01-2026 21:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Fishing for scallops in inshore waters from Townsville to Hervey Bay was banned in 2021. While the catch will resume in the north, the southern fishery critical to the industry remains off limits. 
  
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• ICAC investigating allegations of $5m bribe offered to councillors

  27-01-2026 20:29 via abc.net.au
  
  The New South Wales corruption watchdog is examining allegations fugitive property developer Jean Nassif sought to bribe members of a former Parramatta council.
  
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• Australia's largest city is running out of landfill. It's causing a trash war

  27-01-2026 20:16 via abc.net.au
  
  A proposal to build an incinerator in the regional town of Parkes could see 700,000 tonnes of Sydney's red bin rubbish transported there every year, and it has locals divided about the long-term health risks and environmental impacts. 
  
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• Smelter told slag reuse could pose 'significant' land use issues

  27-01-2026 19:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Liberty Bell Bay is considering how to use a manganese by-product, after concerns were raised by Tasmania's Environment Protection Authority.
  
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• Smelter told slag re-use could pose 'significant' land use issues

  27-01-2026 19:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Liberty Bell Bay is considering how to use a manganese by-product, after concerns were raised by Tasmania's Environment Protection Authority.
  
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• Abalone trafficking charges against Indigenous men dropped

  27-01-2026 06:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Seven Aboriginal men from the NSW South Coast, accused of illegally trafficking thousands of blacklip abalone, walk free after police prosecutors withdraw all charges. 
  
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• Trump triggers a gold rush as investors flee the US

  27-01-2026 05:39 via abc.net.au
  
  While the surging gold price has been a surprise, the driving forces behind it are not. Investors are losing faith in the United States and its role as the standard-bearer for global capitalism.
  
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• Wine, juice bottles to be eligible for 10c refund. But not until next year

  27-01-2026 05:14 via abc.net.au
  
  The ACT will expand its 10-cent container deposit scheme, with the changes expected to result in an additional 8 million containers being recycled in the first year.
  
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• ACT's container deposit scheme expanding to include wine, spirit bottles

  27-01-2026 05:14 via abc.net.au
  
  The ACT will expand its 10-cent container deposit scheme, with the changes expected to result in an additional 8 million containers being recycled in the first year.
  
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• Kanye West says he 'lost touch with reality' due to brain injury

  27-01-2026 01:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, has taken out a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal to apologise for past behaviour, saying he had an undiagnosed brain injury and bipolar disorder.
  
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• 'I lost touch with reality': Kanye West attributes past behaviour to brain injury

  27-01-2026 01:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, has taken out a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal to apologise for past behaviour, saying he had an undiagnosed brain injury and bipolar disorder.
  
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