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• A cash comeback? Shops navigate looming death of card surcharges

  25-09-2026 22:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Paying by card is a convenient and hugely popular option for most Australians, but surcharges cost small businesses thousands in fees each year. While many stores pass card fees directly onto shoppers, the RBA is set to change this from October 1.
  
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• Three decades of work to restore one of Australia's most degraded catchments

  25-09-2026 21:48 via abc.net.au
  
  Community effort transforms a degraded waterway, reducing erosion, increasing fish breeding and improving the quality of water that flows into the Great Barrier Reef. 
  
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• Mary River proves Australia's most degraded catchments can be restored

  25-09-2026 21:48 via abc.net.au
  
  Community effort transforms a degraded waterway, reducing erosion, increasing fish breeding and improving the quality of water that flows into the Great Barrier Reef. 
  
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• Bungled Sydney Water payroll rollout leaves workers underpaid

  25-09-2026 07:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Three unions have voted for work stoppages and work bans after a new payroll system has been routinely paying employees incorrectly or late since July.
  
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• Viral squishy toy trend putting children in hospital with burns

  25-09-2026 02:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Squishy toys are a must-have for many kids, but dangerous counterfeits are entering the market, with a social media trend causing severe burns. 
  
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• Customers say Qantas not being 'fair dinkum' on costly outback flights

  25-09-2026 01:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Customers say the cost of regional airfares remains unreasonable, and the high prices could be sending domestic tourists overseas.
  
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• Delvene Delaney returns to Kakadu 40 years after Crocodile Dundee

  25-09-2026 00:55 via abc.net.au
  
  The last time Delvene Delaney visited Kakadu was during the filming of Crocodile Dundee and its sequel Crocodile Dundee II — both co-written and produced by her late husband John Cornell. That was 40 years ago, and now she's returned to reminisce. 
  
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• Site renowned for helping build Sydney Harbour Bridge in $1b energy showdown

  25-09-2026 00:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The proponents of a $1 billion waste processing facility near Mudgee are preparing for a battle with the NSW government over its energy-from-waste framework, as locals are divided.
  
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