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• AI helps to track lobsters when 'no two shells are the same'

  17-10-2026 23:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Artificial intelligence technology capable of recognising individual lobsters is being used in a bid to strengthen consumer trust — and even break into new markets.
  
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• NAB to slash up to 2,500 jobs in massive restructure

  20-10-2026 00:30 via abc.net.au
  
  National Australia Bank says it will cut about 6 per cent of its workforce by mid-2027, as it overhauls its operating model.
  
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• I Am Australian co-writer 'not happy' song used at conservative conference

  19-10-2026 21:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Musician Dobe Newton is "not happy, Jan" after the classic he co-wrote, I Am Australian, was used without permission at a conservative political conference. 
   
  
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• KI ferries close temporarily as ramps upgraded for new vessels

  19-10-2026 21:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Ferry services to Kangaroo Island have temporarily stopped for three days as SeaLink prepares to introduce the first of two new vessels, after a "frustrating" wait for locals.
  
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• Former Hunter coalmine site chosen for train manufacturing facility

  19-10-2026 21:11 via abc.net.au
  
  The development is expected to support up to 780 jobs during construction and about 550 ongoing jobs across the facility and supply chains, the NSW government says.
  
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• Former coalmine site at centre of $12 billion plan to build trains

  19-10-2026 21:11 via abc.net.au
  
  The development is expected to support up to 780 jobs during construction and about 550 ongoing jobs across the facility and supply chains, the NSW government says.
  
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• Ethical practices in Australian fashion industry stalling, report finds

  19-10-2026 21:09 via abc.net.au
  
  The Baptist World Aid Ethical Fashion Report finds there has been minimal improvement in sustainability and ethical practice in the industry.
  
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• Inside the disappearing investment scheme with possible terrorism links

  19-10-2026 21:05 via abc.net.au
  
  The ABC has traced an alleged ghost investment scheme across the globe and found its enigmatic CEO may have links to terrorism.
  
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• Alleged investment scam leaves Australians missing millions

  19-10-2026 21:05 via abc.net.au
  
  The ABC has traced an alleged ghost investment scheme across the globe and found its enigmatic CEO may have links to terrorism.
  
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• While Australia scrambled for fuel, millions of litres were being exported

  19-10-2026 20:00 via abc.net.au
  
  More than 60 megalitres of Australian-made biofuel products were being sold offshore at the same time as the nation's petrol and diesel pumps ran dry. 
  
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• Tropics welcome city dwellers in regional migration trend

  19-10-2026 10:42 via abc.net.au
  
  New data shows city dwellers are moving to regional Australia at levels equal with records set in the pandemic.
  
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• Tropics attract city dwellers in regional migration trend

  19-10-2026 10:42 via abc.net.au
  
  New data shows city dwellers are moving to regional Australia at levels matching records set in the pandemic.
  
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• Six-year plastics factory fight takes toll on Moss Vale residents

  19-10-2026 09:51 via abc.net.au
  
  Residents tell the NSW Land and Environment Court the dispute over the recycling plant is affecting their health, retirement plans and taking psychological toll due to sustained uncertainty.
  
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• 'Long decline': Billionaire's company refuses to take blame for Whyalla failure

  19-10-2026 09:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Whyalla workers say critical safety equipment like heat suits contained "massive holes" when the plant was run by Sanjeev Gupta, whose company GFG Alliance is not taking responsibility for the broken blast furnace.
  
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• Australia could be without structural and rail steelmaking for up to five years

  19-10-2026 09:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Whyalla workers say critical safety equipment like heat suits contained "massive holes" when the plant was run by Sanjeev Gupta, whose company GFG Alliance is not taking responsibility for the broken blast furnace.
  
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• NSW government drafts law to allow Upper Hunter mine to increase output

  19-10-2026 08:21 via abc.net.au
  
  NSW Premier Chris Minns says the legislation will aim to protect 400 jobs at the Mount Pleasant mine to 2032. Environment leaders say it's an overreach by the government, only weeks after a landmark High Court ruling.
  
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• Climate activists charged after Woodside offshore rig stunt

  19-10-2026 03:41 via abc.net.au
  
  Two Greenpeace activists are due to face court after sailing out to open waters and occupying an offshore gas platform to protest Woodside's planned gas developments.
  
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• Breaking: Climate activists charged after Woodside offshore rig stunt

  19-10-2026 03:41 via abc.net.au
  
  Two Greenpeace activists are due to face court after sailing out to open waters and occupying an offshore gas platform to protest Woodside's planned gas developments.
  
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• Judge finds Aboriginal protection order on goldmine 'fundamentally flawed'

  19-10-2026 02:01 via abc.net.au
  
  The Federal Court identifies fundamental flaws in the process involved in granting Aboriginal protection to part of a goldmine site in New South Wales.  
  
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• Victorian Liberal Nationals promise to return V/Line trains to Mildura and Horsham

  19-10-2026 01:07 via abc.net.au
  
  The coalition says passenger services would return to Mildura and Dimboola by mid-2029 as part of its $51.2 million Wimmera Mallee Rail plan. 
  
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• Victorian Liberal Nationals promise to return V/Line trains to Mildura

  19-10-2026 01:07 via abc.net.au
  
  The coalition says passenger services would return to Mildura and Dimboola by mid-2029 as part of its $51.2 million Wimmera Mallee Rail plan. 
  
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• Oyster farmers cautious ahead of summer as algal bloom recovery continues

  18-10-2026 22:30 via abc.net.au
  
  South Australian oyster growers are reporting recovery after last year's harmful algal bloom is moving at different speeds along the coastline with challenges including a decrease stock and increase in barnacles. 
  
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• Council moves to block Coles store near protected wetlands

  18-10-2026 22:14 via abc.net.au
  
  Two Victorian councils join forces to prevent a new Coles supermarket from being built near a tourist hub on the Bellarine Peninsula. 
  
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• Fuel giant Ampol more than doubles refining margins — as it happened

  18-10-2026 21:58 via abc.net.au
  
  Wall Street's key indices closed lower as investors bailed out of AI stocks, but the ASX rose. Ampol lifts refining margins 125 per cent compared to a year earlier.
  
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• Queensland's plan for one million new homes leaves some feeling squeezed out

  18-10-2026 21:47 via abc.net.au
  
  As it marks two years in office, the LNP has touted a rise in the rate of homes under construction in Queensland, but it still falls short of what's needed to build one million in 20 years. 
  
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• Queensland's plan for 1 million new homes leaves some feeling squeezed out

  18-10-2026 21:47 via abc.net.au
  
  As it marks two years in office, the LNP has touted a rise in the rate of homes under construction in Queensland, but it still falls short of what is needed to build 1 million in 20 years. 
  
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• Queensland's 'ambitious' plan for one million new homes leaves some feeling squeezed out

  18-10-2026 21:47 via abc.net.au
  
  As it marks two years in office, the LNP has touted a rise in the rate of homes under construction in Queensland, but it still falls short of what's needed to build one million in 20 years. 
  
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• Suncorp borrowers' mortgage payments could spike in ANZ transfer

  18-10-2026 20:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Suncorp mortgage borrowers have received an alarming email informing them ANZ's takeover could see their minimum monthly mortgage repayments increase by hundreds of dollars.
  
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• Suncorp borrower's mortgage payments could spike in ANZ transfer

  18-10-2026 20:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Suncorp mortgage borrowers have received an alarming email informing them ANZ's takeover could see their minimum monthly mortgage repayments increase by hundreds of dollars.
  
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• Suncorp borrower's mortgage payments could spike amid transfer to ANZ

  18-10-2026 20:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Suncorp mortgage borrowers have received an alarming email informing them ANZ's takeover could see their minimum monthly mortgage repayments increase by hundreds of dollars.
  
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