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• Bindi Raye lives the ultimate FIFO lifestyle online. None of it is real

  23-09-2026 23:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Bindi Raye's online profiles portray the life of a twenty-something-year-old FIFO worker in WA's north, but an ABC investigation has found she does not exist.
  
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• Why passengers are being barred from rear train carriages

  29-09-2026 22:42 via abc.net.au
  
  After multiple security breaches, the back carriage has been closed off on many Tangara trains.
  
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• Tangara carriages locked down over 'train surfing' and break-in fears

  29-09-2026 22:42 via abc.net.au
  
  After multiple security breaches, the back carriage has been closed off on many Tangara trains.
  
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• Four years since retail laws passed, but no help for cafe owner

  29-09-2026 22:15 via abc.net.au
  
  A cafe owner in dispute over a building compliance issue may have to take their case to court, as a retail law passed four years ago is yet to be enacted.
  
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• Cafe owner faces costly legal battle as retail laws gather dust

  29-09-2026 22:15 via abc.net.au
  
  A cafe owner in dispute over a building compliance issue may have to take their case to court, as a retail law passed four years ago is yet to be enacted.
  
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• Inside the fossil fuel industry's push into Australian classrooms

  29-09-2026 22:07 via abc.net.au
  
  At least 260 educational programs in Australia are sponsored by fossil fuel companies, according to a report by a climate advocacy group.
  
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• Battery customers feeling 'ripped off' after solar company collapses

  29-09-2026 21:33 via abc.net.au
  
  A Sydney solar company has collapsed, leaving large numbers of customers furious after they paid hefty deposits for battery systems under a multi-billion-dollar federal government scheme.
  
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• 10 years on, Geelong and Broadmeadows count the cost of Ford's departure

  29-09-2026 21:26 via abc.net.au
  
  While the Geelong and Broadmeadows economies have bounced back from Ford factory closures in 2016, former workers say their journeys have been tough.
  
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• Pilots, aircrew face higher radiation-related cancer death rates, study finds

  29-09-2026 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  While the study of death records across 500 occupations is US based, experts say the finding could be similar in Australia and suggests more radiation monitoring of airline crew is needed.
  
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• Pilots, aircrew face higher radiation-related cancer death rates, study

  29-09-2026 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  While the study of death records across 500 occupations is US based, experts say the finding could be similar in Australia and suggests more radiation monitoring of airline crew is needed.
  
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• Doing the sums as fourth rate hike adds hundreds to repayments

  29-09-2026 20:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Home owners are looking for ways to earn extra funds as the increase to interest rates to 4.6 per cent makes it harder to make ends meet.
  
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• Borrowers do the sums after rate hikes add hundreds to repayments

  29-09-2026 20:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Home owners are looking for ways to earn extra funds as the increase to interest rates to 4.6 per cent makes it harder to make ends meet.
  
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• Rate hike puts pressure on Labor over inflation

  29-09-2026 20:49 via abc.net.au
  
  Another interest rate rise has turned attention to government spending, weak productivity and other domestic pressures contributing to inflation.
  
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• Pay, rosters and future jobs at heart of WA's latest coal strike

  29-09-2026 12:07 via abc.net.au
  
  More than 100 mine workers have gathered in Collie, accusing Chinese-owned Premier Coal and the WA government of failing to heed their concerns over pay and their future employment prospects.
  
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• Second brick plant no quick fix for WA housing shortage

  29-09-2026 08:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Taxpayers are funding the reopening of the Austral factory, which the government hopes will help address the shortage of bricks plaguing the construction industry.
  
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• Brick shortage prompts $4 million sweetener to get factory reopened

  29-09-2026 08:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Taxpayers are funding the reopening of the Austral factory, which the government hopes will help address the shortage of bricks plaguing the construction industry.
  
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• Working holiday visa changes driving backpackers away, employers say

  29-09-2026 08:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Industry leaders say backpackers are already leaving sectors that are heavily reliant on them because of federal government's planned changes to the working holiday visa.
  
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• Former head of ABC news Peter Manning dies aged 81

  29-09-2026 07:05 via abc.net.au
  
  His daughter, Thea Burke, said Peter Manning died on Monday morning at Sydney's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital after an illness.
  
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• RBA lifts rates to highest level in 15 years

  29-09-2026 06:31 via abc.net.au
  
  The Reserve Bank increases interest rates to 4.6 per cent in its fourth rate rise this year.
  
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• Breaking: RBA lifts rates to highest level in 15 years

  29-09-2026 06:31 via abc.net.au
  
  The Reserve Bank increases interest rates to 4.6 per cent in its fourth rate rise this year.
  
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• US-China tariff cuts include emus, robots, whales and soccer balls

  29-09-2026 05:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Both countries have struck a deal to lower tariffs on non-sensitive goods worth $US60 billion, with the list including live animals, surgical robots and soccer balls.
  
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• Emus, robots, whales and balls to have lower tariffs under US-China deal

  29-09-2026 05:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Both countries have struck a deal to lower tariffs on non-sensitive goods worth $US60 billion, with the list including live animals, surgical robots and soccer balls.
  
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• Chinese-owned firm takes over one of Australia's largest cannabis farms

  29-09-2026 02:58 via abc.net.au
  
  Despite the takeover of the cannabis farm north of Hobart, the chief executive of Tasmanian Botanics says it is "business as usual" for staff and customers.
  
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• RBA hikes rates, pointing to Middle East war and AI boom — as it happened

  28-09-2026 23:28 via abc.net.au
  
  The RBA delivers its fourth rate hike for 2026, bringing interest rates to the highest level since November 2011.
  
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• Track work postponed to give Knights fans a smooth ride to grand final

  28-09-2026 07:07 via abc.net.au
  
  Planned train track works will not go ahead on the day of the NRL grand final after hundreds of Newcastle Knights fans were stranded at stations following a freight service breakdown ahead of the preliminary final.
  
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• Madonna beats Taylor Swift in MTV VMAs showdown

  28-09-2026 05:42 via abc.net.au
  
  Madonna emerges as the big winner at MTV's Video Music Awards, but Taylor Swift still broke records.
  
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• Madonna beats Taylor Swift in MTV awards showdown

  28-09-2026 05:42 via abc.net.au
  
  Madonna emerges as the big winner at MTV's Video Music Awards, but Taylor Swift still broke records.
  
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• Flood victims wait four years for repairs to homes

  27-09-2026 23:41 via abc.net.au
  
  Flood-affected residents have been waiting nearly four years to get their homes repaired or even rebuilt due to a severe tradesperson shortage.
  
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• SA's statewide blackout was 10 years ago — but electricity debate is still live

  27-09-2026 22:25 via abc.net.au
  
  Energy policy has changed greatly since South Australia was left in darkness exactly 10 years ago today — but if there is a universal constant of the energy debate, it is that there is always friction over electricity.
  
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• Banks cut rewards programs, free travel insurance amid surcharge ban

  27-09-2026 20:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Sweeping reforms from the Reserve Bank start this week, as banks hike fees and slash rewards programs in preparation.
  
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