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• Breaking: SA government commits $109m to help struggling wine industry

  18-09-2026 05:33 via abc.net.au
  
  The South Australian government has announced a $109 million support package for the state's struggling wine industry. 
  
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• 'Disgusting': Complainant H alleges Alan Jones touched his bottom

  22-09-2026 04:49 via abc.net.au
  
  A man has told the criminal trial of Alan Jones that the broadcaster allegedly touched his bottom at an event.
  
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• Smart glasses to be banned from WA public schools

  22-09-2026 03:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Western Australia's education minister announces smart glasses will be banned from all state schools.
  
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• Coalition weighing options to use super to boost home ownership

  22-09-2026 02:45 via abc.net.au
  
  A push to allow Australians to use their super to make it easier to buy their first home is being floated by Shadow Housing Minister Andrew Bragg, as the Coalition works through its policy on how to help people enter the housing market.
  
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• The mill 200 farmers can't afford to lose

  22-09-2026 01:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's only remaining grower-owned sugar mill needs a multi-million-dollar loan to survive.
  
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• Live: ASX to rise, AI rally pushes Nasdaq to record high, oil falls below $US100

  22-09-2026 00:25 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market is likely to start the day higher after Wall Street's AI stocks surged, pushing the tech-heavy Nasdaq index to a new record high. Follow live.
  
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• Where is WA's 'ecologically thinned' timber going?

  21-09-2026 23:58 via abc.net.au
  
  More than half the wood removed under WA's trial of ecological thinning is being chipped, burned or exported overseas, according to information revealed in state parliament.
  
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• Half of 'ecologically thinned' trees from WA forests chipped or burned

  21-09-2026 23:58 via abc.net.au
  
  More than half the wood removed under WA's trial of ecological thinning is being chipped, burned or exported overseas, according to information revealed in state parliament.
  
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• Consumers duped by price comparison websites, ASIC warns

  21-09-2026 23:58 via abc.net.au
  
  Australians hunting bargains on comparison websites risk being duped by sites that only offer a selection of preferred providers.
  
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• US flights in chaos as communications fail and cable accidentally cut

  21-09-2026 23:23 via abc.net.au
  
  A failed telecommunications circuit and a severed fibre-optic cable have snarled thousands of flights across the US and halted incoming flights at airports in New York, Boston and Philadelphia.
  
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• US flights chaos as communications fail and cable is accidentally cut

  21-09-2026 23:23 via abc.net.au
  
  A failed telecommunications circuit and a severed fibre-optic cable have snarled thousands of flights across the US and halted incoming flights at major airports in New York, Boston and Philadelphia.
  
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• Paramount settles with US states, clearing way for Warner Bros merger

  21-09-2026 22:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Opponents say Paramount's multi-billion-dollar merger with Warner Bros will slash Hollywood jobs, reduce the number of films produced, and threaten CNN's independence.
  
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• Darwin council could permanently move pre-cyclone clean-up to May

  21-09-2026 22:27 via abc.net.au
  
  The City of Darwin could soon vote to permanently move its annual pre-cyclone clean-up to May after the 2026 clean-up was postponed until after the wet season.
  
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• Darwin council considering permanent pre-cyclone clean-up move to May

  21-09-2026 22:27 via abc.net.au
  
  The City of Darwin could soon vote to permanently move its annual pre-cyclone clean-up to May after the 2026 clean-up was postponed until after the wet season.
  
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• Why younger Australians are facing a tough economic future

  21-09-2026 21:07 via abc.net.au
  
  In 40 years, with an estimated population of 40 million, Australia will be more indebted and face what increasingly appears to be a permanent budget deficit.
  
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• EV brand BYD erases 'China' and 'surveillance' from its privacy policy

  21-09-2026 20:52 via abc.net.au
  
  The original policy gave the company almost unlimited powers to collect data on its Australian vehicle owners and broad discretion on how this could be disclosed. 
  
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• BYD cuts references to 'China' and 'surveillance' from its privacy policy

  21-09-2026 20:52 via abc.net.au
  
  The original policy gave the company almost unlimited powers to collect data on its Australian vehicle owners and broad discretion on how this could be disclosed. 
  
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• The new generation of ultra-cheap smart glasses is shockingly hackable

  21-09-2026 20:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Independent testing found cheap smart glasses could be accessed by an attacker without a password, allowing them to gain control of the glasses and stored images.
  
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• Teen’s body found in suitcase has some in notorious Thai party town on edge

  21-09-2026 20:45 via abc.net.au
  
  It's a holiday hotspot drawing millions of tourists a year but the death of a teenage girl has highlighted the dangers of Pattaya's sex industry.
  
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• In Pattaya, the death of a teenage girl has exposed a party city's dark underbelly

  21-09-2026 20:45 via abc.net.au
  
  It's a holiday hotspot drawing millions of tourists a year but the death of a teenage girl has highlighted the dangers of Pattaya's sex industry.
  
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• 'Clock is ticking' as ASIC warns private credit sector investors could bail

  21-09-2026 16:01 via abc.net.au
  
  ASIC commissioner Simone Constant has fired a shot across the bow of Australian private credit, warning the clock is ticking on poor lending practices.
  
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• Inside the crackdown on a $23 billion black market

  21-09-2026 09:41 via abc.net.au
  
  Authorities across Australia's east coast are cracking down on the fishing black market, conducting raids, issuing large fines and crushing boats soon after they seize them.
  
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• Footy fans filthy as airfares soar ahead of grand final

  21-09-2026 08:35 via abc.net.au
  
  Return airfares to Melbourne have hit $6,000 ahead of Saturday's AFL Grand Final as Fremantle and Brisbane fans scramble for seats.
  
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• Another indecent assault charge dropped against Alan Jones, amid trial

  21-09-2026 08:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Prosecutors told the court on Monday they would no longer press one count of indecent assault in relation to a reporter who alleged Alan Jones touched him indecently in public.
  
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• Statistic in Intergenerational Report spells challenge for Australia as it ages

  21-09-2026 07:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia is getting much older, and it is getting older faster than previously thought. But the major political parties are currently in a race to cut the greatest source of resilience against that trend: migration.
  
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• Australia to join Japan, Italy in deaths outpacing births

  21-09-2026 07:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia is getting much older, and it is getting older faster than previously thought. But the major political parties are currently in a race to cut the greatest source of resilience against that trend: migration.
  
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• Triple Zero should be taken out of private hands, Senate inquiry recommends

  21-09-2026 06:18 via abc.net.au
  
  A long-running Senate inquiry into the Triple Zero emergency call crisis has made 11 recommendations to overhaul the system.
  
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• Senate inquiry urges sweeping reforms to Triple Zero outage crises

  21-09-2026 06:18 via abc.net.au
  
  A long-running Senate inquiry into the Triple Zero emergency call crisis has made 11 recommendations to overhaul the system.
  
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• Senate inquiry urges sweeping reforms after Triple Zero outage crises

  21-09-2026 06:18 via abc.net.au
  
  A long-running Senate inquiry into the Triple Zero emergency call crisis has made 11 recommendations to overhaul the system.
  
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• New 'blanket' Safe Work rules not practical, say miners and farmers

  21-09-2026 01:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Safe Work Australia's new rules for farms and mines using airborne contaminants are due to take effect on December 1, but industry says there has been little consultation and the rules are not practical. 
  
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