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• Community remembers those lost in one of Australia's worst mining disasters

  14-08-2026 23:56 via abc.net.au
  
  A new memorial installed near an abandoned mine in central Victoria remembers the 22 men who died  in one of Australia's worst mining disasters.
  
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• Complaint over senior NT public servant who ran private NDIS provider

  03-10-2026 00:49 via abc.net.au
  
  A senior staffer with the Northern Territory's Department of Children and Families in Central Australia spent almost three years as the sole director of a private NDIS provider in Alice Springs.
  
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• Golf club spends $30k on water changes, only for policy to change

  03-10-2026 00:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Tasmanian businesses and sporting clubs faced significant water charge increases after a TasWater policy change. Some spent big on new infrastructure in response, but the policy was then watered down.
  
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• Fishers warn snapper, kingfish prices could soar under proposed catch limits

  02-10-2026 23:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Fishers and seafood retailers say proposed NSW limits designed to rebuild snapper and yellowtail kingfish stocks will send prices soaring.
  
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• One Nation makes election promise to revive Victoria's timber sector

  02-10-2026 23:16 via abc.net.au
  
  One Nation has promised to resume native timber logging in Victoria if it wins the state election, but the party would not say if it has costed the policy. 
  
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• Qld government rejects petition to change stop signs to give way

  02-10-2026 23:07 via abc.net.au
  
  The petition argued "requiring vehicles to come to a complete stop is almost always of no safety significance".
  
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• The 'fantasy' underpinning Australia's rosy power supply forecasts

  02-10-2026 21:51 via abc.net.au
  
  Historically, forecasting power reliability was a sober task. Experts say Australia is now counting on projects that will never be built.
  
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• Is a 'fantasy' now driving Australia's power reliability outlook?

  02-10-2026 21:51 via abc.net.au
  
  Historically, forecasting power reliability was a sober task. Experts say Australia is now counting on projects that will never be built.
  
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• G7 to release 100 million barrels of oil in bid to curb soaring prices

  02-10-2026 21:50 via abc.net.au
  
  The announcement from French President Emmanuel Macron came after US President Donald Trump ramped up pressure on Europe to release reserves.
  
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• Healthcare workers killed in Ledcourt triple-fatal had a 'bright' future in Australia

  02-10-2026 12:11 via abc.net.au
  
  Regional Victorian couple who died in a multi-vehicle crash are remembered as "loving" and "caring" people.
  
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• Qld government takes data centre approvals from councils to avoid 'inconsistency'

  02-10-2026 05:37 via abc.net.au
  
  The Queensland government will take the planning and assessment of data centre applications away from local councils under a system set to be rolled out in coming weeks.
  
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• 'Snowball effect' hitting as companies react to rates rise, growing costs

  02-10-2026 05:28 via abc.net.au
  
  After multiple interest rate rises, regional business owners are being forced to choose between absorbing the costs or passing it onto their customers.
  
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• November interest rate rise a 'live' possibility, CBA chief says

  02-10-2026 03:36 via abc.net.au
  
  While the bank believes the RBA is done it all hangs on the next lot of inflation data released late this month, Mr Comyn said, as he talked productivity, AI and housing with the ABC's Alan Kohler.
  
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• Commonwealth Bank boss says Reserve Bank rate hikes probably finished

  02-10-2026 03:36 via abc.net.au
  
  While the bank believes the RBA is done it all hangs on the next lot of inflation data released late this month, Mr Comyn said, as he talked productivity, AI and housing with the ABC's Alan Kohler.
  
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• 'We've heard the feedback': TasWater rethinks big sewerage bill increases

  02-10-2026 01:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Tasmanian businesses and sport clubs had said they were hit hard by the changes to sewerage prices, with one business stating their bill had risen from $630 to $3,800 a month.
  
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• Major bank drops KPMG in wake of audit leaks scandal – as it happened

  01-10-2026 23:25 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market has risen fractionally after Wall Street recovered from early losses as US Treasury yields retreated from multi-decade highs. See how the day's events unfolded on the ABC News live markets blog.
  
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• Trade minister proposes super investment in US lamb to dodge tariffs

  01-10-2026 23:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Trade Minister Don Farrell asks the Trump administration to consider sparing Australian sheep farmers from future tariffs in exchange for Australian investment in America's lamb industry.
  
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• Superannuation sector calls trade minister's pitch to Trump officials 'ill-informed'

  01-10-2026 23:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Trade Minister Don Farrell asks the Trump administration to consider sparing Australian sheep farmers from future tariffs in exchange for Australian investment in America's lamb industry.
  
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• Superannuation sector calls Farrell's pitch to Trump officials 'ill-informed'

  01-10-2026 23:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Trade Minister Don Farrell asks the Trump administration to consider sparing Australian sheep farmers from future tariffs in exchange for Australian investment in America's lamb industry.
  
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• Minister's Trump lamb plan labelled 'ill-informed' by super sector

  01-10-2026 23:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Trade Minister Don Farrell asks the Trump administration to consider sparing Australian sheep farmers from future tariffs in exchange for Australian investment in America's lamb industry.
  
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• Farrell's pitch to Trump officials to head off more tariff pain

  01-10-2026 23:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Trade Minister Don Farrell asks the Trump administration to consider sparing Australian sheep farmers from future tariffs in exchange for Australian investment in America's lamb industry.
  
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• Tasmania's notorious St Marys Pass upgrade could cost almost $3b

  01-10-2026 22:40 via abc.net.au
  
  A notoriously windy stretch of road in Tasmania could be upgraded with pricing revealed to be as high as $2.7 billion to re-route the road.
  
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• Notorious Tasmanian road could be re-routed

  01-10-2026 22:40 via abc.net.au
  
  A notoriously windy stretch of road in Tasmania could be upgraded with pricing revealed to be as high as $2.7 billion to re-route the road.
  
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• Western Sydney home owners 'battening down the hatches'

  01-10-2026 22:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Between interest rate and petrol price rises and falling house values, Western Sydney residents say making ends meet is getting tough.
  
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• Brisbane to Melbourne with no traffic lights, and no Big Banana

  01-10-2026 22:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Businesses in Coffs Harbour are preparing for life without 35,000 vehicles driving daily through the city.
  
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• Retailers predict price rises under RBA's surcharge reforms

  01-10-2026 21:23 via abc.net.au
  
  Surcharge bans are supposed to save consumers money but retailers say they're being forced to put prices up and are finding ways around the reforms.
  
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• Government accused of 'staggering double standard' as ATO bans credit card payments

  01-10-2026 21:23 via abc.net.au
  
  Surcharge bans are supposed to save consumers money but retailers say they're being forced to put prices up and are finding ways around the reforms.
  
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• Howard-era minister voted to outlaw offshore casinos, then co-founded one

  01-10-2026 21:07 via abc.net.au
  
  Former federal minister De-Anne Kelly has been revealed as a co-founder of offshore casino LuckyBet.
  
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• Former federal minister De-Anne Kelly revealed as co-founder of offshore casino

  01-10-2026 21:07 via abc.net.au
  
  Former federal minister De-Anne Kelly has been revealed as a co-founder of offshore casino LuckyBet.
  
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• Pilot's prophetic words one year before stabbing

  01-10-2026 08:14 via abc.net.au
  
  Captain Smit Machchhar was stabbed while flying to Tel Aviv. But who was he?
  
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