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• Court dumps Plibersek heritage decision that halted $1b gold mine

  14-10-2026 02:20 via abc.net.au
  
  The Federal Court rules that a Commonwealth decision that blocked a NSW gold mine was "made without authority". 
  
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• Sailors missing as two ships set ablaze in Romanian Black Sea

  15-10-2026 12:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Rescuers were searching for seven missing crew members from one of two chemical tankers that caught fire in Romanian territorial waters.
  
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• ACCC takes Kmart to court over nail glue burns and button battery safety

  15-10-2026 09:09 via abc.net.au
  
  The consumer watchdog has taken legal action against Kmart, alleging it breached Australian consumer law by selling millions of bottles of nail glue that caused burns.
  
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• China 'dumped' aluminium windows and doors in Australia, report finds

  15-10-2026 08:23 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's international trade monitor has found the Chinese exports aluminium windows and doors were "dumped" here, heavily undercutting local prices and damaging the local industry.
   
  
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• Ferry fight heads to court as Kangaroo Island shutdown confirmed

  15-10-2026 06:58 via abc.net.au
  
  The operator of Kangaroo Island's "lifeline" ferry has launched legal action to get the second of two long-promised new ferries delivered to Australia. 
  
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• Expert says trust use to avoid tax 'bordering on a joke'

  15-10-2026 06:45 via abc.net.au
  
  Small business advocates say it is a misconception that trusts are only used by wealthy families to minimise tax, but one expert says the current system is "bordering on a joke" and in urgent need of reform.
  
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• NT Opposition leader calls for moratorium on 'hyper-scale' data centres

  15-10-2026 06:42 via abc.net.au
  
  The Territory Labor opposition says a moratorium on "hyper-scale" data centres should be imposed until July next year, while a review into them is undertaken.
  
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• NT Labor backflips, supports 'hyper-scale' data centre moratorium

  15-10-2026 06:42 via abc.net.au
  
  The Territory Labor opposition says a moratorium on "hyper-scale" data centres should be imposed until July next year, while a review into them is undertaken.
  
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• Adelaide University to offer staff early retirements as financial woes grow

  15-10-2026 05:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Less than a year after a $500 million state government-backed merger, the new Adelaide University is already looking to cut staff numbers by offering early retirement packages. 
  
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• Industrial relations minister could terminate strikes under proposed Qld laws

  15-10-2026 04:23 via abc.net.au
  
  Protected industrial action could be terminated if it would threaten to endanger the life, personal safety, health or welfare or cause significant damage to the state's economy.
  
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• Yass Valley Council residents facing possible 76pc rate rise

  15-10-2026 03:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Independent consultants have found the council would need to generate an extra $8.3 million from operations each year by 2027-28 to maintain its financial and infrastructure position.
  
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• 'Not a lot we can do': Yass council region faces 76pc rate hike

  15-10-2026 03:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Independent consultants have found the council would need to generate an extra $8.3 million from operations each year by 2027-28 to maintain its financial and infrastructure position.
  
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• Unemployment rate remains at 4.7pc in September

  15-10-2026 02:50 via abc.net.au
  
  An estimated 39,300 fewer Australians were in work last month, and the number of unemployed people increased by 8,900.
  
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• Unemployment at five-year high after nearly 40,000 jobs lost

  15-10-2026 02:50 via abc.net.au
  
  An estimated 39,300 fewer Australians were in work last month, while the number of unemployed people increased by 8,900.
  
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• Breaking: Unemployment rate sits at post-COVID high after revision

  15-10-2026 02:50 via abc.net.au
  
  An estimated 39,300 fewer Australians were in work last month, and the number of unemployed people increased by 8,900.
  
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• Breaking: Unemployment rate remains at 4.7pc in September

  15-10-2026 02:50 via abc.net.au
  
  An estimated 39,300 fewer Australians were in work last month, and the number of unemployed people increased by 8,900.
  
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• Automated feedlot proposal draws community ire in Victoria's south-east

  15-10-2026 00:40 via abc.net.au
  
  A Victorian farmer has submitted a proposal to create one of the state's first undercover, automated feedlots, drawing criticism from locals who are citing concerns about road safety and odour.
  
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• Victoria gives final state approval for biggest wind farm in southern hemisphere

  14-10-2026 23:30 via abc.net.au
  
  The 219-turbine wind farm, on agricultural land at Warracknabeal in the state's west, now needs federal government approval.
  
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• Victoria approves biggest wind farm in southern hemisphere

  14-10-2026 23:30 via abc.net.au
  
  The 219-turbine wind farm proposed for agricultural land at Warracknabeal, in the state's west, now needs the federal government's green light.
  
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• BHP dives as AI stocks fall out of favour — as it happened

  14-10-2026 22:34 via abc.net.au
  
  The miner's copper exposure means it's used as a proxy for the AI trade, which has come off the boil. 
  
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• Universities justified job cuts with numbers no-one could check

  14-10-2026 21:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Universities said staff cuts were necessary to secure their financial futures. But disputed models, alternative plans and changing forecasts suggest other choices may have been available.
  
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• Universities justified job cuts with numbers no one could check

  14-10-2026 21:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Universities said staff cuts were necessary to secure their financial futures. But disputed models, alternative plans and changing forecasts suggest other choices may have been available.
  
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• Did universities generate a 'faux crisis' to justify job cuts?

  14-10-2026 21:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Universities said staff cuts were necessary to secure their financial futures. But disputed models, alternative plans and changing forecasts suggest other choices may have been available.
  
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• Builder chosen for Hobart's Macquarie Point stadium

  14-10-2026 20:56 via abc.net.au
  
  The company that built a 30,000-seat arena in Christchurch, New Zealand, is understood to have won the tender to construct Hobart's new roofed stadium.
  
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• This strange sea animal is on menus, but it is disappearing from our reefs

  14-10-2026 20:00 via abc.net.au
  
  A new study shows one species of sea cucumber lives much longer than previously thought, putting it at even more risk of being eaten to death by humans. 
  
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• Investing bonanza as younger Australians lean on AI advice

  14-10-2026 20:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX said a record 11.5 million Australian adults now hold investments outside traditional superannuation and their main home. Emerging trends include taking AI advice, investing in crypto and the doubling of ETF ownership.
  
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• Pope's AI adviser warns Australia's copyright changes risk 'new form of colonialism'

  14-10-2026 09:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Father Paolo Benanti is a Franciscan friar but he's also a key adviser to the Vatican on AI and he has a warning for Australia on the actions of AI companies.
  
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• Rare earths company could be nationalised as China-linked investors fail to divest

  14-10-2026 07:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Resources Minister Madeleine King has left open the door to nationalising a Perth-based critical minerals company as several China-linked investors are defying federal government orders to divest from it.
  
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• Mining giant BHP to cut hundreds of jobs at iron ore mines

  14-10-2026 07:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Mining giant BHP has confirmed job cuts at its iron ore operations in Western Australia.
  
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• Breaking: Mining giant BHP to cut hundreds of jobs at iron ore mines

  14-10-2026 07:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Mining giant BHP has confirmed job cuts at its iron ore operations in Western Australia.
  
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