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• Darwin Woolworths blasts jingle outside store to stop 'loitering'

  25-08-2026 07:39 via abc.net.au
  
  The looping sound of the Woolworths jingle outside a Darwin store has irritated customers, but the supermarket giant says the music is a tactic to reduce anti-social behaviour against staff and customers.
  
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• Hobart council advances ban on full-home short stays

  26-08-2026 10:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Hobart City Council has voted to advance strict new limits on whole-home short stays. The plan, which aims to protect long-term rentals, will now go to the state planning body for final approval.
   
  
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• Breaking: Macquarie Group dumps KPMG from audit contract

  26-08-2026 10:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Accounting firm KPMG says it is facing the consequences of its "past failings" as it is dropped by Macquarie Group.
  
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• Breaking: Macquarie dumps KPMG from nation's biggest audit contract

  26-08-2026 10:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Accounting firm KPMG says it is facing the consequences of its "past failings" as it is dropped by Macquarie Group.
  
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• Report finds rock art damage more extensive than thought

  26-08-2026 10:13 via abc.net.au
  
  The Murujuga Rock Art monitoring program finds pollutants from previous industrial activity have damaged a larger area of ancient rock art on the Burrup Peninsula than previously thought.
  
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• Potential insolvent trading probe after modular builder's closure

  26-08-2026 08:50 via abc.net.au
  
  The WA Consumer Protection Commissioner is calling on clients of a modular home building company which abruptly closed last week to lodge formal complaints so it can investigate further.
  
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• WA government to appeal $150m Andrew Forrest Fortescue native title payout

  26-08-2026 08:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Mining magnate Andrew Forrest's Fortescue faces a renewed legal battle over a record $150.3 million native title compensation payout, with the WA government confirming it would appeal a landmark Federal Court judgement.
  
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• Breaking: WA government to appeal landmark Andrew Forrest Fortescue native title payout

  26-08-2026 08:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Mining magnate Andrew Forrest's Fortescue faces a renewed legal battle over a record $150.3 million native title compensation payout, with the WA government confirming it would appeal a landmark Federal Court judgement.
  
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• Breaking: WA government to appeal $150m Andrew Forrest Fortescue native title payout

  26-08-2026 08:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Mining magnate Andrew Forrest's Fortescue faces a renewed legal battle over a record $150.3 million native title compensation payout, with the WA government confirming it would appeal a landmark Federal Court judgement.
  
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• Farmers frustrated as Coles ends arrangement in home of Big Banana

  26-08-2026 08:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Coffs Coast banana farmers struggle to make sense of a decision that will remove their produce from the shelves of a major local supermarket. 
  
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• Anger as Coles in home of the Big Banana to drop local bananas

  26-08-2026 08:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Coffs Coast banana farmers struggle to make sense of a decision that will remove their produce from the shelves of a major local supermarket. 
  
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• Police investigate theft of 400,000 oysters in NSW

  26-08-2026 06:53 via abc.net.au
  
  An oyster business on the New South Wales Mid North Coast estimates as much as $400,000 worth of its stock has been stolen.
  
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• Commercial fishers frustrated with delays to compensation

  26-08-2026 06:34 via abc.net.au
  
  Nine months after their fishery was closed due to sustainability concerns, some commercial demersal fishers are still waiting for compensation payments from the WA government.  
  
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• 'Unfortunate kick in the guts' as inflation data increases RBA rate hike risk

  26-08-2026 05:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Inflation is continuing to cool with the annual headline rate rising to 3.5 per cent in July, but some economists say it has increased the risk of another interest rate hike by the Reserve Bank of Australia this year.
  
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• Lighting products sold on online marketplaces catch fire under testing

  26-08-2026 04:42 via abc.net.au
  
  Testing of more than 130 lighting products available online found most failed to meet Australian standards.
   
  
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• 'Cheap and attractive' lights sold online fail Australian compliance tests

  26-08-2026 04:42 via abc.net.au
  
  Testing of more than 130 lighting products available online found most failed to meet Australian standards.
   
  
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• Court rules tropical island owner can be stripped of lease

  26-08-2026 04:35 via abc.net.au
  
  Despite plans to build new facilities, the Queensland Land Court finds Brampton Island resort is "dilapidated to the point of falling down" with the owners in breach of lease conditions.
  
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• Gulf trucking company halt could force remote grocery price surge

  26-08-2026 01:05 via abc.net.au
  
  Remote grocery prices could surge and more than 70 jobs are at risk after a major Gulf freight company was grounded for compliance and safety issues.
  
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• Victorian offshore wind auction opens with plans to power 1.5 million homes

  26-08-2026 01:03 via abc.net.au
  
  The Victorian government says the auction is a major step towards creating a local offshore wind industry.
  
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• Real estate agent's sales data under scrutiny after awards disqualification

  25-08-2026 23:22 via abc.net.au
  
  A top-ranked WA real estate agent is disqualified from this year's industry awards after discrepancies emerge in his reported sales data.
  
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• One of WA's top realtors disqualified from awards over sales inaccuracies

  25-08-2026 23:22 via abc.net.au
  
  A top-ranked WA real estate agent has been disqualified from this year's industry awards after discrepancies emerged in his reported sales data.
  
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• ASX down despite bumper Woolies profit — as it happened

  25-08-2026 23:11 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX slipped and underlying inflation remained too high for comfort. Retail giant Woolworths saw its headline profit surge by 18 per cent to $1.1 billion. Catch up on the day's economics and business news on the ABC's market blog.
  
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• Plymouth Brethren fights to establish fifth church in Kyneton

  25-08-2026 22:44 via abc.net.au
  
  The Plymouth Brethren Christian Church, through the applicant Kyneton Gospel Trust, wants to build a church for 45 of its members in a housing development, 87 kilometres north-west of Melbourne.
  
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• Canada announces retaliatory tariffs on US as trade war escalates

  25-08-2026 22:42 via abc.net.au
  
  The trade war between the US and Canada escalates again as Canadian leaders outline a major retaliation against Donald Trump's latest wave of tariffs.
  
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• As trade war blows up and insults fly, Canada strikes back at Trump

  25-08-2026 22:42 via abc.net.au
  
  The trade war between the US and Canada escalates again as Canadian leaders outline a major retaliation against Donald Trump's latest wave of tariffs.
  
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• Regional residents furious deliveries they paid for aren't coming

  25-08-2026 21:33 via abc.net.au
  
  Michael Walls has been told the packages he paid to have delivered to his door have been taken to the freight company's depot — a four-hour round trip from his home.
  
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• Internal emails expose scale of Anthropic's Australian AI plans

  25-08-2026 21:26 via abc.net.au
  
  The US tech giant behind popular AI chatbot Claude wanted to meet with the NSW government earlier this year about locating up to five gigawatts of data centres in the state, the ABC can reveal.
  
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• Anthropic's 'massive' AI data centre plans revealed in emails

  25-08-2026 21:26 via abc.net.au
  
  The US tech giant behind popular AI chatbot Claude wanted to meet with the NSW government earlier this year about locating up to five gigawatts of data centres in the state, the ABC can reveal.
  
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• Young Australians' home ownership rate at an 80-year low, report shows

  25-08-2026 14:05 via abc.net.au
  
  A new report shows generational inequality is pushing young Australians out of the housing market.
  
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• Chinese factory workers accidentally caught on camera glasses

  25-08-2026 09:10 via abc.net.au
  
  A new pair of camera glasses purchased online has been found to contain video footage of factory workers who appear to have been unknowingly filmed.
  
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