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• Documents allege former KPMG partner made 'unwanted sexual advances' to clients and staff

  28-08-2026 21:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Documents allege a former KPMG partner treated "female members of staff and clients inappropriately" while he was at the firm.
  
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• Loretta had a quiet retirement until Elon Musk built a data centre next door

  04-09-2026 20:41 via abc.net.au
  
  War veteran Loretta Thornton's Tennessee home offered such tranquillity, she named it 'Serenity'. Then, America's largest data centre moved in on her doorstep.
  
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• Housing affordability hits all-time low despite falling property prices

  04-09-2026 20:41 via abc.net.au
  
  Housing affordability has fallen to the lowest rate on record, with households earning a typical income only able to afford around one in every 10 properties sold across the country in the last financial year.
  
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• Former Uber driver jailed for indecently assaulting passenger

  04-09-2026 09:28 via abc.net.au
  
  A former South Australian Uber driver has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for the indecent assault of a female passenger.
  
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• ASIC says 'we don’t know' in face of big four audit misconduct complaints

  04-09-2026 07:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Corporate regulator ASIC tells a parliamentary inquiry major accounting firms KPMG, PwC, EY and Deloitte have revealed 551 complaints in three years about alleged audit misconduct.
  
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• ASIC probing hundreds of audit complaints at big four accounting firms

  04-09-2026 07:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Corporate regulator ASIC tells a parliamentary inquiry major accounting firms KPMG, PwC, EY and Deloitte have revealed 551 complaints in three years about alleged audit misconduct.
  
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• Two people rescued from Nepal hydropower tunnel, official says

  04-09-2026 06:08 via abc.net.au
  
  A Nepali official says two people have been rescued alive from a hydropower tunnel nine days after floods hit the area.
  
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• Family's elation after two people rescued from Nepal hydropower tunnel

  04-09-2026 06:08 via abc.net.au
  
  A Nepali official says two people have been rescued alive from a hydropower tunnel nine days after floods hit the area.
  
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• Locals excited as travellers roll in for outback's biggest racing event

  04-09-2026 04:16 via abc.net.au
  
  It is a classic outback event, and despite a slow start to the tourism season, thousands have gathered for the annual Birdsville Races, including a bus full of travellers from New South Wales who have vowed to donate their winnings to charity.
  
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• Breaking: Bathla creditors' meeting hears company owes $3.4 billion

  04-09-2026 03:42 via abc.net.au
  
  Bathla Group owes known creditors about $3.4 billion, including $3.08 billion to secured lenders, according to preliminary figures presented at the company's first creditors' meeting.
  
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• Bathla creditors' meeting hears company owes $3.4 billion

  04-09-2026 03:42 via abc.net.au
  
  Bathla Group owes known creditors about $3.4 billion, including $3.08 billion to secured lenders, according to preliminary figures presented at the company's first creditors' meeting.
  
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• Bathla $3.4b in debt and facing work halting at some sites

  04-09-2026 03:42 via abc.net.au
  
  Bathla Group owes known creditors about $3.4 billion, including $3.08 billion to secured lenders, according to preliminary figures presented at the company's first creditors' meeting.
  
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• NSW coalmining companies using planning 'loopholes' to avoid scrutiny

  04-09-2026 02:34 via abc.net.au
  
  More than a dozen coalmine modifications have been approved by the NSW government since 2023, with critics saying the process is a "loophole" that allows companies to expand operations without proper oversight.
  
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• NSW coalmining companies accused of using planning 'loopholes'

  04-09-2026 02:34 via abc.net.au
  
  More than a dozen coalmine modifications have been approved by the NSW government since 2023, with critics saying the process is a "loophole" that allows companies to expand operations without proper oversight.
  
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• 'Death by a thousand cuts' as mining companies use planning 'loophole'

  04-09-2026 02:34 via abc.net.au
  
  More than a dozen coalmine modifications have been approved by the NSW government since 2023, with critics saying the process is a "loophole" that allows companies to expand operations without proper oversight.
  
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• Americans urge caution as Australia braces for data centre boom

  04-09-2026 01:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Americans urge Australians to ensure data centre companies are transparent and make sure policy helps us to make the most of foreign investment.
  
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• Venue apologises for AI flyers that have 'no place' in creative industry

  04-09-2026 00:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Chloe Young is facing an uphill battle in the face of a global AI boom, but some have taken up their offer to draw "squiggles" instead of using flyers generated by computers.
  
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• More banks forecast RBA September interest rate hike — as it happened

  03-09-2026 23:19 via abc.net.au
  
  Several Australian banks and global investment banks are now forecasting the Reserve Bank will hike the cash rate again this month.
  
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• Not yet safe to access Hydro Tasmania power station destroyed by fire

  03-09-2026 21:19 via abc.net.au
  
  Investigations are continuing into the cause of a fire that gutted the Tungatinah Power Station. Authorities say it is not yet safe to enter the building, which supplies 5 per cent of the state's energy, in the Central Highlands.
  
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• Investigation into fire at Hydro Tasmania power station could take weeks

  03-09-2026 21:19 via abc.net.au
  
  Investigations are continuing into the cause of a fire that gutted the Tungatinah Power Station. Authorities say the building is unsafe for fire investigators to enter due to concerns about its structural integrity.
  
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• Byron Bay could be losing its fight against high-rise

  03-09-2026 21:14 via abc.net.au
  
  The northern NSW community has fought for decades against high-rise buildings, but developers may have found a way around local planning restrictions.
  
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• Australia's housing problems will take 'generation' to fix, NAB economist warns

  03-09-2026 20:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Property price declines of 7 per cent will not solve Australia's housing affordability issues, NAB chief economist says.
  
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• Australia's housing problems will take 'generation' to fix, NAB economist

  03-09-2026 20:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Property price declines of 7 per cent will not solve Australia's housing affordability issues, NAB chief economist says.
  
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• Realtor raided after allegations agent sold client's home to himself

  03-09-2026 10:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Authorities have raided the offices of Ideal Realty amid a probe into allegations the Perth property firm's licensees used a shell company to buy their own client's home without telling him.
  
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• Billionaire's Tasmanian trainwreck has broken workers and marriages

  03-09-2026 09:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Locals fear the closure of another smelter in Tasmania will be disastrous for the economy as anger brews over the federal government's failure to offer a bailout.
  
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• Hundreds or regional doctors stop work over poor working conditions

  03-09-2026 09:25 via abc.net.au
  
  Doctors from Ballarat Base Hospital and Bendigo Health have walked off the job citing exhaustion, low morale and stressful working conditions.
  
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• Hundreds of regional doctors stop work over poor working conditions

  03-09-2026 09:25 via abc.net.au
  
  Doctors from Ballarat Base Hospital and Bendigo Health have walked off the job citing exhaustion, low morale and stressful working conditions.
  
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• Tasmanian government chasing $1m in meal costs after prison kitchen slip-up

  03-09-2026 09:12 via abc.net.au
  
  The Tasmanian government is hoping to recover the more than $1 million it has spent on food for the Risdon Prison population after its new $20 million kitchen's floor was deemed too slippery to safely use.
  
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• Small businesses scan for fake cash as counterfeit seizures soar

  03-09-2026 08:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Business owners scan cash notes with blue lights in a bid to avoid being stung, as the Australian Border Force reports a huge increase in the amount of counterfeit cash entering the country.
  
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• Morley Market business owners still struggling one year after devastating fire

  03-09-2026 07:42 via abc.net.au
  
  One year on from a devastating fire which destroyed a shopping centre in Perth's north-east, the pain for business owners who lost what they had spent years working on is still raw.
  
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