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• House prices plummet for sixth consecutive month as experts warn of greater falls

  30-09-2026 16:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian house prices fell for a sixth straight month in September, and the property market is likely to continue experiencing falls of up to 15 per cent in the coming months off the back of higher interest rates and cuts to property tax breaks, experts say.
  
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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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• Victorian doctors and allied health professionals strike amid ongoing pay disputes

  01-10-2026 06:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Doctors at Victoria's public hospitals walked off the job today for four hours leaving staffing at weekend levels, as a 14-month bargaining process over pay and conditions continues to grind on.
  
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• Doctors and allied health professionals walk off job en masse amid pay disputes

  01-10-2026 06:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Doctors at Victoria's public hospitals walked off the job today for four hours leaving staffing at weekend levels, as a 14-month bargaining process over pay and conditions continues to grind on.
  
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• Doctors and allied health professionals to walk off job en masse amid pay disputes

  01-10-2026 06:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Doctors at Victoria's public hospitals will walk off the job for four hours leaving staffing at weekend levels, as a 14-month bargaining process over pay and conditions continues to grind on.
  
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• Businesses fear visa changes to backpacker visas will make staffing harder

  01-10-2026 04:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Businesses in remote Western Australia's north are nervous about their future workforce after changes to backpacker entitlements.
  
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• RBA relaxed about housing downturn, deeply worried by AI and bonds

  01-10-2026 04:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Despite Australia's rapid housing downturn, which threatens to be the worst in decades, the Reserve Bank believes the main threats to the nation's financial stability come from overseas.
  
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• Buzzard iron ore mine dispute leaves workers in limbo

  01-10-2026 03:59 via abc.net.au
  
  About 200 workers at an iron ore mine in SA's far north are facing uncertain futures amid a financial dispute between the project's owner and a major on-site contractor, the ABC understands.
  
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• Job cut fears at one of Australia's largest toilet roll manufacturers

  01-10-2026 03:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Dozens of jobs could be lost at one of Australia's largest paper mills as new owner Arbex flags a "transformation project" aimed at keeping the business sustainable.
  
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• Three experts appointed to lead SA's Royal Commission into AI

  01-10-2026 03:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Three experts leading South Australia's Royal Commission into Artificial Intelligence will begin their work today amid the "rapid pace" of changes the technology is already bringing to the workforce.
  
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