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• Market operator issues first-ever low-demand warning as solar 'juggernaut' risks grid overload

  27-09-2024 08:56 via abc.net.au
  
  For decades, a big risk to Australia's electricity system has been excessive demand in summer. Now, it is excessive supply in spring.
  
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• 'Dirty rain' and constant hand washing: Jan's life with lead contamination

  17-02-2026 20:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Jan Twomey bought a house on Hobart's eastern shore just over a year ago, knowing full well it was across from a zinc smelter. But news of high levels of lead detected in dust samples has her concerned.
  
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• Private health customers stung as exclusions rise along with premiums

  17-02-2026 19:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Australians are increasingly downgrading their health cover, with 360,000 people leaving gold policies since 2020. But some have been left out of pocket for surgeries they thought they were covered for.
  
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• HungryPanda delivery drivers say police contacted family back home

  17-02-2026 19:35 via abc.net.au
  
  Riders embroiled in a dispute over pay and conditions with food delivery company HungryPanda in Sydney say Chinese police have asserted pressure back home to stop them protesting.
  
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• Gary Stevenson's dire warning for Australian property market

  17-02-2026 19:35 via abc.net.au
  
  British economist Gary Stevenson is on a speaking tour, warning Australia will follow the path of the UK with "poverty exploding" unless politicians deal with inequality.
  
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• Chinese police calls to HungryPanda riders raise foreign interference concerns

  17-02-2026 19:35 via abc.net.au
  
  Riders embroiled in a dispute over pay and conditions with food delivery company HungryPanda in Sydney say Chinese police have asserted pressure back home to stop them protesting.
  
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• Weekly death reports now required for Tasmanian salmon industry

  17-02-2026 19:33 via abc.net.au
  
  Biosecurity Tasmania has introduced stricter requirements for Tasmania's salmon companies reporting on farmed fish deaths — but whether the public finds out is another matter.
  
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• Melbourne man sets up West Gate Bridge livestream from his driveway

  17-02-2026 19:15 via abc.net.au
  
  A man in Melbourne's west has set up a camera from his driveway to broadcast live vision of traffic on the West Gate Bridge, attracting thousands of views within weeks.
  
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• ASIC announces review into 'lead generators' pushing super switching

  17-02-2026 14:04 via abc.net.au
  
  ASIC is investigating whether lead generators are complying with their legal obligations when suggesting people switch their retirement savings into less-regulated investment schemes.
  
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• ABC Adelaide to move to new arts hub in CBD

  17-02-2026 09:50 via abc.net.au
  
  The ABC has announced a new location for its Adelaide operations, moving to a new arts and media hub alongside other government arts organisation in the CBD.
  
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• Victoria Police withdraw fraud charges against mine employee

  17-02-2026 08:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Victoria Police has dropped all charges against WIM Resource employee Murray Wilson, who worked on the controversial Avonbank Mineral Sands Project.
  
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• Health insurance costs to jump by biggest rise in almost a decade

  17-02-2026 08:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Private health insurance premiums will rise at their fastest rate in almost a decade, after the federal government approved a 4.41 per cent average increase from April.
  
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• Production company's closure is 'end of remarkable chapter' for Aussie TV

  17-02-2026 07:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Matchbox Pictures, the local production house behind Dog Park, The Survivors and Secret City, will be closed by its international parent company, Universal International Studios.
  
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• Overseas owners shut down local production company behind The Slap

  17-02-2026 07:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Matchbox Pictures, the local production house behind Dog Park, The Survivors and Secret City, will be closed by its international parent company, Universal International Studios.
  
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• Iran launches military drill as US deploys aircraft carrier on eve of nuclear talks

  17-02-2026 07:19 via abc.net.au
  
  Representatives from the two nations are set to meet in Geneva on Tuesday, local time, as US President Donald Trump tries to curb Tehran's nuclear program. 
  
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• What is driving petrol prices down in Brisbane?

  17-02-2026 06:46 via abc.net.au
  
  A combination of economic factors means Brisbane motorists have experienced below-average fuel prices for an extended period.  
  
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• Rural council threatened with $3.8 million fine after unauthorised dump fires

  17-02-2026 06:08 via abc.net.au
  
  There have been several unauthorised fires lit at the waste facility of a rural Queensland council, with the Department of the Environment warning it could lead to a hefty fine. 
  
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• Coles downplays meaning of 'Down Down' pricing in federal court case

  17-02-2026 05:33 via abc.net.au
  
  Coles downplays what shoppers understood when they saw its "Down Down" price tags saying "not much", on the second day of a bombshell federal court case.
  
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• Are discounts fair dinkum? Coles' 'Down Down' pricing in the spotlight

  17-02-2026 05:33 via abc.net.au
  
  Coles downplays what shoppers understood when they saw its "Down Down" price tags, saying "not much", on the second day of a bombshell federal court case.
  
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• Inside the family businesses hit hard by WA's controversial fishing ban

  17-02-2026 04:37 via abc.net.au
  
  People in the coastal tourist town of Kalbarri say they are already suffering the effects of WA's demersal fishing ban, less than two months after it came into force.
  
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• Cash on offer to convince organisers to keep MotoGP on Phillip Island

  17-02-2026 02:30 via abc.net.au
  
  The Victorian government offers a financial lifeline to the MotoGP operators in a bid to keep the event on Phillip Island. 
  
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• Hang-gliding soars as more competitors leap into the sport

  17-02-2026 00:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Bruce Atkinson taught himself to fly with a textbook, but says this daredevil sport has evolved a lot since then. 
  
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• SA government hopes to head off hospital strike with immediate wage rise

  17-02-2026 00:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Nurses and midwives at the Lyell McEwin Hospital vote unanimously to walk off the job for 24 hours on Thursday, but the government hopes an immediate 4 per cent pay rise will lead to it being cancelled.
  
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• Nurses' union doubles down on strike despite immediate wage rise

  17-02-2026 00:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Nurses and midwives at the Lyell McEwin Hospital remain set to walk off the job for 24 hours on Thursday, with the union saying the government's decision to introduce an immediate 4 per cent pay rise still falls short of expectations.
  
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• Nurses and midwives to go on strike at major Adelaide hospital over wage claim

  17-02-2026 00:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Nurses and midwives at the Lyell McEwin Hospital vote unanimously to walk off the job for 24 hours on Thursday, but the government says the pay increase their union wants could lead to hiring freezes.
  
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• Highly sensitive court data accessed by entity based in India

  16-02-2026 23:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Highly sensitive Australian court files have been accessed offshore in breach of the privacy act and Commonwealth contractual obligations, an ABC investigation has revealed, raising concerns of a national security risk.
  
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• Region to woo Defence with training site, Australian-owned port and airport

  16-02-2026 22:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Three central Queensland councils are trying to entice the Australian Defence Force to invest in the region, in the hopes of a defence economy boom.
  
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• 'It was a disaster': After years of decline, a small NT town is clawing back

  16-02-2026 21:42 via abc.net.au
  
  For the past year, Batchelor's residents have had to drive to the next town or an hour to Darwin to collect mail or buy food. It marked a low point in a rough period, but a year on the town is beginning to claw its way back.
  
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• 'Too complex': Coles lawyer says grocery prices tough to understand — as it happened

  16-02-2026 21:16 via abc.net.au
  
  Coles has faced hearings at the Federal Court in Melbourne regarding accusations of misleading customers on discounts. The Australian share market was up, following Wall Street. Look back on the day's events and insights from our business reporters in the ABC News markets blog.
  
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• Live: BHP to release results, ASX to open in the green

  16-02-2026 21:16 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market is set to open higher as investors await half-yearly company results. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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