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• Meta hits out at Labor's plan to make tech giants pay for news

  04-06-2026 04:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Tech giant Meta criticises the Australian government's plan to make social media companies pay for news, calling it a "grossly unfair" and "discriminatory tax".
  
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• Less cars are being stolen across Australia — except in Victoria

  04-06-2026 06:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Victoria has higher vehicle insurance claims over stolen cars than all other mainland states combined, new data from the Insurance Council of Australia reveals.
  
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• About 10,000 cars stolen or broken into in Melbourne each year

  04-06-2026 06:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Victoria has higher vehicle insurance claims over stolen cars than all other mainland states combined, new data from the Insurance Council of Australia reveals.
  
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• Cost-of-living pressure 'entrenching disadvantage' in the NT

  04-06-2026 04:06 via abc.net.au
  
  The NT has the second highest average rent in the country, with households having to set aside more of their weekly wages to cover essential costs.
  
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• Cost-of-living pressure ‘entrenching disadvantage’ in the NT

  04-06-2026 04:06 via abc.net.au
  
  The NT has the second highest average rent in the country, with households having to set aside more of their weekly wages to cover essential costs.
  
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• Far South Coast breaks records in oyster growing turnaround

  04-06-2026 04:05 via abc.net.au
  
  While oyster growers have had a tough time recently, one lake on the NSW Far South Coast is bucking the trend and setting new records along the way.
  
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• PM says Australia has 'ideological disagreement' with US after it reveals anti-slavery tariff

  04-06-2026 01:46 via abc.net.au
  
  The planned new tariff is to be slapped on dozens of countries that have allegedly failing to take action to prevent slavery and forced labour. 
  
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• Water security concerns as magnetite miner seeks extension

  04-06-2026 01:29 via abc.net.au
  
  As a major miner seeks approval to extend its magnetite ore operations in regional Western Australia to 2048, shires are increasingly concerned about ensuring there's enough groundwater to go around. 
  
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• Concerns raised as mining companies take local groundwater leaving towns 'vulnerable'

  04-06-2026 01:29 via abc.net.au
  
  As a major miner seeks approval to extend its magnetite ore operations in regional Western Australia to 2048, shires are increasingly concerned about ensuring there's enough groundwater to go around. 
  
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• UN envoy intervenes in Woodside gas plant challenge

  04-06-2026 00:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The independent expert has urged Australia to "make sure that things are done properly", while Woodside pushed back against her involvement.
  
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• Australia's economic slowdown is just beginning, the experts warn

  03-06-2026 21:16 via abc.net.au
  
  The economy grew just 0.3 per cent in the first quarter, gross domestic product per capita went backwards, and interest rate rises and cost-of-living pressures are weighing on households.
  
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• Australia's economic slowdown is just beginning, experts warn

  03-06-2026 21:16 via abc.net.au
  
  The economy grew just 0.3 per cent in the first quarter, gross domestic product per capita went backwards, and interest rate rises and cost-of-living pressures are weighing on households.
  
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• Sportsbet's owner walks through 'wide open gate' in gambling laws

  03-06-2026 20:53 via abc.net.au
  
  One of the world's biggest gambling companies is breaking into the 'rewards club' scene, raising the alarm among anti-gambling advocates.
  
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• Sportsbet owner expands from gambling into less-regulated 'rewards club'

  03-06-2026 20:53 via abc.net.au
  
  One of the world's biggest gambling companies is breaking into the 'rewards club' scene, raising the alarm among anti-gambling advocates.
  
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• Why some home owners are at risk of slipping into negative equity

  03-06-2026 20:50 via abc.net.au
  
  The 46-year-old former "forever renter" believes her house is now worth less than what she paid for it and she is at risk of slipping into negative equity, which would mean her Marrickville home could be worth less than what she owes the bank. 
  
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• Economic report says 82 occupations have been 'AI-disrupted'

  03-06-2026 16:05 via abc.net.au
  
  A new economic report by consultancy firm Deloitte says the AI "winners" will be organisations that combine human and machine strengths, with recruiters saying human judgement will still be key. 
  
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• AI slows hiring in some roles, but demand grows for human skills

  03-06-2026 16:05 via abc.net.au
  
  A new economic report by consultancy firm Deloitte says the AI "winners" will be organisations that combine human and machine strengths, with recruiters saying human judgement will still be key. 
  
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• Australia faces proposed 12.5pc US tariff over forced labour crackdown

  03-06-2026 12:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia could be hit with a new US tariff after the Trump administration accused dozens of countries of failing to crack down on goods made with forced labour.
  
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• Police allege corporate boss refused blood alcohol tests after hitting five cars

  03-06-2026 10:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Private equity baron Joel Thickins is alleged to have crashed his BMW into five cars in Sydney's east, before refusing two alcohol-detecting breath tests.
  
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• Gold reserves grow at Kalgoorlie's Super Pit

  03-06-2026 09:13 via abc.net.au
  
  A big exploration push by Australia's biggest gold miner, Northern Star Resources, has grown the reserves at the Super Pit by 54 per cent in the past six years.
  
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• Hollywood legend set to bring Finke Desert Race to the big screen

  03-06-2026 08:57 via abc.net.au
  
  The gruelling outback Finke Desert Race is set for Hollywood treatment after Marvel's Chris Hemsworth backs a feature-length movie.
  
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• Water Corp says maintenance of 54,000km of pipes a challenge amid complaints

  03-06-2026 08:51 via abc.net.au
  
  For two years, residents in one of the driest parts of Western Australia have watched thousands of litres of water leaking from a Water Corp-owned tank.
  
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• Another KPMG leader steps aside amid audit leak scandal fallout

  03-06-2026 08:32 via abc.net.au
  
  KPMG Australia chief operating officer Eileen Hoggett will step aside from her role while investigations are pending into the audit leak scandal at the big four firm.
  
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• Sydney community radio to avoid axe under reduced capacity model

  03-06-2026 08:09 via abc.net.au
  
  The 46-year-old Sydney community radio institution was facing closure after around half its core funding was withdrawn late last year by Macquarie University. 
  
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• First footy, now beer: Region braces for $50m economic hit

  03-06-2026 07:58 via abc.net.au
  
  The loss of James Boag's brewery and Hawthorn Football Club to northern Tasmania's economy could cost the region a million dollars a week, local leaders say.
  
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• Fears of job losses as WIN confirms overhaul of 50-year-old news bulletins

  03-06-2026 07:25 via abc.net.au
  
  Media academics fear for the future of regional journalism after the drastic downsizing of one of Australia's oldest nightly news bulletins.
  
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• Robertson's Big Potato 'safe for the time being' amid court appeal

  03-06-2026 06:07 via abc.net.au
  
  One of Australia's most infamous "big things" could be moved to make way for a new supermarket in the NSW Southern Highlands.
  
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• SA budget to include new treaty money, public service cuts

  03-06-2026 05:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Cuts to South Australia's public service and new funding for a treaty commission have been announced as the state Labor government gets set to reveal its budget on Thursday.
  
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• These are the 'worst offenders' in Australian packaging

  03-06-2026 04:34 via abc.net.au
  
  A trendy plastic-and-metal takeaway cup used by cafes for iced drinks has been named Australia's worst packaging in the first Unpackit Awards.
  
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• Australia's economy growing at 2.5 per cent annually as slowdown begins

  03-06-2026 03:42 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's economy grew at an annual rate of 2.5 per cent in the March quarter, the same as in the previous quarter.
  
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