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• Outback printing press faces scrap or museum as Barrier Truth winds down

  28-11-2025 02:04 via abc.net.au
  
  With Broken Hill's Barrier Truth newspaper in the process of selling off its usable assets, some wonder if its still-working press would be more valuable as scrap or even a museum piece.
  
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• 'Run, but you can't hide': US-sanctioned oil tanker's two-week chase at sea

  08-01-2026 06:06 via abc.net.au
  
  When a US-sanctioned oil tanker originally bound for Venezuela abruptly changed course, it set off a dramatic chase at sea.
  
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• Controversial 150-site 'eco-tourism' project approved for Queensland

  08-01-2026 05:59 via abc.net.au
  
  The state government approves a 150-site tourist park with 95 conditions despite ongoing environmental concerns from authorities and community groups.
  
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• WA antique shop forced to shut after four decades as rent spikes

  08-01-2026 03:17 via abc.net.au
  
  George Nakhoul has been operating Furniture Restoration on James Street in Guildford since the late 1980s, but a rent spike means the shop will have to close its doors. 
  
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• RBA deputy downplays significance of easing inflation for next rates move

  08-01-2026 02:35 via abc.net.au
  
  The deputy governor of the Reserve Bank Andrew Hauser confirms the news mortgage borrowers would not have wanted to hear — interest rates are highly unlikely to head lower anytime soon.
  
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• 'Let's be clear, it's too high': RBA deputy downplays easing inflation

  08-01-2026 02:35 via abc.net.au
  
  The deputy governor of the Reserve Bank Andrew Hauser confirms the news mortgage borrowers would not have wanted to hear — interest rates are highly unlikely to head lower anytime soon.
  
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• Planned wind farm next to Ramsar-listed wetlands passes 'significant' hurdle

  08-01-2026 02:29 via abc.net.au
  
  The Kentbruck Green Energy Hub would include wind turbines up to 270m tall, and be built inside active pine plantations, but its location has worried conservationists. 
  
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• Why China's strong backing of Venezuela did not help Maduro

  08-01-2026 01:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Despite being one of the strongest critics of Donald Trump's move to capture Nicolás Maduro, Beijing has not moved beyond condemnation of Washington.
  
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• China's 'all-weather' bond with Venezuela has not helped Maduro

  08-01-2026 01:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Despite being one of the strongest critics of Donald Trump's move to capture Nicolás Maduro, Beijing has not moved beyond condemnation of Washington.
  
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• China has given Latin America billions. That will not save Maduro

  08-01-2026 01:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Despite being one of the strongest critics of Donald Trump's move to capture Nicolás Maduro, Beijing has not moved beyond condemnation of Washington.
  
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• Kimberley fishers left waiting five years for marine park compensation

  08-01-2026 00:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Commercial fishers impacted by a Kimberley marine park say the government has failed to deliver promised compensation.
  
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• Commercial fishers' five-year wait for compensation raises alarm bells

  08-01-2026 00:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Kimberley fishers impacted by the establishment of a marine park say the government has failed to deliver promised compensation.
  
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• Community havens help to beat the heat in extreme conditions

  07-01-2026 23:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Retrofitted community centres, surf lifesaving clubs and churches are being opened for the first time as 'heatwave havens' on the NSW South Coast, offering vulnerable residents refuge from the heat.
  
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• ASX rises as RBA takes longer-term view on inflation — as it happened

  07-01-2026 21:21 via abc.net.au
  
  ABC News has an exclusive interview with RBA deputy governor Andrew Hauser, who says he has a message that people may not want to hear.
  
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• US seizes more tankers as it lays out three-phase plan for Venezuela

  07-01-2026 14:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Russia says one of the Venezuela-linked tankers is "our vessel" and demands the quick release of its citizens, as the US pledges to continue seizing ships and keep the pressure on Venezuela's interim leaders. 
  
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• US forces seize Russian-flagged oil tanker with Venezuela links

  07-01-2026 14:27 via abc.net.au
  
  The tanker has been evading an American blockade of sanctioned vessels linked to Venezuela's oil industry since December.
  
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• Breaking: US forces seize Russian-flagged oil tanker with Venezuela links

  07-01-2026 14:27 via abc.net.au
  
  The tanker has been evading an American blockade of sanctioned vessels linked to Venezuela's oil industry since December.
  
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• Breaking: US forces reportedly try to board Russian-flagged oil tanker

  07-01-2026 14:27 via abc.net.au
  
  The vessel has been evading an American blockade near Venezuela, multiple US news outlets are reporting.
  
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• Breaking: US forces reportedly seize Russian-flagged oil tanker with Venezuela links

  07-01-2026 14:27 via abc.net.au
  
  The vessel has been evading an American blockade near Venezuela, multiple US news outlets are reporting.
  
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• Small boat ramp inundated with fishers as ban takes place

  07-01-2026 06:21 via abc.net.au
  
  WA's new ban on demersal fishing sees fishers flock to a coastal hamlet unaffected by the new rules, but locals say the crowds are unsustainable. 
  
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• Coastal hamlet bears brunt of WA's new fishing crackdown

  07-01-2026 06:21 via abc.net.au
  
  WA's new ban on demersal fishing sees fishers flock to a coastal hamlet unaffected by the new rules, but locals say the crowds are unsustainable. 
  
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• Aboriginal artist Bobbi Lockyer in tears as Australia Post loses $4k painting

  07-01-2026 05:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Indigenous artist Bobbi Lockyer has been left frustrated after she sent a $4,000 custom artwork of the Pilbara to a buyer in Queensland, only for an empty cardboard sleeve to be delivered.
  
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• 'Very pleasant surprise': inflation cools but remains above RBA target

  07-01-2026 01:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Inflation cooled in November, with the consumer price index rising 3.4 per cent over the year, down from 3.8 per cent a month earlier. Some economists continue to forecast a February rate hike, however.
  
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• Inflation cools in November but still above the RBA's target

  07-01-2026 01:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Inflation cooled in November, with the consumer price index rising 3.4 per cent over the year, down from 3.8 per cent a month earlier.
  
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• Inflation cools but February 'remains in play' for an RBA rate hike

  07-01-2026 01:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Inflation cooled in November, with the consumer price index rising 3.4 per cent over the year, down from 3.8 per cent a month earlier. Some economists continue to forecast a February rate hike, however.
  
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• Breaking: Inflation cools in November but still above the RBA's target

  07-01-2026 01:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Inflation cooled in November, with the consumer price index rising 3.4 per cent over the year, down from 3.8 per cent a month earlier.
  
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• Preschool worried about security of children's data in government portal

  07-01-2026 01:09 via abc.net.au
  
  NSW is rolling out a digital hub that centralises early childhood centres' information, but some are worried it could be vulnerable to data breaches.
  
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• Concerns about security of children's data in government portal

  07-01-2026 01:09 via abc.net.au
  
  NSW is rolling out a digital hub that centralises early childhood centres' information, but some are worried it could be vulnerable to data breaches.
  
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• Remote pub at centre of Peter Falconio mystery has liquor licence suspended

  06-01-2026 21:45 via abc.net.au
  
  The Barrow Creek Hotel was thrust into the global spotlight during the investigation into British backpacker Peter Falconio's disappearance. Now its liquor licence has been suspended for breaching Northern Territory licensing laws. 
  
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• Victims of car excess insurance hack worried about data security

  06-01-2026 21:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Australians who have rented cars have been caught up in a cyber incident affecting excess insurer Prosura, with customers receiving modified invoices from a self-proclaimed "threat actor".
  
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