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  10-09-2024 23:15
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• WiseTech to slash 2,000 jobs as AI ends era of 'manually writing code'

  25-02-2026 08:20 via abc.net.au
  
  The company says almost one third of staff across 40 countries would be affected by the redundancies as a move towards AI sees a reshaping of its workforce. 
  
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• WA population to hit 4 million by 2043 prompting housing warning

  25-02-2026 06:19 via abc.net.au
  
  Four million people are tipped to live in Western Australia by 2043 according to a new report which warns the boom could be derailed by a housing shortage. 
  
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• Inflation slightly hotter than expected, keeping rate hike on table

  25-02-2026 02:49 via abc.net.au
  
  Headline inflation was 3.8 per cent in January, which was unchanged from December, but underlying inflation increased slightly. Both numbers were higher than expected.
  
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• Inflation in January slightly hotter than expected

  25-02-2026 02:49 via abc.net.au
  
  Headline inflation was 3.8 per cent in January, which was unchanged from December, but underlying inflation increased slightly. Both numbers were higher than expected.
  
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• Breaking: Inflation in January slightly hotter than expected

  25-02-2026 02:49 via abc.net.au
  
  Headline inflation was 3.8 per cent in January, which was unchanged from December, but underlying inflation increased slightly. Both numbers were higher than expected.
  
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• Woolworths shares surge as food sales and profit beat expectations

  25-02-2026 02:42 via abc.net.au
  
  Woolworths shareholders will receive an interim dividend of 45 cents per shares, up from the same time a year ago.
  
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• Woolworths shares have best day on record as profit beats expectations

  25-02-2026 02:42 via abc.net.au
  
  Woolworths shares rally 13 per cent on a well-received result. The supermarket's shareholders will receive an interim dividend of 45 cents per share, up from the same time a year ago.
  
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• Judge in Coles court case questions whether ACCC case has to fail

  25-02-2026 02:38 via abc.net.au
  
  The judge overseeing a bombshell federal court case has made a stunning intervention as the consumer watchdog makes closing arguments.
  
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• 'Doesn't the case have to fail?': Judge interrupts closing statement in Coles trial

  25-02-2026 02:38 via abc.net.au
  
  The judge overseeing a bombshell federal court case has made a stunning intervention as the consumer watchdog makes closing arguments.
  
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• Outback landscape board chair says environmental advocacy was 'hindered'

  24-02-2026 23:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The Alinytjara Wiluṟara Landscape Board chair steps down, saying his ability to speak for a region where Telstra is under investigation for alleged environmental breaches was impeded.
  
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• ASX 200 hits new high, Australian dollar climbing — as it happened

  24-02-2026 21:42 via abc.net.au
  
  The local share market is at record levels, while the Australian dollar is climbing after inflation was steady at 3.8 per cent in January. WiseTech and Woolworths shares surge.
  
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• It will take decades for this pine plantation to recover from fire

  24-02-2026 21:33 via abc.net.au
  
  The fire threat in Victoria's Upper Murray has eased, but the region's famously green, undulating hills still bear the black scars of a devastating bushfire.
  
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• Trump Tower developer ran business that collapsed owing $28 million

  24-02-2026 20:46 via abc.net.au
  
  The businessman behind a proposed Trump Tower on the Gold Coast ran a development business that collapsed owing $28 million.
  
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• Gold Coast Trump Tower developer was 'uncontactable' after business collapse

  24-02-2026 20:46 via abc.net.au
  
  The businessman behind a proposed Trump Tower on the Gold Coast ran a development business that collapsed owing $28 million.
  
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• 'I just burst into tears': 400yo viola found after five-year search

  24-02-2026 20:41 via abc.net.au
  
  The instrument is believed to be one of the finest tenor violas in existence and the only surviving example of its kind.
  
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• 'I just burst into tears': 400yo viola found after a five-year search

  24-02-2026 20:41 via abc.net.au
  
  The instrument is believed to be one of the finest tenor violas in existence and the only surviving example of its kind.
  
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• 'Things will be very complicated' without antibiotic, salmon industry warns

  24-02-2026 19:34 via abc.net.au
  
  Tasmania's salmon industry is arguing the case to keep using an antibiotic being used to combat bacterial infection in fish stocks, as a possible ban on the drug's usage looms because of it being found in "non-target" species.
  
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• WIN Network buys Nine Darwin, expanding operations to the NT

  24-02-2026 10:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Regional news broadcaster WIN has announced it will acquire Nine Darwin, just over a year after the Nine Network suddenly axed its Darwin TV news bulletin.
  
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• AI body scrapped after spending $188k finding experts

  24-02-2026 05:15 via abc.net.au
  
  It took 15 months to narrow a field of 270 AI experts to 12 appointees for an AI authority, at a cost of almost $200,000, before it was suddenly scrapped by the federal government.
  
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• 15 months, 270 AI experts and $188k bill before AI body scrapped

  24-02-2026 05:15 via abc.net.au
  
  It took 15 months to narrow a field of 270 AI experts to 12 appointees for an AI authority, at a cost of almost $200,000, before it was suddenly scrapped by the federal government.
  
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• Australia's long wait for a high-speed train

  24-02-2026 05:00 via abc.net.au
  
  It has been more than 40 years since the idea of high-speed rail (HSR) was first floated in Australia, but is it finally about to become a reality?
  
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• Former RBA governor calls for capital gains tax discount to be scrapped

  24-02-2026 04:47 via abc.net.au
  
  Bernie Fraser tells a Senate committee hearing on capital gains tax that, if it were up to him, he would abolish the discount, as he warns younger Australians are watching the unaffordable housing market in "dismay".
  
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• Deal to salvage Zone RV leaves caravan customers short-changed

  24-02-2026 04:42 via abc.net.au
  
  A Melbourne-based company has purchased Zone RV, but customers who collectively paid millions before its collapse will be left out of pocket.
  
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• TasWater lays out 'consequences' if water price hike demand not met

  24-02-2026 03:24 via abc.net.au
  
  TasWater has continued to press its case for a steep water bill hike, despite the economic regulator's decision to halve its proposed price earlier this month. 
  
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• Developer behind planned Gold Coast Trump Tower had two bankruptcies

  24-02-2026 02:38 via abc.net.au
  
  A search by the ABC of federal insolvency records reveals the developer has had personal financial scrapes.
  
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• Developer behind Gold Coast Trump Tower proposal went bankrupt twice

  24-02-2026 02:38 via abc.net.au
  
  A search by the ABC of federal insolvency records reveals the developer has had personal financial scrapes.
  
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• Two South West backpacker hostels forced to shut over asbestos risks

  23-02-2026 23:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Two backpacker hostels in Western Australia's largest regional city have been ordered to shut due to serious health and safety concerns, including asbestos exposure risks.
  
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• South West backpackers ordered to shut over safety, asbestos concerns

  23-02-2026 23:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Two backpacker hostels in Western Australia's largest regional city have been ordered to shut due to serious health and safety concerns, including asbestos exposure risks.
  
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• Sunshine Coast live-music venue Solbar to shut down after more than 20 years

  23-02-2026 23:53 via abc.net.au
  
  The Sunshine Coast's longest-running live music venue will close this weekend, after more than 20 years of hosting artists and performers. 
  
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