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• Qantas axes Alice Springs-Melbourne route amid high cost, falling demand

  25-06-2026 10:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Qantas has axed its direct Alice Springs-Melbourne route after "many decades", and will also restrict flights between Darwin and Singapore to the peak tourist season.
  
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• SA nurses and midwives offered 16 per cent pay rise under new deal

  25-06-2026 10:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Nurses and midwives in South Australia would receive a 16 per cent pay rise by mid-2028 under a new deal endorsed by their union and the state government.
  
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• Cairns mayor admits misconduct for sharing confidential information

  25-06-2026 07:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Amy Eden says she accepts a tribunal's findings of misconduct against her for twice leaking confidential information to a journalist. But she has defended her decision to shut down councillors' questions about her admission in the council chamber. 
  
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• Power price rise on the way for Tasmanians on the grid

  25-06-2026 06:34 via abc.net.au
  
  Tasmanian households and businesses with the state-owned electricity retailer will be paying more for power, after a price rise was approved by the economic regulator.
  
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• Coastal town braces for economic pain as mine closure to cost 100 jobs

  25-06-2026 05:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Mineral Resources's decision to close the Lucky Bay Garnet Mine will see 110 jobs lost in and around Kalbarri. 
  
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• Councils bar thirsty renewable energy zone from accessing town water

  25-06-2026 05:25 via abc.net.au
  
  Rural NSW councils already under water restrictions are drawing a line in the sand regarding supplying water to Renewable Energy Zone projects.
  
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• The highs and lows of Karl Stefanovic's 20 years with the Today show

  25-06-2026 05:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Today show host Karl Stefanovic is reportedly leaving Channel Nine after a more than 20-year career at the network that was filled with highs and lows.
  
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• How Karl Stefanovic went from Today show glory to 'Joe Bogan'

  25-06-2026 05:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Today show host Karl Stefanovic is reportedly leaving Channel Nine after a more than 20-year career at the network that was filled with highs and lows.
  
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• How Karl Stefanovic went from the Today show glory to 'Joe Bogan'

  25-06-2026 05:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Today show host Karl Stefanovic is reportedly leaving Channel Nine after a more than 20-year career at the network that was filled with highs and lows.
  
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• Big battery boom means fewer transmission lines will be needed

  25-06-2026 05:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Home batteries hit 600,000 as households play big role in energy transition, but building transmission projects remains "critical", according to the latest AEMO energy plan.
  
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• Unemployment rate down, but employment slowing

  25-06-2026 04:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's unemployment rate slipped to 4.4 per cent in May, down from 4.5 per cent in April, in seasonally adjusted terms. 
  
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• Unemployment eases but trend rate hits four-year high

  25-06-2026 04:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's unemployment rate slipped to 4.4 per cent in May, down from 4.5 per cent in April, in seasonally adjusted terms.
  
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• 'Some cracks' appearing in jobs market, even as unemployment rate dips

  25-06-2026 04:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's unemployment rate slipped to 4.4 per cent in May, down from 4.5 per cent in April, in seasonally adjusted terms. 
  
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• Women allege sexual assault, underwear theft, drink-spiking at Fortescue mine sites

  25-06-2026 03:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest's mining giant Fortescue has been slapped with a landmark class action alleging systemic sexual harassment, discrimination and toxic work sites.
  
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• Fortescue Metals Group hit with national sex discrimination class action

  25-06-2026 03:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest's mining giant Fortescue has been slapped with a landmark class action alleging systemic sexual harassment, discrimination and toxic work sites.
  
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• Class action claims women were raped and stalked at remote Fortescue mines

  25-06-2026 03:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest's mining giant Fortescue has been slapped with a landmark class action alleging systemic sexual harassment, discrimination and toxic work sites.
  
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• Remote community's decade-long wait for clean drinking water

  25-06-2026 01:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Residents of Pandanus Park continue their near-daily 600-metre walk to access safe drinking water in a decade-long wait for a solution to dangerous nitrate in their tap water.
  
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• In this remote community, safe drinking water means a daily 600m walk with a wheelbarrow

  25-06-2026 01:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Residents of Pandanus Park continue their struggle to access safe drinking water amid a decade-long wait for a solution to dangerous nitrate in their tap supply.
  
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• Teals Allegra Spender and Zali Steggall form new political party

  25-06-2026 00:45 via abc.net.au
  
  The teal independents have confirmed they are forming a new political party, Community Strong Australia, but are yet to convince crossbench colleagues to join what they call a "responsible alternative" to the major parties.
  
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• Teals Allegra Spender and Zali Steggall confirm plan to form new party

  25-06-2026 00:45 via abc.net.au
  
  The teal independents have confirmed a plan to form a new political party, Community Strong Australia, but are yet to convince any of their crossbench colleagues to join what they call a "responsible alternative" to the major parties.
  
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• Allegra Spender and Zali Steggall confirm plans to form new party

  25-06-2026 00:45 via abc.net.au
  
  The teal independents have confirmed plans to form a new political party, Community Strong Australia, but are yet to convince any of their crossbench colleagues to join what they call a "responsible alternative" to the major parties.
  
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• Unemployment rate falls to 4.4pc, ASX falls, Judo crashes — as it happened

  24-06-2026 23:20 via abc.net.au
  
  The unemployment rate has fallen to 4.4 per cent in May, down from 4.5 per cent in April.  The ASX dropped after a sell-off in miners and banks.
  
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• Small designers hitting roadblocks trying to get support against Shein copies

  24-06-2026 21:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Small Australian fashion designers who have had their designs copied by overseas ultra-fast fashion companies say they have hit continuous roadblocks trying to get support.
  
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• Worker accommodation opens in Horsham but more housing needed

  24-06-2026 21:28 via abc.net.au
  
  The first stage of a $9 million private worker accommodation development, designed to make it easier to attract essential workers to western Victoria, has reached completion.
  
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• Housing fix in town where mining and medical workers can't find rentals

  24-06-2026 21:28 via abc.net.au
  
  The first stage of a $9 million private worker accommodation development, designed to make it easier to attract essential workers to western Victoria, has reached completion.
  
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• They say a god lives on these islands. Both France and Vanuatu want them

  24-06-2026 21:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Tensions are rising between Vanuatu and France as they negotiate a sovereignty dispute over two volcanic islands, believed to be inhabited by a god.
  
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• These volcanic islands are uninhabited, but two nations are fighting over them

  24-06-2026 21:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Tensions are rising between Vanuatu and France as they negotiate a sovereignty dispute over two volcanic islands, believed to be inhabited by a god. 
  
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• France and Vanuatu clash over remote Pacific island where 'god resides'

  24-06-2026 21:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Tensions are rising between Vanuatu and France as they negotiate a sovereignty dispute over two volcanic islands, believed to be inhabited by a god. 
  
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• Australians understand heatwaves. Europe may now be taking tips

  24-06-2026 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Europe's record-breaking heatwave has highlighted its vulnerability to climate change. But countries could look to Australia's experience with scorching summers to learn valuable lessons.
  
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• Australians' tricks for dealing with heatwaves that Europeans yet to learn

  24-06-2026 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Europe's record-breaking heatwave has highlighted its vulnerability to climate change. But countries could look to Australia's experience with scorching summers to learn valuable lessons.
  
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