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• Rat forces supply ship into quarantine as food runs low on Lord Howe Island

  15-09-2022 11:47 via abc.net.au
  
  Peak tourist season is underway on the island 600km off the coast of NSW, but essential supplies are depleting after the rodent sighting stopped the ship from delivering its usual goods.
  
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• 'Someone has to pay': Small businesses grapple with card surcharge ban

  10-10-2026 22:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Customers still prefer to pay with cards, but a week after a ban on payment surcharges, small businesses are looking at how they will wear the cost of merchant fees.
  
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• Businesses grapple with the cost of customers 'wanting to pay by card'

  10-10-2026 22:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Customers still prefer to pay with cards, but a week after a ban on payment surcharges, small businesses are looking at how they will wear the cost of merchant fees.
  
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• Shipping companies offering sailors 'crazy money' to transit Strait of Hormuz

  10-10-2026 20:48 via abc.net.au
  
  Oil tanker captains in the Persian Gulf are being paid up to $US100,000 a month to navigate the Strait of Hormuz, industry insiders and maritime unions say.
  
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• Richard Morecroft had a furry studio companion viewers never knew about

  10-10-2026 20:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Late veteran presenter Richard Morecroft is best known for his decades of news reading, but unbeknownst to viewers, he was sometimes joined at the desk by a furry companion.
  
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• Archie the flying fox joined Richard Morecroft behind the news desk

  10-10-2026 20:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Late veteran presenter Richard Morecroft is best known for his decades of news reading, but unbeknownst to viewers, he was sometimes joined at the desk by a furry companion.
  
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• Union says cruise ship crews still open to exploitation under legal loophole

  10-10-2026 20:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Cruise ship workers will get some new protections following an ABC investigation, but critics say the exemption that left them vulnerable should never have existed and remains largely in place through to 2028.
  
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• Russian attacks kill at least seven people in Ukraine after Trump-Putin diesel deal

  10-10-2026 12:22 via abc.net.au
  
  The strikes came a day after US President Donald Trump announced a deal to buy Russian diesel that Kyiv warned would help fund Moscow's war in Ukraine. 
  
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• Russian attacks kill at least 12 in Ukraine after Trump-Putin diesel deal

  10-10-2026 12:22 via abc.net.au
  
  The strikes came a day after US President Donald Trump announced a deal to buy Russian diesel that Kyiv warned would help fund Moscow's war in Ukraine. 
  
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• Opal Tower declared defect-free eight years after evacuations

  10-10-2026 10:45 via abc.net.au
  
  A ribbon-cutting ceremony brings an end to a saga that involved a class action, two legal cases, ongoing rectification work, and relocations after cracks appeared on level 10 of the complex on Christmas Eve in 2018.
  
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• Old Bendigo gold mine hosts underground piano concert

  10-10-2026 05:13 via abc.net.au
  
  A unique piano recital has been held 61 metres deep underground in an old gold mine.
  
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• 'FishTok' trend creates fishing boom among young Victorians

  10-10-2026 01:09 via abc.net.au
  
  The state's peak recreational fishing body says an increase in young Victorians taking up fishing has been "incredible" but is questioning why the government cancelled a program that may have led to the uptake.
  
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• Tasmanian EPA says it was not told extent of Firmus data centre generator plans

  10-10-2026 00:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Tasmania's EPA is worried about the extent of AI data centre company Firmus's planned diesel generator use, saying it is much more than initially disclosed.
  
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• Trump strikes deal with Putin for Russia to supply diesel to US

  10-10-2026 00:43 via abc.net.au
  
  In an apparent reversal of Washington's campaign to squeeze Russian fuel revenue powering the war in Ukraine, Donald Trump says Moscow will supply diesel to the US.
  
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• NT council's China trade mission questioned amid cost-of-living crisis

  10-10-2026 00:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Questions have been raised over Darwin City Council leading a delegation of businesses to China and Vietnam later this year, on a trip that will cost local ratepayers thousands of dollars.
  
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• Darwin council leads China and Vietnam delegation after rate rise

  10-10-2026 00:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Questions have been raised over Darwin City Council leading a delegation of businesses to China and Vietnam later this year, on a trip that will cost local ratepayers thousands of dollars.
  
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• Shop owners ramp up security due to rise in Pokémon card thefts

  09-10-2026 22:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Almost $20,000 worth of Pokémon and other trading cards were allegedly stolen from one Adelaide business, the latest in a spate of thefts of the valuable collectibles.around the country.
  
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• Family turns bare island into reef oasis after guano mining destroys it

  09-10-2026 20:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Lady Elliot Island sat bare, bleak and silent for 100 years after guano miners ravaged it, leaving a moonscape devoid of life. Then in the 1960s, one family started planting trees.
  
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• How Firmus, the biggest IPO in three decades, fell over

  09-10-2026 20:00 via abc.net.au
  
  There were high hopes for the Firmus float, but it sunk amid concerns about debt and ambitious expansion plans.
  
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• Firmus valued itself 'way too high' and paid the price

  09-10-2026 20:00 via abc.net.au
  
  There were high hopes for the Firmus float, but it sunk amid concerns about debt and ambitious expansion plans.
  
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• Sale rescues landmark WA dairy brands from collapse

  09-10-2026 09:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Collapsed WA dairy brands Mundella Foods and the Margaret River Dairy Company have been revived after a deal spearheaded by Harvey Fresh founder Kevin Sorgiovanni.
  
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• Firmus wobbles have opponents relieved, critics questioning deals

  09-10-2026 06:03 via abc.net.au
  
  The news of data centre operator Firmus' share market float being pulled has been met with disappointment from some investors. But for Firmus' opponents, the response has been relief.
  
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• Firmus wobbles have opponents overjoyed, critics questioning deals

  09-10-2026 06:03 via abc.net.au
  
  The news of data centre operator Firmus' share market float being pulled has been met with disappointment from some investors. But for Firmus' opponents, the response has been relief.
  
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• Hollard insurance fined $2m for handling of claim that destroyed home

  09-10-2026 03:21 via abc.net.au
  
  The Federal Court blasts Hollard's handling of an insurance claim which left a regional Victorian destroyed and uninhabitable.
  
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• Breaking: Hollard insurance fined $2m for handling of claim that destroyed home

  09-10-2026 03:21 via abc.net.au
  
  The Federal Court blasts Hollard's handling of an insurance claim which left a regional Victorian destroyed and uninhabitable. 
  
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• No end in sight for multi-million-dollar Cable Beach development

  09-10-2026 01:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Broome locals say they are not surprised the opening of a multi-million-dollar redevelopment of Cable Beach is facing further delays.
  
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• 'Fed a lie': Locals frustrated as construction site remains at famous WA beach

  09-10-2026 01:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Broome locals say they are not surprised the opening of a multi-million-dollar redevelopment of Cable Beach is facing further delays.
  
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• Data centre operator Firmus pulls blockbuster ASX float after lacklustre demand

  09-10-2026 00:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Firmus searches for private funding as it withdraws its application to list on the ASX just a day after closing its books to investors. 
  
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• Breaking: Data centre operator pulls share market float due to lacking investor demand

  09-10-2026 00:12 via abc.net.au
  
  The company searching for private funding as IPO gets pulled just a day after it closed its books to investors. 
  
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• Breaking: Data centre operator pulls share market float after lacklustre investor demand

  09-10-2026 00:12 via abc.net.au
  
  The company searching for private funding as IPO gets pulled just a day after it closed its books to investors. 
  
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