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• Riverina could soon be home to one of Australia's biggest data centres

  30-09-2026 01:00 via abc.net.au
  
  A proposal by CDC Data Centres would see one of the largest data centres in Australia developed on the outskirts of Wagga Wagga.
  
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• Businesses fear visa changes to backpacker visas will make staffing harder

  01-10-2026 04:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Businesses in remote Western Australia's north are nervous about their future workforce after changes to backpacker entitlements.
  
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• RBA relaxed about housing downturn, deeply worried by AI and bonds

  01-10-2026 04:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Despite Australia's rapid housing downturn, which threatens to be the worst in decades, the Reserve Bank believes the main threats to the nation's financial stability come from overseas.
  
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• Buzzard iron ore mine dispute leaves workers in limbo

  01-10-2026 03:59 via abc.net.au
  
  About 200 workers at an iron ore mine in SA's far north are facing uncertain futures amid a financial dispute between the project's owner and a major on-site contractor, the ABC understands.
  
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• Job cut fears at one of Australia's largest toilet roll manufacturers

  01-10-2026 03:26 via abc.net.au
  
  Dozens of jobs could be lost at one of Australia's largest paper mills as new owner Arbex flags a "transformation project" aimed at keeping the business sustainable.
  
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• Three experts appointed to lead SA's Royal Commission into AI

  01-10-2026 03:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Three experts leading South Australia's Royal Commission into Artificial Intelligence will begin their work today amid the "rapid pace" of changes the technology is already bringing to the workforce.
  
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• Breaking: Three experts appointed to lead SA's Royal Commission into AI

  01-10-2026 03:24 via abc.net.au
  
  South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas has appointed former federal court judge Dr Iain Ross AO to lead a royal commission into artificial intelligence alongside experts Kate Pounder and Christopher Manning.
  
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• Nation's love affair with coffee on shaky ground as cost of living bites

  01-10-2026 01:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The way Australians drink coffee is changing, with more and more switching to home brews while cafes are "running on a shoestring".
  
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• Nation's love affair with coffee on shaky ground as cost-of-living bites

  01-10-2026 01:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The way Australians drink coffee is changing, with more and more switching to home brews while cafes are "running on a shoestring".
  
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• Heritage listing for 'first of its kind' outback solar experiment

  30-09-2026 23:33 via abc.net.au
  
  A solar plant built in the 1980s in a remote opal mining town has been recognised for its pioneering contribution to the renewable energy industry.
  
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• Talks to reopen popular Sydney cream puff venue amid $1m tax debt

  30-09-2026 22:33 via abc.net.au
  
  Sydney yum cha institution Emperor's Garden comes to an agreement with the Australian Taxation Office to pay back debts of more than $1 million.
  
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• 'Disagreement' over $1m tax debt led to cream puff venue closure, boss says

  30-09-2026 22:33 via abc.net.au
  
  Sydney yum cha institution Emperor's Garden comes to an agreement with the Australian Taxation Office to pay back debts of more than $1 million.
  
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• ‘Disagreement’ over $1m tax debt led to cream puff venue closure, boss says

  30-09-2026 22:33 via abc.net.au
  
  Sydney yum cha institution Emperor's Garden comes to an agreement with the Australian Taxation Office to pay back debts of more than $1 million.
  
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• Telcos seek to 'rebuild trust' with mobile roaming during disasters

  30-09-2026 22:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's three major telcos will work together to implement mobile roaming during severe weather events in regional areas, but some still want it legislated.
  
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• Telcos now able to activate mobile roaming during disasters

  30-09-2026 22:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's three major telcos will work together to implement mobile roaming during severe weather events in regional areas, but some still want it legislated.
  
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• Rio Tinto smelter gets $200m bailout and locked-in power deal

  30-09-2026 21:24 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal and state governments say the future of the Bell Bay Aluminium smelter has been secured, with a power deal reached and a $200 financial package announced.
  
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• $200 million package announced for Bell Bay Aluminium smelter

  30-09-2026 21:24 via abc.net.au
  
  The Commonwealth and state governments say the future of the Bell Bay Aluminium smelter has been secured, with a power deal reached and a $200 financial package announced.
  
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• Melbourne suburbs among the most mortgage-stressed in Australia

  30-09-2026 21:08 via abc.net.au
  
  A free Victorian service that helps home owners facing mortgage stress has been forced to temporarily close its books, as interest rate rises and inflation bite.
  
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• Calls from mortgage-stressed home owners double as pressures pile up

  30-09-2026 21:08 via abc.net.au
  
  A free Victorian service that helps home owners facing mortgage stress has been forced to temporarily close its books, as interest rate rises and inflation bite.
  
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• Unions want big tech to pay levy to build Australian-owned AI

  30-09-2026 21:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Union figures and leading academics want big tech companies building Australian data centres to help fund the local AI industry through a levy.
  
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• Push for big tech to pay for Australian-made AI

  30-09-2026 21:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Union figures and leading academics want big tech companies building Australian data centres to help fund the local AI industry through a levy.
  
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• Call for big tech to pay for Australian-made AI

  30-09-2026 21:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Union figures and leading academics want big tech companies building Australian data centres to help fund the local AI industry through a levy.
  
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• AI leaders warn US 'tech bros' must be forced to invest in Australia

  30-09-2026 21:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Union figures and leading academics want big tech companies building Australian data centres to help fund the local AI industry through a levy.
  
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• 'US-style medicine model' as big pharma dispensing of GLP-1s condemned

  30-09-2026 20:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Doctors and pharmacists have criticised Eli Lilly's new online platform LillyDirect that will dispense certain medicines, starting with Mounjaro, directly to a patient's door.
  
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• Doctors condemn big pharma's move to dispense GLP-1s to your door

  30-09-2026 20:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Doctors and pharmacists have criticised Eli Lilly's new online platform LillyDirect that will dispense certain medicines, starting with Mounjaro, directly to a patient's door.
  
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• Big pharma move to dispense GLP-1s to your door condemned by doctors

  30-09-2026 20:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Doctors and pharmacists have criticised Eli Lilly's new online platform LillyDirect that will dispense certain medicines, starting with Mounjaro, directly to a patient's door.
  
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• Russia launches major attack on Ukraine's energy grid as winter looms

  30-09-2026 19:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Emergency power cuts are in operation and some public transport systems are suspended after heavy strikes across the country.
  
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• More than 1,000 large companies paid no tax in Australia, ATO reveals

  30-09-2026 16:19 via abc.net.au
  
  Almost 30 per cent of large companies paid no tax in 2024-25, an Australian Taxation Office report reveals, resulting in the corporate tax amount payable dropping by $8.2 billion from the previous year.
  
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• House prices plummet for sixth consecutive month as experts warn of greater falls

  30-09-2026 16:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian house prices fell for a sixth straight month in September, and the property market is likely to continue experiencing falls of up to 15 per cent in the coming months off the back of higher interest rates and cuts to property tax breaks, experts say.
  
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• Australia faces 'biggest property downturn in 40 years', raising recession risk

  30-09-2026 16:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian house prices fell for a sixth straight month in September, and the property market is likely to continue experiencing falls of up to 15 per cent in the coming months off the back of higher interest rates and cuts to property tax breaks, experts say.
  
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