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• Warning Chinese travel to Australia may cool in 2026

  24-01-2026 20:48 via abc.net.au
  
  Chinese visitor numbers have increased but are still below pre-pandemic levels, with economists warning ongoing economic uncertainty in China could dampen long-haul travel. 
  
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• Breaking: Americans Hall and Woodford win Nobel economics prize for work on stabilisation

  12-10-2026 12:39 via abc.net.au
  
  The award was announced by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, honouring Mr Hall who is affiliated with Stanford University in California and Mr Woodford part of Columbia University in New York.
  
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• Americans Hall and Woodford win Nobel economics prize

  12-10-2026 12:39 via abc.net.au
  
  The award was announced by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, honouring Mr Hall who is affiliated with Stanford University in California and Mr Woodford part of Columbia University in New York.
  
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• American professors Hall and Woodford win Nobel economics prize

  12-10-2026 12:39 via abc.net.au
  
  The award was announced by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, honouring Mr Hall who is affiliated with Stanford University in California and Mr Woodford part of Columbia University in New York.
  
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• Heavy rain, hail and ferocious wind speeds of 96km/h lash Alice Springs

  12-10-2026 10:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Thousands of homes are without power after a surprise storm brought wind speeds of almost 100km/h to Central Australia, pulling down trees and damaging properties.
  
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• New report highlights 'unacceptable' levels of poverty in the NT

  12-10-2026 09:56 via abc.net.au
  
  New data has revealed the increasing cost of essentials is making it harder for people in the Northern Territory to meet their basic needs across key spending areas of housing, utilities, transport and food.
  
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• 'I just live on noodles': Report reveals scale of NT cost-of-living crisis

  12-10-2026 09:56 via abc.net.au
  
  New data has revealed the increasing cost of essentials is making it harder for people in the Northern Territory to meet their basic needs across key spending areas of housing, utilities, transport and food.
  
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• Job losses likely at remote island mine as costs nearly double due to flooding

  12-10-2026 06:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Production costs at South 32's Groote Eylandt mine have increased by more than 80 per cent in recent years.
  
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• Kaniva wants to be known as an EV charging hub

  12-10-2026 06:23 via abc.net.au
  
  The publican of the Victorian farming town currently known for its sheep and silo art wants to add EV fast chargers to that list.
  
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• The extra stripe that's landed Australian retailer White Fox in court

  12-10-2026 04:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Experts say the matter could test the validity of Adidas's trademark in Australia. 
  
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• Adidas alleges White Fox Boutique infringed its three-stripe trademark

  12-10-2026 04:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Experts say the matter could test the validity of Adidas's trademark in Australia. 
  
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• Environmental watchdog to review new Kimberley gas project

  12-10-2026 00:05 via abc.net.au
  
  Buru Energy has rejected environmental claims their Rafael conventional gas project could be a "Trojan horse for fracking".
  
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• Mildura and South Australia connected by bus service after six-year hiatus

  11-10-2026 22:42 via abc.net.au
  
  A bus named after a family Cavoodle is helping reconnect Sunraysia commuters to South Australia.
  
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• Ongoing Birdsville Track closure hits outback businesses

  11-10-2026 22:32 via abc.net.au
  
  The Birdsville Track has been closed for the majority of the past two years, leaving some outback businesses with no choice but to pause operations. 
  
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• ASX posts strong gain despite Telstra drop — as it happened

  11-10-2026 21:59 via abc.net.au
  
  The local share market began the week with a nice rally and the ASX 200 gaining 0.8 per cent on Monday. And David Chau has been announced to present 7pm finance as Alan Kohler retires.
  
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• This intelligence building is top secret. Here's what we know about it

  11-10-2026 21:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Despite the huge scale of the project, many of the details have been kept secret.
  
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• This building will cost more than $1 billion. What do we know about it?

  11-10-2026 21:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Despite the huge scale of the project, many of the details have been kept secret.
  
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• Is this Australia's most secret building?

  11-10-2026 21:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Despite the huge scale of the project, many of the details have been kept secret.
  
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• Insurer underpaid hundreds of NSW accident victims in 'mind-blowing' error

  11-10-2026 21:31 via abc.net.au
  
  The error was picked up by a lawyer of a crash victim who noticed his client's payment did not add up, not by NRMA Insurance or the NSW regulator.
  
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• Insurer underpaid hundreds of NSW accident victims in 'mind blowing' error

  11-10-2026 21:31 via abc.net.au
  
  The error was picked up by a lawyer of a crash victim who noticed his client's payment did not add up, not by NRMA Insurance or the NSW regulator.
  
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• Gas shortage culprit to slip through reservation 'loopholes', say critics

  11-10-2026 20:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Industry players say draft gas reservation plans are full of carve-outs that will let a venture many blame for rising prices off the hook. 
  
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• Critics warn of 'Santos-sized loopholes' in gas reservation plan

  11-10-2026 20:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Industry players say draft gas reservation plans are full of carve-outs that will let a venture many blame for rising prices off the hook. 
  
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• Major US news networks face probe over White House coverage boycott

  11-10-2026 04:24 via abc.net.au
  
  The investigation into the "group boycott" of White House events comes after a series of clashes between the Trump administration and major news organisations.
  
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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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• Captains offered $US100,000 a month in the 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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