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• Water woes for livestock producers as drought drags on

  15-02-2026 21:14 via abc.net.au
  
  Victorian farmers are forced to cart water or destock as dams and rivers run dry. 
  
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• WA government pushes merger of state's only two coal mines

  02-09-2026 09:28 via abc.net.au
  
  The state government throws its support behind a proposed merger between WA's last remaining coal miners as its self-imposed 2030 deadline to retire state-owned coal assets approaches.
  
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• Some people won't drink the water in this state. Fixing the infrastructure could cost $5b

  02-09-2026 09:01 via abc.net.au
  
  In Australia's most decentralised state, water infrastructure is failing, leading residents in one town to rely on the bottled variety, but it comes at a cost.
  
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• Brown and foul tasting: This town's water may be the tipping point of a crisis

  02-09-2026 09:01 via abc.net.au
  
  In Australia's most decentralised state, water infrastructure is failing, leading residents in one town to rely on the bottled variety, but it comes at a cost.
  
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• Brown and foul tasting. This town's water may be the tipping point of a crisis

  02-09-2026 09:01 via abc.net.au
  
  In Australia's most decentralised state, water infrastructure is failing, leading residents in one town to rely on the bottled variety, but it comes at a cost.
  
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• Telstra outage caused by failure to address well-known network issues

  02-09-2026 07:07 via abc.net.au
  
  Telstra failed to prioritise fixing known vulnerabilities in its systems despite being warned about them months before they triggered a major nationwide outage.
  
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• 'A miss on our side': Telstra outage caused by known issue

  02-09-2026 07:07 via abc.net.au
  
  Telstra failed to prioritise fixing known vulnerabilities in its systems despite being warned about them months before they triggered a major nationwide outage.
  
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• Breaking: Australia's economy grows faster than expected in June quarter

  02-09-2026 03:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's economy grew 0.4 per cent in the June quarter and 2.1 per cent over the past year, both faster than most economists were expecting.
  
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• Breaking: Australian economy grows faster than expected, raising rate hike risk

  02-09-2026 03:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's economy grew 0.4 per cent in the June quarter, slightly beating most economist forecasts and further raising the prospect of an interest rate hike as soon as this month.
  
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• Australian economy grows faster than expected, raising rate hike risk

  02-09-2026 03:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's economy grew 0.4 per cent in the June quarter, slightly beating most economist forecasts and further raising the prospect of an interest rate hike as soon as this month.
  
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• Tasmania's Mount Lyell copper mine to reopen in boost for west coast

  02-09-2026 02:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Mining company Sibanye-Stillwater hopes to have the Mt Lyell copper mine near Queenstown back up and running in 2029, creating 300 jobs in the process.
  
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• Mine considered 'beating heart' of small Tasmanian town to reopen

  02-09-2026 02:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Mining company Sibanye-Stillwater hopes to have the Mt Lyell copper mine near Queenstown back up and running in 2029, creating 300 jobs in the process.
  
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• Breaking: Tasmania's Mount Lyell copper mine to reopen in boost for west coast

  02-09-2026 02:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Mining company Sibanye-Stillwater hopes to have the Mt Lyell copper mine near Queenstown back up and running in 2029, creating 300 jobs in the process.
  
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• Breaking: AFP raid Melbourne home of former CFMEU official

  02-09-2026 00:48 via abc.net.au
  
  Federal police officers have raided the home of a former senior official of the militant construction union as part of their probe into corruption in the building industry.
  
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• AFP raid Melbourne home of former CFMEU official

  02-09-2026 00:48 via abc.net.au
  
  Federal police officers have raided the home of a former senior official of the militant construction union as part of their probe into corruption in the building industry.
  
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• Amateur drone pilots put races and aircraft at risk, authorities say

  02-09-2026 00:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Looking through her shots from an outback camel race, a photographer notices she snapped a drone where it should not have been.
  
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• Rare photos found in attic shed light on Indigenous rights movement

  02-09-2026 00:01 via abc.net.au
  
  They waited in a Fremantle attic for decades. Now an anthropologist's snapshots of remote Australian history are about to see the light of day.
  
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• Hidden in an attic for decades, rare photos shed new light on Pilbara strike camps

  02-09-2026 00:01 via abc.net.au
  
  They waited in a Fremantle attic for decades. Now an anthropologist's snapshots of remote Australian history are about to see the light of day.
  
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• Box of photos hidden in an attic sheds new light on historic struggle

  02-09-2026 00:01 via abc.net.au
  
  They waited in a Fremantle attic for decades. Now an anthropologist's snapshots of remote Australian history are about to see the light of day.
  
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• ASX falls, oil hits two-month high amid US-Iran strikes — as it happened

  01-09-2026 23:50 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian share market shed almost 1 per cent after the US launched fresh strikes against Iran, driving oil prices up and contributing to a global bond sell-off. June quarter GDP growth sparks more talk of RBA rate hikes. Catch up on the day's business and economics news as it unfolded in the markets blog.
  
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• NSW premier 'serious' about Indian airline joining Western Sydney Airport

  01-09-2026 23:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Chris Minns met Air India representatives in New Delhi on Tuesday night, however no formal agreement has been reached.
  
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• Indian airline agreement with Western Sydney Airport still up in the air

  01-09-2026 23:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Chris Minns met Air India representatives in New Delhi on Tuesday night, however no formal agreement has been reached.
  
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• Regulator hits utility with big fine for 'over-priced' battery power

  01-09-2026 22:11 via abc.net.au
  
  Batteries have been hailed as an antidote to price pain, but strange charging behaviour in WA has pushed the market higher. Now the regulator is preparing to intervene.
  
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• Midnight power raid by big batteries in regulator’s crosshairs

  01-09-2026 22:11 via abc.net.au
  
  Batteries have been hailed as an antidote to price pain but strange charging behaviour in WA has pushed the market higher. Now the regulator is preparing to intervene.
  
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• Big batteries' midnight power raid now in regulator's crosshairs

  01-09-2026 22:11 via abc.net.au
  
  Batteries have been hailed as an antidote to price pain but strange charging behaviour in WA has pushed the market higher. Now the regulator is preparing to intervene.
  
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• Big batteries’ midnight power raid now in regulator’s crosshairs

  01-09-2026 22:11 via abc.net.au
  
  Batteries have been hailed as an antidote to price pain but strange charging behaviour in WA has pushed the market higher. Now the regulator is preparing to intervene.
  
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• Housing target at risk as AI boom pushes worker shortfall to 72,000

  01-09-2026 21:48 via abc.net.au
  
  A government-established jobs and skills commission is calling on urgent action to add thousands of skilled tradespeople to the workforce and address poaching across projects.
  
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• AI boom could hit housing pipeline as worker shortage grows

  01-09-2026 21:48 via abc.net.au
  
  A government-established jobs and skills commission is calling on urgent action to add thousands of skilled tradespeople to the workforce and address poaching across projects.
  
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• Former UTAS executive alleges 'smear campaign' after she reported her relationship

  01-09-2026 21:26 via abc.net.au
  
  A former senior HR executive at the University of Tasmania alleges the institution mishandled her conflict-of-interest disclosure about a relationship she had formed with another executive.
  
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• Former UTAS exec alleges 'smear campaign' after reporting relationship

  01-09-2026 21:26 via abc.net.au
  
  A former senior HR executive at the University of Tasmania alleges the institution mishandled her conflict-of-interest disclosure about a relationship she had formed with another executive.
  
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