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• Win for MS patients facing drug pricing cliff

  16-07-2026 14:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Health Minister Mark Butler has accepted independent advice for a rapid review of MS drugs to ensure they remain available on the PBS.
  
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• Victorian council 'disgusted' by mining company's attitude

  16-07-2026 22:28 via abc.net.au
  
  A regional council has declined a mining company's invitation to join a community reference group and slammed the company for its attitude towards community concerns.  
  
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• ATO asked to justify 'extravagant' $73m Adelaide office move

  16-07-2026 22:12 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian Taxation Office will spend at least $73.4 million to relocate its offices into "the best building in Adelaide", four streets away. 
  
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• Concerns smelter closure exposes Australia to geopolitical risk

  16-07-2026 21:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's only manganese alloy smelter has closed, leaving the future of the site uncertain and the country more reliant on imported alloys for steel production.
  
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• Former diplomat complains of Triple Zero outages on Telstra's 'priority' service

  16-07-2026 21:05 via abc.net.au
  
  Telstra promised Alastair Gaisford that his wife's healthcare was a priority. But he says 15 landline outages, including some that could have prevented the ability to call Triple Zero in an emergency, have convinced him otherwise.
  
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• South Korea wants to be an AI superpower. Here's why chips are key

  16-07-2026 21:03 via abc.net.au
  
  South Korea is doubling down on its bid to lead in AI, unveiling plans last month to spend hundreds of billions on developing its chip manufacturing.
  
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• AI jobs fight looms over Labor conference

  16-07-2026 20:43 via abc.net.au
  
  Labor insiders expect ongoing debate about artificial intelligence when party faithful gather to hash out a policy platform to guide the next three years. 
  
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• 'They were not random attacks': The tankers targeted in the Strait of Hormuz

  16-07-2026 20:38 via abc.net.au
  
  The commercial tankers struck as they transited the Strait of Hormuz in recent weeks were not random, but part of a "highly, highly targeted" campaign run by Tehran, according to marine traffic watchers. 
  
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• The tankers that triggered the latest Gulf escalation were 'highly, highly targeted'

  16-07-2026 20:38 via abc.net.au
  
  The commercial tankers struck as they transited the Strait of Hormuz in recent weeks were not random, but part of a "highly, highly targeted" campaign run by Tehran, according to marine traffic watchers. 
  
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• Dad granted full custody after four years in court returns children to mum

  16-07-2026 20:36 via abc.net.au
  
  The family court granted John full custody of his kids, but he returned them to their mother saying the judge got it wrong.
  
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• MS patients given PBS lifeline amid drug pricing dispute

  16-07-2026 14:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Health Minister Mark Butler has accepted independent advice for a rapid review of MS drugs to ensure they remain available on the PBS.
  
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• Government keeps life-changing MS medicines on PBS amid drug pricing row

  16-07-2026 14:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Health Minister Mark Butler has accepted independent advice for a rapid review of MS drugs to ensure they remain available on the PBS.
  
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• Sydney home ownership rate hits 70-year low

  16-07-2026 12:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Sydney is no longer affordable for most, as new data reveals the number of people who own the home they live in is the lowest it has been in decades.
  
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• Woodside demands activists reveal names of stink-bomb stunt planners

  16-07-2026 11:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Energy giant Woodside has taken climate activists to court in a bid to unmask the conspirators behind a stink-bomb protest that forced the evacuation of its Perth headquarters.
  
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• Stink bomb attack planners taken to court by energy giant Woodside

  16-07-2026 11:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Energy giant Woodside has taken climate activists to court in a bid to unmask the conspirators behind a stink-bomb protest that forced the evacuation of its Perth headquarters.
  
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• BHP staff down tools for historic strike in Western Australia

  16-07-2026 09:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Workers at the mining giant's operations in Port Hedland have walked off the job in one of the most significant industrial disputes to hit the resources sector in a quarter of a century.
  
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• Transgender woman's 'humiliating' experience with major corporations

  16-07-2026 08:48 via abc.net.au
  
  What should have been a quick process of updating personal details left Laura Mitchell "insulted" and "humiliated" by the country's largest institutions.
  
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• Smelter closure devastates Tasmanian community

  16-07-2026 08:30 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's only manganese smelter is ceasing operations, leaving more than 200 employees without work in northern Tasmania.
  
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• Group including sawmillers calls for end to Tasmania's old-growth logging

  16-07-2026 06:24 via abc.net.au
  
  A coalition of conservationists, artists and forest industry figures wants an end to old-growth logging in Tasmania but major environmental groups have distanced themselves from the "shared vision statement", saying it does not go far enough.
  
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• Calls for end to old-growth logging but environmental groups want more

  16-07-2026 06:24 via abc.net.au
  
  A coalition of conservationists, artists and forest industry figures wants an end to old-growth logging in Tasmania but major environmental groups have distanced themselves from the "shared vision statement", saying it does not go far enough.
  
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• 19-year coal mine extension would save 1,500 jobs, hearing told

  16-07-2026 05:49 via abc.net.au
  
  A proposed extension to a major NSW coal mine has been slammed by climate activists, despite strong support from the local community.
  
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• You'll now be able to spot an AI-generated song on Spotify

  16-07-2026 03:58 via abc.net.au
  
  Streaming giant Spotify has stopped short of expunging artificially generated music from its platform, but it is making it easier for listeners to work out that they are listening to tracks produced using AI.
  
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• Spotify is making AI music easier to detect

  16-07-2026 03:58 via abc.net.au
  
  Streaming giant Spotify has stopped short of expunging artificially generated music from its platform, but it is making it easier for listeners to work out that they are listening to tracks produced using AI.
  
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• Firmus outlines plans for 'very large' AI factory at River Murray town

  16-07-2026 03:51 via abc.net.au
  
  An AI company says its proposed South Australia projects have the potential to create hundreds of jobs, but residents of one River Murray town say they want to know more about the potential impacts.
  
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• Community meets over plans for large 'AI factory' at River Murray town

  16-07-2026 03:51 via abc.net.au
  
  An AI company says its proposed projects have the potential to create hundreds of jobs in South Australia, but residents of one River Murray town say they want to know more about the potential impacts.
   
  
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• BHP workers to strike as mining giant hits record production

  16-07-2026 03:48 via abc.net.au
  
  As hundreds of BHP workers prepare to down tools in a landmark strike, the miner has revealed its highest-ever levels of iron ore production.
  
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• BHP hits production record prior to landmark industrial action

  16-07-2026 03:48 via abc.net.au
  
  As hundreds of BHP workers prepare to down tools in a landmark strike, the miner has revealed its highest-ever levels of iron ore production.
  
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• Breaking: Australia's only manganese smelter to close immediately

  16-07-2026 03:04 via abc.net.au
  
  The Liberty Bell Bay manganese smelter in northern Tasmania will close immediately after administrators failed to find a buyer for the former GFG Alliance asset.
  
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• Australia's only manganese smelter to close immediately

  16-07-2026 03:04 via abc.net.au
  
  The Liberty Bell Bay manganese smelter in northern Tasmania will close immediately after administrators failed to find a buyer for the former GFG Alliance asset.
  
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• ASX flat as SpaceX shares see $1 trillion wiped — as it happened

  15-07-2026 23:29 via abc.net.au
  
  The Aussie share market ended the day steady as SpaceX shares see more than $1 trillion wiped from its highs. 
  
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