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• Excitement builds over planned Blue Mountains tunnel, but how much travel time would it save?

  08-05-2021 23:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Farmers welcome the possibility of Australia's longest tunnel being built under the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, but a transport academic has serious reservations.
  
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• One year, $150 million and 1,000 beds: How a 'village' could solve the COVID quarantine dilemma

  08-05-2021 21:27 via abc.net.au
  
  The WA mining industry has been building camps for workers for half a century. Now it wants to use that expertise to help the country contain the risk of COVID-19.
  
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• One year, $150 million and 1,000 beds: How a quarantine 'village' could solve the COVID quarantine dilemma

  08-05-2021 21:27 via abc.net.au
  
  The WA mining industry has been building camps for workers for half a century. Now it wants to use that expertise to help the country contain the risk of COVID-19.
  
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• Jenny's business is on the brink of collapse. Without help in the budget, she might have to retire

  08-05-2021 21:22 via abc.net.au
  
  More than one year on since the start of the pandemic, businesses relying on tourists and international students continue to struggle with no end in sight. Here is what they want to see out of Tuesday's budget.
  
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• Abandoned power station to become site of big battery

  08-05-2021 05:21 via abc.net.au
  
  While most coal-fired generators are demolished after their use-by date, the defunct Wallerawang power station in central-western NSW is being repurposed to help with Australia's renewable energy future.
  
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• Single parents to be given housing boost in new budget

  08-05-2021 04:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Single parents will be given federal government assistance to purchase property, under measures included in Tuesday's budget.
  
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• Aboriginal community reclaims a stake in rising fortune of 'kuti'

  08-05-2021 04:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Cockles — or "kuti" — have been a staple in the diet of Ngarrindjeri families for tens of thousands of years, and now they are getting involved in the business of shuffling for the in-demand mollusc.
  
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• NSW records no new cases of COVID-19 as restrictions continue

  08-05-2021 03:33 via abc.net.au
  
  The state records no locally transmitted coronavirus cases after a man in his 50s and his wife were diagnosed with the virus earlier in the week.
  
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• Honours and awards for ABC team at annual Tasmanian media showcase

  08-05-2021 03:31 via abc.net.au
  
  ABC journalists and cameramen are among the winners at the Tasmanian Media Awards in Hobart on Friday night.
  
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• Sydney's 'third city' a train blackspot

  08-05-2021 03:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Liverpool's burgeoning population lives just 26 kilometres from Sydney's CBD, and on a good day a train trip can take just under an hour, but experts say it could be faster. NSW Transport disagrees.
  
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• Funeral insurer forced to refund woman over 'misleading, deceptive' conduct

  08-05-2021 01:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Michelle Rex signed up to a plan in 2007 and made fortnightly payments totalling $8,000, thinking it was a savings plan. By the time she spoke to a financial counsellor, she was already $2,000 over her maximum payout amount.
  
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• 'Obscene rip off': Brisbane again the most expensive capital city in Australia for unleaded fuel

  08-05-2021 00:23 via abc.net.au
  
  South-east Queensland drivers filling up their tanks this weekend will be paying the highest prices of all the capital cities in Australia for unleaded petrol, with the fuel cycle showing although prices are slow to rise, they are even slower to come down again.
  
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• Is Brazil 'overkilling' its cattle herd to feed China?

  08-05-2021 00:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Brazil cattle prices are breaking records, abattoirs are shutting, and the ramifications for global beef markets could be huge.
  
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