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• Water skiers want access back despite risk a quake could bring coal ash dam down

  19-09-2021 22:30 via abc.net.au
  
  The Mayuna Bay water ski club displaced by power generator and governmental fears an earthquake could trigger a huge coal ash dam collapse wants access re-instated to the lagoon.
  
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• Federal Group warns of 'sovereign risk' if Tasmanian government ends pokies deal as planned in 2023

  19-09-2021 21:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Tasmania's oldest-run family casino business is pushing back against state government plans to end its exclusive licence within two years. 
  
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• Federal Group fights back against proposed end to exclusive gambling licence

  19-09-2021 21:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Tasmania's oldest-run family casino business is pushing back against state government plans to end its exclusive licence within two years. 
  
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• End of 'brutal' Victorian hospitality restrictions too far away, businesses say

  19-09-2021 09:11 via abc.net.au
  
  Business groups are welcoming the state's roadmap out of lockdown, but venue owners say having to wait until the end of October to operate with relative freedom could crush them.
  
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• Victorian roadmap unveiled as Geelong region re-enters lockdown

  19-09-2021 04:35 via abc.net.au
  
  Hospitality venues and some retail businesses will be able to reopen outdoors once the state hits its 70 per cent full-vaccination target, under a roadmap unveiled by Premier Daniel Andrews. But Geelong and the Surf Coast will re-enter lockdown tonight in response to a growing outbreak.
  
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• Humpback highway detour suspected in 'very different' east coast whale migration

  19-09-2021 04:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Mothers and calves are heading south on their return migration but experts say spotting a breach or tail slap has been a rare treat.
  
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• 'Upfront, open and honest': Dutton defends Australia's handling of submarine contract

  19-09-2021 04:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Defence Minister Peter Dutton says he understands why the French are upset but insists Australia's decision to scrap the submarine deal between the countries should not have come as a complete surprise.
  
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• 'I don't regret the decision': Morrison says he tried calling Macron before pulling out of submarine contract

  19-09-2021 04:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Prime Minister Scott Morrison admits he tried calling the French President just hours before announcing he was tearing up a $90 billion submarine contract "to put Australia's national interest first".
  
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• John Zakula sleeps in his car away from his property to escape wind turbine 'noise'. Now he's suing the operator

  19-09-2021 04:12 via abc.net.au
  
  The operator of a Victorian wind farm being sued by neighbours for allegedly emitting excessive noise says its turbines have a mechanical issue which create a distinctive sound.
  
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• Ord cotton expansion closer with loan secured to build local processing ginnery

  19-09-2021 03:34 via abc.net.au
  
  With a local cotton gin, Ord and NT fibre producers will save on 3,500 kilometres of travel to Queensland at a cost of $100-200 per bale.
  
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• Secret government maps detail salmon farming expansion plans

  19-09-2021 02:25 via abc.net.au
  
  Secret salmon farming expansion maps, attributed to the state government, show much of Tasmania's north and north-west coasts, along with sections of the east coast, could be made available to fish farming. 
  
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• Corflutes seem to be essential to elections, but are they really a scourge?

  19-09-2021 02:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Universally hated but seen as an essential part of democracy, what happens to election placards post-election?
  
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• After years of waiting, Gold Coast finally gets a gay bar

  19-09-2021 00:51 via abc.net.au
  
  There is new hope that the Gold Coast's "disconnected and scattered" LGBTQI+ scene will find a greater sense of community after the return of gay bar after more than two years without one in the city.
  
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