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• 'Once-a-year beer' tempts craft brew fans, fuels regional hop farm revival

  15-05-2022 23:51 via abc.net.au
  
  WA craft brewers are experimenting with wet hop beers that can only be made using freshly harvested, local hops. It is helping revive WA hop farms after 40 years of stagnation in the state.
  
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• Major $25m hotel proposed for Albany tourist hotspot

  15-05-2022 23:51 via abc.net.au
  
  Preliminary plans have been lodged for an eight-storey, 66-room development on the former site of the Esplanade Hotel at one of the WA south coast’s most popular tourist destinations.
  
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• Biden names envoy to SE Asia bloc, stressing US commitment to the region

  15-05-2022 22:40 via abc.net.au
  
  President Joe Biden announces he's nominating one of his top national security aides as ambassador to ASEAN, aiming to underscore his administration's commitment to the Pacific region.
  
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• Five crashes in two weeks prompt warnings for caravanners heading west

  15-05-2022 22:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Charleville's Queensland Fire and Emergency Service area commander John Fogarty says of five recent road crashes in the region, three involved caravans. 
  
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• Government minister admits first home buyer policy would push up house prices

  15-05-2022 22:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Jane Hume concedes the policy would see house prices increase "temporarily", something economists and the opposition are warning will happen.
  
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• Fears Coalition scheme allowing homebuyers to use super will raise prices, fail to address affordability

  15-05-2022 22:08 via abc.net.au
  
  The Coalition's campaign promise to allow first home buyers to dip into their super to help pay for a deposit has been criticised by economists. 
  
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• Fears Coalition scheme allowing home buyers to use super will raise prices, fail to address affordability

  15-05-2022 22:08 via abc.net.au
  
  The Coalition's campaign promise to allow first home buyers to dip into their super to help pay for a deposit is being welcomed by the real estate, housing and building industries, but criticised by economists. 
  
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• It's a ferry sad day as iconic former Abel Tasman sails off to be scrapped

  15-05-2022 21:07 via abc.net.au
  
  Once celebrated by thousands of Tasmanians when it arrived on our shores in 1985, the time has come for the former Abel Tasman ferry to make its final journey.
  
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• 'It was really viewed as something special': Former Abel Tasman ferry embarks on its final journey

  15-05-2022 21:07 via abc.net.au
  
  Once celebrated by thousands of Tasmanians when it arrived on our shores in 1985, the time has come for the former Abel Tasman ferry to make its final journey.
  
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• 'We are not going to be silent': Former students battle dishonest employers who dodge debts

  15-05-2022 20:35 via abc.net.au
  
  Vaishnavi Lella was a student when she was underpaid by a former employer. She took her employer to a court, which ruled in her favour. Despite the win, she may never get the money she's owed.
  
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• Not enough companies are going bust — and that's a bad thing

  15-05-2022 20:35 via abc.net.au
  
  As the pandemic roared in during early 2020, rapid and astonishing shifts were made to prop up an economy sledgehammered by lockdowns, restrictions and fear.
  
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• Businesses aren't going broke. Experts are worried it will create a bigger problem

  15-05-2022 20:35 via abc.net.au
  
  As the pandemic roared in during early 2020, rapid and astonishing shifts were made to prop up an economy sledgehammered by lockdowns, restrictions and fear.
  
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• Australia's longest road tunnel to cut travel times along Great Western Highway

  15-05-2022 10:05 via abc.net.au
  
  NSW Deputy Premier Paul Toole says the 11-kilometre tunnel between Blackheath and Little Hartley is part of a broader upgrade that will knock 30 minutes off the commute between Katoomba and Lithgow.
  
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• Musicians and crowds rock out in rain, mud at Lismore flood relief concert

  15-05-2022 09:49 via abc.net.au
  
  Thousands of people have trekked through mud deep enough to lose a gumboot in to see big-name musicians at a free flood relief concert in devastated Northern NSW.
  
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• Morrison uses campaign launch to announce policy to allow first home buyers to use super to purchase property

  15-05-2022 06:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Prime Minister Scott Morrison uses the Liberal Party's campaign launch in Brisbane to announce a plan to allow first home buyers to use their superannuation to purchase a property.
  
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• Ukraine takes out Eurovision top spot in landslide win

  15-05-2022 03:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Ukrainian group Kalush Orchestra wins the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing 193 points ahead of the competition with their folk-hip-hop performance of Stefania.
  
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• Latest hit to country shows has them fearing for the future of ride operators

  15-05-2022 02:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Insurance hikes are just the latest hit in a line of blows for the people who work the country show circuit. They fear that without government support, sideshow rides may die out completely.
  
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