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• Artificial intelligence is here. AI leaders say the jobs summit must confront the coming 'tidal wave' of change

  27-08-2022 23:05 via abc.net.au
  
  Artificial intelligence is advancing so rapidly that talents which were thought to be uniquely human, like creativity, are proving to be just as easily automated. AI leaders say the jobs summit is a chance to set the new rules for automation in the future.
  
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• Amazon keeps growing. And so does the data it has on you

  27-08-2022 23:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Amazon is set to merge with the maker of robot vacuum Roomba, which uses sensors to map and remember the layouts of our homes. Critics fear it's another way for the company to suck up our personal information.
  
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• 'Very good to see' or 'complete madness'? Locals' polar opinions on New Acland mine expansion

  27-08-2022 22:55 via abc.net.au
  
  The New Hope mining company pushed for 14 years to expand the New Acland mine near the Queensland town of Oakey. Now it's been approved, but some locals say they'll fight it "like a mongrel dog".
  
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• Farmers worry crops will go unharvested without access to more workers

  27-08-2022 22:05 via abc.net.au
  
  A third of Leo's workers haven't turned up, and he is worried there are not enough people to pick the mangoes.
  
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• Turkish pop star arrested over joke about 'perversion' in religious schools

  27-08-2022 11:07 via abc.net.au
  
  Critics accuse President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of using the arrest to court religions and conservative votes in the upcoming elections.
  
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• Snowy Hydro boss says 'clash of ideas' with Energy Minister sparked resignation

  27-08-2022 05:56 via abc.net.au
  
  Paul Broad says he is disappointed to be leaving Snowy Hydro after falling out with Chris Bowen over a gas plant in the NSW Hunter Region.
   
  
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• This 'beautiful' aged care facility has a long waitlist but can't fill empty beds. It's a national problem

  27-08-2022 05:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Though it has up to 80 people waiting to move in, the newly refurbished Queensland centre has an entire floor of empty beds. Industry lobby groups say it's a widespread issue and solutions are needed fast.
  
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• This aged care facility has a long waitlist but it can't fill empty beds because of staffing

  27-08-2022 05:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Though it has up to 80 people waiting to move in, the newly refurbished Queensland centre has an entire floor of empty beds. Industry lobby groups say it's a widespread issue and solutions are needed fast.
  
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• This Aboriginal medical service was once called dysfunctional. Now it's back on track

  27-08-2022 04:45 via abc.net.au
  
  Last year, an investigation uncovered serious concerns with the governance of RivMed and its board was ousted. Six months later, there's hope the corporation has turned over a new leaf.
  
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• Another week, another construction company collapse — so do you have any hope of building a new home?

  27-08-2022 04:22 via abc.net.au
  
  As hundreds of property owners wait to see what will become of their unfinished houses following the collapse of Oracle Homes, we asked the experts what the future may hold.
  
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• Drought forces earliest harvest ever in French wine country

  27-08-2022 03:06 via abc.net.au
  
  The vineyard-dotted landscape of Bordeaux looks the same as ever, with healthy, ripe grapes hanging heavy off rows of green vines. But this year something is starkly different — the harvest that once started in mid-September is happening earlier than ever.
  
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• Boats landlocked for years as WA bay becomes too shallow to launch

  27-08-2022 00:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Boat owners in Carnarvon say they're disappointed with the state government's interim solution to the waterway's sand bank, which stops them launching anything bigger than a tinny.
  
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