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• Family tug business under pressure from global shipping giants

  27-12-2022 22:28 via abc.net.au
  
  A small-scale tugboat operator in WA's south-west is struggling to stay afloat as multinational businesses encroach on Australian ports.
  
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• 'Deafening' trains roll past the Corbett's place six times a day. By 2040 that number will be 40

  27-12-2022 21:45 via abc.net.au
  
  Stan and Suzanne Corbett have sent "hundreds of letters" about the effect the train line would have on "booming" south-west Logan, but say their worries have fallen on deaf ears.  
  
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• Australia is the world's largest lithium producer, so why are battery startups leaving?

  27-12-2022 20:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian startups are being lured overseas to capitalise on the booming electric vehicle market and are calling on the federal government to match other countries that are spending big to manufacture batteries domestically.
  
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• Australia is the world's largest lithium producer, so why are battery start-ups leaving?

  27-12-2022 20:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian start-ups are being lured overseas to capitalise on the booming electric vehicle market and are calling on the federal government to match other countries that are spending big to manufacture batteries domestically.
  
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• 'I am down to the dollar each fortnight': Why free nappies can be life-changing

  27-12-2022 20:13 via abc.net.au
  
  More than 140,000 families in Australia can't afford to change their children's nappies as often as they need to, and charities say demand for free nappies is increasing as cost of living soars.
  
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• Figures show 3.2 per cent drop in housing values across country in 2022 as Sydney's suburbs record largest falls

  27-12-2022 19:47 via abc.net.au
  
  During 2022, eight successive rate rises to combat high inflation quickly hit the housing market, slowing 2021’s extreme growth and remaining at the centre of the fall in Australia’s home prices. So what's next? 
  
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• Australia’s housing market: The suburbs where house prices rose or fell the most in 2022

  27-12-2022 19:47 via abc.net.au
  
  During 2022, eight successive rate rises to combat high inflation quickly hit the housing market, slowing 2021’s extreme growth and remaining at the centre of the fall in Australia’s home prices. So what's next? 
  
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• Battery-swapping bikes kickstart Kenya's electric motorcycle revolution

  27-12-2022 09:17 via abc.net.au
  
  Over recent months, battery swapping stations have been cropping up around Nairobi, allowing Kenya's growing number of electric motorcyclists to exchange their low batteries for fully-charged ones.
  
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• Australia's largest outdoor festival returns with bumper crowds after three-year hiatus

  27-12-2022 08:17 via abc.net.au
  
  More than 120,000 people are expected to visit Woodford Folk Festival over the next six days to see music acts like John Butler, Boy & Bear and The Black Seeds.
  
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