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• 'We made about $5,000': Home owners cash in on big event thanks to accommodation shortage

  26-04-2023 23:55 via abc.net.au
  
  More than 120,000 people are forecast to attend the week-long Beef Australia event next year. But organisers are so desperate for accommodation they're considering chartering flights and urging locals to put their homes up for short-term rent. 
  
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• US President Joe Biden to visit Papua New Guinea on his way to Australia

  26-04-2023 23:48 via abc.net.au
  
  On his way to Australia for the Quad meeting in Sydney next month, United States President Joe Biden could make a historic visit to Port Moresby as the US intensifies its diplomatic push across the Pacific.
  
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• 'We may become a target': Prospect of missile testing at Arnhem Land space centre sparks concern among locals

  26-04-2023 22:48 via abc.net.au
  
  Two space companies have signalled the possibility of a defence force future for a remote base near the NT town of Nhulunbuy.
  
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• A space company says it could do missile testing in Arnhem Land. Locals say the prospect is 'very concerning'

  26-04-2023 22:48 via abc.net.au
  
  Two space companies have signalled the possibility of a defence force future for a remote base near the NT town of Nhulunbuy.
  
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• Milk prices surge in Australia, prompting consumer shift to more affordable options

  26-04-2023 22:21 via abc.net.au
  
  Some of the main staples in Australian grocery baskets have had their sharpest price increases in decades over the past year, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. 
  
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• Dairy prices on the rise as consumers shop around for bulk buys, long-life products

  26-04-2023 22:21 via abc.net.au
  
  Some of the main staples in Australian grocery baskets have had their sharpest price increases in decades over the past year, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. 
  
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• The television talk show Kim Jong Un fears for what it reveals

  26-04-2023 22:00 via abc.net.au
  
  South Korean television shows are increasingly finding their way across the border into the North. One show in particular carries a message Kim Jong Un wants to stamp out.
  
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• The Korean TV show proving a thorn in Kim Jong Un's side for what it reveals

  26-04-2023 22:00 via abc.net.au
  
  South Korean television shows are increasingly finding their way across the border into the North. One show in particular carries a message Kim Jong Un wants to stamp out.
  
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• The cable TV talk show Kim Jong Un's regime watches in fear

  26-04-2023 22:00 via abc.net.au
  
  South Korean television shows are increasingly finding their way across the border into the North. One show in particular carries a message Kim Jong Un wants to stamp out.
  
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• 'It really shocked me': What Hee-Jin learned on her first encounter with the internet at 23

  26-04-2023 22:00 via abc.net.au
  
  South Korean television shows are increasingly finding their way across the border into the North. One show in particular carries a message Kim Jong Un wants to stamp out.
  
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• How three words in a TV drama turned Hee-Jin against the North Korean regime

  26-04-2023 22:00 via abc.net.au
  
  South Korean television shows are increasingly finding their way across the border into the North. One show in particular carries a message Kim Jong Un wants to stamp out.
  
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• Jess and Jackie purchased their home for $1.2 million, five years later a court ruled they never legally owned it

  26-04-2023 21:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Jess and Jackie Morecroft purchased their Gold Coast home at auction five years ago, but earlier this year a court ruled the home was never really theirs and it still belonged to the previous owner.
  
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• Five years after buying their home for $1.2 million, Jess and Jackie find out they never legally owned it

  26-04-2023 21:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Jess and Jackie Morecroft purchased their Gold Coast home at auction five years ago, but earlier this year a court ruled the home was never really theirs and it still belonged to the previous owner.
  
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• Five years after buying their first home for $1.2 million, Jess and Jackie find out they never legally owned it

  26-04-2023 21:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Jess and Jackie Morecroft purchased their Gold Coast home at auction five years ago, but earlier this year a court ruled the home was never really theirs and it still belonged to the previous owner.
  
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• 'Trick or trap us': Why is it so hard to cancel subscription services?

  26-04-2023 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  More Australians are getting 'trapped' in a subscription service for everything from streamers to pet food and clothing. Here's why.
  
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• 'Hotel California': Why is it so hard to cancel subscription services?

  26-04-2023 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  More Australians are getting "trapped" in a subscription service for everything from streamers to pet food and clothing. Here's why.
  
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• How Australia was overtaken in the electric vehicle race as global sales go 'exponential'

  26-04-2023 20:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The latest snapshot of global EV uptake shows "explosive" growth in sales in China, Europe, the US and the UK, while Australia is at risk of being left behind.
  
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• Press F to pay respects to Microsoft-Activision merger as UK regulator blocks deal

  26-04-2023 17:05 via abc.net.au
  
  The UK's competition authority refuses to allow Microsoft's multi-billion-dollar acquisition of Activision, ruling such market dominance would suppress innovation in new technologies like cloud gaming.
  
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• 'Closed for business': Microsoft and Activision lash out after UK blocks $104 billion merger

  26-04-2023 17:05 via abc.net.au
  
  The UK's competition authority refuses to allow Microsoft's multi-billion dollar acquisition of Activision, ruling such market dominance would suppress innovation in new technologies like cloud gaming.
  
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• At Close of Business 26 April 2023

  26-04-2023 10:18 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Matt Mckenzie and Isabel Vieira talk Football West and RugbyWA. Plus: Perdaman, emergency targets and inflation.
  
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• Ancient rock art removal to start tomorrow for $6.4b fertiliser plant

  26-04-2023 10:04 via abc.net.au
  
  WA Premier Mark McGowan has pledged to stop any further industrial development of the Burrup Peninsula — beyond a $6.4 billion fertiliser plant that starts construction today.
  
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• Ancient rock art removal to start for $6.4b fertiliser plant

  26-04-2023 10:04 via abc.net.au
  
  WA Premier Mark McGowan has pledged to stop any further industrial development of the Burrup Peninsula — beyond a $6.4 billion fertiliser plant that has begun construction.
  
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• Storied history in innovation

  26-04-2023 09:59 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Erin Clark has created an app that provides a fresh and entertaining insight into Perth’s past.
  
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• Byrnecut suffers big fall in profit

  26-04-2023 09:51 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Mining contractor Byrnecut Australia has recorded strong growth in revenue but a large fall in profit driven by higher expenses, two big impairments and bad and doubtful debts.
  
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• Italian tourism video lambasted for rebirthed 'influencer' Venus and Slovenian mix-up

  26-04-2023 09:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Italy's tourism ministry is facing ridicule over an official video that is designed to attract tourists to Italy but uses footage of people in Slovenia drinking Slovenian wine.
  
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• Italian tourism video derided for featuring scene from neighbouring Slovenia

  26-04-2023 09:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Italy's tourism ministry is facing ridicule over an official video that is designed to attract tourists to Italy but uses footage of people in Slovenia drinking Slovenian wine.
  
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• Australian shares edge lower as inflation cools

  26-04-2023 09:31 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The local share market has clawed back most of its early losses to finish down just 0.1 per cent on hopes that moderating inflation might keep rates on hold.
  
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• Cushman & Wakefield industrial move complete

  26-04-2023 09:20 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A total of six recruits have moved across from JLL to the multinational real estate firm's industrial team.
  
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• The school with a new $20 million weapon to beat the tradie shortage

  26-04-2023 09:15 via abc.net.au
  
  The state government commits more than $20 million to connect regional Queensland teens with trade industries. Local students say a new facility will help them "get one step ahead".
  
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• PKKP Enterprises, Alfasi Hire launch JV

  26-04-2023 09:14 via businessnews.com.au
  
  PKKP Aboriginal Corporation has expanded its commercial operations by forming a joint venture with Alfasi Hire, the latest in a trend of partnerships between Aboriginal groups and equipment hire businesses.
  
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• MinRes hammered on quarterly update

  26-04-2023 09:13 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Mineral Resources closed the day as the ASX200's biggest loser after revealing guidance cuts, weaker lithium battery chemicals sales and another delay to an expansion at Mt Marion.
  
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• Thales Australia pleads guilty to death of painter at its Victorian factory

  26-04-2023 08:13 via abc.net.au
  
  The defence contractor, famous for producing the Bushmaster aiding Ukraine in its war against Russia, pleads guilty to the death of a painter at its Victorian factory in July 2020. 
  
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• Perdaman confirms $6bn project go-ahead

  26-04-2023 08:10 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perth company Perdaman has commenced work on one of WA's largest projects after gaining backing from Global Infrastructure Partners, the same group that backed Woodside’s Pluto gas project.
  
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• NT government offers power price subsidy worth $71 million in budget sweetener

  26-04-2023 07:02 via abc.net.au
  
  The Northern Territory government says it will increase its subsidy of household power bills by $71.1 million, but some say it won't address those most likely to be struggling to pay their bills.
  
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• $74m pledged, new emergency targets

  26-04-2023 06:16 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state government plans to reduce waiting times in emergency departments by introducing targets described as “stretched but realistic” in a bid to ease pressure on the health system.
  
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• $74m pledged for new emergency targets

  26-04-2023 06:16 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The state government plans to reduce waiting times in emergency departments by introducing targets described as “stretched but realistic” in a bid to ease pressure on the health system.
  
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• Electric ferry link between Sunshine and Gold coasts pitched for Brisbane Olympics

  26-04-2023 06:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Sea transportation is being suggested as a "safe, convenient and enjoyable way" to link South East Queensland ahead of the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
  
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• Greens vow to sink federal government's $10b housing fund, threatening first major defeat for Albanese

  26-04-2023 05:15 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government wants to establish a $10 billion housing fund to increase affordable supply, but Greens leader Adam Bandt says his party will sink it in the Senate unless the government does more for renters and ends tax discounts for some investment properties.
  
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• Soccer stakeholders’ milestone year

  26-04-2023 04:52 via businessnews.com.au
  
  This year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup and imminent completion of the State Football Centre open opportunities for the sport.
  
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• Taylor made for role at RugbyWA

  26-04-2023 04:37 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Former Netball WA and Swimming WA chief celebrates double homecoming to rugby and Perth.
  
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• Traditional owners lodge human rights complaint against top super funds

  26-04-2023 04:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Traditional owners from across Australia have travelled to the Tiwi Islands to lodge a human rights complaint against the top 20 superannuation funds over their investment in gas giant Santos' Barossa and Narrabri projects. 
  
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• Australia's top 20 super funds hit with human rights complaint over Santos gas investment

  26-04-2023 04:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Traditional owners from across Australia have travelled to the Tiwi Islands to lodge a human rights complaint against the top 20 superannuation funds over their investment in gas giant Santos.
  
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• Inflation relief: Perth has nation's lowest price rises

  26-04-2023 03:47 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perth has recorded the lowest price rises of all Australian capitals in the March quarter, as inflation eased across the country.
  
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• Ed Sheeran in court over allegations he ripped off Marvin Gaye's hit song Let's Get It On

  26-04-2023 03:45 via abc.net.au
  
  It's not the first time Ed Sheeran has faced trial for a copyright issue. Here's what's happening with his current trial — brought by the heirs of the late Marvin Gaye co-writer, Ed Townsend — and how his team have defended him so far. 
  
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• 'People can't afford to buy food': 7pc inflation sees more Australians seeking out foodbanks

  26-04-2023 03:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's inflation rate is falling from its December peak, with prices increasing over the March quarter at the slowest pace in more than a year.
  
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• Inflation falls from peak, but still more than twice the top of the Reserve Bank's target

  26-04-2023 03:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's inflation rate is falling from its December peak, with prices increasing over the March quarter at the slowest pace in more than a year.
  
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• Inflation eases, but the cost of essentials growing three times faster than discretionary goods

  26-04-2023 03:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's inflation rate is falling from its December peak, with prices increasing over the March quarter at the slowest pace in more than a year.
  
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• 'Faster' but 'more orderly' transition to clean power needed: Federal Energy Minister

  26-04-2023 03:24 via abc.net.au
  
  With NSW's 52-year-old Liddell coal-fired power generator going offline this Friday, Climate Change and Energy Minister says the government is "playing a catch-up game" to provide clean energy.
  
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• 'Faster' but 'more orderly' transition to clean power needed: Energy Minister

  26-04-2023 03:24 via abc.net.au
  
  With NSW's 52-year-old Liddell coal-fired power generator going offline this Friday, Climate Change and Energy Minister says the government is "playing a catch-up game" to provide clean energy.
  
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• Energy Minister offers fresh assurances Liddell Power Station's closure will not lead to blackouts

  26-04-2023 03:24 via abc.net.au
  
  With NSW's 52-year-old Liddell coal-fired power generator going offline this Friday, Climate Change and Energy Minister says the government is "playing a catch-up game" to provide clean energy.
  
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