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• Grain handler CBH spends big on new trains to future-proof supply chain

  01-07-2023 23:44 via abc.net.au
  
  Western Australia's main grain handler will make its biggest purchase of rail infrastructure in preparation to move big crops in the future.
  
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• When Jane's mental health spiralled, her home was her 'safe haven'. Then the council came after it

  01-07-2023 23:14 via abc.net.au
  
  As more Victorians struggle to pay their council rates amid cost-of-living pressures, financial aid advocates are criticising some councils' heavy-handed approach to people experiencing financial hardship.
  
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• Indonesia plans to make electric vehicle batteries but it wants Australia's help

  01-07-2023 23:03 via abc.net.au
  
  As Indonesia increases the use of electric vehicles at home, it also wants to partner with Australia as it strives to become a global EV hub.
  
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• 'Half of the world's lithium is in the country of kangaroos': Indonesia looks to Australia to realise EV battery plans

  01-07-2023 23:03 via abc.net.au
  
  As Indonesia increases the use of electric vehicles at home, it also wants to partner with Australia as it strives to become a global EV hub.
  
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• UK press watchdog finds Jeremy Clarkson column about Meghan Markle was sexist

  01-07-2023 23:01 via abc.net.au
  
  The column, which fantasised about Meghan Markle being pelted with faeces as she was paraded naked through the streets, inspired a record number of complaints to the regulator.
  
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• Getting off gas is meant to be the future, but transitioning your home comes with a cost

  01-07-2023 22:01 via abc.net.au
  
  When Steven Secker's hot water heater broke, the pensioner was backed into a corner. Amid a growing push for households to electrify their appliances and move away from gas, social services warn people like Mr Secker could be left behind in any transition.
  
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• Designer Kym Ellery's edgy outfits won over celebrities. Her 2019 fashion business collapse left suppliers owed millions

  01-07-2023 21:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Celebrated fashion designer Kym Ellery defends her handling of the 2019 collapse of her Australian business. 
  
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• Prime minister spruiks large budget surplus as Australian households battle cost-of-living crisis

  01-07-2023 08:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese believes Australians will welcome the news of a larger than expected budget surplus even as their own budgets continue to take a battering.
  
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• PM defends $19 billion budget surplus labelled as 'dumb luck' by Opposition

  01-07-2023 08:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese believes Australians will welcome the news of a larger than expected budget surplus even as their own budgets continue to take a battering.
  
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• Fox News reaches $18 million settlement with former producer who testified in Dominion case

  01-07-2023 05:04 via abc.net.au
  
  The payout to Abby Grossberg will settle all litigation she brought against Fox Corporation, Fox News Network and her former co-workers, including former Fox host Tucker Carlson.
  
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• New Zealand says it's the first to ban thin plastic bags from supermarkets

  01-07-2023 04:18 via abc.net.au
  
  The government is expanding a campaign against single-use plastics that it started in 2019, when it banned the thicker plastic shopping bags that customers used to carry home their grocery items.
  
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• Apple becomes first public company to close at $US3 trillion market value

  01-07-2023 03:44 via abc.net.au
  
  The company, co-founded by Steve Jobs had briefly eclipsed a $US3 trillion market value on back-to-back days in January 2022, but couldn't hold on by the time the market closed. 
  
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• Sham finds it easier to be her own boss while living with disabilities — and she is not alone

  01-07-2023 02:21 via abc.net.au
  
  It made perfect sense for Sham to start her own business while using her life experience to create accessible beauty products, as figures show people with disabilities are far more likely to be self employed.
  
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• The new financial year's begun — here's how to do a money reset and get a hold of your finances

  01-07-2023 01:58 via abc.net.au
  
  With the start of the new financial year bringing no relief to unrelenting cost-of-living pressures, experts recommend you review your finances and set new budgets and goals. 
  
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• Gina Rinehart stakes a claim in UK beef market, as new free trade agreement begins

  01-07-2023 00:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's richest woman was in London this week celebrating the arrival of tariff-free beef from her cattle enterprises, as the UK free trade deal kicks into gear.
  
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