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• Calls for drivers to take more care as native wildlife casualties of snow season traffic mount

  13-08-2023 23:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Eastern grey kangaroos, wombats, swamp wallabies, and magpies are the top species being caught up in collisions on the roads to Victoria's alpine resorts.
  
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• Cost of living has almost pushed Andrew back onto the streets while 'fighting very hard' to keep a roof over his head

  13-08-2023 22:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Andrew slept rough on and off for 20 years before he found a job and secure housing eight years ago. Now he's had to access his super to make ends meet.
  
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• No regulation of the word 'organic' creates costs for farmers, confusion for consumers

  13-08-2023 21:50 via abc.net.au
  
  A group of 11 Australian industry organisations has united for the first time, "embarrassed" by a lack of domestic regulation for the word organic, which they argue is deceiving consumers and adding to certification costs for some international markets.
  
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• Future of Universities Australia head under question over handling of sexual violence concerns

  13-08-2023 21:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Leaders at a major Australian university say they have deep concerns around the management of the sector's peak body, Universities Australia (UA).
  
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• Can your employer force you back to the office? Here's what the law says

  13-08-2023 21:16 via abc.net.au
  
  Can an employer, having first directed you to work from home, now turn around and mandate you don't? Giuseppe Carabetta explains your legal rights.
  
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• Can Australian employers stop you working from home? Here's what the law says

  13-08-2023 21:16 via abc.net.au
  
  Can an employer, having first directed you to work from home, now turn around and mandate you don't? Giuseppe Carabetta explains your legal rights.
  
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• Snowfield spending isn't melting, indicating how some Australians are spending money even as belts tighten

  13-08-2023 21:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Discretionary spending is money you don't need to spend to keep yourself fed, housed and clothed. What's happening at alpine resorts — remote and relatively expensive — tells us about an important shift in the Australian economy.
  
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• Australians are reducing their spending as the cost of living soars. But that doesn't mean they're making rational choices

  13-08-2023 21:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Discretionary spending is money you don't need to spend to keep yourself fed, housed and clothed. What's happening at alpine resorts — remote and relatively expensive — tells us about an important shift in the Australian economy.
  
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• We asked for your waste-busting tips. Here are some of your suggestions

  13-08-2023 21:04 via abc.net.au
  
  We heard from more than 1,000 of you who shared the little, and big, things you do to reduce your waste footprint. There were plenty of new and novel ideas for reusing and recycling, so we're tapping into the brains trust. 
  
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• The 'small choices' you're making at home to reduce your household waste

  13-08-2023 21:04 via abc.net.au
  
  We heard from more than 1,000 of you who shared the little, and big, things you do to reduce your waste footprint. There were plenty of new and novel ideas for reusing and recycling, so we're tapping into the brains trust. 
  
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• Russia fires warnings shots on cargo ship in Black Sea for first time since collapse of UN-brokered grain deal

  13-08-2023 14:50 via abc.net.au
  
  Firing on a merchant vessel is expected to ratchet up already acute concerns among shipowners, insurers and commodity traders about the potential dangers of getting ensnared in the Black Sea.
  
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• When Lisa built her new home, she assumed it came with a mailing address. She was wrong

  13-08-2023 07:40 via abc.net.au
  
  Residents of a rapidly growing area near one of Victoria's biggest cities are being asked to vote for or against street mail delivery in Australia Post's third ballot on the issue in six years.
  
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• NZ prime minister says GST will be taken off fruit and vegetables if Labour Party is re-elected

  13-08-2023 06:36 via abc.net.au
  
  Chris Hipkins announced the Labour Party would take the GST off of fruit and vegetables if his party was re-elected.
  
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• 'A light at the end of the tunnel': State government steps in after building company collapse

  13-08-2023 06:27 via abc.net.au
  
  An access road left unfinished in the wake of a building company collapse stood in the way of 20 homes being built — now, the South Australian government has stepped in to finish it.
  
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• US Secret Service tip-off leads to arrest of five foreign nationals over alleged ATM scam

  13-08-2023 04:05 via abc.net.au
  
  Police were alerted to the alleged card skimming scam by investigators in the United States who found a receipt for a shipment sent to an address in Australia. 
  
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