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• Locals still fondly remember Yallourn, the 'garden city' dug up for coal

  30-09-2023 22:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Yallourn was built to house workers in Victoria's State Electricity Commission. It was dug up so the coal underneath could be mined.
  
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• Offshore wind touted as possible energy solution, but some young Aussies don’t want them in their backyard

  30-09-2023 21:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Offshore wind zones are being established right around Australia, but some communities say there are too many unknown risks.
  
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• South Korean eSports players secure military exemption after winning gold at Asian Games

  30-09-2023 03:53 via abc.net.au
  
  In South Korea, the law exempts athletes, classical and traditional musicians, and ballet and other dancers from military service if they have obtained top prizes in certain competitions and are assessed to have enhanced national prestige.
  
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• Last drinks for Liberal-linked rum distillery plan for old asylum

  30-09-2023 03:14 via abc.net.au
  
  A rum distillery with Liberal links will be asked to hand back the keys to an old asylum site, bringing an end to a four-year saga that has seen tense council meetings, and a million-dollar grant from the Tasmanian government outside of usual processes.
  
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• Last drinks for Liberal-linked rum distillery in old asylum

  30-09-2023 03:14 via abc.net.au
  
  A rum distillery with Liberal links will be asked to hand back the keys to an old asylum site, bringing an end to a four-year saga that has seen tense council meetings, and a million-dollar grant from the Tasmanian government outside of usual processes.
  
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• Looking up to see female leaders inspires mining industry 'minority'

  30-09-2023 02:18 via abc.net.au
  
  Mining is a famously male-dominated industry, but a group of women on a remote site in WA's north say that is changing. 
  
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• The brothers behind Australia's biggest meat industry biodiversity study look to the future

  30-09-2023 01:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Scientists and environmentalists are given unique access to measure and report on how cattle giant Hewitt has been refining its production practices and land management with a greener focus.
  
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• Why this top public servant says she awarded a contract to a more expensive and lower scoring tenderer

  30-09-2023 01:03 via abc.net.au
  
  The head of the ACT Education Directorate tells the territory's integrity commission she did not seek legal advice when she overruled a decision by a tender evaluation process but, in hindsight, she wishes she did.
  
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