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• Exmouth reacts to news of expanded military, AUKUS presence with US-led deep-space facility

  04-12-2023 23:35 via abc.net.au
  
  With a submarine communications base and air force facility already close by, many Exmouth locals say they welcome the weekend's news of their town hosting a high-tech space facility. 
  
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• Queensland's flying nurses take a hi-vis approach as row over pay hangs in the air

  04-12-2023 23:12 via abc.net.au
  
  They provide lifesaving emergency care in remote areas but according to their union, nurses working for the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Queensland are paid less than their public hospital colleagues.
  
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• Doctors call for stronger climate action as days over 35C in Broome projected to increase significantly by 2030

  04-12-2023 22:21 via abc.net.au
  
  With very hot temperatures in Broome projected to increase from 56 to 87 days per year by 2030, Kimberley doctors are coming together to call for stronger climate action to prevent a health disaster.
  
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• Reserve Bank leaves rates on hold at 4.35pc, ASX and Aussie dollar tumble — as it happened

  04-12-2023 22:09 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian dollar tumbles after the Reserve Bank leaves its cash rate target on hold at 4.35 per cent, as the local share market falls from a 10-week high.
  
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• Live: Reserve Bank leaves rates on hold at 4.35pc

  04-12-2023 22:09 via abc.net.au
  
  The Reserve Bank leaves its cash rate target on hold at 4.35 per cent as the local share market falls from a 10-week high. Follow live.
  
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• Live: ASX falls ahead of Reserve Bank decision, Wall Street rally loses steam as gold falls from record high

  04-12-2023 22:09 via abc.net.au
  
  The local share market falls from a 10-week high ahead of the Reserve Bank's board meeting, which is likely to result in interest rates staying on hold. Follow live.
  
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• Did Labor cut $3.2 billion from foreign aid then claim credit for putting it back in?

  04-12-2023 21:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Birmingham says Labor cut $3.2 billion from the foreign aid budget in October 2022 only to put it back in in the most recent budget. Is that correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.
  
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• Traditional owners of toxic McArthur River Mine seek to speed up sacred site protection talks

  04-12-2023 21:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Traditional owners have set up a new negotiating body to try to speed up sacred site and compensation talks with mining giant Glencore over the toxic McArthur River Mine in the Northern Territory.
  
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• Vale Patricia Barraclough, celebrated ABC producer who broke ground in 40-year career

  04-12-2023 20:51 via abc.net.au
  
  In a career that stretched over 40 years, Patricia Barraclough – who died in Canberra last month – elevated the quality and intelligence of some of ABC television's most successful current affairs programs, Laura Tingle writes.
  
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• Grey nomad couple with nowhere to go call for council compassion on backyard camping

  04-12-2023 20:31 via abc.net.au
  
  Maggie and Mal Butcher spent years on the road after selling their house. But while they love their camper, ill health has slowed them down and they now live in a friend's backyard — which means facing the ire of local council.
  
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• Previously secret report raises doubts about $45 billion Defence program

  04-12-2023 20:14 via abc.net.au
  
  The navy removed a requirement for "value for money" from the tender process for its $45 billion future frigate program, with previously secret documents also revealing the Department of Defence selected a controversial British warship design despite being aware of potential risks.
  
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• 'Not just about silica': Study finds alternatives to engineered stone bench tops may not be safe

  04-12-2023 20:05 via abc.net.au
  
  New research shows silica is not the only component in engineered stone products that's a cause for concern, with researchers finding higher metal content in alternative products can also damage the lungs. 
  
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• Pharmacist says 70pc of clients are black market users switching to legal cannabis supply

  04-12-2023 19:53 via abc.net.au
  
  More people are using medical cannabis than ever before, but some health professionals are concerned that the explosion in clinics and online services may not meet the holistic approach to healthcare.
  
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• Families are looking to embrace Sydney's high-density future. But it's coming at a cost

  04-12-2023 19:27 via abc.net.au
  
  When the Carrigans decided to embrace high-rise living, they didn't expect it to be so hard to find a family-sized apartment.
  
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• 'Clear it would be a disaster': Sydney's Rozelle Interchange issues will be ongoing, road experts say

  04-12-2023 19:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Sydney drivers are promised road works set to start tonight will bring some relief at the problem-plagued "spaghetti junction", but some experts say the project is fundamentally flawed.
  
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• 'People can be very creative': Inside the rise of 'liar loans' in Australia's property market

  04-12-2023 18:24 via abc.net.au
  
  More people looking to break into the property market are lying on their loan applications in a desperate bid to try to secure a home loan, according to new data. The struggle to refinance is also getting harder with more interest rate rises in 2024 possible.
  
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• Westpac announces services restored after thousands of customers were unable to access funds overnight

  04-12-2023 12:34 via abc.net.au
  
  Westpac apologises for the time taken to resolve the issue, which left some of its customers "experiencing issues" accessing their accounts due to an online outage.
  
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• 'Like a nightmare': NT remote community without water for three days amid severe heat

  04-12-2023 11:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Residents of a community in north-east Arnhem Land say they had no access to running water across three days and received no communication about when the outage would be fixed.
  
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• 'A lot of dollars, not a lot of benefit': Experts call for Suburban Rail Loop to be scrapped

  04-12-2023 10:56 via abc.net.au
  
  On the eve of the Victorian government's signing of a multi-billion-dollar contract for Melbourne's Suburban Rail Loop, experts are calling for Australia's biggest and most expensive infrastructure project to be scrapped.
  
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• The battle between the SA government and teachers may almost be over. What's the latest offer on the table?

  04-12-2023 10:23 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian Education Union's executive recommends its members accept the revised enterprise agreement, which would deliver pay rises over four years, to avoid a third strike in as many months.
  
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• Education union and SA government move closer to agreement on teacher pay increase

  04-12-2023 10:23 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian Education Union's executive recommends its members accept the revised enterprise agreement, which would deliver pay rises over four years, to avoid a third strike in as many months.
  
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• At Close of Business podcast December 4 2023

  04-12-2023 09:13 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Jack McGinn and Isabel Vieira discuss a year of change and transition at Perth Airport.
  
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• Woodside signs net zero target vow

  04-12-2023 09:05 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Woodside Energy has joined other global players in signing the oil and gas decarbonation charter at the COP28 summit in the United Arab Emirates.
  
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• Activ Foundation lifts financial results

  04-12-2023 08:52 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Activ Foundation has moved closer to profitability after lifting its annual results under the watch of its new chief executive Michael Heath.
  
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• ASX notches gain as investors swarm back to stocks

  04-12-2023 08:39 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The ASX200 has climbed 0.7 per cent as investors feel more confident global central banks will stop tightening rates earlier than previously thought.
  
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• Rinehart children’s claims ‘just silly’, court told

  04-12-2023 08:20 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The complex litigation over iron ore royalties resumed in court with Hancock Prospecting’s lawyer coming out swinging against claims made by Gina Rinehart’s children.
  
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• GR Engineering notches $US81m contract

  04-12-2023 08:06 via businessnews.com.au
  
  WA-based contractor GR Engineering Services has won a $US81 million contract with Canadian miner K92 Mining for work on its goldmine in Papua New Guinea.
  
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• Rural medical school gets $10m funding

  04-12-2023 08:02 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The University of Notre Dame Australia has received federal government funding to support a proposed medical school at its Broome campus, which could accommodate 20 students a year.
  
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• Vanity signs a blight on our crumbling roads

  04-12-2023 07:44 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A report into the rural road network has revealed frustrations at the onerous conditions imposed by funding parties to be credited for their ‘benevolence’
  
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• Rio diamond tender attracts international buyers

  04-12-2023 07:42 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Rio Tinto’s inaugural diamond tender attracted buyers from the Kimberley through to Japan seeking to get their hands on the miner’s legacy inventory of pink and red Argyle diamonds.
  
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• Struggling with persistent inflation

  04-12-2023 07:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  The Reserve Bank of Australia has just released its revised economic outlook, following this month's rate hike that lifted the cash rate to 4.35 per cent.
  
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• Marino to retire from federal politics

  04-12-2023 06:52 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Federal Liberal MP Nola Marino will retire from parliament at the next election, bringing an end to a 15-year tenure in the Forrest electorate.
  
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• 'Tears of joy' after controversial highway project set to affect 81 homes scrapped

  04-12-2023 06:16 via abc.net.au
  
  The Queensland government received more than 4,000 submissions after unveiling a proposal for the 54km project around Toowoomba in July. Now it's been canned.
  
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• Anger as six-day Telstra outage forces businesses to close and residents to stock up on Optus sim cards

  04-12-2023 04:53 via abc.net.au
  
  Telstra apologises after a faulty part leaves business owners and residents in a north west NSW town in a service blackout.
  
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• 'Pinch points' causing traffic gridlock around Rozelle Interchange set for urgent overhaul

  04-12-2023 00:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Roads Minister John Graham acknowledges "real frustrations for motorists", some who have had their peak-hour commutes blow out by over an hour.
  
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