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• Live: ASX set to rise ahead of US election and RBA decision, Westpac profit falls 3pc

  03-11-2024 21:45 via abc.net.au
  
  A solid finish to a bumpy week on Wall Street has the ASX poised to rise today at the start of the banks' mini reporting season. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.
  
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• Live: ASX gains ahead of US election and RBA decision, Westpac profit falls 3pc, MinRes MD to step down early

  03-11-2024 21:45 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX has gained 0.3 per cent in early trade as Westpac's profit disappoints and Mineral Resources founder and MD Chris Ellison has been forced to step down early. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.
  
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• AFP searches PwC's Sydney offices, while ASX gains ahead of RBA rates decision — as it happened

  03-11-2024 21:45 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX has gained 0.6 per cent, while Westpac's profit has slipped and Mineral Resources founder and MD Chris Ellison has been forced to step down early. Look back at the day's events.
  
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• Orange juice price-hike hard on shoppers' pockets but good news for Aussie farmers

  03-11-2024 21:28 via abc.net.au
  
  There's a good reason the price of orange juice has risen and supermarkets are not to blame.
  
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• When AI wrongly described this man as a criminal, it thrust him into uncharted legal territory

  03-11-2024 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Unprecedented legal battles are testing if parent companies of tools like ChatGPT can be liable for defamation when innocent people are incorrectly described as criminals.
  
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• Sydney council planning to sacrifice car parking for affordable homes for essential workers

  03-11-2024 20:27 via abc.net.au
  
  The Inner West Council has a plan to turn four of its council car parks into 200 affordable homes for essential workers. Experts say there is a desperate need for homes to house key workers who can't afford to live where they work but such projects are not a quick fix.
  
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• 'A real solution to the housing crisis': Council car parks in Sydney to become affordable housing

  03-11-2024 20:27 via abc.net.au
  
  The Inner West Council has a plan to turn four of its council car parks into 200 affordable homes for essential workers. Experts say there is a desperate need for homes to house key workers who can't afford to live where they work but such projects are not a quick fix.
  
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• Inquiry looking into how to make it easier for first home buyers to get a loan

  03-11-2024 20:04 via abc.net.au
  
  As the Reserve Bank meets to consider whether to cut interest rates, housing affordability is again centre stage of the political debate. A federal inquiry is considering whether there's a need to ease restrictions on banks about how much they can lend out to first home buyers.
  
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• Home loans are hard to get. Now some politicians and banks want to change the rules

  03-11-2024 20:04 via abc.net.au
  
  As the Reserve Bank meets to consider whether to cut interest rates, housing affordability is again centre stage of the political debate. A federal inquiry is considering whether there's a need to ease restrictions on banks about how much they can lend out to first home buyers.
  
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• One by one, these insiders left the world's biggest social media companies. They warn safeguards have been 'cut to the bone'

  03-11-2024 19:44 via abc.net.au
  
  These insiders and whistleblowers are troubled by the risks of disinformation, threats to democracy and extreme dangers for young people.
  
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• Lori Schott says her daughter would still be alive if it wasn't for Instagram and TikTok

  03-11-2024 19:44 via abc.net.au
  
  These insiders and whistleblowers are troubled by the risks of disinformation, threats to democracy and extreme dangers for young people.
  
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• 'I wouldn't want to expose my child to that': Social media insiders warn safeguards have been cut

  03-11-2024 19:44 via abc.net.au
  
  One by one, these insiders left the world's biggest social media companies, troubled by the risks of disinformation, threats to democracy and extreme dangers for young people.
  
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• 'Hurricane-force' winds caused new Spirit ships to come loose and drift into an embankment in Finland

  03-11-2024 04:14 via abc.net.au
  
  Severe winds have caused one of the two new Spirit of Tasmania vessels to break loose from its outfitting quay at a shipyard in Finland, but the extent of damage is yet to be determined.
  
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• Rockliff proposes merging businesses responsible for Spirit of Tasmania fiasco

  03-11-2024 03:07 via abc.net.au
  
  Two Tasmanian government-owned businesses were at loggerheads over the rollout of new Spirit of Tasmania vessels, causing long delays and blowouts. Now they might be merged into one entity.
  
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• Albanese promises to lock in 100,000 fee-free TAFE places every year, in pseudo campaign launch

  03-11-2024 03:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Labor has promised to bake in fee-free TAFE at a rally setting the party up for the coming federal election, saying if the government is re-elected it will make 100,000 fee-free places permanently available each year,
  
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• Education Minister Jason Clare admits he solicited free overseas Qantas flight upgrade

  03-11-2024 00:07 via abc.net.au
  
  The education minister admits he asked for and received a free flight upgrade from Qantas for a personal flight overseas.
  
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