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• ABC journalists take out 13 honours at Queensland media awards

  01-12-2024 22:31 via abc.net.au
  
  The ABC's Queensland journalists have been recognised for their excellence in reporting at the state's annual media awards.
  
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• Woolworths workers picket distribution centre in Melbourne as industrial dispute continues

  01-12-2024 21:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Around 200 Woolworths workers are picketing a distribution centre in Melbourne's south-east which the supermarket giant is trying to reopen to ease a shortage of some items at its stores.
  
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• Union pickets Woolworths distribution centre amid dispute causing supermarket supply shortages

  01-12-2024 21:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Around 200 Woolworths workers are picketing a distribution centre in Melbourne's south-east which the supermarket giant is trying to reopen to ease a shortage of some items at its stores.
  
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• The world needs more copper in next two decades than it has ever produced before

  01-12-2024 21:36 via abc.net.au
  
  When you check your phone, turn on your kitchen tap or drive your car to work, you're using copper, a crucial mineral found in all these devices. Copper is also essential for renewable energy construction, but a global shortage is looming.
  
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• Copper is critical for the renewable energy transition, but the world is facing a serious shortage

  01-12-2024 21:36 via abc.net.au
  
  When you check your phone, turn on your kitchen tap or drive your car to work, you're using copper, a crucial mineral found in all these devices. Copper is also essential for renewable energy construction, but a global shortage is looming.
  
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• Strong retail sales could keep interest rates higher for longer, ASX hits fresh record — as it happened

  01-12-2024 21:19 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX 200 edges higher, managing a new record. Better-than-expected retail sales figures dampen rate cut talk. Here's how the day's trade unfolded, with insights from our business reporters, on the ABC News markets blog.
  
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• Live: ASX primed for new record after Wall Street rally rolls on, ahead of key retail sales and construction data this morning

  01-12-2024 21:19 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX is primed for a 0.2 per cent rise this morning after another record close on Wall Street, but the markets will be watching this morning's releases of key retail and building data. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• Live: ASX edges higher after Wall Street rally rolls on, gold sector heats up with $5 billion takeover

  01-12-2024 21:19 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX nudged 0.1 per cent higher after another record close on Wall Street, but the markets will be watching this morning's releases of key retail and building data. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.  
  
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• This natural disaster kills more Australians than any other. Experts are warning not to downplay its risks this summer

  01-12-2024 20:23 via abc.net.au
  
  With parts of the country already sweltering though heatwaves, support services are worried many people will not be able to afford to keep cool this year.
  
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• Concerns cost-of-living crisis could put more Australians at risk during potential heatwaves this summer

  01-12-2024 20:23 via abc.net.au
  
  With parts of the country already sweltering though heatwaves, support services are worried many people will not be able to afford to keep cool this year.
  
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• Above average summer temperatures prompt concerns more Australians at risk of heat-related injuries

  01-12-2024 20:23 via abc.net.au
  
  With parts of the country already sweltering though heatwaves, support services are worried many people will not be able to afford to keep cool this year.
  
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• Cheap Tuesdays are a 'thing of the past' but shopping around can help motorists save at the petrol pump

  01-12-2024 19:46 via abc.net.au
  
  When it's time to fill up with petrol, paying extra at the pump can be financially costly. We've done the legwork for you and dispelled the myths about what controls prices and how they're determined.
  
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• Market operator seeks emergency powers to switch off panels as solar tsunami 'threatens wipeout'

  01-12-2024 19:35 via abc.net.au
  
  With the rise and rise of rooftop solar showing no signs of stopping in Australia, the market operator says "emergency" powers to control it are urgently needed.
  
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• Market operator says emergency powers needed to switch off panels as solar tsunami 'threatens wipeout'

  01-12-2024 19:35 via abc.net.au
  
  With the rise and rise of rooftop solar showing no signs of stopping in Australia, the market operator says "emergency" powers to control it are urgently needed.
  
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• It's a hut, on an island, in a lake, in the wilderness. Its upkeep has now become a political issue

  01-12-2024 19:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Halls Hut is about as isolated as you can get in Australia's wilderness. A heli-tourism proponent will seek federal approval to fix it up, but is facing extensive opposition from bushwalkers, fly-fishers and environmental groups over the use of a helicopter.
  
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• Names, numbers, identity documents feared stolen from Melbourne real estate agency

  01-12-2024 19:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Nelson Alexander says information related to 89 historical tenancies was allegedly stolen from its office in the city's inner-north last month.
  
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• Australia's property market is losing steam, with house prices recording their weakest result since January 2023

  01-12-2024 14:02 via abc.net.au
  
  National home prices are losing momentum, new data shows, and anticipated interest rate cuts are unlikely to stop falls in house prices next year.
  
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• 'A strain on households': Property market continues to lose steam and house price falls are expected for 2025

  01-12-2024 14:02 via abc.net.au
  
  National home prices are losing momentum, new data shows, and anticipated interest rate cuts are unlikely to stop falls in house prices next year.
  
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• Toxic algae warning a 'really big concern' for oyster farmers, tourism

  01-12-2024 03:55 via abc.net.au
  
  WaterNSW has warned against eating shellfish from a large river on the New South Wales South Coast following the discovery of a toxic algal bloom, raising concerns about the impact on Christmas trade for multiple oyster farmers downstream.
  
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• Swimming and eating of shellfish banned at popular tourist river after deadly algae warning

  01-12-2024 03:55 via abc.net.au
  
  WaterNSW has warned against eating shellfish from a large river on the New South Wales South Coast following the discovery of a potentially lethal algal bloom, raising concerns about the impact on Christmas trade for multiple oyster farmers downstream.
  
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• Pumped hydro project awaits grid connection to power coastal town during blackouts

  01-12-2024 00:47 via abc.net.au
  
  The developer of Walpole's recently completed pumped hydro project is waiting for the project, which he says is designed to kick in when a blackout or brownout hits the small coastal town, to be connected to the grid.
  
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• Coastal town still waiting for backup power source's connection to the grid

  01-12-2024 00:47 via abc.net.au
  
  The developer of Walpole's recently completed pumped hydro project is waiting for the project, which he says is designed to kick in when a blackout or brownout hits the small coastal town, to be connected to the grid.
  
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