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• Marine heatwave suspected cause of mass fish deaths in WA

  27-01-2025 23:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Authorities believe marine heatwave conditions may have led to the death of around 30,000 fish at Gnoorea Beach, south of Karratha.
  
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• Nvidia plummets almost $1 trillion in record Wall Street wipeout, ASX closes lower — as it happened

  27-01-2025 21:24 via abc.net.au
  
  The local share market failed to hang on to mid-session gains, closing in the red. It followed a technology rout on Wall Street, fuelled by the rapid rise of Chinese AI start up DeepSeek. Here's how the trading day played out, with insights from our business reporters.
  
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• Live: US tech stocks crumble in AI sell-off, ASX set to open flat

  27-01-2025 21:24 via abc.net.au
  
  The news of a cheap and effective Chinese AI app has sent US tech stocks tumbling, while the ASX looks set for a flat opening.  Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• Live: Nvidia plummets almost $1 trillion in record Wall Street wipeout, ASX higher

  27-01-2025 21:24 via abc.net.au
  
  The local share market moves to positive territory, despite a technology rout on Wall Street, fuelled by the rapid rise of Chinese AI start up DeepSeek. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.  
  
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• Live: Nvidia plummets almost $1 trillion in record Wall Street wipeout, ASX down

  27-01-2025 21:24 via abc.net.au
  
  The local share market opens lower, following a technology rout on Wall Street, fuelled by the rapid rise of Chinese AI start up DeepSeek. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.  
  
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• Live: Nvidia plummets almost $1 trillion in record Wall Street wipeout

  27-01-2025 21:24 via abc.net.au
  
  The news of a cheap and effective Chinese AI app has sent US tech stocks tumbling, while the ASX looks set for a flat opening.  Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• The Australian dollar faces a Trump tariff stress test

  27-01-2025 20:27 via abc.net.au
  
  The weaker Australian dollar is welcome news for businesses that export to countries like the US, but the lower currency can be a drain on travellers' budgets and hit import businesses.
  
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• How low can the Aussie go? Likely below 60 US cents, analysts warn

  27-01-2025 20:27 via abc.net.au
  
  The weaker Australian dollar is welcome news for businesses that export to countries like the US, but the lower currency can be a drain on travellers' budgets and hit import businesses.
  
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• In the world's largest isolated grid, a big bet is being placed on giant batteries

  27-01-2025 20:20 via abc.net.au
  
  In Western Australia, the world's largest island grid is taking a huge bet, and carrying out a major experiment, on the role of batteries in the energy transition.
  
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• Farmers win 'very personal' fight against gas project

  27-01-2025 20:17 via abc.net.au
  
  Doug Browne was just a teenager when he started to develop his family's farm, and says he and a group of neighbours will not stop fighting to protect it from development.
  
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• We once sweated through heatwaves. Then air con transformed Australia

  27-01-2025 20:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Over the past 30 years, a technology we barely notice has quietly shaped where and how Australians live. But our love of 'manufactured air' also comes at a cost.
  
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• Air conditioning quietly changed Australian life in just a few decades

  27-01-2025 20:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Over the past 30 years, a technology we barely notice has quietly shaped where and how Australians live. But our love of 'manufactured air' also comes at a cost.
  
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• Slow return of big-spending Chinese tourists worries industry

  27-01-2025 19:56 via abc.net.au
  
  Nearly 18 months since the Chinese tourism market reopened to Australia, annual visitor numbers to Queensland’s Gold Coast remain down by almost 75 per cent compared with pre-COVID figures. 
  
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• Is your PIN code among the first ones hackers are likely to try?

  27-01-2025 19:53 via abc.net.au
  
  The ABC analysed 29 million stolen codes to help you avoid using an insecure one.
  
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• Internal emails reveal 'inappropriate' dealings between regulator and Optus, Telstra

  27-01-2025 19:52 via abc.net.au
  
  The telecommunications regulator cut a deal with Optus behind closed doors that reduced the potential financial penalty it was facing for committing serious public safety breaches, documents released to the ABC have revealed.
  
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• Emails reveal 'inappropriate' dealings between regulator and Optus, Telstra

  27-01-2025 19:52 via abc.net.au
  
  The telecommunications regulator cut a deal with Optus behind closed doors that reduced the potential financial penalty it was facing for committing serious public safety breaches, documents released to the ABC have revealed.
  
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• Concerns raised over regulator's dealings with Optus

  27-01-2025 19:52 via abc.net.au
  
  The telecommunications regulator cut a deal with Optus behind closed doors that reduced the potential financial penalty it was facing for committing serious public safety breaches, documents released to the ABC have revealed.
  
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• First tap-and-go public transport trials in Victoria labelled 'gimmick'

  27-01-2025 19:11 via abc.net.au
  
  The first trial of ticketless public transport in Victoria has been labelled a "gimmick" and "pointless" because it is limited to just four bus routes in the state's north-east and doesn't integrate with trains.
  
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• Farmer believes broken powerline sparked destructive WA bushfire

  27-01-2025 08:29 via abc.net.au
  
  Locals report seeing sparking and smoke near a power transmitter close to Arthur River, where a bushfire ripped through 11,000 hectares and destroyed three homes.
  
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• Desalination plant to 'ramp up' as reservoir levels drop to 20-year low

  27-01-2025 08:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Desalination production south of Adelaide is set to quadruple as local reservoirs fall to 44 per cent capacity, with dry conditions causing the lowest inflows in over 40 years.
  
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• Geelong for sale: Mayor pitches property sell-off to slash city's $190m debt

  27-01-2025 05:09 via abc.net.au
  
  The new mayor of Geelong says selling off council-owned properties could help reduce the regional Victorian city council's $190 million debt.
  
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• Tributes for allegedly murdered mum 'always ready to lend a hand'

  27-01-2025 03:18 via abc.net.au
  
  The Victorian town of Quambatook has penned a tribute to a woman who "got the job done with no expectation of recognition or reward".
  
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• Tributes for allegedly murdered Merril Kelly 'always ready to lend a hand'

  27-01-2025 03:18 via abc.net.au
  
  The small rural Victorian town of Quambatook has come together to pen a tribute to a woman with a "never give up attitude" who "got the job done with no expectation of recognition or reward".
  
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• Small town's 'unpretentious leader' allegedly murdered

  27-01-2025 03:18 via abc.net.au
  
  The Victorian town of Quambatook has penned a tribute to a woman who "got the job done with no expectation of recognition or reward".
  
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• Green hydrogen-powered aircraft could be cleaner, quieter and cheaper

  27-01-2025 03:14 via abc.net.au
  
  A Brisbane-based aviation company is working with CQ University researchers to get Australia's first green hydrogen-powered commercial flight in the sky by 2027.
  
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• Queanbeyan council to forcibly auction properties with outstanding rates

  27-01-2025 02:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Dozens of properties owners in the Queanbeyan region will have their homes and businesses sold by force if they don’t pay thousands of dollars in overdue rates payments owed to the local council. 
  
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• Dozens of property owners to lose homes and businesses due to unpaid rates

  27-01-2025 02:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Dozens of properties owners in the Queanbeyan region will have their homes and businesses sold by force if they don’t pay thousands of dollars in overdue rates payments owed to the local council. 
  
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• Town offers free swimming lessons to reduce drowning rate

  27-01-2025 00:33 via abc.net.au
  
  A north Queensland business owner hopes to make more children confident in the water after teaming up with the local pool to provide free swimming lessons.
  
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• Rural town's swimming initiative out to save lives and money

  27-01-2025 00:33 via abc.net.au
  
  A north Queensland business owner hopes to make more children confident in the water after teaming up with the local pool to provide free swimming lessons.
  
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• Offshore wind developments drown in 'green tape'

  27-01-2025 00:16 via abc.net.au
  
  At least three companies bow out of the race to develop an offshore wind farm off the state's south-west coast, with one citing an unexpected amount of "green tape". 
  
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• Developers abandon plans to build wind farm off WA coast

  27-01-2025 00:16 via abc.net.au
  
  At least three companies bow out of the race to develop an offshore wind farm off the state's south-west coast, with one citing an unexpected amount of "green tape". 
  
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