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• Oil Search shareholders back $21bn Santos deal

  07-12-2021 08:15 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Oil Search shareholders have voted in favour of a proposed merger with Santos, clearing the way to form a top 20 global oil and gas entity.
  
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• Selena Gomez accused of fraud by investors in her mental health start-up

  13-08-2026 23:10 via smh.com.au
  
  The star is being sued over claims she failed to deliver on promises to leverage her global celebrity and social-media following to promote Wondermind, which collapsed last year.
  
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• Deadly bird flu detection creates fear for tourist drawcard

  13-08-2026 23:07 via abc.net.au
  
  A seaside town on the NSW South Coast braces for the potential impact of bird flu on its upcoming tourist season after an infected dead bird was discovered last Saturday.
  
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• Once-sleepy Sunshine Coast set to build 30-storey skyscraper

  13-08-2026 22:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Plans for a 99-metre high-rise in Maroochydore's CBD have sparked debate about the future of the rapidly growing region.
  
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• Property lobby calls for stamp duty change for first home buyers

  13-08-2026 22:24 via abc.net.au
  
  First home buyers in three Australian jurisdictions are being slugged tens of thousands of dollars in taxes when buying established homes, as a property industry lobby says now is the time for concessions.
  
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• Woolworths dumps Farmers' Own milk brand

  13-08-2026 22:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Woolworths will discontinue its Farmers' Own milk brand by mid-2027 amid declining sales. 
  
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• Tasmanian parliament to probe transparency of Rushy Lagoon sale

  13-08-2026 22:08 via abc.net.au
  
  A parliamentary inquiry, proposed by the Tasmanian government, will examine aspects of the sale of the state's largest farm to a UK investment firm that has plans for a large pine plantation on the site.
  
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• Committee to examine Rushy Lagoon sale as farmers seethe over 'betrayal'

  13-08-2026 22:08 via abc.net.au
  
  A parliamentary inquiry, proposed by the Tasmanian government, will examine aspects of the sale of the state's largest farm to a UK investment firm that has plans for a large pine plantation on the site.
  
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• One of Australia's longest-serving editors dies aged 96

  13-08-2026 21:51 via abc.net.au
  
  Robin Letts, the long-serving editor of one of Victoria's oldest newspapers, has died aged 96 after nearly eight decades of contribution to the local paper.
  
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• Travel giant double-billed hotel rooms in refugee accommodation scandal

  13-08-2026 21:36 via abc.net.au
  
  The ABC can reveal a Brisbane-based travel company was invoicing the government for more rooms than a hotel actually had.
  
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• Aussie travel giant racked up $100 million in overcharging scandal

  13-08-2026 21:36 via abc.net.au
  
  The ABC can reveal a Brisbane-based travel company was invoicing the government for more rooms than a hotel actually had.
  
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• My boss said I was ‘emotional’ when I asked for a pay rise. Is that fair?

  13-08-2026 21:15 via smh.com.au
  
  Apart from being disastrously unprofessional, it strikes me as the ad hominem attack of a person who has nothing to support their main contention.
  
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• Third of small businesses don't know if they made a profit last month

  13-08-2026 21:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Small businesses call for support to develop financial literacy skills as new research reveals a sobering reality.
  
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• Small businesses lacking skills 'don't know if you're turning a profit'

  13-08-2026 21:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Small businesses call for support to develop financial literacy skills as new research reveals a sobering reality.
  
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• Small business owners 'overwhelmed' by lack of financial literacy skills

  13-08-2026 21:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Small businesses call for support to develop financial literacy skills as new research reveals a sobering reality.
  
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• ASX set to retreat; Wall Street climbs as oil prices drop, inflation eases

  13-08-2026 21:12 via smh.com.au
  
  The US stock market is ticking toward an all-time high following the latest sign that inflation is getting less bad. Stocks also got a lift from easing oil prices in their latest yo-yo move.
  
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• Companies eye untapped gas in the 'Saudi Arabia of the Pacific'

  13-08-2026 21:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Global oil and gas giants are rushing to green-light a massive LNG project on Australia's doorstep as war in the Middle East forces countries to look for alternative energy supplies.
  
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• Tomago’s $2.5 billion rescue reignites debate over taxpayer bailouts

  13-08-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The $2.5 billion taxpayer rescue of Australia’s largest aluminium smelter has raised questions over whether public funds are backing uncompetitive manufacturers.
  
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• This pub last changed hands during a gold-rush card game. Now it’s for sale for the first time in 165 years

  13-08-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Gold fossickers and a publican were playing cards. At the end of the game, the pub owner lost the hand, and his pub.
  
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• The price is high. Football legend Dusty Martin cuts another property tie with disgraced manager

  13-08-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  A building jointly owned by Martin and Carr sold but didn’t meet the original $2.3 to $2.5 million range.
  
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• Kayo price rises on the cards after Foxtel’s $520 million rights deal

  13-08-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Foxtel is looking for an extra $250 million a year to pay the NRL, after agreeing to a record sports broadcast deal. Hiking prices is one option on the table.
  
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• Passenger train derails and flips over in southern England

  13-08-2026 20:10 via abc.net.au
  
  A major emergency response is underway after carriages came off the track at Lewes, near the seaside town of Brighton. 
  
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• How a minor or major housing downturn could impact your city

  13-08-2026 18:48 via abc.net.au
  
  New Cotality modelling data shows what property prices could look like across the capitals if the market fell by 5, 10, 15 or 20 per cent. 
  
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• OncoRes becomes first WA Prix Galien finalist

  13-08-2026 15:00 via businessnews.com.au
  
  Perth-based medtech firm OncoRes Medical has named a finalist for a Prix Galien Award, a WA first in an award widely regarded as the Nobel Prize equivalent for the life sciences sector.
  
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• Third Sydney Airport take-off incident investigated by safety body

  13-08-2026 11:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Safety authorities are investigating a third runway incident at Sydney Airport, involving a Qantas flight crossing the path of a Virgin Australia aircraft.
  
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• Breaking: Third Sydney Airport take-off incident investigated by safety body

  13-08-2026 11:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Safety authorities are investigating a third runway incident at Sydney Airport, involving a Qantas flight crossing the path of a Virgin Australia aircraft.
  
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• Virgin plane aborts take-off as Qantas plane crosses Sydney runway

  13-08-2026 10:55 via smh.com.au
  
  The incident, also involving a Qantas 737, is the third such occurrence in Sydney airport in under three weeks, with links to air traffic control.
  
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• ‘No information, nothing’: Nick Scali scrambles after cyberattack

  13-08-2026 10:41 via smh.com.au
  
  Frustrated customers have been left in the dark about deliveries that never arrived after the furniture seller took its systems down following a cyberattack last week.
  
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• ‘Destroyed’: Russia’s richest woman is watching her empire go up in flames

  13-08-2026 10:18 via smh.com.au
  
  Billionaire Tatyana Kim built Russia’s answer to Amazon, navigated wartime Kremlin politics and outmanoeuvred her ex-husband in a feud that involved a deadly shooting near Red Square. Now she is facing a far greater challenge.
  
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• Eureka Group Holdings buys $18m Mandurah Coastal Holiday Park

  13-08-2026 09:56 via businessnews.com.au
  
  A senior communities asset manager, ASX-listed Eureka Group Holdings, is in the process of acquiring Mandurah Coastal Holiday Park for $18.4 million, in a deal comprising 168 dwellings with approval for a further 66 homes to be built.
  
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