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• Country music icon Chad Morgan dies after 70-year career

  01-01-2025 21:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Chad Morgan is one of Australian country music's most recognisable pioneers, with his upturned hat, signature smile and country comedy hits. Fans are remembering his long career following his death on New Year's Day.
  
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• Australian country music icon Chad Morgan dies after 70-year career

  01-01-2025 21:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Chad Morgan is one of Australian country music's most recognisable pioneers, with his upturned hat, signature smile and country comedy hits. Fans are remembering his long career following his death on New Year's Day.
  
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• Century-old Scotch wood-fired oven keeps traditional slow ferment dough dream alive

  01-01-2025 20:11 via abc.net.au
  
  Scotch ovens used to be the golden-brown standard in Australia, until commercial bakeries and supermarkets extinguished the flames to shut down the competition. But for the last 100 years, no offer has stopped this team of traditional, long-ferment bakers from firing up.
  
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• New climate laws creating 'degree of nervousness' among company execs

  01-01-2025 19:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Reporting profits and losses is standard fare in corporate Australia, but from this week companies will be required to disclose the risks and opportunities they will face under a warming climate.
  
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• A new era for corporate Australia begins as mandatory climate reporting rules kick in

  01-01-2025 19:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Reporting profits and losses is standard fare in corporate Australia, but from this week companies will be required to disclose the risks and opportunities they will face under a warming climate.
  
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• Victorian rentals fall by nearly 25,000 as investor sell-off heats up

  01-01-2025 19:13 via abc.net.au
  
  A property investor sell-off is speeding up in Victoria, with the state's rental stock falling at an increasingly rapid pace.
  
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• Victorian rentals dip as investor sell-off heats up, benefiting homebuyers

  01-01-2025 19:13 via abc.net.au
  
  A property investor sell-off is speeding up in Victoria, with the state's rental stock falling at an increasingly rapid pace.
  
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• Victoria loses almost 25,000 rentals as investor sell-off heats up

  01-01-2025 19:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Warnings the rate of investor sell-offs is intensifying, and fewer properties may push up rents.
  
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• Property prices fall for first time in two years, as buyers finally hit a ceiling

  01-01-2025 15:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Australian property prices are down but there is still a great deal of price divergence between cities — and years of soaring prices have left home ownership out of reach for many. 
  
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• Australia's property market enters downturn for first time in two years

  01-01-2025 15:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Yet there is still great price divergence between cities, and years of soaring prices have left home ownership out of reach for many. 
  
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• Woolworths says it will 'do more' to celebrate Australia Day

  01-01-2025 05:27 via abc.net.au
  
  Woolworths says it will “do more” to celebrate Australia Day this year by running in-store promotions focusing on food and produce after calls to boycott the store last year.
  
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• Mooloolaba New Year's Eve fireworks pilloried as 'pure disappointment'

  01-01-2025 04:08 via abc.net.au
  
  One of Queensland's biggest New Year's Eve events has been branded a "total flop" after the traditional midnight fireworks display was scrapped in favour of an earlier show.
  
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• Australian dollar inching toward levels where RBA may step in

  01-01-2025 02:08 via abc.net.au
  
  The Australian dollar has fallen sharply, hitting a multi-year low not seen since October, 2022. 
  
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