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• Is a home deposit now worth thousands in lost super at retirement?

  15-04-2025 06:58 via abc.net.au
  
  With home ownership more out of reach than ever for younger Australians, some are pondering whether their retirement fund would be better off used now, to buy a house. 
  
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• Gold miner accidentally reveals sacred site drilling in press release

  24-04-2025 08:14 via abc.net.au
  
  A Canadian-owned mining company has pleaded guilty to sacred site damage after accidentally tipping off the regulator about its unlawful drilling at a Northern Territory sacred site.
  
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• Record gold prices attract a new rush of prospectors in Queensland

  24-04-2025 07:57 via abc.net.au
  
  As gold prices increase around the world, opportunities for amateur fossickers to strike it rich are expanding in the state's centre.
  
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• Mega coal mine granted 18-month lifeline to save 1,500 jobs

  24-04-2025 07:41 via abc.net.au
  
  Hunter Valley Operations has been granted an approval extension just two months before it was due to close.
  
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• High-grade silver, lead and zinc found at 140yo mine in outback NSW

  24-04-2025 06:08 via abc.net.au
  
  A partnership between a Broken Hill family and an Australian mining company is attempting to re-inject life into an old mine, where drilling samples have revealed promising signs for the future.
  
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• Obeid to keep $30m made from corrupt coal licence deal

  24-04-2025 04:11 via abc.net.au
  
  NSW Crime Commissioner Michael Barnes says the decision not to confiscate the money was one he did not want to make.
  
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• Jailed former NSW Labor minister to keep $30m from corrupt coal deal

  24-04-2025 04:11 via abc.net.au
  
  NSW Crime Commissioner Michael Barnes says the decision not to confiscate the money was one he did not want to make.
  
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• Federal support promised to help WA Labor buy back freight rail network

  24-04-2025 03:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Federal Labor promises to help the WA government in its bid to buy back the state's freight rail network if re-elected.
  
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• Trump says China tariff cuts depend on Beijing's actions

  24-04-2025 02:11 via abc.net.au
  
  He added that he expects to strike a deal and set the final tariff figure on China over the next two or three weeks.
  
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• Trump says any reduction in tariffs on China depends on Beijing's actions

  24-04-2025 02:11 via abc.net.au
  
  He added that he expects to strike a deal and set the final tariff figure on China over the next two or three weeks.
  
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• Calls for navigation apps to refer to people not roadworks

  24-04-2025 02:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Shire councils urge motorists to adhere to lower speed limits at dangerous roadworks as the national peak body calls for technology companies to get their apps to refer to the people working on the road.
  
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• Get ready to pay more for drinks after Tasmanian scheme begins

  23-04-2025 21:52 via abc.net.au
  
  A long-awaited Tasmanian container deposit scheme which promotes recycling will leave beverage retailers "no choice" but to pass on the cost to consumers, an industry representative says.
  
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• What happens to the waste in our green bins? In Geelong, it's feeding the community

  23-04-2025 21:17 via abc.net.au
  
  Green waste bins are supposed to reduce the amount of organic matter going to landfill, and in Geelong, it's also feeding residents.
  
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• Apple fined $890m and Meta $356m for breaching new EU laws

  23-04-2025 12:20 via abc.net.au
  
  The two tech giants were fined by the European Union's watchdogs as they step up enforcement of digital competition rules. 
  
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• Bunnings strikes deal with plant growers fearful of 'retribution'

  23-04-2025 09:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Bunnings plant suppliers will now have written agreements under a new statement of principles designed to protect growers, following complaints about the hardware giant during last year's supermarket inquiry.
  
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• Bunnings strikes deal addressing concerns of 'terrified' plant growers

  23-04-2025 09:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Bunnings plant suppliers will now have written agreements under a new statement of principles designed to protect growers, following complaints about the hardware giant during last year's supermarket inquiry.
  
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• Consumer watchdog takes LDV to court over 'rust and corrosion' concerns

  23-04-2025 09:02 via abc.net.au
  
  The ACCC alleges that in advertising cars driving through water and rough terrains, LDV has misrepresented their "durability".
  
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• Consumer watchdog takes LDV to court for alleged misleading advertising

  23-04-2025 09:02 via abc.net.au
  
  The ACCC alleges that in advertising cars driving through water and rough terrains, LDV has misrepresented their "durability".
  
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• Tesla investors cheer 'beginning of the end' of Musk’s White House stint

  23-04-2025 04:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Tesla boss Elon Musk will cut back on his commitment to the Trump administration's DOGE and recommit to the carmaker, in a move cheered by investors after what analysts have called a "disaster" result.
  
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• Elon Musk sits in the Oval Office wearing a red baseball cap that says: "Trump was right about everything" Tesla investors cheer 'beginning of the end' of Musk’s White House stint

  23-04-2025 04:37 via abc.net.au
  
  Tesla boss Elon Musk will cut back on his commitment to the Trump administration's DOGE and recommit to the carmaker, in a move cheered by investors after what analysts have called a "disaster" result.
  
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• 'Prosperous and peaceful': JD Vance calls on India to buy more F-35 fighters

  23-04-2025 04:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Despite warm relations with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Donald Trump has slammed the South Asian country as a "tariff abuser".
  
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• JD Vance says US-India ties can prevent 'dark time for all humanity'

  23-04-2025 04:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Despite warm relations with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Donald Trump has slammed the South Asian country as a "tariff abuser".
  
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• Trump says US will 'substantially' reduce tariffs on China

  23-04-2025 02:33 via abc.net.au
  
  The United States president says American tariffs on Chinese imports will come down "substantially" from the current rate of 145 per cent.
  
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• Punters at final Bluesfest feel 'betrayed' as festival renewed for 2026

  22-04-2025 23:52 via abc.net.au
  
  Music lovers who wanted to be a part of history by attending the supposed final edition of the Bluesfest in Byron Bay are angry to hear the festival will return next year. 
  
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• Millions invested in big batteries amid net zero transition

  22-04-2025 22:03 via abc.net.au
  
  A large battery project in South Australia sells for nearly $500 million as investment in renewable energy surges.
  
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• IMF downgrades Australia's growth, with tariffs to hit US hardest

  22-04-2025 17:37 via abc.net.au
  
  The International Monetary Fund says the US will be hardest hit by its own increased tariffs, which the organisation says is the biggest upheaval to global trade in 80 years.
  
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• Santos's $5.6b Barossa gas project wins final regulatory approvals

  22-04-2025 10:45 via abc.net.au
  
  Santos's offshore Barossa gas project off the coast of the Northern Territory has won final approvals from the national offshore gas regulator. 
  
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• Markets brace for more pain as Trump takes on Powell

  22-04-2025 07:33 via abc.net.au
  
  US President Donald Trump has again rattled global investment markets, this time with his threats to interfere with the independence of America's central bank. 
  
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• Ratepayers 'grumpy' and 'disgusted' as FOGO efforts go to waste

  22-04-2025 01:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Organic waste in several WA shires is going straight to landfill despite the tip tasked with processing it receiving significant funding to deal with FOGO.  
  
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• China warns countries against negotiating trade deals with the US at its expense

  21-04-2025 07:12 via abc.net.au
  
  China has warned countries against striking a broader economic deal with the United States at its expense, ratcheting up its rhetoric in a spiralling trade war between the world's two biggest economies.
  
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