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• Live: ASX 200 hit a record high — now Wall Street gives a mixed lead ahead of interest rate decision

  16-09-2024 23:57 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX 200 hit a record high yesterday. Ahead of today's trading, Wall Street indices have given a mixed lead. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• After the Stingers' run to Olympic silver, their captain wants to make water polo a game for all

  16-09-2024 23:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Now with her long-awaited Olympic medal, Stingers captain Zoe Arancini shifts her focus to growing water polo and inspiring the next generation of players to make a splash.
  
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• Do you have kids, care for a parent and work? You're in the 'sandwich generation'. Here's some advice

  16-09-2024 23:00 via abc.net.au
  
  A growing number of people care for their elderly or ill parent, while also raising young children. It can be stressful and isolating, but self-care and setting boundaries can help.
  
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• Caring for children and a sick parent at the same time can create a world of stress. Here's how to take care of yourself

  16-09-2024 23:00 via abc.net.au
  
  A growing number of people care for their elderly or ill parent, while also raising young children. It can be stressful and isolating, but self-care and setting boundaries can help.
  
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• Australia's Paralympic boccia success points to more inclusive sporting future

  16-09-2024 22:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's two greatest boccia players delivered Australia's best-ever result in the sport at the Paris Paralympics. With increased grassroots participation and a widened audience, a more inclusive sporting future beckons. 
  
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• Business Council chief to criticise Albanese over workplace changes

  16-09-2024 21:45 via abc.net.au
  
  Business Council of Australia chief executive Bran Black, who represents some of the country's biggest employers, says the government's recent industrial relations reform is leading businesses to invest overseas. 
  
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• Locked offices and ghost colleges. The Australian dream fuelling fraud in India

  16-09-2024 21:34 via abc.net.au
  
  Indian students make up the second-largest group of international students in Australia, but opportunistic agents are scamming students out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. 
  
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• Government in the dark on size of social housing spend, with some projects set to take years

  16-09-2024 21:32 via abc.net.au
  
  An announcement that 13,700 new homes will be supported through the government's flagship housing fund has come before details have been finalised.
  
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• The 14 risk factors to watch for as dementia cases set to skyrocket

  16-09-2024 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Many of the risk factors for dementia – being female, growing older and the genetic lottery — cannot be avoided. But research is uncovering a growing list of ways to cut your risk.
  
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• Nature law reforms unlikely to pass before Plibersek hosts global environmental talks next month

  16-09-2024 20:59 via abc.net.au
  
  Labor and the Greens are still hashing out whether to include a "climate trigger" that would see proposed resources projects barred if they emit too much atmospheric pollution in the Environmental Protection Authority legislation.
  
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• Season over for star AFLW duo after in-game injuries

  16-09-2024 10:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Adelaide premiership forward Eloise Jones and Western Bulldogs midfield star Ellie Blackburn will miss the rest of the AFLW season because of injuries.
  
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