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• Live: ASX still deep in red after initial $156b hit as Asian markets plunge

  06-04-2025 23:12 via abc.net.au
  
  The benchmark ASX 200 index plunges more than 6 per cent at the open, as the local currency falls below 60 US cents. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.
  
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• This town is a 'canary in the coal mine' as climate change threatens home ownership

  14-04-2025 21:14 via abc.net.au
  
  New data shows dozens of suburbs around the country are at risk of becoming uninsurable, triggering warnings of a "climate-induced credit crunch". 
  
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• Monique Ryan says paid influencer posts must be disclosed after awkward on-air moment

  14-04-2025 20:46 via abc.net.au
  
  Independents Monique Ryan and David Pocock say content made by social media creators paid for by politicians should be disclosed. 
  
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• Rate cuts ahead but don't bet on a double just yet

  14-04-2025 20:41 via abc.net.au
  
  There's almost no chance the RBA will keep rates on hold in May, but the biggest challenge comes from Donald Trump's erratic behaviour while financial markets have descended into a state of almost constant turmoil.
  
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• Battle over windfalls in 'hold my beer' election that consigns fiscal rectitude to history books

  14-04-2025 19:54 via abc.net.au
  
  On Sunday alone, Labor and the Coalition unveiled almost $24 billion in spending. Neither side has detailed how the new promises will be funded, or where the offsetting savings or tax cuts will come from.
  
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• Greens begin week-long 'retain Brisbane bender' with promise for free school lunches

  14-04-2025 14:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Greens leader Adam Bandt will spend his week in Queensland, seeking to sandbag the party's three seats of Griffith, Ryan and Brisbane and announcing the Greens would push to establish an $11.6 billion free school lunches program in the next term of parliament.
  
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• Live: Housing ministers face off on Q+A on key voting issue

  14-04-2025 13:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Housing ministers face-off on Q+A after big-spending pledges for first home buyers in campaign launches yesterday. Follow live. 
  
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• Housing ministers face off on Q+A on key voting issue

  14-04-2025 13:10 via abc.net.au
  
  Housing ministers face-off on Q+A after big-spending pledges for first home buyers in campaign launches yesterday.
  
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• Several Diamonds' form under the microscope at Lightning

  14-04-2025 12:34 via abc.net.au
  
  Sunshine Coast shooter Cara Koenen's super shot form is being heavily scrutinised but she isn't the only Diamonds star struggling at the Lightning. 
  
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• 'Only going to get worse': Extreme heat linked to rise in mental health disorders

  14-04-2025 11:28 via abc.net.au
  
  Young Australians are most at risk, according to new research by the University of Adelaide. 
  
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• Clorox fined $8.25m over misleading 'ocean plastic' claims on GLAD bags

  14-04-2025 11:11 via abc.net.au
  
  The manufacturer of GLAD waste disposal and food storage bags, hit with $8.25 million federal penalty for making incorrect product recycling claims.
  
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• Voters and economists united against major party housing policy promises

  14-04-2025 10:59 via abc.net.au
  
  New housing policies likely to increase house prices due to surging demand from first home buyers. 
  
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• 'Smart politics, dumb policy': Chalmers, Taylor to debate economic future

  14-04-2025 08:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Greens leader Adam Bandt has joined economists in criticising the housing policy pitches of both Labor and the Coalition, labelling them a "band-aid" solution.
  
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• Rival housing policies to dominate debate between Chalmers and Taylor

  14-04-2025 08:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Greens leader Adam Bandt has joined economists in criticising the housing policy pitches of both Labor and the Coalition, labelling them a "bandaid" solution.
  
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• Live: Rival housing policies to dominate debate between Chalmers and Taylor

  14-04-2025 08:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Greens leader Adam Bandt has joined economists in criticising the housing policy pitches of both Labor and the Coalition, labelling them a "bandaid" solution.
  
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• Live: Chalmers, Taylor try to justify housing policies

  14-04-2025 08:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Jim Chalmers and Angus Taylor are set to debate the future of Australia's economy on 7.30, after both parties came under fire for their proposed housing policies.
  
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• Housing debate heats up, Liberals drop a diss track and senator has a MAGA moment

  14-04-2025 08:39 via abc.net.au
  
  The housing debate ramps up, a Coalition senator makes a Trumpian sartorial choice and (most) former prime ministers turn out to help their parties. 
  
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• Former PMs turn out, senator has MAGA moment and housing debate heats up

  14-04-2025 08:39 via abc.net.au
  
  The housing debate ramps up, a Coalition senator makes a Trumpian sartorial choice and (most) former prime ministers turn out to help their parties. 
  
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• Dutton says he wants house prices to 'steadily increase' in Australia

  14-04-2025 05:49 via abc.net.au
  
  Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says he wants to see house prices "steadily increase", as both leaders face questions over major policies targeting Australia's housing crisis. 
  
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• The Australian companies facing China-sized tariffs on US imports

  14-04-2025 02:31 via abc.net.au
  
  From toy brands to fashion labels, some Australian firms are facing tariffs way above the 10 per cent "baseline". Company owners say they are not getting enough support as they navigate soaring tariffs to send Chinese-made goods into the US.
  
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• Australian companies caught in the US-China trade war

  14-04-2025 02:31 via abc.net.au
  
  From toy brands to fashion labels, some Australian firms are facing tariffs way above the 10 per cent "baseline". Company owners say they're not getting enough support, as they navigate soaring tariffs to send Chinese-made goods into the US.
  
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• Live: ASX set to rise after Wall Street rally on Fed's assurances

  13-04-2025 23:30 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX is set to rise after Federal Reserve bosses' assurances sparked a Wall Street rally. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. 
  
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• Live: ASX rises after Wall Street rallies on Fed's assurances, China bans rare earths exports

  13-04-2025 23:30 via abc.net.au
  
  The ASX opens higher after Federal Reserve bosses' assurances spark a Wall Street rally, while China retaliates with a rare earths export ban. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.
  
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• It was considered the art heist of the century. But who stole the Mona Lisa?

  13-04-2025 23:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The Mona Lisa hasn't always been a huge tourist attraction. It turns out the most famous painting in the world owes its legend to a brazen Italian thief who stole it from the Louvre and vanished for more than two years.
  
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• Live: Tanya Plibersek laughs off awkward moment with PM

  13-04-2025 22:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Tanya Plibersek laughs off the PM seemingly rejecting a hug from her at Labor's launch, insisting the pair are still friends. Follow live. 
  
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• Live: Albanese campaigns in Adelaide as Dutton moves to shore up Brisbane

  13-04-2025 22:57 via abc.net.au
  
  Anthony Albanese heads to the city of churches while Peter Dutton opts to campaign in his own backyard in Brisbane. Follow live. 
  
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• Another guardrail against Trump autocracy lost. Will he get away with it?

  13-04-2025 21:53 via abc.net.au
  
  It seems only a matter of time before Donald Trump uses a crisis and the National Emergencies Act to bring about a revolution in the United States.
  
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• How Labor and the Coalition's pitches to first home buyers compare

  13-04-2025 21:07 via abc.net.au
  
  Both major parties used their campaign launches over the weekend to highlight housing announcements targeted squarely at first home buyers. Here's what you need to know about what they're promising.
  
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• This cancer killed my mum and could come for my daughters and me

  13-04-2025 21:04 via abc.net.au
  
  A decade from now, I don't want to be explaining to my daughters why we've still failed to make progress on gynaecological cancers, writes Elise Worthington.
  
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• 'Faddish and inconsistent' teaching to blame for maths failures, report says

  13-04-2025 21:01 via abc.net.au
  
  One in three Australian students are failing to reach proficiency in maths, and according to a new report, many teachers lack the confidence to teach it. 
  
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