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• 'They love kids to be chubby': China grapples with 'looming obesity crisis'

  29-11-2024 20:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Beijing has launched a three-year plan to tackle obesity, with rates of overweight children and adults rapidly increasing in just a few years.
  
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• 'Really scary': Chinese obesity rates surge and expected to rival US

  29-11-2024 20:13 via abc.net.au
  
  Beijing has launched a three-year plan to tackle obesity, with rates of overweight children and adults rapidly increasing in just a few years.
  
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• The struggle over Australia's economic outlook is being fought in the shadows

  29-11-2024 20:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The decisions the Reserve Bank makes affect the rest of us, and therefore should continue not to be taken lightly — whichever board might make them.
  
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• Visiting Czech President Petr Pavel urges democratic leaders to engage more with Taiwan

  29-11-2024 19:54 via abc.net.au
  
  Decorated former NATO military commander Petr Pavel says democratic nations need to cooperate more in the face of threats to Taiwan, Ukraine, and global free trade.
  
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• The two words that could unravel the social media ban for Australian teenagers

  29-11-2024 19:51 via abc.net.au
  
  While the teen social media ban has passed parliament, questions are being asked about how the age of all users will be verified — and even the viability of the new law.
  
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• Lurking underneath the teen social media ban is an unsettling game of Would You Rather

  29-11-2024 19:51 via abc.net.au
  
  While the teen social media ban has passed parliament, questions are being asked about how the age of all users will be verified — and even the viability of the new law.
  
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• Life on the 'blue line' — the scars of a year-long war along the Israel-Lebanon border after a ceasefire came into force

  29-11-2024 19:51 via abc.net.au
  
  The ABC takes you to the border between the two countries, hours after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah came into force.
  
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• Hours after Israel and Lebanon's ceasefire, a fragile peace formed on this thin blue line

  29-11-2024 19:51 via abc.net.au
  
  The ABC takes you to the border between the two countries, hours after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah came into force.
  
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• Driving along the 'blue line' between Israel and Lebanon

  29-11-2024 19:51 via abc.net.au
  
  The ABC takes you to the border between the two countries, hours after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah came into force.
  
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• Barbed wire, mud, concrete walls and burnt-out cars — the scars of war along the 'blue line' between Israel and Lebanon

  29-11-2024 19:51 via abc.net.au
  
  The ABC takes you to the border between the two countries, hours after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah came into force.
  
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• Barbed wire, mud, concrete walls and burnt-out cars — the scars of war along the 'blue line'

  29-11-2024 19:51 via abc.net.au
  
  The ABC takes you to the border between the two countries, hours after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah came into force.
  
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• Japan and Germany battle for edge in lucrative war ship deal

  29-11-2024 19:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Japan is seeking to capitalise on its rapidly deepening “quasi alliance” with Australia as it competes with Germany for a $10 billion shipbuilding deal.
  
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• Dutton’s suddenly electable, but here’s why he’ll struggle to become PM

  29-11-2024 19:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Pollsters believe the Albanese government’s in trouble. But the Coalition must still defy history, and overcome a significant seat deficit, to win power.
  
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• Appetite for disruption: We’ve got to talk about Lidia Thorpe

  29-11-2024 18:50 via smh.com.au
  
  The independent senator’s week of agitation ended with her being booted from a Senate fed up with her antics. Can she come back?
  
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• Lower interest rates, richer households: Just add a dash of competition

  29-11-2024 09:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The nation’s treasurers have signed up to a decade-long program that promises lower inflation, a cut in interest rates and richer households.
  
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• Wayne Swan is ‘happy to be here’ at the Senate grilling he tried to avoid

  29-11-2024 06:27 via smh.com.au
  
  He looked about as thrilled as Johnny Depp and Amber Herd in the 2016 “hostage video” delivered after they smuggled their dogs Pistol and Boo into Australia.
  
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• Miners rejoice as Albanese shelves environment watchdog

  29-11-2024 06:03 via smh.com.au
  
  The resources sector wants the reform be abandoned altogether rather than returned to the agenda in February.
  
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• How Albanese threw Plibersek – and the rest of us – under the bus

  29-11-2024 05:45 via smh.com.au
  
  It’s pretty clear Albanese feels threatened by his environment minister, but many of his colleagues were unhappy when he scuppered her deal to secure Labor’s environmental reforms.
  
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• The prime minister's 'oh shit' moment when Fatima Payman helped sink key law

  29-11-2024 04:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Fatima Payman's vote was needed to pass a critical reform. It was late on Wednesday the prime minister's office realised it was about to collapse.
  
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• Payman adds to intrigue over crashed environmental overhaul

  29-11-2024 04:38 via abc.net.au
  
  Fatima Payman's vote was needed to pass a critical reform. It was late on Wednesday the prime minister's office realised it was about to collapse.
  
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• The Reserve Bank is in for major changes, but will it mean anything for interest rates?

  29-11-2024 03:47 via abc.net.au
  
  Treasurer Jim Chalmers has confirmed he'd like to see sweeping changes made to the structure of the Reserve Bank before the next election.
  
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• The Reserve Bank is in for major changes, but it won't mean much for interest rates

  29-11-2024 03:47 via abc.net.au
  
  Treasurer Jim Chalmers has confirmed he'd like to see sweeping changes made to the structure of the Reserve Bank before the next election.
  
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• 'Concerned' and 'disappointed' tech companies respond to social media ban

  29-11-2024 03:33 via abc.net.au
  
  Technology giants respond to the government's new social media laws banning those under 16, meeting the "rushed process" with "concern" and disappointment.
  
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• 'Concerned' and 'disappointed' tech companies respond to Australia's social media ban

  29-11-2024 03:33 via abc.net.au
  
  Technology giants respond to the government's new social media laws banning those under 16, meeting the "rushed process" with "concern" and disappointment.
  
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• After a blur of bills, Albanese and Dutton must sharpen their focus for the fight ahead

  29-11-2024 01:57 via smh.com.au
  
  The frantic passage of 31 bills in a day has a real downside as the changes will be a blur to many voters. In fact, they were blur to some in parliament.
  
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• Ready for an election, Albanese unveils his new catchphrase

  29-11-2024 01:18 via smh.com.au
  
  After driving 45 pieces of legislation through parliament in a week, the prime minister has signalled his election campaign strategy.
  
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• Suddenly, Australia's laws have changed on tax benefits and 12 other big issues

  29-11-2024 01:02 via abc.net.au
  
  There are new laws for supermarkets, housing developers, victims of sexual violence, the Reserve Bank and many more, after the government ticked off dozens of items on its to-do list in a single night.
  
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• More than 30 Australian laws changed overnight. Here's what's new

  29-11-2024 01:02 via abc.net.au
  
  There are new laws for supermarkets, housing developers, victims of sexual violence, the Reserve Bank and many more, after the government ticked off dozens of items on its to-do list in a single night.
  
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• Australia's laws have suddenly changed on tax benefits and 12 other big issues

  29-11-2024 01:02 via abc.net.au
  
  There are new laws for supermarkets, housing developers, victims of sexual violence, the Reserve Bank and many more, after the government ticked off dozens of items on its to-do list in a single night.
  
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