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• How a CEO's slaying in New York sparked ghoulish online glee

  07-12-2024 00:20 via abc.net.au
  
  Police say the motive for Brian Thompson's killing is unknown. But it has highlighted threats to those who run America's health insurers, and sparked a conversation about widespread anger at the industry.
  
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• Shoppers expected to spend $1.3b on Boxing Day as crowds flock to malls

  26-12-2024 05:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's peak retail association expects shoppers to spend a record amount this Boxing Day.
  
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• Push against listing Maugean skate as critically endangered

  25-12-2024 22:39 via abc.net.au
  
  A submission to the federal environment department on the conservation status of Tasmania's endangered Maugean skate argued that the population estimates were a "miscalculation" and "underestimates" the true number of individuals.
  
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• Environment department pushed to not upgrade status of endangered Maugean skate, documents reveal

  25-12-2024 22:39 via abc.net.au
  
  A submission to the federal environment department on the conservation status of Tasmania's endangered Maugean skate argued that the population estimates were a "miscalculation" and "underestimates" the true number of individuals.
  
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• New virtual train tours aim to improve public transport accessibility

  25-12-2024 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  With only five per cent of her vision left, Fiona Charrington relies on catching trains. A new online tool hopes to make her trip planning easier.
  
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• Fiona hopes this new tool will improve access to Queensland trains

  25-12-2024 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  With only five per cent of her vision left, Fiona Charrington relies on catching trains. A new online tool hopes to make her trip planning easier.
  
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• Top US executives told world they'd take 'pay cuts' in 2020, some earned more

  25-12-2024 20:03 via abc.net.au
  
  An analysis of more than 1,000 company reports in the United States by Australian researchers finds "murky" reporting used to hide executive compensation.
  
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• Top US executives told the world they'd take 'pay cuts' in 2020, some earned more overall

  25-12-2024 20:03 via abc.net.au
  
  An analysis of more than 1,000 company reports in the United States by Australian researchers finds "murky" reporting used to hide executive compensation.
  
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• Dividends, private jets, and house renos: How CEOs disguise pay cuts

  25-12-2024 20:03 via abc.net.au
  
  An analysis of more than 1,000 company reports in the United States by Australian researchers finds "murky" reporting used to hide executive compensation.
  
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• Construction for Chinese EV company BYD factory shut down over alleged forced labour

  24-12-2024 22:59 via abc.net.au
  
  More than 160 Chinese nationals working in "slave-like conditions" to build a factory for BYD have been found in Brazil, according to local authorities.
  
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• Chinese EV company factory construction shut down over alleged forced labour

  24-12-2024 22:59 via abc.net.au
  
  More than 160 Chinese nationals working in "slave-like conditions" to build a factory for BYD have been found in Brazil, according to local authorities.
  
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• BYD factory construction shut down in Brazil over alleged slave-like conditions

  24-12-2024 22:59 via abc.net.au
  
  More than 160 Chinese nationals working in "slave-like conditions" to build a factory for BYD have been found in Brazil, according to local authorities.
  
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• Trump's plans for bitcoin strategic reserve are either 'crazy' or 'something great'

  24-12-2024 20:22 via abc.net.au
  
  Since pledging to make America the "crypto capital of the planet", Trump's promises to enact pro-cryptocurrency policies have helped push the value of bitcoin to new records. Can the great run continue?
  
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• Breaking: All American Airlines flights grounded in the US on cusp of Christmas

  24-12-2024 14:15 via abc.net.au
  
  The US transport authority issues a ground stop on all American Airlines flights after the carrier reported a technical issue affecting its entire system.
  
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• American Airlines flights resume after nationwide grounding on Christmas Eve

  24-12-2024 14:15 via abc.net.au
  
  The US transport authority lifts a ground stop on American Airlines flights after a system-wide technical issue was resolved.
  
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• IMF warns RBA should consider rate hikes ahead of government spending spree

  24-12-2024 02:30 via abc.net.au
  
  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warns the Reserve Bank to consider tighter monetary policy if progress on lowering inflation stalls.
  
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• IMF warns of recession as billions expected to be spent over Christmas

  24-12-2024 02:30 via abc.net.au
  
  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warns the Reserve Bank to consider tighter monetary policy if progress on lowering inflation stalls.
  
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• Carp's a great catch for traditional Czech-Australian Christmas

  24-12-2024 02:14 via abc.net.au
  
  Many Australians wouldn't think of eating the carp they catch, but for the Eastern European communities, the bony fish is an important part of Christmas customs. 
  
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• Cybersecurity business shuts key operation after winning $15m state government contract

  24-12-2024 00:09 via abc.net.au
  
  A business shutting down its key operations raises questions about the future rollout of a contract with the Queensland government to help boost cybersecurity for small businesses.
  
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• Lobsters in demand this Christmas, but prices could soon change

  23-12-2024 23:24 via abc.net.au
  
  Australians are snapping up lobsters for Christmas feasts, shrugging off price increases. But this year might be their last chance to score a good deal.
  
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• The secret plan to save the world's tallest Christmas tree from being logged

  23-12-2024 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  When an 80-metre gum tree in the Tasmanian forest was due to be cut down for logging, conservationists turned it into the world’s tallest Christmas tree.
  
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• Protesters decorate 80-metre-tall Christmas tree to stop it from getting logged

  23-12-2024 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  When an 80-metre gum tree in the Tasmanian forest was due to be cut down for logging, conservationists turned it into the world’s tallest Christmas tree.
  
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• Boxing Day sales to be the biggest on record despite cost of living pressures

  23-12-2024 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Retailers expect shoppers to splurge almost $1.3 billion on Boxing Day itself and $24.7 billion for the entire sales period, which is set to be the biggest on record.
  
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• Boxing Day sales poised to break records despite cost-of-living pressures

  23-12-2024 21:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Retailers expect shoppers to splurge almost $1.3 billion on Boxing Day itself and $24.7 billion for the entire sales period, which is set to be the biggest on record.
  
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• Nissan, Honda announce merger plans to become third-largest car maker

  23-12-2024 10:12 via abc.net.au
  
  A potential merger of Honda and Nissan, and its alliance partners Mitsubishi and Renault SA, could create a new manufacturer worth $79.9 billion, producing 8 million cars a year.
  
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• WA's $3.1 billion surplus sparks debate over spending priorities

  23-12-2024 07:27 via abc.net.au
  
  WA has a "strong economy" that's the "envy of the nation", as the mining state banks a whopping $3.1 billion budget surplus amid cost-of-living pressures.
  
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• WA posts whopping $3.1 billion surplus amid cost-of-living pressures

  23-12-2024 07:27 via abc.net.au
  
  WA has a "strong economy" that's the "envy of the nation", as the mining state banks a whopping $3.1 billion budget surplus amid cost-of-living pressures.
  
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• Private doctors offered ‘crisis rates’ amid NSW psychiatrists exodus

  23-12-2024 06:15 via abc.net.au
  
  With almost 200 of the 295 psychiatrists working across the NSW's public health sector set to leave due to pay disputes, the state's government has offered temporary, high-paid contracts for private workers to fill the gaps.
  
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• ‘Crisis rates’ on offer to doctors to fill out NSW psychiatry mass exodus

  23-12-2024 06:15 via abc.net.au
  
  With almost 200 of the 295 psychiatrists working across the NSW's public health sector set to leave due to pay disputes, the state's government has offered temporary, high-paid contracts for private workers to fill the gaps.
  
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• Swimming now safe at most Hobart beaches, as Mondelez investigated for health risk

  22-12-2024 23:25 via abc.net.au
  
  Safety warnings are lifted at most of Hobart's beaches in time for Christmas. Meanwhile, the multinational owner of Cadbury's chocolate Factory is being investigated for the release of "high strength trade waste".
  
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