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Live: Aussie dollar rises on inflation pick up, as rate cut chances fade further
Source:ABC NewsTopic:Financial Markets
Qld storms akin to Cyclone Alfred, with more wild weather on the way
Source:ABC NewsTopic:Extreme Weather Events
The river is life for these remote communities, but no-one will swim in it
Source:ABC Broken HillTopic:Rivers
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Voters rate Dutton worst leader in decades and prefer Labor on economy
The results of Australia's most prominent election study show Peter Dutton was the least popular leader in four decades.
Source:ABC NewsTopic:Federal Government
The Country Hour celebrates 80 years
Telling stories of regional and rural Australia
The Country Hour was first broadcast on ABC Radio on December 3, 1945, making it the longest, continuously running radio program in the country.
Duration: 6 minutes 39 seconds
Source:ABC NewsTopic:Agriculture
How farming is adapting to changing climate
Food security is as much an issue today as it was when the Country Hour began.
Duration: 6 minutes 10 seconds
Source:ABC NewsTopic:Agriculture
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No Triple Zero calls disrupted by significant outage, Optus says
More than 14,000 Optus services south of Melbourne were affected by the Wednesday morning outage, which the telco says was caused by vandals attempting to steal copper.
Source:ABC NewsTopic:Telecommunications Services Industry
Eastern states to get day of extreme heat, winds and storms
Eastern Australia is facing a barrage of extreme weather conditions this week, and for many areas the most intense conditions will arrive today.
Source:ABC NewsTopic:Weather Forecasts
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Titanic passenger's gold pocket watch fetches record $3.6m at auction
The 18-carat gold Jules Jurgensen pocket watch belonged to Isidor Straus, the co-founder of the Macy's department store.
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