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Telcos now able to activate mobile roaming during disasters

Australia's three major telcos will work together to implement mobile roaming during severe weather events in regional areas, but some still want it legislated.

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How a 'piece of rural propaganda' became 'compulsory listening' for Aussies

Blue Hills started life as "a piece of rural propaganda" to encourage World War II servicemen to "grow better crops and increase production". It ran for 27 years on ABC radio and became an institution of Australian life. 

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'Profound consequences' predicted as mega coal mine expansion approved

The NSW Independent Planning Commission approves plans that will allow Hunter Valley Operations to continue coal mining at a site near Singleton until 2045.

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November rate rise less likely with inflation data lower than expected

The odds of the Reserve Bank lifting interest rates in November have fallen sharply after the latest consumer price index (CPI) came in lower than expected. New figures from the ABS show show headline inflation jumped to 4 per cent in the year to August.

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An artist's impression of a planned major data centre near Wagga Wagga in southern NSW.

$15b data centre next to tip could be among Australia's largest

A proposal by CDC Data Centres would see one of the largest data centres in Australia developed on the outskirts of Wagga Wagga.

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Pay, rosters and future jobs at heart of WA's latest coal strike

More than 100 mine workers have gathered in Collie, accusing Chinese-owned Premier Coal and the WA government of failing to heed their concerns over pay and their future employment prospects.

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