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Budget boasts energy bill relief for every household, increase in rent assistance
Source: ABC NewsTopic: Federal Government
Live: Countdown on as Treasurer Jim Chalmers set to deliver budget surplus amid cost-of-living pain
Source: ABC NewsTopic: Budget
'Two accidental deaths': Lawyers for ex-pilot Greg Lynn outline defence case in camper murder trial
Source: ABC NewsTopic: Courts and Trials
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'Surgical' demolition brings down largest remaining section of Baltimore bridge
The controlled demolition marks a major step in freeing the container ship Dali, which has been stuck amid the wreckage since it crashed into one of the bridge's support columns in March.
Source: ABC NewsTopic: Infrastructure
'They stopped entertaining outside': Your rights when neighbours cause a stink
Smells wafting over from the neighbours might annoy you, but at what point do they shift from reasonable smells to unreasonable ones? Your rights are explained here.
Source: ABC RNTopic: Community and Society
'It was all pretty confronting': How to support a girl who starts puberty early
Girls who go through puberty early are at higher risk of anxiety and depression than their later-developing counterparts. Why does this happen, and how can parents help kids through it?
Source: ABC Health & WellbeingTopic: Child Health and Behaviour
Once done away with, the importance of phonics to learning to read is back
Learning to read in his 40s changed Morris' life. Advocates hope the tactic that worked for him will help millions of others and boost literacy rates.
Source: ABC NewsTopic: Education
The Sydney mayor, the rugby league club boss and their illegal holiday home reno
The mayor of the Sutherland Shire, the CEO of the Cronulla Sharks and a Sydney businessman transformed their holiday home south of Sydney into a luxury rental without getting approval.
Source: ABC NewsTopic: Housing Construction Industry
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Focus on women
Gender inequity 'baked into the system' for Medicare rebates, doctors' group says
Women's health specialists say gender bias in rebates for medical procedures is costing women more money and disincentivising women's health practitioners.
Source: ABC NewsTopic: Women's Health
Xuan bought a $6,000 apartment in an old Chinese city so she could 'lie flat'
As young people in China feel the squeeze of cost of living and social pressures, many are looking to the country's forgotten older cities where they can buy a home and pursue the kind of life they want.
Source: ABC NewsTopic: Human Interest
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