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By AAP | December 18, 2024 17:02 Aid workers on the ground in Vanuatu have described the fear sparked by a deadly earthquake as humanitarian ...
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By AAP | December 18, 2024 16:09 Activists have failed to amend NAB's constitution to allow the business-focused bank to consider a non-binding ...
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By AAP | December 18, 2024 14:48 Taxpayers will no longer pay millions of dollars a year in rebates for tobacco and gambling research as part of a ...
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By AAP | December 18, 2024 14:36 Former world No.1 Roger Federer was among those paying tribute to Australian tennis great Neale Fraser, who has ...
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By AAP | December 18, 2024 10:30 Australia's finances have been slugged by a $21.8 billion downgrade over the next four years as spending rises and ...
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By AAP | December 18, 2024 08:33 Australian rescue teams are set to depart for Vanuatu with fears the death toll will rise on the South Pacific ...
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By AAP | December 18, 2024 03:30 Australia's midyear budget update will show the books in better nick by $200 billion compared with was projected ...
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By AAP | December 17, 2024 21:58 European shares wobbled while the US dollar held firm on Tuesday as traders braced for a slate of central bank ...