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News live: Australian teams touch down in Vanuatu determined to ‘save lives’; Penny Wong pledges $10m for heat and electricity in Ukraine | Australian politics

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Australian aid to Ukraine to surpass $1.5bn as embassy reopens Australia’s support for Ukraine will surpass $1.5bn as it offers more aid and reveals an embassy […]

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Australia news live: government speeds up humanitarian visas for Palestinians; PM to pledge $21m for WA critical minerals projects | Australia news

Suspicious fire at Melbourne synagogue Victoria police are investigating a suspicious fire at a synagogue on Glen Eira Avenue in Ripponlea. It is understood the blaze started about 4.10am this morning. No one was injured but the synagogue sustained significant

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Australia news live: Greens announce free contraceptives policy for women; review questions Cbus partnerships with CFMEU | Australian politics

Greens announce free contraceptives policy for women Natasha May The Greens have announced a new election policy to provide women with free access to contraceptives. The policy would mean women would not have to pay out of pocket for oral

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Tar ball theory debunked as Sydney’s mystery beach globules found to be waste bacteria, fat, animal matter and oil | Australia news

Thousands of mystery balls that washed up on Sydney beaches last month are confirmed as gunk globules made of products like motor oil, hair, food waste, animal matter and wastewater bacteria – but their source is yet to be traced.

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Australia news live: Greens offer unlimited mental health sessions on Medicare; report finds schools too close to main roads | Australia news

Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Up to half of school students exposed to deadly car pollution: report Andrew Messenger Up to 55% of schools and childcare centres are unsafely close to

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Australia news live: driver released after fatal primary school crash; inflation figures may give hope for interest rates relief | Australia news

Driver released after fatal primary school car crash in Melbourne The fatal crash of a car through a school fence in Hawthorn East, Melbourne, yesterday afternoon is being investigated by Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives, Victoria police said in a

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Australia news live: PM to announce clean energy projects; property market losing heat but prices still going up | Australia news

Albanese to announce clean energy projects in NSW and Victoria Karen Middleton Anthony Albanese is due to announce two more clean energy-related projects in NSW and Victoria aimed at transitioning Australia’s energy production and workforce away from fossil fuels. Albanese

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Anthony Albanese and Jodie Haydon buy $4.3m clifftop home in Copacabana on NSW Central Coast | Anthony Albanese

Anthony Albanese has dropped $4.3m on a clifftop home on the New South Wales Central Coast, admitting he is “fortunate” and “much better off” as prime minister. A Copacabana property, boasting uninterrupted views of the Pacific Ocean and the Sydney

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