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Lettuce introduce you to the live frog found in this grocery store salad bag

An Australian farmer has found a live frog in a bag of lettuce

Lettuce introduce you to the live frog found in this grocery store salad bag
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Australia consumer sentiment edges up in May but remains gloomy

Australia's consumer sentiment rose in May as the oil shock triggered by the Iran war showed signs of easing slightly, but uncertainty over energy supplies and the third

Australia consumer sentiment edges up in May but remains gloomy
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RBA worried higher energy costs could quickly lift consumer prices

Australia's central bank is worried higher energy costs will feed through to consumer prices quickly given the stretched state of the domestic economy, potentially creating

RBA worried higher energy costs could quickly lift consumer prices
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Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting adds defence stocks to US portfolio

Hancock Prospecting, owned by Australia's richest person, Gina Rinehart, has added defence, gold and rare-earths holdings to its $3.3 billion U.S. portfolio this year,

Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting adds defence stocks to US portfolio
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6 passengers from hantavirus-hit ship arrive in Australia for 3-week quarantine

Six passengers from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak have arrived in Australia for a quarantine expected to last at least three weeks

6 passengers from hantavirus-hit ship arrive in Australia for 3-week quarantine
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Italy's defence minister urges decision on EU SAFE loans before deadline

Italy's defence minister said on Thursday he had written twice to the Treasury urging a decision on whether to tap a European Union arms-

Italy's defence minister urges decision on EU SAFE loans before deadline
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Australia’s Trump Tower plans scrapped as developer says brand has become ‘toxic’

Australia’s Trump Tower plans scrapped as developer says brand has become ‘toxic’

Australia’s Trump Tower plans scrapped as developer says brand has become ‘toxic’
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Australia's CBA shares slump on tax changes, provisions; lenders fall

Australia's largest lender, Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) lost nearly A$30 billion ($21.7 billion) in value as its shares slid on

Australia's CBA shares slump on tax changes, provisions; lenders fall
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Albanese takes a gamble on Australia’s housing obsession by cutting investor tax breaks

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s move to wind back tax breaks for property investors has been

Albanese takes a gamble on Australia’s housing obsession by cutting investor tax breaks
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Australia wages growth slows in Q1, led by private sector

Australian wages rose at a moderate pace in the first quarter as annual growth in the private sector slowed to the lowest in almost four years, data showed on Wednesday.

Australia wages growth slows in Q1, led by private sector
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Trump Organization drops plan for first Australian skyscraper, blames partner

The Trump Organization said on Wednesday it abandoned a plan to build its first tower in Australia less than three months after signing the deal, citing an Australian

Trump Organization drops plan for first Australian skyscraper, blames partner
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Australia's tax reforms expected to knock some heat out of housing market

Australia's government expects its ambitious reforms to the way it taxes property investments to take some of the immediate heat out of one of the world's least affordable

Australia's tax reforms expected to knock some heat out of housing market
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Australian miner Fortescue to pay $108 million for damage to Indigenous group's land

An Australian court on Tuesday ordered miner Fortescue to pay A$150 million ($108 million) in compensation to an Indigenous group for a cultural loss caused by iron ore

Australian miner Fortescue to pay $108 million for damage to Indigenous group's land
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Australia dumps tax breaks for landlords to help young own a home

Australia's centre-left Labor government has rolled out the biggest changes to investment taxes this century to help young people break into the

Australia dumps tax breaks for landlords to help young own a home
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Australia business confidence shaken as costs climb, survey shows

Australian business confidence remained mired in gloom in April, a survey showed on Tuesday, as spiking energy costs from the Middle East war squeezed profit margins and

Australia business confidence shaken as costs climb, survey shows
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Australia seeks reform, inflation restraint in budget balancing act

Australia is expected to deliver a smaller than initially forecast budget deficit this week as the government banks revenue windfalls from higher commodity

Australia seeks reform, inflation restraint in budget balancing act
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Australia to offer one-year grace period for housing, investment tax changes, AFR reports

Australia's centre-left Labor government will offer a one-year grace period for planned changes to capital gains tax discounts and negative gearing in the federal budget to

Australia to offer one-year grace period for housing, investment tax changes, AFR reports
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Australia's Trump-aligned populists vow to fight mass migration after winning first lower house seat

Australia's right-wing populist One Nation party, which wants to emulate U.S.

Australia's Trump-aligned populists vow to fight mass migration after winning first lower house seat
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Australia's far-right party wins first lower house seat

Australian far-right populist party Pauline Hanson's One Nation won its first seat in the country's House of Representatives in a byelection on Saturday, a

Australia's far-right party wins first lower house seat
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Macquarie's $3.5 billion profit beats forecast on commodity and trading boost

Top Australian investment bank Macquarie Group reported an A$4.85 billion ($3.50 billion) full-year net profit on Friday, its second-largest ever, as the Middle East

Macquarie's $3.5 billion profit beats forecast on commodity and trading boost
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3 Australian women back from Syria face slavery and terrorism charges over alleged IS links

Three women have been refused bail when they appeared in courts charged with slavery and terrorism offenses after they arrived home from Syria with another 10 Australians who police say are linked to the Islamic State group

3 Australian women back from Syria face slavery and terrorism charges over alleged IS links
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Australia charges two women linked to ISIS with slavery after return from Syria

Australian police on Friday charged two women linked to the Islamic State extremist group with slavery offences after they returned from

Australia charges two women linked to ISIS with slavery after return from Syria
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As Trump-adjacent populism surges in Australia, Pauline Hanson cashes in

A few months before Australia's conservative Liberal Party suffered its worst election defeat last May, Sydney stockbroker Angus

As Trump-adjacent populism surges in Australia, Pauline Hanson cashes in
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Solomon Islands PM ousted after losing confidence vote

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele was ousted from power on Thursday after losing a confidence vote in the country's parliament. 

Solomon Islands PM ousted after losing confidence vote