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Australia news live: fuel prices rise ahead of interest rate decision; whale carcass prompts shark warnings at Perth beach

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The Guardian·44m ago

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The Guardian·47m ago

Extra 1,000 prison beds announced in NSW as union warns against arresting ‘our way out of domestic violence’

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The Guardian·1h ago

Cheers as murder charge dismissed for Queensland woman who helped terminally ill husband die

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Al Jazeera·1h ago

‘Still a lockdown’: Deadly floods hit Nepal tourism as peak season begins

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Al Jazeera·2h ago

Sudanese army impounds dozens of motorcycles in Blue Nile curfew

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