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More Australians to be flown home from New Caledonia

Australia will operate further repatriation flights out of New Caledonia as it seeks to bring home the last of its stranded citizens following deadly riots there. Two Australian government-assisted flights …

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More delays for stranded Australians in New Caledonia

Australians looking to come home from riot-hit New Caledonia may be forced to wait for further evacuation flights from the Pacific territory. The federal government had been working with French …

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Mother of five arrested in Taiwan on drug smuggling charges

Australian woman Debbie Voulgaris, 57, is currently incarcerated in Taiwan on charges of smuggling heroin and cocaine. Initially denying any knowledge of the drugs in her luggage, Voulgaris later accused …

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Victorian household power bills to fall by $100

Victorian households will pay about $100 less for electricity, with the state’s regulator lowering its recommended pricing for power companies. More than 340,000 or 12 per cent of customers on …

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Stranded Nitsas family to board flight in violence engulfed New Caledonia

Neos Kosmos was told by Louka Nitsas that his wife Maoyin Dou, and their two children, aged three and five years old, were set to board a flight on an Australian …

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Unknown strain of bird flu detected at Vic egg farm

Bird flu has been detected at a Victorian egg farm, plunging it into lockdown as authorities urgently investigate the strain. Agriculture Victoria says it is investigating a number of poultry …

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Multicultural kids more likely to struggle at school

Migrant and refugee children are accessing early-childhood education at lower rates than their peers, putting them at greater risk of development issues. Multicultural children are more likely to be developmentally …

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Australia urged to strike Assange deal after court win

There is a renewed push for the Australian government to help secure a deal to release Julian Assange after he was granted leave to appeal his extradition from the UK …

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Australia cleared to fly citizens out of New Caledonia

Australia will send two government-assisted flights for citizens and other tourists to depart New Caledonia as riots and unrest mar the French territory in the Pacific. Foreign Minister Penny Wong …

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Loukas Nitsas and family trapped amid deadly New Caledonia violence

Loukas Nitsas and his family – wife and two children of five and three years old – arrived in New Caledonia for a break just two days before the island …

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