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Australian tourist numbers back to pre-pandemic levels
Australians have swapped the COVID-19 virus for the travel bug as jet-setting returns to pre-pandemic levels. The number of Australians who have returned from trips between 2023 and 2024 was …
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Legendary racehorse Black Caviar passes just before 18th birthday
Champion racehorse Black Caviar, who made history in Australia with her unbeaten run of 25 victories, has died at 17 from laminitis, a debilitating disease, eventually rendering the horse unable …
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Evacuations in Smyrna as Turkey battles forest fires
Firefighters were battling a strong forest fire in Turkey’s Aegean city of Izmir (Smyrna) for a third day on Saturday, AFP reporters said, a day after hundreds of local people …
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Free land offer to lure new supermarkets to open in NT
Major supermarket chains that enter the Northern Territory will be offered free land to open stores. Chief Minister Eva Lawler said the proposal, announced ahead of next Saturday’s election, aimed …
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Dingo bites four-year-old girl at popular Queensland holiday spot
A four-year-old girl has been flown to hospital after being bitten by a dingo on a Queensland beach. A large group of people including eight children were fishing at NgKala …
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Cashless community still needs access to notes, coins
Despite fewer people using cash, the right to do so should be defended, Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock says. The cash distribution system was on a knife-edge, with the financial …
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A taste of Greece in the Dominican Republic
I was in the neighbourhood and thought, why not drop into the Dominican Republic. Where is that I hear ya ask? Well, it is in one of the most beautiful …
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Grandmother’s secret role in the Greek Resistance: ‘Of Forgetting’ the horror of war
Phil Kafcaloudes was ABC Radio National’s breakfast presenter for almost a decade. Like thousands of others affected by the global media upheaval, he was made redundant in 2015. “The redundancy …
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PAOK kicks off 2024/25 league season with clash against Panserraikos
The Greek Super League makes its much-anticipated return this weekend and reigning champions PAOK will be eager to start their title defence with a bang as they take on Panserraikos. …
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One year after Greece’s record-breaking fires: “A way of life gone up in flames”
A narrow dirt road winds its way to the vineyards of Kyriaki Hatzisavva, at the outskirts of Alexandroupoli in Evros, Greece’s borderline region with Turkey. The flanks of the hills …