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Foreign Minister Marise Payne confirms Australians Jolie King and Mark Firkin freed from Iran jail
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Perth couple Jolie King and Mark Firkin were arrested in Iran in July as they drove to London and were detained in Tehran’s Evin jail. Foreign Minister Marise Payne said they were now free.

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Iran charges three detained Australians with spying
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Iran has charged three detained Australians with spying, a judiciary spokesman said on Tuesday, after the reported arrest of a travel-blogging couple and an academic. Two of the Australians were alleged to have used a drone to take pictures of military sites, while a third was accused of spying for another country, spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili […]

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Australians trying to retire in their 30s and 40s show how YOU can do it too 
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A growing social movement is prompting young Australians to throw themselves into hard-core investing and living frugally so they can retire decades earlier.

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Indonesia deports four Australians for demonstrating in Papua
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Four Australians were deported from Indonesia’s Papua region on Monday, the immigration department said, after they allegedly took part in demonstrations demanding independence for the restive province. Impoverished Papua, where a low-level insurgency against Indonesian control has simmered for decades, has seen two weeks of mass protests and deadly riots sparked by anger over racism […]

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Lots of Australians Reported a UFO That Was Actually Chandrayaan-2 – VICE
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Lots of Australians Reported a UFO That Was Actually Chandrayaan-2  VICE India’s moon lander was mistaken to be a sign of alien activity.

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Road rules quiz divides Australians on the laws of overtaking
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The RACQ posted a graphic of a yellow car driving in front of a blue car on Facebook on and asked drivers whether it was illegal for the yellow car to increase its speed while being overtaken.

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Calls to end road-side drug testing because Australians are losing license without being impaired
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Cate Faehrmann, a Greens MP and spokeswoman on drug law, is calling for an end to the testing which she claims has nothing to do with improving road safety.

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Australians claiming to be Aboriginal would be forced to undergo DNA test under One Nation policy
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One Nation’s New South Wales leader Mark Latham has taken aim at people who identify as indigenous, when they are not of Aboriginal heritage.

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Santa or SpaceX? South Australians report weird object in the early hours of Christmas eve – The Advertiser
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Santa or SpaceX? South Australians report weird object in the early hours of Christmas eve  The Advertiser A strange, oddly-shaped light, spotted in the early hours of Monday morning, has left people across the state scratching their heads. Several Advertiser.com.au …

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The 7th Annual Australians in Film Awards honors top talent in Hollywood
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Wednesday night’s Australians in Film Awards opened its seventh annual show, with a surprise performance from Australian rapper, Briggs. Hosted by Josh Lawson (‘Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues’), the Oct.24 event took place at Paramount Studios in Hollywood. The fundraiser honored top talent such…

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