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Constable Mia Lay was just 16 months into her dream job as a NSW police officer when the patrol car her colleague was driving smashed into a tree in Sydney, killing her instantly. Detectives are now conducting a critical incident probe into the crash,...
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BOT CAN I DO ABOUT IT
Federal authorities are scrambling to fortify our digital defences after a rogue AI bot hacked Medicare and state agencies. OpenAI, run by Sam Altman, said the rogue bot was out of the company’s control.
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PULLMAN FIVE ARRIVE
Sydney’s “Pullman Five” have returned to Swans HQ and apologised for their late-night bender in Melbourne last month which derailed their season and resulted in an assault investigation.
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I’LL FIGHT FOR THIS
Premier Chris Minns is headed for a showdown with Anthony Albanese after unveiling plans to slap a heritage order on Victoria Barracks which could sabotage federal government moves to evict the military and sell the base for top dollar. Mr Minns...
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A WALK-UP START FOR ROOSTERS
They are the “Reddy Nine” determined to turn the Roosters into chook feed – once again. Up to nine Dolphins players who played in the expansion club’s first NRL game against the Roosters in 2023 could take the field in the preliminary final on Friday...
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THE EVIL INSIDE
11.45AM Young woman allegedly murdered by her partner in Wagga Wagga 5.15PM Man accused of stabbing his grandmother, 90, to death in Bondi 9.35PM Woman allegedly decapitated decapitated by byher son near Tenterfield One woman was decapitated,...
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KISS & CELL
A trove of love letters written by Kathleen Folbigg while she was in Silverwater jail have revealed how she formed a relationship with a former police officer jailed for pedophilia. In the musings, she talked of marriage, love and life after prison....
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FESTIVAL OF HATE
Organisers of an electronic music festival have been forced to relocate events after two cars were torched following threats from anti-Israel activists. Jewish leader Alex Ryvchin condemned what he said appears to be a “targeted attack”, adding it...
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REIN IT IN, JIM
Battered Aussie households are staring down the barrel of three more interest rate hikes and a possible plunge into recession — and Treasurer Jim Chalmers has received a shocking report card on government spending from the International Monetary...
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NO MOORE MADNESS
Planning Minister Paul Scully has hit the brakes on Lord Mayor Clover Moore’s controversial Town Hall Square by taking control of the $150m project from the City of Sydney. The Telegraph can reveal Mr Scully is using his ministerial powers to try to...
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MATE’S HATE
One of Anthony Albanese’s most vocal supporters, actor Rhys Muldoon, has lost his taxpayer-funded job over a string of offensive social media posts. He called Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price a “quisling” and made a string of obscene remarks about...
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THIS IS NOT A GAME
The radicalisation of children through online video games will be a core focus of a new probe examining how kids are being lured by extremist and pro-terror groups, following revelations from ASIO that one in five priority counter-terrorism cases now...
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TEMP VISAS UP IN FLAMES
One Nation’s long-awaited immigration policy can now be unveiled, including Pauline Hanson’s desire to remove 750,000 temporary visa holders and unlawful non-citizens during three years of negative migration levels.
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WRITING WRONGS
Students will be restricted to as little as 15 minutes screen time during lessons as the Minns government takes drastic action to reverse plunging test results. To be introduced next year – and mandated in 2028 – the new policy will also require...
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CON AIR
Prison officers want to be able to shoot down drones flying over jails to drop contraband amid a surge in incursions. Three drops of almost $270,000 worth of contraband were intercepted this week. The drone flyovers are believed to be operated by...
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TONIGHT, WE UNLEASH TRELL
Back in round 5, which feels like a galaxy far, far away, the Penrith Panthers looked unbeatable, racking up big scores, with bookmakers offering short odds for them to go through the competition undefeated. But, of course, things change in rugby...
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HAIL CESAR
Cesar Barraza, the sharpshooting officer who took out one of the Bondi terrorists, had sprinted to the scene holding just his Glock 17 handgun after hearing a colleague say on the radio “I’ve been shot”. Before being posted to Bondi, the devout...
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STATE FAILS OUR KIDS
NSW students are now more than two years behind their parents’ generation in maths and reading by the age of 15, new research shows, with standards dropping to their lowest levels on record.
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FIGHT TO THE FINISH
Move over Penrith, there is a new premiership force in town – the New Zealand Warriors. After claiming their fourth minor premiership in seven years, the Panthers have been usurped as the most feared team in the NRL finals among their peers. That...
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SUPER SIZED CASH SPLASH
One Nation has outlined a bold plan to give thousands of dollars back to Aussies every payday by allowing a quarter of future compulsory super contributions to go back to workers with a mortgage or rent. The new exemption, which would run for three...
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MEET ‘SNARL’ STEFANOVIC
Karl and Jasmine Stefanovic’s beloved german shepherd has been ordered by a court to wear a muzzle and attend dog training school after an unprovoked attack on a member of the public that caused a “serious injury”. But Chance the dog successfully...
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BUSH BASH
Country communities are in revolt over planning rules they say have rigged the system in favour of renewable energy giants and stripped farmers of their power to fight massive renewable wind and solar projects. Less than two weeks after Planning...
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I’M JUST IN AWE OF ALL THIS
Jai Arrow received an unexpected rock-star welcome yesterday as he walked into South Sydney’s Heffron Park headquarters ahead of his final NRL game tonight. Hundreds of Rabbitohs fans had packed into the club’s training centre – well before its...
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FIRST HOME LIARS
The number of first-home buyers getting stamp duty exemptions in NSW has plummeted in the wake of Anthony Albanese’s broken-promise tax changes. Exclusive new figures make a mockery of Housing Minister Clare O’Neil’s claim that they would be a boon for...
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SUN, SAND & SQUANDER
Chris Bowen has spent more than $6m on ritzy hotel accommodation around the world in just a few months, including two bookings of $2m each for his pre-COP31 meetings in Fiji which have been panned after a series of high-profile snubs. The hotels...
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OUR LOST SOULS
It was meant to be the holiday of a lifetime. It will instead become, many fear, the most devastating natural disaster involving Australians overseas. There are now 43 Australians unaccounted for in the Nepal floods including Sydney’s Muralitharan...
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SWEAT, SMILES & BROKEN RECORDS
It wasn’t just Olympic runners who made yesterday’s Sydney marathon a record breaking affair. While Ethiopia’s Addisu Gobena broke the course record to take the men’s title and Kenya’s Olympic marathon champion Peres Jepchirchir won the women’s race,...
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BOX SEAT BRAWL
A high-powered group of 359 Australian business chiefs, sporting icons, and public officials have launched a lawsuit to fight the NSW government’s move to scrap their VIP perks as “platinum members” of Accor Stadium. The group, including former Liberal...
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HOPE IN HELL
Family and friends of Australians missing in the catastrophic Nepal flood have vowed they will not “give up on hope”. At least 38 Australians were unaccounted for, including Sydney’s Muralitharan family (right).
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VALLEY OF DEATH
It was like an inland tidal wave, sweeping away lives in scenes that were scarcely believable. In the devastating tragedy that has unfolded in Nepal, at least 35 Australians, including two children, are missing, after an avalanche triggered flash...
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BUILD AND BE DAMMED
The 2026 Bush Summit got off to a fiery start yesterday with One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce attacking the government for “shoring up” green votes with over-regulation of the Murray Darling and “belligerence” in refusing to build dams. The Coalition has...
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SAVE OUR FARMS
Taxpayer dollars would no longer be spent turning farms into forests in the quest for net zero, under a bill about to come before federal parliament. The loss of prime agricultural land to carbon credit schemes will be one of the hottest topics at the...
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WORLD THIRST COUNTRY_
Farms, communities and businesses in Australia’s food bowl are dying of thirst in what has been labelled a “man-made drought” caused by the Albanese government’s major buyback of water for environmental flows.
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TEARS AND TRIUMPH
After a week from hell, it was a double-header that meant very little and everything, all at the same time, for an under-siege Sydney Swans club. At the final siren at the SCG last night after downing North Melbourne, Swans captain Callum Mills – who...
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Heeney and fiancée are ‘still on’
People in a hotel room for a Sydney Swans post-match bender are accused of putting feet on an exotic dancer and pulling a performer’s hand to their crotch, in fresh claims as a third woman threatens a potential civil lawsuit. A range of incidents to...
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OF NIGHT SHAME
» SHOCK NEW ALLEGATIONS AS WOMEN VOW TO SUE » ALBANESE’S MELON GAFFE DRAGGED INTO SCANDAL In just 12 hours, a coachapproved night out for Swans players spiralled into a police probe over alleged drug use, lap dances and inappropriate touching, as...
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‘SHE’S GONE, IT’S ALL OVER’
“There’s nothing more we can do. She’s gone. It’s all over.” Those were the heartbreaking words of Lily Hooper’s father Jim after an agonising wait in which his family was first told the missing teenager was found alive after eight days in the Nattai...
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LAP OF DISHONOUR
Cops focus on Isaac Heeney Australia’s G-G has her say Players out for the season Five Sydney Swans stars banned for the season as police probe sexual assault allegations face claims of hiring exotic dancers to perform at their hotel where police...
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BLACK SWANS
The sexual assault scandal engulfing the Sydney Swans emanated from an ugly dispute involving a female and one of the Swans players over touching that was “off limits”, sources have claimed. It comes as the Swans met last night to “agree on player...
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SWANS SEX ASSAULT PROBE
Sydney Swans players are understood to have been questioned by police over allegations of a sex assault at a Melbourne hotel, with superstars Isaac Heeney and Chad Warner, along with James Jordon and Riley Bice, believed to have been quizzed. Swans...
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WHO’S WHO IN THE LOGIES ZOO
Screen legend Sam Neill has been posthumously honoured at Australian television’s biggest night. The late actor was awarded the gong for Best Lead Actor in a Drama for The Twelve at the 66th Annual TV Week Logie Awards at Sydney’s The Star last...
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HOME TRUTHS
It’s officially the worst time to be a firsthome buyer in at least 56 years. New figures have revealed first-home buyers face the most challenging buying conditions since price records began in 1970 due to soaring debt, high interest and minimal...
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JET FIGHTERS
Sydney Airport travellers face more delays today after hours sitting on the tarmac last night as the furious Transport Minister told her staff to babysit the bungling boss of the air traffic controllers. Airservices Australia chief executive Rob Sharp...
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SCOTS BOYS’ RAPE CHARGE
Three students from one of Sydney’s most elite private schools have been charged with a gang sex attack on a teenage girl in an eastern suburbs laneway. The three Scots College students — two 14-year-old boys and a 13-year-old boy — were yesterday...
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BREACH FROM THE SKY
Damning figures have revealed 147 drone incursions were detected in restricted Defence airspace in a single year – exposing the true scale of the threat stalking our skies.
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SMOKING GUNS
The nation’s largest independent petrol station chain has had stores raided across the country - and some of them shut down - after a major investigation into the alleged supply and distribution of illegal tobacco, with industry experts warning the...
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KYLE’S COMEBACK CHAOS
Kyle Sandilands’ much-hyped return to broadcasting descended into chaos when technical glitches and on air profanities marred his new podcast’s debut. Sandilands returned to the microphone yesterday with a $99 subscriber-only breakfast show, Kyle...
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SWITCH OFF SCREENS AND GET IT WRITE
Parents, teachers and education experts are backing efforts to reduce screens and devices in classrooms to lift literacy standards, amid growing concerns over the impact of AI and excessive screen time on children’s education. St Joseph’s Primary...
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POPE & GLORY
NSW Premier Chris Minns has opened fire on his West Australian counterpart over plans to poach the 2028 NRL grand final from Sydney. As a date conflict looms between the premiership decider and a visit by Pope Leo XIV, Mr Minns stared down the threat...
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SEX & OUT
The ex-wife of Australian cricket vice-captain Ashleigh Gardner says she should be stripped of her leadership role after it was revealed she was having an affair with a junior teammate. Monica Wright has spoken publicly for the first time.
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BELLISSIMO! JAMES WEDS WIFE NO.3
Billionaire James Packer has married his partner Kylie Lim in a private ceremony on an unspoilt Italian island. A spokesman for the Aussie businessman confirmed the marriage to news.com.au on Thursday. Mr Packer and Ms Lim were married on the north...
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CHRIS BOEING
Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen slugged taxpayers more than $345,000 flying around the world to spruik net zero, only to avoid mentioning the signature policy in a major speech yesterday.
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HURT LOCKERS
Jetstar passengers will soon have to pay to store carry-on bags in overhead lockers, in a move that has failed to fly with the “low-cost’’ airline’s customers. A minimum charge of $25 on domestic flights and up to $52 for international flights — on...
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JOCK SHOCK
A former promising athlete has told a court Alan Jones kissed him on the mouth in a “chomping” action that covered his face from his nose to his chin and on another occasion grabbed him on the penis while he was driving the radio king to his Southern...
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OUR NEW BATTLE
Jai Arrow’s wife Berina Colakovic was suspended by her employer on the day she was due to return from maternity leave, just weeks before her ex-NRL star partner was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. The young mum is suing her employer StackAdapt,...
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HAMMER TIME ON SKILLS
Almost three quarters of businesses in NSW are struggling with a chronic shortage of skilled workers with some warning they may be forced to shut down unless the government steps in. A survey of 545 businesses in NSW found 74 per cent were facing...
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DIRTY DEEDS DONE DIRT CHEAP
Two separate Sydney gangland shootings are suspected to have followed the alleged leaking of underworld figures’ names and addresses by a corrective services officer. The woman allegedly charged just $500 for information she accessed on the personal...
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DALEY QUITS AMID HEALTH SCARE
Whatever Adam Doueihi said to his teammates on Tuesday morning, it clearly hit the mark. Doueihi, only days removed from sitting out the Wests Tigers’ loss to Canberra because he wasn’t in the right head space, has been given the opportunity to...
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‘HE’S MY BOY’
Fugitive developer Jean Nassif referred to former premier Dominic Perrottet as his “boy” while boasting he had his “hand on the state government” in expletive-riddled phone taps played on an explosive first day of hearings at the ICAC. Mr Perrottet is...
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PUMPING UP THE PAIN
Fuel prices are set to surge above $2 per litre for unleaded within weeks, with Labor’s excise cut now all but certain to be scrapped at the end of this week.
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I DON’T MISS JACKIE
Kyle Sandilands doesn’t miss Jackie “O” Henderson. He says he’ll always love her, wants the best for her and hopes the long-time breakfast radio duo can still be friends after the fallout that shocked the country – but when asked if he misses her, he...
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Crushed but not broken
Kyle Sandilands says he didn’t curl up in a ball and cry when his $100 million KIIS contract collapsed and his partnership with Jackie ‘O’ Henderson came to an end. But he was crushed. In his first tell-all interview since the February 20 on-air...
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I WON’T DOUEIHI THAT
Wests Tigers star Adam Doueihi has sensationally withdrawn from the clash against Canberra on Saturday following a heated argument with coach Benji Marshall at training on Thursday. Doueihi walked out of the club’s Concord headquarters immediately...
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ROBOFINE BLITZ
Mobile phone and seatbelt cameras have delivered a $400m fine bonanza for NSW and bureaucrats are now exploring how artificial intelligence could help decide who gets fined, under a drastic “robofine” proposal. The Daily Telegraph can reveal Transport...
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AGENT ORANGE
Pauline Hanson has doubled down on support for Donald Trump’s hardline ICE-agent deportation blitz, declaring the President’s mass removal of illegal migrants is “a great way to do it” and Australia should follow suit. Ms Hanson also stood by her...
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BRAVE SMILE IS IN HIS GENES
James endured 17 surgeries before he was two - now he wants to fight for others
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UP FOR SALE
Penrith fans, brace yourself for the unimaginable. I’m going to offer you a gentle yet sobering warning – Nathan Cleary could well be leaving. I want Cleary to become a one-club Immortal but I fear the NSW star will quit the champion club he has...
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BRING THEM HOME
Mourning her sister who was allegedly murdered by her husband in their home in the United States, NSW woman Madisson Bowler is preparing to fly to Florida in a bid to secure custody of her baby nephews. The young boys were at home when their mother was...
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CHICK, CHICK, BOOM
An average of three men a day in NSW have spent just $73 to change gender to female on their birth certificates since new laws were introduced less than a year ago. A total of 1035 men have swapped gender under the new equality laws that were drafted...
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WAS HE LEFT TO KILL?
A man accused of brutally murdering a grandfather on a Sydney street had been released from a mental health hospital months earlier, as an urgent review is launched into his care.
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UP US FOR THE RENT
Sydneysiders have been warned to brace for bigger weekly rent hikes on top of landlords already increasing rents by as much as $175 in the wake of the federal government’s tax reforms. Sydney’s median rent has soared to $850 a week, with a string of...
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HEALTH GOES UP IN SMOKE
A century of health warnings about the dangers of nicotine are being undone as exploding sales of cheap illicit tobacco fuel a nationwide surge in smoking. NSW Health Minister Ryan Park is raising the alarm, fearing for a “next generation of young...
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Well played, Sam
The entertainment industry is in shock following the sudden death yesterday of celebrated actor Sam Neill, at age 78, just weeks after he made multiple public appearances in Sydney. Months after revealing he was cancer free, the star died in St...
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JAI’S BIG BIRTHDAY PRESENT
Tears flowed almost as freely as the tries at Accor Stadium yesterday as Jai Arrow was given a birthday to remember by South Sydney fans - and his Rabbitohs teammates. A crowd of more than 30,000, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, turned out...
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I’M SCARED I’LL BE A WIDOW BY 40
Berina Colakovic has moments where it all seems too much. As her husband, former NRL star Jai Arrow, battles motor neurone disease, Colakovic is waging her own fight within. A challenging fight on multiple fronts for the Canadian native, who moved to...
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