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Australia to send 49 Abrams tanks to Ukraine

An Army M1A1 Abrams fires its 120mm cannon during exercises at Puckapunyal, Victoria. Picture: Department of Defence AUSTRALIA will send 49 of its retiring Abrams tanks to Ukraine, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles says. The M1A1 Abrams tank deal is worth about $245 million and brings Australia’s total military support for Ukraine…

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Melbourne’s Epping Market wholesalers protest over rent increases

Picture: supplied Fruit and vegetable wholesalers from Epping Market staged a protest outside the Melbourne Market Authority today, angered by a recently-announced rent increase. The government authority plans to hit wholesalers with a 100 percent rent hike over the next 10 years, according to Fresh State, who represent the wholesalers. Speaking at the protest, Fresh State…

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Canberra, WA to spend billions on turning shipyard into AUKUS defence precinct

The Henderson shipyard which will turn into a defence precinct, housing nuclear submarines. Photo: Department of Defence Tens of billions of dollars are to be spent over 20 years on turning WA’s Henderson shipyards into a defence precinct and home to Australia’s new nuclear-powered submarines. The Federal and WA governments have signed a deal to…