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Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from The Australian. I'm Christinamiot with the

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Speaker 1: Front's afternoon headlines. The hero who disarmed a gun man

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Speaker 1: as he allegedly fired bullets into a Hanaker festival in

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Speaker 1: Bondai has been given a key to the city and

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Speaker 1: a lifetime parking pass at some of the country's most

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Speaker 1: iconic swimming spots, including Bondai Beach. Ahmed al Ahmed was

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Speaker 1: shot a number of times on December fourteen as he

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Speaker 1: grabbed a gun from the hands of fifty year old

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Speaker 1: Sajid Akram, who, together with his son, twenty four year

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Speaker 1: old Navid Akram, allegedly killed fifteen innocent people in Australia's

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Speaker 1: worst ever terrorist attack. Sajid Akram was shot dead by

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Speaker 1: police at the scene, while his son was charged with

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Speaker 1: more than fifty offenses after waking from a coma. He's

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Speaker 1: awaiting trial in Goldwyn's Supermax prison and has yet to

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Speaker 1: enter a plea. As he presented the award at a

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Speaker 1: special ceremony on Wednesday night, Waverley's mayor praised Ahmed al

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Speaker 1: Ahmed for his bravery in running towards danger and said

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Speaker 1: he saved countless lives. The hero said he hopes for

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Speaker 1: peace for Australia and around the world. Australia could be

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Speaker 1: out of fertilizer within weeks. That's because the conflict in

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Speaker 1: the Middle East is making it more expensive to get

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Speaker 1: fertilizer into the country, and that means supermarket shelves could

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Speaker 1: look emptier than usual if growers can't harvest their crops.

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Speaker 1: The organization representing grain growers in Australia warned there could

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Speaker 1: be serious ramifications for Australian households if the situation doesn't improve.

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Speaker 1: Grain Growers chief SHAWNA. Gaull said limited or cost prohibitive

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Speaker 1: access to fertilizer and fuel could mean that some growers

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Speaker 1: will not be planting a crop in twenty twenty six.

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Speaker 1: Gall added that decision would mean farmers take a massive

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Speaker 1: financial hit after years of drought. Quantus has downsized the

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Speaker 1: plane's flying domestic routes, but it's not because of the

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Speaker 1: ski irocketing cost of fuel. The airline needs a three

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Speaker 1: thirties and Boeing seven eight sevens to keep up with

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Speaker 1: demand for flights to Europe, and it's added fourteen hundred

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Speaker 1: seats per week as travelers skirt stopovers in the Middle East.

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Speaker 1: Check out those stories live right now at the Australian

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Speaker 1: dot com dot au and come back to the front

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Speaker 1: first thing in the morning for a look at the

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Speaker 1: billionaire women wielding their power quietly on the list Australia's

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Speaker 1: Richest two hundred and fifty that's right here, Friday morning,