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Australia news LIVE: Thirty-four Australians among hundreds missing after floods hit Nepal, Tibet; National Cabinet agrees only Australian citizens to be allowed guns

Sydney Morning Herald - National · 27 August 2026 at 6:45 am

Australia news LIVE: Thirty-four Australians among hundreds missing after floods hit Nepal, Tibet; National Cabinet agrees only Australian citizens to be allowed guns

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