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81 year old Ruth Wilson recently received a Kings Birthday honour for services to hot air ballooning. 

A delegation of Australian officials is heading to the Paris Olympics to brief the IOC on preparations for the 2032 Games which will be held across south east Queensland. 

Professor Tamas Wells has a PhD in Burmese politics, and works at Melbourne University’s School of Social and Political Sciences.

 Peter Magyar was a prominent member of the ruling Fidesz Party for many years, but he jumped ship in order to contest the European Parliament elections in June, where his party won 30% of the vote in Hungary, putting Viktor Orban on notice. 

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Following the attempted assassination of Republican candidate Donald Trump, conservative media commentators have criticised Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle and female secret service agents assigned to Mr Trump, for not doing enough to protect him.

The world’s largest conference on HIV/AIDS is being held in Munich Germany this week.  While AIDS deaths have declined worldwide there’s been an increase in the number of people living with HIV, around 39 million people and more than half are women and girls.

Fresh from surviving an assassin's bullet, Donald Trump has triumphed at the Republican National Convention with his selection of JD Vance as his running mate and heir apparent and the adoption of a new party platform, which has been heavily influenced by Make America Great Again ideology and policy. Is the Trump takeover of the Republican party now complete?

At the age of 28 Stephanie Smith became one of this country’s trade leaders, when she was appointed Australia's Trade and Investment Commissioner and head of education for Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. In June she was named as the winner of the Young Leader category in the AFR’s Women in Leadership awards. This young diplomat credits two love stories for her rise at such a young age, her love for China, and her childhood sweetheart.

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