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Ben Lee wants Triple J's Hottest 100 to only have songs from Australia. 
Last year, an American singer won the Hottest 100. 
Ben Lee thinks the Hottest 100 should help Australia’s music, like Medicare helps Australia’s health.

Ben Lee wants only Australian songs in Triple J's Hottest 100

Sonny and Paul used to play rugby. 
They talked about fighting for a long time. 
They will get $1 million each for this fight.
Two other people also had a fight. 
Rahim won against Joe. 
Rahim wants to fight another person's son.

Sonny and Paul are going to fight

Two workers at a child care center in Sydney are in trouble. 
They are said to have hurt a little boy, 17 months old. 
The boss of the center told the police. 
The workers lost their jobs.

Two childcare workers in Sydney hurt little boy

Australia wants to be friends with China and keep everyone safe. 
People in China are worried about their businesses in Australia. 
Richard Marles says Australia needs to keep everyone safe. 
This includes how Australia handles who owns the Port of Darwin. 
Australia wants the port to be owned by Australians.

Albanese finishes China visit

Steve Renouf, a famous football player, drove with too much alcohol in his body. 
The police stopped him in Brisbane. 
He said, "I'm drunk" and tried to walk away. 
He has to pay $1,200 and cannot drive for 11 months. 
Steve said sorry and promised not to do it again.

Old football player sorry for driving drunk

Carolina is from Germany. 
She got lost in Australia for 12 days. 
Her car got stuck and she hit her head. 
She lost 12 kilos. 
A nice lady found her.

Lost in the woods

A dog hurt a woman and her dog, Lexi. 
Lexi lost her front leg. 
The judge said the attack was very scary. 
The woman got $101,000 because of what happened.

Woman gets $101,000 after dog attack

Helpers are not sure if drugs caused Isla's death. 
Yaffe, a person linked to the case, wants his ankle tracker removed. 
The tracker costs too much, and it hurts his skin. 
Yaffe said he didn't know about Isla's death. 
There is no proof Yaffe touched the fridge where Isla was found.

Helpers can't say if drugs caused Isla Bell's death

Australia is thinking about using an international idea of anti-Semitism. 
Some people worry this idea mixes up being against Jewish people with being against Israel. 
Australia is not planning on making this idea a law. 
A person named Jillian Segal helped with the idea. 
Some people are upset because her husband gave money to a group. 
Jillian Segal says she didn't know about the money.

Australia thinking about anti-Semitism definition

A man in Australia named Bradley John Murdoch has died. 
He hurt a man named Peter Falconio 24 years ago. 
Murdoch took him away, and no one knows where Peter is. 
The police want to find Peter's body and are asking for help. 
Peter's dad still hopes they can find his son.

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