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Anzac Day services have been held around the country to honour the people who served in past conflicts, as well as those serving today.
Thousands of Australians gathered at dawn services in cities, suburban centres and country towns on the 108th anniversary of the landings at Gallipoli during World War One.
Speaking to SBS News at a dawn service in Parramatta, one veteran says it's a meaningful day for reflection.
"It's an important day for my family. We were all servicemen. My grandfather was in the second World War. My father was a Vietnam veteran. And all of my brothers and I have all served in the Australian army at various points."
For this man, it's been a new insight into Australian and New Zealand culture and history.
"Well it is my first Anzac Day visit. So I came to Australia before six years and it's really nice. I'm still getting to know different things about Australia and New Zealand, how they fought the war and it really means a lot."
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Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral in Harris Park, Sydney, hosted a dawn ceremony attended by hundreds of Australians with Lebanese heritage.
Among them were Lebanese Australian soldiers' families, who attended the ceremony holding medals and photos of their loved ones who served in the Australian army during the great wars.
James Junior Saab, whose father was among the first Lebanese to join the Australian army in the 1920s, has told SBS Arabic24 he is proud of his father's legacy.
Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral in Harris Park, Sydney, hosted a dawn ceremony attended by hundreds of Australians with Lebanese heritage.
Among them were Lebanese Australian soldiers' families, who attended the ceremony holding medals and photos of their loved ones who served in the Australian army during the great wars.
James Junior Saab, whose father was among the first Lebanese to join the Australian army in the 1920s, has told SBS Arabic24 he is proud of his father's legacy.
"These photos and medals are very important to our family, especially my grandsons. And my other family's grandsons. It is just their connection with their grandfather or their great-grandfather over the years."
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Construction work has stopped on the Snowy Hydro 2.0 project after a worker died on site yesterday afternoon.
The man, aged in his 50s, was killed after the truck he was driving rolled on the Snowy Mountains Highway at Dry Plain.
Police say the worker was trapped inside the vehicle and died at the scene.
They are now investigating the circumstances surrounding the crash.
Snowy Hydro chief executive Dennis Barnes has described the incident as "incredibly distressing", and says work at the site has ceased for 24 hours.
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The United Nations has announced it will stay in Sudan despite other countries evacuating their citizens and personnel.
It comes as Sudan's warring factions agree to a 72-hour ceasefire following 10 days of fighting that has killed more than 400 people.
Foreign governments have flown hundreds of diplomats and other citizens out of Sudan.
But UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says the world body will stay to support the Sudanese people.
“Let me be clear: the United Nations is not leaving Sudan. Our commitment is to the Sudanese people in support of their wishes for a peaceful and secure future. We stand with them at this terrible time."
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