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Returning travellers from Indonesia asked to dispose of thongs to stop Foot and Mouth Disease spread

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Australian politicians and farmers are pleading with travellers returning from Indonesia to throw away their thongs, in a desperate bid to keep Foot and Mouth Disease out of the country. An outbreak of FMD - that affects livestock - has spread to the popular tourist island, ramping up the risk of it reaching Australia for the first time in over a century. Farmers say it threatens to devastate Australia’s livestock industry.
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